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User Rating:
6.4/10   84 votes
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Director:
Harvey Hart
Writers:
Joanna Lee (writer)
Robert Meyers (book)
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Release Date:
13 April 1979 (USA) more
Genre:
Drama more
Plot:
A mentally-challenged man and woman meet, fall in love and are determined to get married, despite the initial objections of their families and friends. Based on a true story. | add synopsis
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Awards:
Nominated for Golden Globe. Another 2 nominations more
User Comments:
A highly recommended, challenging, touching portrayal of two slightly retarded young people who fall in love and want to marry. more

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)
Shaun Cassidy ... Roger Meyers
Linda Purl ... Virginia Rae Hensler
Zalman King ... Bill Stein
James Keach ... Robert Meyers Jr.
Michael McGuire ... Robert Meyers

Hope Lange ... Roz Meyers
Maureen Arthur ... Aunt Kate
Jack Murdock ... Lloyd Davis
Jim Gatherum ... Roger - age 11 (as Jimmy Gatherum)
Doreen Lang ... Grandma Teresa
McKee Anderson ... Dorothy

Miriam Byrd-Nethery ... Billie
Carmen Zapata ... License Clerk
Fritzi Burr ... Mrs. Patterson
Rhea Perlman ... Jan
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Additional Details

Runtime:
97 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.33 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono

Fun Stuff

Quotes:
Roger Meyers: Ginny!
Virginia Rae Hensler: No babies Roger, they say we will eat them.
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8 out of 10 people found the following comment useful:-
A highly recommended, challenging, touching portrayal of two slightly retarded young people who fall in love and want to marry., 28 December 1998
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Author: Rapacine from Las Vegas, NV

Cassidy and Purl give credible, moving performances as a slightly retarded young couple who fall in love and want to get married--to be "like normal people". Unfortunately, their parents and their friends don't believe they have the ability to do so. Thus the story moves along their struggles to overcome a system which seeks to suppress those "outside the norm"; in a more profound sense, it is a realistic, gritty look at what obstacles true love can overcome. An extremely difficult, challenging role for each to play effectively; but how magnificently they rose to that challenge. It is certainly worth the time to view this film--like rare flowers, the fragrance remains long after the blossoms are gone.

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