Six Weeks (1982)

A wealthy cosmetic tycoon and her 12-year-old daughter who's dying from leukemia, strike up a sentimental friendship with a California politician. Since the girl has only six weeks or less ... See full summary »

Director:

Tony Bill

Writers:

Fred Mustard Stewart (novel), David Seltzer (screenplay)

Stars:

Dudley Moore, Mary Tyler Moore, Katherine Healy

Nominated for 2 Golden Globes. Another 2 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Dudley Moore	...	Patrick Dalton
Mary Tyler Moore	...	Charlotte Dreyfus
Katherine Healy	...	Nicole Dreyfus
Shannon Wilcox	...	Peg Dalton
Bill Calvert	...	Jeff Dalton
Joe Regalbuto	...	Bob Crowther
John Harkins	...	Arnold Stillman
Michael Ensign	...	Choreographer
Anne Ditchburn	...	Assistant Choreographer (as Ann Ditchburn)
Chea Collette	...	Ballet Instructor
Clement von Franckenstein	...	TV Interviewer (as Clement St. George)
Joan Yale Edmundson	...	Woman Interviewer
Emily Seltzer	...	Girl in Ballet Dressing Room
Martin Casella	...	Volunteer - Campaign Office
Darwyn Carson	...	Girl - Campaign Office

Storyline

A wealthy cosmetic tycoon and her 12-year-old daughter who's dying from leukemia, strike up a sentimental friendship with a California politician. Since the girl has only six weeks or less to live, the trio fly to New York City where the daughter skates the ice rink at Rockefeller Center, assumes the lead in The Nutcracker ballet, and sightsees most of the city.

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Plot Keywords:

leukemia | nutcracker | ballet | new york city | terminal illness | 

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Taglines:

In six weeks you can find memories to last a lifetime.

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Genres:

Drama

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Certificate:

PG

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

24 December 1982 (USA)

Also Known As:

Seis semanas

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Box Office

Gross:

$6,700,000 (USA)

Company Credits

Production Co:

PolyGram Filmed Entertainment, Universal Pictures

Technical Specs

Runtime:

107 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color (Metrocolor)

Did You Know?

Trivia

In the other Dudley Moore movie Unfaithfully Yours, it is mentioned that Moore was scoring a film starring his wife played by Nastassja Kinski. Moore composes the score in Six Weeks, which was released just over a year before Unfaithfully Yours.

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Goofs

In the scene where Charlotte and Nikki are dancing in the studio and Nikki is holding an arabesque position, a microphone is being lowered from the ceiling.

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Connections

Referenced in Mystery Science Theatre 3000: Alien from L.A. (1993)

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Soundtracks

"The Nutcracker"
(excerpts)
Music by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Orchestra conducted by André Previn

User Reviews

Very underrated gem that needs to be on DVD!

I absolutely LOVE this movie. Is it a tear-jerker that will pull on your heartstrings? Yes. Is it a little manipulative with your emotions at times? Sure, but in this world of Lifetime movies that have totally screwed up the perception of how powerful an old-fashioned emotional love story can be, it is very easy to overlook this very well made little gem of a film.

The performances of the three leads are stellar and that vaults the story passed what could be complete dreck in lesser hands. Dudley Moore and Mary Tyler Moore give two of the best performances of their careers and it's sad that not too many people know about or remember this one. The young girl who played Mary Tyler Moore's daughter, Katherine Healy, only made this one film and was never heard from again. Too bad, since she showed quite a bit of promise. It would have been nice to see what she would have done after this. She was very mature for her age and I would love to know whatever happened to her.

I truly believe that if the powers that be see fit to one day release this on DVD, more people would give this film a chance. I hope that happens so that more people can experience what I have loved for many, many years. Plus I only have it on a very well-worn VHS tape and fear losing it forever if it were to ever break.