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 | new york city | ballet | dying young | 

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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:

17 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

The parents roles in this picture were originally suggested to be played by Paul Newman and Audrey Hepburn.

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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

References The Nutcracker (1965)

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Soundtracks

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

User Reviews

Needs to be viewed more than once

I can understand why the feedback on this movie is so bad - if you see it just once, it is hard to pick up on all the small details that pull this movie together very nicely. Katherine Healy in real life is a professional ice-dancer (skater), which is why you probably never saw her in another movie - she actually had to pretend she didn't really know how to skate in the scene at the ice rink at Rockefeller Center. On the whole, I thought she did the part extremely well, having no other movie credits under her belt. Dudley Moore and Mary Tyler Moore worked very well together and it was even better that they did not get romantically involved, but kept it on the surface. Had this happened, it would have ruined the whole innocence portrayed throughout this movie and taken the focus off the main theme and that is of little Nikki (Healy) who is dying of leukemia, and I'm certain the makers of this film were well aware of this. Healy's performance in the Nutcracker is nothing short of perfection. Dudley Moore portrays a seriousness with some humor that pokes through at the right moments. Mary Tyler Moore also seems very well suited for the role of Nikki's mother, the cosmetics tycoon Charlotte Dreyfus, who does her best to hold her emotions in check for Nikki's sake. I have the video and view it occasionally and always pick up on something else that ties it altogether. Like one of the viewers said, you have to go back after awhile and give it another look.