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Director:
Writers:
Erich Segal (novel)
Erich Segal (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:
17 November 1983 (Australia) more
Genre:
Tagline:
Could he choose between the family he always loved and the son he never knew was his? more
Plot:
A man with a wife and two daughters learns that he has a son. It seems that a few years ago while visiting France... more | add synopsis
Awards:
1 win & 2 nominations more
User Comments:
A deep, moving picture of a modern tragedy of an affair and effects on family. more (6 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Martin Sheen ... Robert Beckwith

Blythe Danner ... Sheila Beckwith

Craig T. Nelson ... Bernie Ackerman
David Hemmings ... Gavin Wilson
Nathalie Nell ... Nicole Guerin
Maureen Anderman ... Margo
Sebastian Dungan ... Jean-Claude Guerin
Arlene McIntyre ... Jessica Beckwith
Missy Francis ... Paula Beckwith

Billy Jayne ... Davey Ackerman (as Billy Jacoby)
Ruth Silveira ... Nancy Ackerman
Jacques François ... Louis

Randy Lowell ... Shakespeare Student (as Randy Dreyfuss)
Lisa Figueroa ... Student
Frank Koppala ... Student
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Runtime:
99 min
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Fun Stuff

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Errors made by characters (possibly deliberate errors by the filmmakers): In the car, Jessica referred to her father's friend, Bernie, as Bernie Edwards. In the credits at the end of the movie, he's listed as Bernie Ackerman. more
Movie Connections:
Remade as Masoom (1983) more
Soundtrack:
Never Gone more

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A deep, moving picture of a modern tragedy of an affair and effects on family., 16 August 2004
Author: greyhelm_tea from Oklahoma, US

This movie was a quiet picture of the great American tragedy where the affair of the man is played out in the lives of his family. Martin Sheen's family is torn when his son, from a visit to France is brought into the house. The family naturally turns against the father as he struggles to bring his 'son' into the house. The boy, who speaks only the basic English, faces both language and family difficulties. The daughters have the biggest, initially committing to running their new 'brother' off. It is a decidedly touching scene where the existing family turns off their defensiveness and embraces the love of the newly acquired son/brother.

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