Once in a Lifetime (TV 1994)

Director:

Michael Miller

Writers:

Syrie Astrahan James (teleplay), Danielle Steel (novel)

Stars:

Lindsay Wagner, Barry Bostwick, Duncan Regehr

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Lindsay Wagner	...	Daphne Fields
Barry Bostwick	...	Dr. Matthew Dane
Duncan Regehr	...	Justin Wakefield
Amy Aquino	...	Barbara
Rex Smith	...	Jeffrey Fields
Darrell Thomas Utley	...	Andrew
Fran Bennett	...	Dr. Liz Wells
Debra Sullivan	...	Harriet
Michael Mitz	...	Howard
Michael Laskin	...	the Pediatrician
Jessica Sinegal	...	Aimee
Nicholas Petrie	...	Andrew (Age 4)
Dawn Jeffory	...	Counselor for the Deaf (as Dawn Jeffory-Nelson)
Spencer Garbett	...	Crew Member
Mark Davenport	...	Sam

Storyline

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Plot Keywords:

starting over | mother son relationship | melodrama | boarding school | deafness | 

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Genres:

Drama | Romance

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

15 February 1994 (USA)

Also Known As:

Danielle Steel's Once in a Lifetime

Filming Locations:

Biltmore Hotel - 506 S. Grand Avenue, Downtown, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Cramer Company, The, NBC Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

96 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Although they never appeared on-screen together, Barry Bostwick (Dr. Dane) and Rex Smith (Jeffrey Fields) have an unusual thing in common: they both played Danny Zuko in the original Broadway production of "Grease".

User Reviews

Sugary and sappy-may prove fatal to diabetics

Daphne is not a lucky woman-she is widowed in a fire that also kills her young daughter.Pregnant at the time the son she gives birth to is profoundly deaf Luckily she has literary gifts and she is able to make a career for herself as a novelist.She reflects on her life as she lies in a hospital bed having been struck by a car-her somewhat obsessive care for her son,a dalliance with a Hollywood star and the love of stalwart Doctor Dane,the specialist on deafness and whom her son loves

It crawls to a bland and predictable climax with only a slightly arch turn from Duncan Regehr as the selfish but charming star Justin Wakefield to enliven proceedings

Romantic tosh that may satisfy those who have read Ms Steel's novels but leave the cynics unconverted