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Director:
Michael Miller
Writers (WGA):
Syrie Astrahan James (teleplay)
Danielle Steel (novel)
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Release Date:
15 February 1994 (USA) more
Genre:
Drama | Romance more
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User Comments:
Sugary and sappy-may prove fatal to diabetics more (4 total)

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
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Danielle Steel's Once in a Lifetime (USA) (complete title)
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Runtime:
96 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.33 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono
Certification:
Australia:M (cable rating) | Australia:PG (DVD rating) | UK:PG
Company:
Cramer Company, The more

Fun Stuff

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". more

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5 out of 6 people found the following comment useful.
Sugary and sappy-may prove fatal to diabetics, 5 June 2002
Author: lorenellroy from United Kingdom

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

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