A Memory in My Heart (1999) (TV)

User Rating:

5.7/10   

Director:

Harry Winer

Writers (WGA):

Lindsay Harrison (written by) and
Renee Longstreet (written by)

Release Date:

2 March 1999 (USA)

Genre:

Drama

Plot Keywords:

Waitress | Clerk | Cabbie | Cab Driver | Cab

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

Jane Seymour	...	Rebecca Vega / Abbie Swenson Stewart
Bruce Davison	...	Chase Stewart
A Martinez	...	Joe Vega
David Keith	...	Matt
Amanda Barfield	...	Jenna Stewart
Colton James	...	Ethan Stewart
Mika Boorem	...	Lily Stewart
Cathy Lee Crosby	...	Lynn Wyman
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Annie Abbott	...	School Secretary
Newell Alexander	...	John Swenson
Jean Carol	...	Waitress
Dyllan Christopher	...	Small Child
Hannah Faith	...	Band Member
Dan Gerrity	...	Customer
Megan Taylor Harvey	...	Jenna at 5
Paul Hayes	...	Cabbie
Jill Kiblinger	...	Mother
William Marquez
Michele Marsh	...	Nell
Tim Rhoze	...	Dr. B. Cooper (as Tim Edward Rhoze)
Casey Sander
Julia Vera
William Ray Watson	...	Motel Clerk
Devon Rose Winer	...	Lisa

Runtime:

Brazil:91 min | Czech Republic:92 min | 120 min (including commercials)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

Iceland:12

Filming Locations:

Fillmore, California, USA

Company:

Catfish Productions

Quotes:

Lily: Do you remember this.
[hands her a scarf]
Lily: I,ve been saving it, Jenna told me it was my moms, it was yours.
Rebecca Vega: You've kept it all this time
Lily: Since i was little
Rebecca Vega: Would it be ok if i gave you a hug
[Lily nods]
Rebecca Vega: I would never have stopped loving you Lily, not for a minute

Regaining her mind and her sanity

Rebecca Blake, the attractive woman one sees at the beginning of this made for television movie, is having a hard time at her local super market where she collapses after she sees a young child , who obviously is a reminder of someone she knows. One realizes right away this woman has no recollection and no memory of who she is, or where she came from. Rebecca is happily married to Joe, a good man that clearly adores her.

When she meets by chance someone on the street who greets her as Abby, she tells the woman she must have made a mistake, but that triggers in her mind a doubt. She goes back to this lady, who tells her how she met her and the area of California she was from. Rebecca pleads with Joe to let her go to unravel the mystery and all the tangled web in her mind.

Harry Winer directed this story that supposedly is based on a true story, as most television movies are. The story is greatly helped by the heartfelt performances of the principals. Jane Seymour is Rebecca, the woman who lost her life through no choice of her own. Bruce Davison is Chase, her former husband who is the key player in what happened to Abby/Rebecca. David Keith is the sheriff of the small California town where Abby finds the missing pieces of her past. A. Martinez plays Joe, the new man in Abby's life.

The film was totally shot in the town of Fillmore, California, which is the center of the orange growing industry and offers a magnificent setting for the story. Since it's a melodrama, prepare the Kleenex, but the film is worth watching thanks to what director Winer did with this story.