Martha Behind Bars (2005) (TV)

Director:

Eric Bross

Writer:

Charles F. Bohl (writer)

Release Date:

25 September 2005 (USA)

Genre:

Drama

Plot:

A dramatization of Martha Stewart's recent trial, and her subsequent five-month prison sentence. |

Plot Keywords:

Sequel | Character Name In Title

Cast

Cybill Shepherd	...	Martha Stewart
Gale Harold	...	Peter Bacanovic
Sabine Singh	...	Lexi Stewart
Jonathan Higgins	...	John Cuti
Alan C. Peterson	...	John Morvillo
David Alpay	...	Douglas Faneuil
Julie Khaner	...	Marianne Pasternak
Lori Hallier	...	Susan Lyne
Jackie Burroughs	...	Big Martha
Alec McClure	...	Kevin Sharkey
Deborah Tennant	...	Ann Armstrong
Robert Verlaque	...	Sam Waksal
Kyra Harper	...	Doris
Karen LeBlanc	...	Joanne (as Karen Leblanc)
Karen Robinson	...	Jackie

Runtime:

120 min (including commercials)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

UK:PG

Filming Locations:

Colonel Samuel Smith Park, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Company:

CBS Television

Quotes:

Prisoners: Bad girl. Martha was a bad girl. Bad girl, bad girl. Martha was a bad girl. Bad girl, bad girl. Martha was a bad girl.

Movie Connections:

Follows Martha, Inc.: The Story of Martha Stewart (2003) (TV)

I Want to Live!

CBS's schedule was thrown off by the football game last night, so I didn't get in on this from the beginning. And I have yet to see the first installment in the Martha saga. But I liked this made-for-TV movie well enough. There are a couple of scenes in the prison that make it worthwhile. I am thinking particularly of the ones in the mess room and those involving the Christmas decoration contest. The sweater her fellow cons present to Martha as she's leaving the prison is priceless. As an actress, Cybil Shepherd is far better suited to the scenes in prison than to those in the corporate boardroom, a thought she'd probably sympathize with. The supporting cast is first-rate. Don't expect to learn a lot about what makes Martha tick, but, if you like Cybil Shepherd, or Martha Stewart for that matter, this should interest you.