David is a teenager whose parents are in a deteriorating marriage after their infant daughter dies. Clara is a chambermaid at a Jamaican resort who's hired to be a housekeeper. She and ...
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| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| Whoopi Goldberg | ... | Clara Mayfield | |
| Michael Ontkean | ... | Bill Hart | |
| Kathleen Quinlan | ... | Leona Hart | |
| Neil Patrick Harris | ... | David Hart | |
| Spalding Gray | ... | Peter Epstein | |
| Beverly Todd | ... | Dora | |
| Hattie Winston | ... | Blanche Loudon | |
| Jason Downs | ... | Alan Lipsky | |
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Caitlin Thompson | ... | Celeste |
| Maria Broom | ... | Felicia | |
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Wanda Christine | ... | Lydia |
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Maryce Carter | ... | Babs |
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Angel Harper | ... | Rita |
| Frederick Strother | ... | Bundy (as Fred Strother) | |
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Joseph Muth | ... | Father Joe (as Father Joseph Muth) |
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David is a teenager whose parents are in a deteriorating marriage after their infant daughter dies. Clara is a chambermaid at a Jamaican resort who's hired to be a housekeeper. She and David develop a close bond, opening his eyes and heart to new experiences, and eventually leading to a disturbing secret in Clara's past. Written by David Thaler <dathaler@comcast.net>
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Country:
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7 October 1988 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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$5,194,491Company Credits
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David Hart: Well, it's pretty goddamn ostentatious if you ask me, but of course that's just a kid's opinion. I mean, I don't even speak Italian. Are you sexually involved with my father?
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Filmed in 1986, not released until two years later. See more »Quotes
Catherine the decorator: Um David, what do you think of your dad's apartment?David Hart: Well, it's pretty goddamn ostentatious if you ask me, but of course that's just a kid's opinion. I mean, I don't even speak Italian. Are you sexually involved with my father?
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I only caught "the rest of the movie" But seeing W Goldberg I decided to watch it and loved it. Young white American boy find out his parents will not stay together and has to deal with it. House Keeper W G is supposed to be Jamaican and it seems has "raised" this child along his parents and somehow has become part of the family all hierarchy still in vigor but not really imposed as it seems this family has much relied on her. Young David is also faced with a mystery with his allied house keeper and his growing up is doubly challenged by his own situation but also with his parent's substitute unclear past. I do have a lot of time for W G and enjoyed her performance never giving into over emotional yet displaying a genuine caring attitude. Some may find the final finding a little over the top, but I know sometimes reality can be larger than fiction so personality I go with the flow. I wonder why there are so few reviews...to each its own