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Title: Silence Like Glass (1989)
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| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| Jami Gertz | ... | Eva Martin | |
| Martha Plimpton | ... | Claudia Jacoby | |
| George Peppard | ... | Mr. Martin | |
| Bruce Payne | ... | Dr. Burton | |
| Rip Torn | ... | Dr. Markowitz | |
| Gayle Hunnicutt | ... | Mrs. Martin | |
| Dayle Haddon | ... | Darlene Meyers | |
| Theresa Merritt | ... | Nurse Wilson | |
| James Remar | ... | Charly | |
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John Farren | ... | Ivanov |
| Madeleine Sherwood | ... | Grandmother | |
| Matthew Burton | ... | Chaplain Lawrence | |
| Yeardley Smith | ... | Karen | |
| Gedeon Burkhard | ... | Bud | |
| Kathleen Doyle | ... | Mrs. Jacoby | |
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Fact-based story of a 19 year old ballerina (Gertz) whose collapse on stage leads to the discovery that she has cancer. Transferred to a specialty clinic, she rooms with a working class girl who is directly in conflict with the more refined girl. With both facing their potential deaths, an unlikely bond is formed. Written by John Sacksteder <jsackste@bellsouth.net>
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EnglishRelease Date:
August 1990 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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Color (Eastmancolor)Aspect Ratio:
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Claudia Jacoby: You're out of your tree.
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Eva Martin: [They're by Alison's side, as she prepares to die in her bed, talking to Claudia] I don't suppose you'll make a deal with GOD.Claudia Jacoby: You're out of your tree.
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This movie, although dry and depressing, captures the fear and anger that young cancer patients face every day. For those people out there who feel that this movie is too much, then I hope you never are stricken with a deadly disease. I have not been that fortunate. I am currently in remission from stage 3b Hodgkin's disease that I fought for 2 years. I am now 23 years old and can identify with both Eva and Claudia in their daily struggles. Although the setting makes this movie seem very cold, the director was trying to show the isolation that cancer patients feel. This is the type of movie that should open our hearts to those who are sick and realize that some people really are going through this kind of pain.