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A Place for Annie

  • TV Movie
  • 19941994
  • PGPG
  • 1h 39m
IMDb RATING
7.2/10
575
YOUR RATING
A Place for Annie (1994)
Drama
A nurse fights for custody of her H.I.V. positive foster daughter with her inept, junkie mother. Finally they come to an agreement that they should all live together.A nurse fights for custody of her H.I.V. positive foster daughter with her inept, junkie mother. Finally they come to an agreement that they should all live together.A nurse fights for custody of her H.I.V. positive foster daughter with her inept, junkie mother. Finally they come to an agreement that they should all live together.
IMDb RATING
7.2/10
575
YOUR RATING
    • John Gray
    • Cathleen Young
    • Lee Guthrie
  • Stars
    • Sissy Spacek
    • Mary-Louise Parker
    • S. Epatha Merkerson
    • John Gray
    • Cathleen Young
    • Lee Guthrie
  • Stars
    • Sissy Spacek
    • Mary-Louise Parker
    • S. Epatha Merkerson
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 9User reviews
    • 1Critic review
  • See production, box office & company info
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    • Nominated for 1 Primetime Emmy

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    Jack Noseworthy in A Place for Annie (1994)
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    S. Epatha Merkerson in A Place for Annie (1994)
    Joan Plowright in A Place for Annie (1994)
    Sissy Spacek in A Place for Annie (1994)
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    Sissy Spacek
    Sissy Spacek
    • Susan Lansing
    Mary-Louise Parker
    Mary-Louise Parker
    • Linda
    S. Epatha Merkerson
    S. Epatha Merkerson
    • Alice
    Jack Noseworthy
    Jack Noseworthy
    • David
    Joan Plowright
    Joan Plowright
    • Dorothy
    David Spielberg
    David Spielberg
    • Dr. Palmer
    Richard Gilbert-Hill
    Richard Gilbert-Hill
    • Dr. Scott
    Stephen Keep Mills
    Stephen Keep Mills
    • Dr. Reilly
    • (as Stephen Mills)
    Robin Pearson Rose
    Robin Pearson Rose
    • Edna
    Lauree Berger
    • Sandy
    Linda Carlson
    Linda Carlson
    • Gerry
    Wendy Robie
    Wendy Robie
    • Dr. Horton
    J.P. Bumstead
    • Judge
    Rebecca Donner
    • Elaine
    Claudette Sutherland
    • Carol
    Cam Brainard
    • Medical Student
    Kathy Anderson
    • Annie
    • (as Katie Anderson)
    Leslie Anderson
    • Annie
      • John Gray
      • Cathleen Young
      • Lee Guthrie
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    Storyline

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    • Trivia
      Mary-Louise Parker and Dame Joan Plowright appeared in The Spiderwick Chronicles (2008).
    • Connections
      Edited into Hallmark Hall of Fame (1951)

    User reviews9

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    10/10
    Very touching...
    After "Our Sons" with Julie Andrews and Ann-Margret, this is my favorite AIDS movie. There's no need to lavish praise on an actress like Sissy Spacek; her gift is evident as soon as she enters a scene. Spacek uses her customary savvy and elan as Susan Lansing, a nurse who falls in love with and takes in an AIDS-afflicted infant whose mother has abandoned her. The nurse sets up her home with a nanny and her own son as standby only to have the mother return and reclaim her child. Her name is Linda, a bitter, spent drug addict, and she manages to make everyone in the Lansing household ill at ease, threatening to take her baby away. She is, of course, not in any position to care for her child, and Susan, realizing this, begs her to stay. An uneasy truce develops between all concerned for the baby Annie, and it is here that the movie moves us through Linda's disappointments and despair, and the only vestige of hope she has been handed--that Annie will not be touched by disease and have a mother like Susan to raise her.

    Lightweight is the way I would describe Mary-Louise Parker's past work; I cannot remember any performance prior to this that was this vivid. She plays Linda like a wounded dog whose howl catches in her throat when she wants to cry. She's defensive and hostile, but her most touching moments are painfully stifled. Parker's presence runs dark and deep; she makes sure the undertow of Linda's grief lurks beneath every frame.

    With Joan Plowright as the nanny, and Jack Noseworthy as Susan's son, David. Would that more parents had children like him?
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    • Release date
      • May 1, 1994 (United States)
      • United States
      • English
    • Also known as
      • San Diego, California, USA
    • Production companies
      • Cannell Entertainment
      • Gross-Weston Productions
      • Hallmark Hall of Fame Productions
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    Technical specs

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    • 1 hour 39 minutes
      • Color
      • Stereo

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