Daniel (1983 film)
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Directed by | Sidney Lumet |
Screenplay by | E. L. Doctorow |
Based on | The Book of Daniel by E. L. Doctorow |
Produced by | Burtt Harris |
Starring | Timothy Hutton Mandy Patinkin Lindsay Crouse Edward Asner Peter Friedman Lee Richardson Carmen Mathews Tovah Feldshuh |
Cinematography | Andrzej Bartkowiak |
Edited by | Peter C. Frank |
Music by | Bob James |
Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
Release date | 26 August 1983 |
Running time | 130 minutes |
Country | United Kingdom / United States |
Language | English |
Box office | $687,475[1] |
Daniel is a 1983 British-American drama film which was adapted by E. L. Doctorow from his 1971 novel The Book of Daniel. It was directed by Sidney Lumet.
Plot introduction[]
The film was based on the life story of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, who were convicted as spies and executed by the United States government in 1953 for giving nuclear secrets to the Soviet Union. This story follows their fictionalized son as he attempts to find out the truth. They were both executed in the electric chair.
Cast[]
Paul and Rochelle Isaacson (the Rosenbergs) are played by Mandy Patinkin and Lindsay Crouse. Their son Daniel is played by Timothy Hutton, his wife Phyllis by Ellen Barkin, and their (fictional) daughter Susan by Amanda Plummer. In actuality, the Rosenbergs had two sons, Michael and Robert.
Ed Asner and Maria Tucci also appear in the film.
Reception[]
Daniel received mixed reviews and was not a box office success upon its limited release. It currently holds a 43% rating on Rotten Tomatoes.
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- English-language films
- 1983 films
- Films based on American novels
- Films directed by Sidney Lumet
- Films about capital punishment
- Films set in New York City
- Films set in Washington, D.C.
- Films set in Los Angeles
- Films set in the 1930s
- Films set in the 1940s
- Films set in the 1950s
- Films set in the 1960s
- 1983 drama films
- Cultural depictions of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg
- 1980s drama film stubs