Immediate Family (film)
Immediate Family | |
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Directed by | Jonathan Kaplan |
Written by | Barbara Benedek |
Produced by | Lawrence Kasdan |
Starring | |
Cinematography | John Lindley |
Edited by | Jane Kurson |
Music by | Brad Fiedel |
Distributed by | Columbia Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 95 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $14 million |
Box office | $5,932,613[1] |
Immediate Family is a 1989 drama film directed by Jonathan Kaplan. It stars Glenn Close and James Woods as a married childless couple who want a baby. They decide to adopt from a pregnant teenage girl played by Mary Stuart Masterson who later gets second thoughts.
Plot[]
Successful couple Linda Spector (Glenn Close) and Michael Spector (James Woods) have been married for ten years and desperately want to be parents. They try to conceive but are unable. They turn to an adoption agency and meet the pregnant 17-year-old Lucy (Mary Stuart Masterson). She thinks the couple can provide better for her baby than she and her boyfriend Sam (Kevin Dillon). The Spectors take care of Lucy during her pregnancy and they become close but Lucy becomes uncertain about giving up her baby.
Cast[]
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- Glenn Close as Linda Spector
- James Woods as Michael Spector
- Mary Stuart Masterson as Lucy
- Kevin Dillon as Sam
- as Lawyer Susan Drew
- as Eli
- Mimi Kennedy as Eli's mother
- Charles Levin as Eli's father
- as Bessie
- Ken Lerner as Josh
- Jane Greer as Michael's Mother
- Veena Sood as Admitting Nurse
Reception[]
Immediate Family received mixed reviews from critics, as the film holds a 50% rating on Rotten Tomatoes from 12 reviews.
Awards and nominations[]
National Board of Review of Motion Pictures
- 1989: Won, "Best Supporting Actress" - Mary Stuart Masterson
- 1990: Nominated, "Best Young Actor Supporting Role in a Motion Picture" - Kevin Dillon
References[]
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External links[]
- 1989 films
- English-language films
- American drama films
- American pregnancy films
- Films about adoption
- 1989 drama films
- Films shot in Vancouver
- Films directed by Jonathan Kaplan
- Columbia Pictures films
- American films
- Films scored by Brad Fiedel
- 1980s pregnancy films