Roe vs. Wade (film)

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Roe vs. Wade
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Genre	Biography Drama
Written by	Alison Cross
Directed by	Gregory Hoblit
Starring	Holly Hunter Amy Madigan
Theme music composer	W.G. Snuffy Walden
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
Production
Producers	Gregory Hoblit Alison Cross Michael Manheim
Cinematography	Newton Thomas Sigel
Editors	Joe Ann Fogle Elodie Keene
Running time	100 minutes
Production companies	NBC Productions The Manheim Company
Distributor	NBC
Release
Original network	NBC
Picture format	Color
Audio format	Stereo
Original release	May 15, 1989 (1989-05-15)

Roe vs. Wade is a 1989 television film written by Alison Cross about the landmark 1973 United States Supreme Court decision Roe v. Wade. It was directed by Gregory Hoblit and stars Holly Hunter and Amy Madigan.

Plot[]

Ellen Russell is a lonely, single, poorly educated Texan who finds herself pregnant with no means to support a child. To avoid giving up the child, she seeks an abortion. Denied an abortion in Texas, the young woman hires a novice lawyer to plead her case in the U.S. Supreme Court.^[1]

Cast[]

• Holly Hunter as Ellen Russell
• Amy Madigan as Sarah Weddington
• Chris Mulkey as Ron Weddington
• as Flowers
• Terry O'Quinn as Jay Floyd
• Stephen Tobolowsky as Darryl Horwath
• as Sherry Roe
• James Avery
• Maggie Baird
• Kathy Bates
• Daniel Benzali
• Kevin Cooney

Production[]

Roe vs. Wade was filmed on 35mm film with an aspect ratio of 1.33:1 and mixed in stereo.^[2]

Release[]

The film first aired on NBC on May 15, 1989.^[3] It was the 10th most viewed primetime television show for the week, with a 17.0 Nielsen rating, and seen in an estimated 15.3 million homes.^[4]

The German TV broadcast was edited down from 100 to 91 minutes.^[5]

Awards[]

41st Primetime Emmy Awards[]

47th Golden Globe Awards[]

References[]

External links[]

• Roe vs. Wade at IMDb

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