Touched by Love
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Touched by Love | |
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Directed by | Gus Trikonis |
Screenplay by | Hesper Anderson |
Based on | To Elvis, with Love by Lena Canada |
Produced by | Michael Viner |
Starring | |
Cinematography | Richard H. Kline |
Edited by | Fred Chulack |
Music by | John Barry |
Production company | Rastar |
Distributed by | Columbia Pictures |
Release date | October 31, 1980 |
Running time | 95 minutes |
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Language | English |
Budget | $2.5 million[1] |
Box office | $11,200[1] |
Touched by Love (also called To Elvis, with Love) is a 1980 American drama film directed by Gus Trikonis and starring Diane Lane and Deborah Raffin. The screenplay concerns a therapist who tries a novel approach with a girl afflicted with cerebral palsy; she has her charge become a pen pal with the girl's favorite singer, Elvis Presley. The film was based on the real-life reminiscences of Lena Canada.
Raffin was nominated for both a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress — Motion Picture Drama and a Razzie for Worst Actress for her performance. The film received a second Razzie nomination for Hesper Anderson's screenplay.
Cast[]
- Diane Lane as Karen Brown
- Deborah Raffin as Lena Canada
- Michael Learned as Dr. Bell
- John Amos as Tony
- Cristina Raines as Amy
- Mary Wickes as Margaret
- Clu Gulager as Don Fielder
References[]
- ^ a b "AFI|Catalog". catalog.afi.com.
External links[]
Categories:
- English-language films
- 1980 films
- 1980 drama films
- American films
- American drama films
- Canadian films
- Canadian drama films
- Columbia Pictures films
- 1980s English-language films
- Films scored by John Barry (composer)
- Films about people with cerebral palsy
- Films based on non-fiction books
- Films shot in Alberta
- Films directed by Gus Trikonis
- 1980s Canadian film stubs
- 1980s drama film stubs