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Director
  
Gregory Hoblit

First episode date
  
May 15, 1989

Duration
  

Country
  
United States

6/10
IMDb

Genre
  
Biography, Drama

Writer
  
Alison Cross

Language
  
English

Roe vs Wade (film) movie poster

Cast
  
Holly Hunter
(Ellen Russell / Jane Doe),
Amy Madigan
(Sarah Weddington),
Chris Mulkey
(Ron Weddington),
Terry O'Quinn
(Jay Floyd),
Stephen Tobolowsky
(Darryl Horwath)

Release date
  
May 15, 1989

Similar movies
  
Related Gregory Hoblit movies

Nbc promo roe vs wade 1989


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

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Plot

Holly Hunter plays 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.

Cast

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

    • Production

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

    Release

    The film first aired on NBC on May 15, 1989. The German TV broadcast was edited down from 100 to 91 minutes.

    References

    Roe vs. Wade (film) Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA

    Roe vs. Wade (film) IMDb Roe vs. Wade (film) themoviedb.org


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