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A trilogy of stories set in the same house--with different occupants and spanning over 40 years--examines three women, the common crisis of an unexpected pregnancy, and the wrenching decision to have an abortion. In 1952, abortion is illegal. A widowed nurse deals with her unexpected pregnancy by ta...

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Rovi Media Collection. Movies.
Corporate Authors: HBO Home Entertainment (Firm)
Warner Home Video (Firm)
HBO NYC Productions
Moving Pictures (Firm : Santa Monica, Calif.)
HBO Video (Firm)
Other Authors: Savoca, Nancy (Screenwriter, Director)
Wallace, Pamela (Screenwriter)
Wallace, Earl W. (Screenwriter)
Nanus, Susan (Screenwriter)
King, I. Marlene (Screenwriter)
Cher, 1946- (Actor, Director)
Moore, Demi (Actor)
Spacek, Sissy (Actor)
Knight, Shirley (Actor)
Keener, Catherine (Actor)
London, Jason (Actor)
Pounder, C. C. H. (Actor)
Berkeley, Xander, 1955- (Actor)
Burress, Hedy (Actor)
Gleason, Joanna (Actor)
Yulin, Harris (Actor)
Heche, Anne (Actor)
Smith, Jada Pinkett, 1971- (Actor)
Brennan, Eileen (Actor)
Crouse, Lindsay (Actor)
Nelson, Craig T. (Actor)
Scarwid, Diana, 1955- (Actor)
Toussaint, Lorraine, 1960- (Actor)
Wilson, Rita (Actor)
Language:English
Spanish
French
Language of the Original:
English
Language and/or Writing System:
In English or dubbed Spanish, with optional subtitles in English, Spanish or French.
Closed-captioned.
Published: [New York, N.Y.] : Home Box Office : Distributed by Warner Home Video, [2010], ©2010.
Series:Rovi Media Collection. Movies.
Subjects:
Abortion applicants > Drama.
Unwanted pregnancy > Drama.
Women > Drama.
Abortion > Drama.
Unwanted pregnancy > Decision making > Drama.
Reproductive rights > Drama.
Abortion services > United States > Drama.
Abortion > Religious aspects > Drama.
Women > United States > Social conditions > Drama.
Aborto > Teatro.
Medical drama.
Made-for-TV movies.
Fiction television programs.
Television programs.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Genre:
Drama.
Teatro.
Medical drama.
Made-for-TV movies.
Fiction television programs.
Television programs.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (97 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Format: Video DVD
Description
Summary:
A trilogy of stories set in the same house--with different occupants and spanning over 40 years--examines three women, the common crisis of an unexpected pregnancy, and the wrenching decision to have an abortion. In 1952, abortion is illegal. A widowed nurse deals with her unexpected pregnancy by taking drastic measures to obtain one. In 1974, a happily married woman, the mother of four children, discovers that she is pregnant again. Now she must choose between losing her lifelong dream and terminating her pregnancy. In 1996, a Catholic college student finds herself pregnant as the result of an affair with a professor. She decides on an abortion, but does not realize what it means to go through with one, while society rends itself asunder with violent protest.
Note:Based on material by Stuart Kaplan.
DVD release of motion picture originally broadcast on television in 1996.
Special features: Cast/crew bios [text feature].
Videorecording.
Call Number:AF2 D0010576 VideoDVD
Audience:
MPAA rating: R.
ISBN:0783116896
9780783116891
Credits:1952: Directed by Nancy Savoca ; teleplay by Nancy Savoca ; story by Pamela Wallace & Earl Wallace and Nancy Savoca ; director of photography, Ellen Kuras ; edited by Elena Maganini.
1974: Directed by Nancy Savoca ; written by Susan Nanus and Nancy Savoca ; director of photography, Bobby Bukowski ; editor, Elena Maganini.
1996: Directed by Cher ; story by I. Marlene King ; teleplay by I. Marlene King and Nancy Savoca ; director of photography, John Stanier ; editor, Peter Honess.
All episodes: music, Cliff Eidelman ; production designer, Hilda Stark Manos ; costume designer, Jacqueline Arthur.
System Details:DVD ; fullscreen (4:3) presentation ; Dolby digital 2.0 stereo. surround (English) and mono. (Spanish).
Participant or Performer:
1974: Sissy Spacek, Xander Berkeley, Hedy Burress, Joanna Gleason, Harris Yulin.
1996: Cher, Anne Heche, Jada Pinkett, Eileen Brennan, Lindsay Crouse, Craig T. Nelson, Diana Scarwid, Lorraine Toussaint, Rita Wilson.
Cast:
1952: Demi Moore, Shirley Knight, Catherine Keener, Jason London, C.C.H. Pounder.