The shadow box / a Viacom Presentation ; produced by Jill Marti, Susan Kendall Newman ; directed by Paul Newman ; written for television by Michael Cristofer.

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In a hospice facility in California, where one member of each family is in the last stages of a terminal illness, three families confront the impending loss of a loved one.

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors: Viacom (Firm)
Boulevard Entertainment (Firm)
Other Authors: Woodward, Joanne, 1930-
Plummer, Christopher
Harper, Valerie, 1939-2019
Broderick, James
Sidney, Sylvia, 1910-1999
Masters, Ben, 1947-
Considine, John, 1935-
Marlowe, Curtiss
Marti, Jill
Newman, Susan Kendall
Cristofer, Michael
Language:English
Published: [Place of publication not identified] : Boulevard Entertainment, 2006, [1980]
Subjects:
Cancer > Patients > Drama.
Death > Psychological aspects > Drama.
Families > Drama.
Terminally ill > Drama.
Cancer > Patients.
Death > Psychological aspects.
Families.
Terminally ill.
Drama.
Made-for-TV movies.
Genre:
Drama.
Made-for-TV movies.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (104 min.) : sound, color ; 1/2 in.
Format: Video DVD
Description
Summary:
In a hospice facility in California, where one member of each family is in the last stages of a terminal illness, three families confront the impending loss of a loved one.
Note:DVD release of the 1980 television movie.
Based on the play "The Shadow Box" by Michael Cristofer which won the Pulitzer Prize in Drama in 1977.
Videorecording.
Call Number:PN1995.9.D37 S53 2006 VideoDVD
Credits:Produced by Jill Marti and Susan Kendall Newman; written by Michael Cristofer, adapted from his play ; directed by Paul Newman ; original music by Henry Mancini ; director of photography, Adam Halendan ; edited by Allan Jacobs.
System Details:DVD, Dolby Digital.
Cast:
Joanne Woodward, Christopher Plummer, Valerie Harper, James Broderick, Sylvia Sidney, Melinda Dillon, Ben Masters, John Considine and Curtiss Marlowe.