Family Pictures

Family Pictures
Genre Drama
Based on Family Pictures
by Sue Miller
Screenplay by Jennifer Miller
Directed by Philip Saville
Starring Anjelica Huston
Sam Neill
Kyra Sedgwick
Dermot Mulroney
Lindsay G. Merrithew
Music by Johnny Harris
Country of origin United States
Original language(s) English
Production
Executive producer(s) Les Alexander
Don Enright
Producer(s) Les Alexander
Joseph Broido
Jennifer Miller
Cinematography Elemér Ragályi
Editor(s) Debra Karen
Running time 183 minutes
Production company(s) Alexander/Enright & Associates
Hearst Entertainment
Distributor ABC
Release
Original network ABC
Original release March 21, 1993

Family Pictures is a 1993 American made-for-television drama film based on the novel of the same name by Sue Miller. It was directed by Philip Saville and stars Anjelica Huston, Sam Neill, Kyra Sedgwick, and Dermot Mulroney.

Plot

The film opens with Nina Eberlin (Kyra Sedgwick), the fourth in a family of six children, going to visit her divorced parents. Looking at some old photographs, she begins to tell the story of how her parents, Lainey (Anjelica Huston) and David (Sam Neill), learned that her younger brother Randall (Jamie Harrold) had autism, and how the stress that this placed on them eventually lead to the breakdown of their marriage.

Cast

Accolades

The film earned Anjelica Huston a nomination for Best Actress – Miniseries or Television Film at the 51st Golden Globe Awards. It was also nominated for Outstanding Miniseries and Outstanding Individual Achievement in Writing in a Miniseries or a Special at the 45th Primetime Emmy Awards.

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