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*Desperate Lives*
Desperate Lives
	DVD cover
Written by	Lew Hunter
Directed by	Robert Michael Lewis
Starring	Tom Atkins; Diane Ladd; Doug McKeon; Helen Hunt; Diana Scarwid
Music by	Bruce Broughton
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
Production
Producers	Lew Hunter (producer); Arthur Fellows (executive producer); Terry Keegan (executive producer)
Cinematography	Joseph F. Biroc (as Joe Biroc)
Running time	96 minutes
Production companies	Fellows-Keegan Company; Lorimar Television
Original release
Network	CBS
Release	March 3, 1982

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Desperate Lives is a 1982 CBS Schoolbreak Special made-for-TV film about drug use in a high school. The film has a very strong anti-drug message.

Plot summary

The Cameron family seems, on the surface, to be the perfect family, but things are not as they seem. Their two teenage children, Scott and Sandy, fall in with the wrong crowds at their high school and eventually become involved with drug experimentation. Sandy, after ingesting angel dust made by her boyfriend in the school's chemistry lab, jumps through a glass window of the school (purposely cutting her arms with the cut glass in the process) and is subsequently paralyzed from the fall. A caring guidance counselor, Eileen Phillips, sees the problem that is going on in the school and, after other tragic incidents involving two other students (one of which involves Scott and his girlfriend smoking drugs and crashing their car off a cliff) and when no one else on the staff is willing to do anything about it, takes the steps to deal with and confront the problem. The aftermath of this tragedy makes Scott and Sandy's parents realize that even their "perfect" kids can be affected by drugs, especially after Scott has a violent reaction and goes into the hospital. At a school assembly, Eileen Phillips storms in and confronts the students about the increasing drug use, sending a message to the crowd about the effects of what the drug problem is doing to the kids and the tragedies that resulted because of it.

Cast

Diana Scarwid as Eileen Phillips
Doug McKeon as Scott Cameron
Helen Hunt as Sandy Cameron
William Windom as Dr. Jarvis
Art Hindle as Stan
Tom Atkins as John Cameron
Norman Alden as Coach
Tricia Cast as Susan Garber
Sam Bottoms as Ken Baynes
Diane Ladd as Carol Cameron
Grant Cramer as Steve
Michele Greene as Julie Jordan
Terry Alexander as Robert Walsh
Joyce Brothers as Mrs. Watson (as Dr. Joyce Brothers)
Aggie Terry as Cindy
Katherine Kelly Lang as Mary
Susan McClung as Sarah
Clayton Rohner as Monte
Jennifer Parsons as Olivia (as Jenny Parsons)
Mykelti Williamson as Jack (as Mykel T. Williamson)
Jane Milmore as Jane
Curt Ayers as Jesse
Michele Laurita as Diana
Glenn-Michael Jones as Al
Joey Green as Howard
Michael Cummings as Brad Davis
Viola Kates Stimpson as Grandmother

Production Notes

The theme song to "Desperate Lives" was written and sung by Rick Springfield.
Some of the movie was filmed at William S. Hart High School in Newhall, Santa Clarita, California.

DVD release

Desperate Lives was released on DVD in April 21, 2010 and is still available to buy on Amazon.com.

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 ==Plot summary==
-The Cameron family seems, on the surface, to be the perfect family, but things are not as they seem. Their two teenage kids, Scott and Sandy, fall in with the wrong crowds at their high school, both eventually getting involved with drug experimentation. In a disturbing turn of events, Sandy, after ingesting [[Phencyclidine|angel dust]] made by her boyfriend in the school's chemistry lab, winds up suddenly jumping through a glass window of the school (purposely cutting her arms with the cut glass in the process) and is subsequently paralyzed from the fall. A caring guidance counselor, Eileen Phillips, sees the problem that is going on in the school and, after other tragic incidents involving two other students (one of which involves Scott and his girlfriend smoking drugs and crashing their car off a cliff) and when no one else on the staff is willing to do anything about it, takes the steps to deal with and confront the problem. The aftermath of this tragedy makes Scott and Sandy's parents realize that even their "perfect" kids can be affected by drugs, especially after Scott has a violent reaction and goes into the hospital. At a school assembly, Eileen Phillips storms in and confronts the students about the increasing drug use, sending a message to the crowd about the effects of what the drug problem is doing to the kids and the tragedies that resulted because of it.
+The Cameron family seems, on the surface, to be the perfect family, but things are not as they seem. Their two teenage children, Scott and Sandy, fall in with the wrong crowds at their high school and eventually become involved with drug experimentation. Sandy, after ingesting [[Phencyclidine|angel dust]] made by her boyfriend in the school's chemistry lab, jumps through a glass window of the school (purposely cutting her arms with the cut glass in the process) and is subsequently paralyzed from the fall. A caring guidance counselor, Eileen Phillips, sees the problem that is going on in the school and, after other tragic incidents involving two other students (one of which involves Scott and his girlfriend smoking drugs and crashing their car off a cliff) and when no one else on the staff is willing to do anything about it, takes the steps to deal with and confront the problem. The aftermath of this tragedy makes Scott and Sandy's parents realize that even their "perfect" kids can be affected by drugs, especially after Scott has a violent reaction and goes into the hospital. At a school assembly, Eileen Phillips storms in and confronts the students about the increasing drug use, sending a message to the crowd about the effects of what the drug problem is doing to the kids and the tragedies that resulted because of it.
 ==Cast==