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Growing Up Brady (film)

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Growing Up Brady
GenreBiography, Drama
Based onGrowing Up Brady: I Was a Teenage Greg
by Barry Williams with Chris Kreski
Written byMatt Dorff
Directed byRichard A. Colla
StarringBarry Williams
Adam Brody
Kaley Cuoco
Daniel Hugh Kelly
Michael Tucker
Narrated byBarry Williams
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
Production
Executive producersKimberly Rubin
Barry Williams
ProducerMark H. Ovitz
CinematographyMichael D. Margulies
EditorMartin Nicholson
Running time100 minutes
Production companiesZenna Tree Entertainment
Paramount Television
Original release
NetworkNBC
ReleaseMay 21, 2000 (2000-05-21)
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Growing Up Brady is a 2000 American made-for-television biographical film based on the 1992 autobiography Growing Up Brady: I Was a Teenage Greg written by actor Barry Williams with Chris Kreski.[1] Directed by Richard A. Colla, it starred Williams, Adam Brody, Kaley Cuoco, Daniel Hugh Kelly and Michael Tucker, and was originally broadcast May 21, 2000 on NBC.[2]

Synopsis

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The movie is about the production of the 1969–1974 ABC sitcom The Brady Bunch, on which Williams played young Greg Brady, with backstage dramas among the cast and the show's producers. However at times some of the scenes have been slightly altered from what actually occurred in real life. The film is dedicated to the memory of Robert Reed.

Cast

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Differences from the book

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In his book, Williams writes that he first kissed McCormick in Hawaii, rather than in a limousine bringing them home from The Who concert in Los Angeles. The flirting between McCormick and Williams while filming for "A Room at the Top" (episode 95) happened a few months before the Hawaii episodes and was boosted for the TV movie. Although in the film Eve Plumb's character is unfazed when a security guard stumbles upon her and Christopher Knight making out in a prop car on the Paramount Pictures backlot, Knight has said Plumb was "mortified" and started to cry. Also a scene where Williams' agent tells him that The Brady Bunch had been canceled is changed somewhat. Instead of drinking a bottle of Bourbon, he is drinking a bottle of Scotch.[citation needed]

Home media

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The film was released on DVD in region 1 by Paramount Home Media Distribution in May 2004.[3]

In June 2019, the film was re-released on DVD by CBS/Paramount as a part of The Brady-est Brady Bunch TV & Movie Collection to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the original series.[4]

References

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  1. ^ Williams, Barry; Kreski, Chris (2000). Growing Up Brady: I Was A Teenage Greg (3rd ed.). Sherman Oaks, Los Angeles: Good Guy Entertainment. ISBN 978-0967378503.
  2. ^ "Growing Up Brady". Turner Classic Movies. Atlanta: Turner Broadcasting System (Time Warner). Retrieved July 10, 2017.
  3. ^ Growing Up Brady. Paramount Home Media Distribution (DVD). Hollywood: Paramount Pictures. May 25, 2004. ASIN B0001EQIBU. Retrieved July 10, 2017.
  4. ^ The Brady Bunch: 50th Anniversary TV & Movie Collection. ASIN 6317790140.
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