Roe vs. Wade (film)

Roe vs. Wade
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Written by	Alison Cross
Directed by	Gregory Hoblit
Starring	Holly Hunter Amy Madigan
Theme music composer	W.G. Snuffy Walden
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
Production
Producers	Gregory Hoblit Alison Cross Michael Manheim
Cinematography	Newton Thomas Sigel
Editors	Joe Ann Fogle Elodie Keene
Running time	100 minutes (US) 91 minutes (German TV broadcast)
Production companies	NBC Productions The Mannheim Company
Original release
Release	May 15, 1989

Roe vs. Wade is a 1989 television film written by Alison Cross about the landmark 1973 United States Supreme Court decision Roe v. Wade. It was directed by Gregory Hoblit and stars Holly Hunter.

Plot

Holly Hunter plays a lonely, single, poorly educated Texan who finds herself pregnant with no means to support a child. To avoid giving up the child, she seeks an abortion. Denied an abortion in Texas the young woman hires a novice lawyer to plead her case in the U.S. Supreme Court.

Cast

• Holly Hunter as Ellen Russel
• Amy Madigan as Sarah Weddington
• Chris Mulkey as Ron Weddington
• Dion Anderson as Flowers
• Terry O'Quinn as Jay Floyd
• Stephen Tobolowsky as Darryl Horwath
• Alycia Grant as Sherry Roe
• James Avery
• Maggie Baird
• Kathy Bates
• Daniel Benzali
• Kevin Cooney

Production

Roe vs. Wade was filmed on 35 mm film with an aspect ratio of 1.33 : 1 and mixed in stereo.

Release

The film first aired on NBC on May 15, 1989. The German TV broadcast was edited down from 100 to 91 minutes.

External links

• Roe vs. Wade at IMDb