The movie examines the abortion issue through three stories set in different eras: 1952, 1974 and 1996.The movie examines the abortion issue through three stories set in different eras: 1952, 1974 and 1996.The movie examines the abortion issue through three stories set in different eras: 1952, 1974 and 1996.
- Nominated for 4 Primetime Emmys
- 4 wins & 15 nominations total
Bob Shuttleworth
- Hospital Visitor (segment "1952")
- (as Bob Shuttlesworth)
- Directors
- Cher(segment 1996)
- Nancy Savoca(segments 1952, 1974)
- Writers
- Pamela Wallace(segment 1952)
- Earl W. Wallace(segment 1952)
- Nancy Savoca(segment 1952)
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- TriviaHolds the record as HBO's highest-rated original movie.
- GoofsIn the 1974 segment, one of the kids mentions wanting to watch The Partridge Family (1970), which at that time, aired on Saturday night. However, the kids had been to school that day so it was not a Saturday.
- Alternate versionsThe UK video version was cut by 3 secs to reduce multiple gunshots during the hospital shooting scene.
- SoundtracksCrazy
Written and Performed by Seal
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Powerful, Poignant and Passionate
I love this film because it tackles the issue from both internal and external places. Arguments are presented without bias, no matter what some may say. My dad even thought this was a Pro-Life film. I clearly disagree with him and believe it's got lots of Pro-Choice leanings. Demi Moore playing a nurse who is totally alone with an unplanned pregnancy was excellent. Her fear and aloneness in the not so fabulous '50s was so beautifully represented. And it's like the other comment said, her "family" treated her more like an extension of their dead son than like an individual person. I'd rather have no family at all than one like that. Sissy Spacek represented a choice, in a decade where choices were allowed. She had it so much easier than Demi Moore's character, yet her struggle and ultimate decision were just as hard in a lot of ways, maybe even harder. Anne Heche and Cher play two women who are up against Pro-Lifers who "love babies". It reminds me of a bumper sticker I once saw: "I love babies...born and unborn." Okay, great, but too many people who love babies actually hate KIDS. Once the child is no longer bald, pink and small, this passionate "love" turns into hatred and abuse of the worst kind. I know, I've seen it and I've lived it. Truly the most nerve jangling moment is at the very end of the film. Matthew Lillard is terrific as a psycho!!!
I give this film an A+++++
I give this film an A+++++
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- Mar 18, 2004
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- Runtime1 hour 37 minutes
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- 1.33 : 1
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