Special Olympics
Brief Synopsis
A widowed father struggles to hold together his family of three teenagers, one of whom is mentally retarded and enrolled in a state school for "special" children where he finds self-fulfillment in his love of sports, emulating his older, athletic brother.
Cast & Crew
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Lee Philips
Director
Steve Billmaier
Kelly B Goon
Constance Mccashin
David Tedrich
Nat Simmons
Film Details
Also Known As
Special Kind of Love, A
Genre
Drama
Release Date
1978
Location
Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA; Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA
Technical Specs
Duration
2h
Synopsis
A widowed father struggles to hold together his family of three teenagers, one of whom is mentally retarded and enrolled in a state school for "special" children where he finds self-fulfillment in his love of sports, emulating his older, athletic brother.
Director
Lee Philips
Director
Cast
Steve Billmaier
Kelly B Goon
Constance Mccashin
David Tedrich
Nat Simmons
Debra Winger
Philip Brown
Irene Tedrow
Kevin Condit
Herbert Edelman
Bruce Bliven
Charles Durning
Mare Winningham
Richard Martinez
Rachel Chavez
Brian Schoderbek
James King
Rebecca E Voss
Lisa Ann Cordova
Mervyn Smith
George Parry
James Calvin Nelson
Crew
David Anderson
Song
John Baron
Gaffer
Susan Jo Brown
Liaison
Helen Conklin
Location Manager
Tony Converse
Coproducer
Wayne A Farlow
Assistant Director
Maureen Gates
Wardrobe
Roger Gimbel
Executive Producer
Mary Goldberg
Casting
William Griffith
Sound Mixer
Anthony Harris
Song
Robert Ianocone
Music
John V Labarbera
Editor
Lily Lacava
Script Supervisor
Matthew F. Leonetti
Director Of Photography
Don Lepage
Makeup
John Linder
Key Grip
Merrit Malloy
Producer
Peter Matz
Music
James J Murakami
Art Director
Jim Nasella
Assistant Director
George Jay Nicholson
Editor
Ken Peach
Camera Operator
Michael G Ross
Property Master
Leonard S Smith
Unit Production Manager
Michael Torrez
Other
Marc Trabulus
Producer
Jill Vandermeer
Production Coordinator
Norman A Webster
Production Accountant
Ernestyne White
Assistant
John Sacret Young
Screenplay
Film Details
Also Known As
Special Kind of Love, A
Genre
Drama
Release Date
1978
Location
Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA; Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA
Technical Specs
Duration
2h
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Miscellaneous Notes
Aired in United States February 22, 1978
In a rebroadcast entitled "A Special Kind of Love."
