Norman Rockwell's Breaking Home Ties
Brief Synopsis
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A Thanksgiving movie, inspired by a classic Norman Rockwell painting, about a family in the Southwest in the 1950s. The painting depicts a father and son sitting on the running board of an old truck awaiting the train that will take the boy off to college. The film dramatizes the subsequent events i
Cast & Crew
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John Wilder
Director
Jason Robards Jr.
Lloyd Welles
Eva Marie Saint
Emma Welles
Claire Trevor
Grace Porter
Doug Mckeon
Lonnie Welles
Erin Gray
Carol Sheldrake
Film Details
Also Known As
Breaking Home Ties
Genre
Drama
Release Date
1987
Production Company
ABC Entertainment Group; CFI Hollywood; John Wilder Productions; Leonetti Company; Southwest Laboratories; Sync Pop Inc
Distribution Company
Cabin Fever Entertainment Inc
Location
Dallas, Texas, USA
Technical Specs
Duration
2h
Synopsis
A Thanksgiving movie, inspired by a classic Norman Rockwell painting, about a family in the Southwest in the 1950s. The painting depicts a father and son sitting on the running board of an old truck awaiting the train that will take the boy off to college. The film dramatizes the subsequent events involving the maturing of the son and the truths that the son's parents and teacher must confront.
Director
John Wilder
Director
Cast
Jason Robards Jr.
Lloyd Welles
Eva Marie Saint
Emma Welles
Claire Trevor
Grace Porter
Doug Mckeon
Lonnie Welles
Erin Gray
Carol Sheldrake
Kristen Lux
Bonnie Jo Jensen
J Eddie Peck
Brad Sheldrake
David Denny
Roy Gibbs
Parley Baer
Sears
Jerry Haines
Dr Hendrickson
Norman Bennett
Tom Campitelli
Jerry Haynes
Jill Parker-jones
Miles Mutchler
Abby Newman
John Cadenhead
Dale Smith
George Toomer
Lead Person
Crew
Wayne Artman
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Mary Anna Austin
Casting (Texas)
Tom Beckert
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Curtis Bingham
Gaffer
Stacy Brownrigg
Boom Operator
Janis Burklund
Location Manager
Ken Carlson
Casting
Skip Chasey
Assistant
Graham Cottle
Producer
Mindy Dacus
Script Supervisor
Tom Dahl
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Deborah Dellamico
Assistant Director
Wes Dempster
Dolly Grip
Phyllis Detrich
Property Master
Joe Dishner
Production Consultant
Richard Edesa
Camera Operator
John Elizalde
Music Editor
Hector Figueroa
Director Of Photography
Jerry Fleming
Property Master
Pat Gibbons
Apprentice
Michael L Glennon
Camera Assistant
Gary Griffen
Editor
Annette Hoffman
Wardrobe Supervisor
Jerrold Immel
Music
Richard James
Production Designer
Marjorie Kalins
Executive In Charge Of Production
Kenneth Kaufman
Executive Producer
Amy Krell
Assistant
Robert Lemchen
Production Associate
Michael Lepiner
Executive Producer
Janet Knutsen Mccann
Assistant Director
David Mcgill
Camera Assistant
Artie Olaisen
Extras Agent/Coordinator
Jennifer Pinkerton
Other
Tony Poston
Key Grip
Morteza Rezvani
Sound Mixer
Elizabeth Sagan
Set Decorator
Daniel Schneider
Associate Producer
Daniel Schneider
Unit Production Manager
Debby Shively
Casting Assistant
Charles Simmons
Assistant Editor
Nena Smarz
Hair Stylist
Phil Sparks
Camera Operator
Daphne Lynnn Stacey
Production Coordinator
Joan Skelton Thomas
Costume Designer
Jimi White
Makeup Artist
Janice Wilder
Assistant
John Wilder
Executive Producer
John Wilder
Screenwriter
Film Details
Also Known As
Breaking Home Ties
Genre
Drama
Release Date
1987
Production Company
ABC Entertainment Group; CFI Hollywood; John Wilder Productions; Leonetti Company; Southwest Laboratories; Sync Pop Inc
Distribution Company
Cabin Fever Entertainment Inc
Location
Dallas, Texas, USA
Technical Specs
Duration
2h
Quotes
Trivia
Miscellaneous Notes
Aired in United States November 26, 1987
Aired in United States on Video October 21, 1992
