Summary
Based on Truman Capote's bittersweet tale of a young boy's adventures with the father he's never known in New Orleans in the 1930s..
Good for
- Date night
- Family movie night
- Friends night
Skip it if
- You want dark or edgy material
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At a glance
Critics vs audiences
Only audience scores so far
Audiences 44GoodWatch 48
IMDb6.0
Audience score28%
Running time
1 h 26 min
Shorter than 9 in 10 dramas, −23 min on the typical 109
typical 10986Half of all dramas run 98–125 min.
Reach
To rent or buy in 1 countries
Released
1994
December 19, 1994
32 years ago
Genres
DramaFamilyTV MovieLanguage
English
Original language
Also spoken
GermanMade in
United States
Screen Actors Guild Awards1955
- Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Television Movie or Limited Series1955Nominated
and 8 more21 people
- Katharine HepburnCornelia Beaumont
- Henry WinklerDad
- Swoosie KurtzEmily
- T.J. LowtherBuddy
- Tonea StewartEvangeline
- Pat HingleBus Driver
- Julie HarrisSook
- TSTroy SimmonsToby
- MAMarilyn AllenMiss Ivy
- MLMary Lucy BivinsMiss Julene
- HGHenderson GillilandGlenn Gilmore
- Joe InscoeMr. Farris
- JMJoe MaggardDixon Hobbs
- DLDavid LenthallBillards Player
- TMThomas Myers Jr.Salesman
- THTom HullParty Guest
Bob HannahMan #1
John Henry ScottMan #2- NTNello TareGentleman #1
- MPMichael P. CahillAntoine's Patron (uncredited)
Gary SieversGuard on Chain Gang (uncredited)
Directing · 1
- Tony Bill Director
Writing · 2
- Truman Capote Story
- Duane Poole Teleplay, Producer
Production · 5
- John Philip Dayton Producer, Executive Producer
- Merrill H. Karpf Executive Producer
- John Davis Producer
- Meryl O'Loughlin Casting
- Jackie Margey Casting
Camera · 2
- Donald M. Morgan Director of Photography
- Thomas Del Ruth Director of Photography
Editing · 1
- Duane Hartzell Editor
Sound · 1
- Van Dyke Parks Original Music Composer
Art · 3
- C. Robert Holloway Production Design
- David Schlesinger Set Decoration
- Geoffrey S. Grimsman Art Direction
Costume & Make-Up · 5
- Noel Taylor Costume Design
- Michal Bigger Makeup Artist
- Rudolph Eavy III Key Makeup Artist
- Mary Lampert Key Hair Stylist
- Susan Schuler-Page Hairstylist
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