Touched by Love (1980)

Regisseur:

Gus Trikonis

Drehbuchautoren:

Hesper Anderson (writer)
Lena Canada (story)

Genre:

Drama

Plot:

A young nurse becomes determined to reach an unresponsive teenage cerebral palsy patient by encouraging her to write to her favorite rock singer, Elvis Presley. |

Plot Keywords:

Elvis Presley | Elvis | Based On Short Story | Cerebral Palsy | Pen Pal

Filmpreise:

Nominated for Golden Globe. Another 2 wins & 2 nominations

Nutzerkommentare:

An excellent Sleeper-A MUST SEE!

Besetzung

Diane Lane	...	Karen
Deborah Raffin	...	Lena Canada
Michael Learned	...	Dr. Bell
John Amos	...	Tony
Cristina Raines	...	Amy
Mary Wickes	...	Margaret
Clu Gulager	...	Don Fielder
Twyla Volkins	...	Monica
Clive Shalom	...	Topper
Jason Bates	...	The Children
Joseph John Bondok	...	The Children
Beverly Chapman	...	The Children
Jennifer Collins	...	The Children
Cathy Corns	...	The Children
Rhonda De Jong	...	The Children

Alternativ:

To Elvis, with Love

Länge:

USA:95 Min

Produktionsland:

USA | Canada

Sprache:

Englisch

Farbe:

Farbe (Metrocolor)

Tonverfahren:

Mono

Altersfreigabe:

Iceland:L | USA:PG

Drehorte:

Banff, Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada

Firma:

Rastar Pictures

Dies und das:

This is a real story about young disabled girl who had correspondence with Elvis Presley up to 1963 when she died.

Soundtrack:

Love Me Tender

An excellent Sleeper-A MUST SEE!

I saw this film as an accident, after having watched a film I'd planned on viewing, but actually liked this film better than the one I'd planned on watching! I've been a fan of Diane Lane for years, ever since I saw the OLDEST LIVING CONFEDERATE WIDOW that she was in, among others, and she was flawless in this one, though she was only 15 at the time. She and Deborah Raffin are simply superb as a Cerebral Palsy victim and a young woman who comes to work in a mountain therapy center (in Canada, I think) and how they differ from each other at first and come to relate to one another, with Elvis Presley as an unseen but present part of her therapy. I never was able to deduce if this was a true story or not, but I hope it is, as it is not only well acted all around but a nice story of how kind big stars can be, and I believe Elvis could have and really was as nice as he was portrayed in this film. See it; it's a winner!