Scattering Dad (1998) (TV)

Regisseur:

Joan Tewkesbury

Drehbuchautoren (WGA):

Barbara Bosson (story)
Joan Tewkesbury (teleplay) ...

Premierendatum:

4. Januar 1998 (USA)

Genre:

Drama

Plot:

Nutzerkommentare:

Engaging and enjoyable

Besetzung

Olympia Dukakis	...	Dotty
Lucinda Jenney	...	Molly
Michelle Burke	...	Taylor (as Michelle Rene Thomas)
August Schellenberg	...	Fierce Crow
Andy Griffith	...	Hiram
Jo Harvey Allen	...	Reva
Javier Grajeda
Elaine Miles
John Flax
Jane E. Goold
Frank G. Adamo
Robert Lanchester
Fredrick Lopez		(as Frederick Lopez)
Ron Chee
Kenneth 'White Eagle' Winds

Alternativ:

Tote lügen nicht (Deutschland) [de]

Länge:

USA:120 Min (including commercials) | Brazil:97 Min

Produktionsland:

USA

Sprache:

Englisch

Farbe:

Farbe

Seitenverhältnis:

1.33 : 1

Tonverfahren:

Mono

Drehorte:

Diablo Canyon, near, Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA

Firma:

Barbara Bosson Productions

Engaging and enjoyable

I enjoyed this movie. Haven't seen Andy Griffith in ages and felt he fit this role perfectly. I've associated him with comedy but am pleased to see that he's versatile.

I wasn't troubled that Dotty's "anxiety disorder" may not have been verbatim from a psychiatric textbook. There are zillions of whatever-phobias and neuroses, and these can take on a broad variety of quantitative and qualitative forms. She is clearly a sensitive with extra-sensory powers as was understood by the local Indians but not by any Anglos. It is not surprising that this character is vulnerable and nominally eccentric.

Although this is taken to be a light "family movie", it is actually more sophisticated than it seems. Also, Hiram's twist at the end came as a pleasant surprise to me and tied all the preceding action together in a bundle. It's fun to contemplate the possibility of such spiritual guidance.