Circle of Violence: A Family Drama
| Movie | |
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| Original title | Circle of Violence: A Family Drama |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 1986 |
| length | 90 minutes |
| Rod | |
| Director | David Greene |
| script | William Wood |
| production | Sheldon Pinchuk Bill Finnegan Patricia Finnegan Deborah Moore Gerald Rafshoon |
| music | Gil Mellé |
| camera | Stevan Larner |
| cut | David Campling |
| occupation | |
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Circle of Violence: A Family Drama is an American family drama from 1986 directed by David Greene .
action
Georgia Benfield is at a difficult time in her life. Her husband left her for a younger woman and her son is in the middle of puberty. It is precisely during this time that her mother Charlotte becomes a need for care. She can no longer live alone and moves into the house with Georgia. Georgia is not very enthusiastic about that. Her mother abused her in childhood and the two do not have a very good relationship. After the mother moved in, Georgia and Georgia repeatedly had conflicts. After all, the two children from Georgia notice that too. One day Georgia's mother has injuries to her body. When Georgia is approached by her children, she claims that her mother just fell. Eventually Georgia is caught beating her mother. This ultimately leads to the debate between mother and daughter. Georgia's mother needs to realize that when she was a child she made mistakes by beating them. Georgia herself notices that she repeats these mistakes on her mother. To make the situation a little more comfortable for everyone, Georgia and her mother finally choose a retirement home together. Georgia decides to visit her mother there often and her mother also seems very satisfied with the other elderly people.
background
Circle of Violence premiered on October 12, 1986 on CBS . The drama was written by William Wood. Directed by David Greene. Tuesday Weld and Geraldine Fitzgerald are the leading actors in the television film. Tuesday Weld later told the Observer Reporter newspaper that she accepted the role of daughter because she was a very strong person. In addition, the topic of the film irritated her. She also hoped that the film would help families affected by violence to improve their own situation and to seek help if necessary.
reception
Awards
Awards
Retirement Research Foundation, USA
- 1987: Television and Theatrical Film Fiction. (Sheldon Pinchuk, Bill Finnegan (executive), Patricia Finnegan (executive), Gerald Rafshoon (supervising))
Nominations
- 1988: Best Television Family Special, Movie of the Week or Variety Show
- 1988: Best Young Actress Starring in a Television Drama Special, Movie of the Week or Variety Show (Christina Maria Hutter)
criticism
Hal Erickson of the New York Times said that Geraldine Fitzgerald was delivering a heartbreaking performance. In addition, the performance of River Phoenix is of particular interest. Even John J. O'Connot by the magazine TV Weekend presentation by Geraldine Fitzgerald and lifted Tuesday Weld particularly prominent. He spoke of a sad, terrifying story that plays out similarly in millions of households. Arthur Unger from Monitor Magazine also praised the two leading actresses. However, the drama is simply not good enough to allow meaningful exploration of this contemporary topic.
Web links
- Circle of Violence: A Family Drama in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ Circle of Violence: A Family Drama . imdb.com. Retrieved July 10, 2014.
- ↑ a b Hal Erickson: Circle of Violence: A Family Drama (1986) . Nytimes.com. Retrieved July 10, 2014.
- ^ A b Arthur Unger: Two serious TV plays tackle problems of family behavior . Csmonitor.com. October 9, 1986. Retrieved July 10, 2014.
- ^ Marilyn A. Posner: Actress chose role for it's message. , Observer reporter. October 5, 1985, p. 53.
- ^ Circle of Violence: A Family Drama. Awards. . Imdb.com. Retrieved July 10, 2014.
- ↑ 9th Annual Young Artist Awards . In: Young Artist Awards . Archived from the original on March 3, 2016. Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved July 10, 2014.
- ^ John J. O'Connor: TV WEEKEND; 2 FILMS, 'BOUGH BREAKS' AND 'CIRCLE OF VIOLENCE' . TV weekend. October 10, 1986. Archived from the original on September 21, 2013. Retrieved July 10, 2014.
