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Genre | Drama |
Directed by | Glenn Jordan |
Starring | Mary Tyler Moore James Garner |
Music by | Leonard Rosenman |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language | English |
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Executive producer | Norman Lear |
Producers | Fern Field Fay Kanin |
Cinematography | Richard Ciupka |
Editor | John Wright |
Running time | 128 minutes |
Production companies | Embassy Pictures Embassy Television |
Original release | |
Network | ABC |
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Heartsounds is a 1984 American made-for-television drama film directed by Glenn Jordan and starring Mary Tyler Moore and James Garner.[1]
Background
The book is about Lear's husband, Harold Alexander Lear, a Manhattan urologist, and how the couple deals with his life-changing heart condition. The couple must face the medical system from the point of view of the patient, something they seem not to be prepared for, and learn about each other along the way, as Harold's health slowly declines over a four-year period.[2][3][4]
On her husband's double bypass coronary operation, Martha Lear wrote:[1]
- "No other surgery affects people in quite this way. For it is unthinkable, finally, that one’s heart should be cut open. It is the one unthinkable cut."
Film
The book was made into a television movie in 1984 by Harold Lear's cousin, television writer and producer Norman Lear, with ABC, and Embassy Television.[3][4] The script was drafted by Fay Kanin, who also was one of the co-producers, along with Fern Field, and the film was directed by Glenn Jordan. The film score was composed by Leonard Rosenman.[3] James Garner played the part of Harold Lear, while Mary Tyler Moore played Martha Lear.[3] It also stars Sam Wanamaker, as Moe Silverman, and Wendy Crewson, as Judy. Norman Lear was the executive producer for the project.[4] The movie was shot in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, with additional exterior footage shot in New York City, New York.[3] Toronto stood in for New York City for economic reasons.[3] The film debuted on ABC September 30, 1984.[3]
Garner was nominated for a Golden Globe, for Best Performance by an Actor in a Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for TV, and for an Emmy, for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or a Special. Mary Tyler Moore was nominated for an Emmy, for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series or a Special. The producers, Norman Lear, Kanin, and Field, were also nominated for an Emmy, for Outstanding Drama/Comedy Special. The casting director, Eve Brandstein, was nominated for an Artios, for Best Casting for TV Miniseries' or TV Movie of the Week. ABC won a Peabody Award.[3]
Garner wrote in his memoirs that he felt the industry "may have begun to think about me differently" after the movie.[5]
Bibliography
Lear, Martha Weinman. Heartsounds. New York: Simon & Schuster. 1980. ISBN 0-671-24329-2
References
- ^ a b Lear, Martha Weinman. Heartsounds. New York: Simon & Schuster. 1980. ISBN 0-671-24329-2
- ^ Stoler, Peter. "Diagnoses" - Time Magazine - Monday, June 30, 1980
- ^ a b c d e f g h Heartsounds - at IMDb
- ^ a b c Erickson, Hal. Heartsounds - at Allmovie
- ^ Garner, James; Winokur, Jon (2011). The Garner Files: A Memoir. Simon & Schuster. p. 268.
External links
- 1944 films
- 1980 non-fiction books
- 1984 films
- 1984 television films
- American autobiographies
- American films
- 1984 drama films
- English-language films
- Peabody Award-winning broadcasts
- Films scored by Leonard Rosenman
- Films based on biographies
- Films directed by Glenn Jordan
- Films set in New York City
- Films shot in New York City
- Films shot in Toronto