Family Reunion (film)

This article is about the 1981 television movie starring Bette Davis. For other subjects containing the term "family reunion", see Family reunion (disambiguation).

Family Reunion is a 1981 American made-for-television drama film directed by Fielder Cook. The teleplay by Allan Sloane was based on the Ladies Home Journal article How America Lives by Joe Sparton. It was produced by Columbia Pictures Television for NBC, which aired it in two parts on October 11 and 12, 1981.

Family Reunion
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Genre	Drama
Written by	Allan Sloane Joe Sparton (article)
Directed by	Fielder Cook
Starring	Bette Davis J. Ashley Hyman David Huddleston John Shea
Theme music composer	Wladimir Selinsky
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
Production
Producer	Lucy Jarvis
Production locations	Locust Valley Elementary School, Muttontown, New York, USA New York City Washington, D.C.
Cinematography	Jack Priestley
Editor	Eric Albertson
Running time	200 minutes
Production companies	Columbia Pictures Television Creative Projects
Original release
Network	NBC
Release	October 11 (1981-10-11) – October 12, 1981 (1981-10-12)

Plot

Family Reunion follows Elizabeth Winfield, a New England teacher recently retired after a fifty-year career. She uses an unlimited bus ticket received as a gift to visit the distant members of her long-estranged family. During her absence, her small hometown, which bears her family's name, falls prey to dishonest relatives colluding with corrupt shopping mall developers. She returns in an effort to halt construction on the project and, armed with the moral integrity she has instilled in her students for the past five decades, she manages to resolve the situation in time for the annual Founder's Day festivities.

Cast

• Bette Davis as Elizabeth Winfield
• J. Ashley Hyman as Richard Cooper
• David Huddleston as Chester Winfield
• John Shea as James Cookman
• Roy Dotrice as Luther Frye
• Roberts Blossom as Phil King
• Kathryn Walker as Louisa King
• David Rounds as Grover Winfield
• Roberta Wallach as Jessica Winfield
• Jeff McCracken as Max Winfield
• Beth Ehlers as Janice Lyman
• Paul Rudd as Lane Lyman

External links

• Family Reunion at IMDb
• Family Reunion at the TCM Movie Database