When You Remember Me
When You Remember Me is a 1990 American made-for-television biographical drama film directed by Harry Winer and starring Fred Savage, Kevin Spacey, and Ellen Burstyn. It is based on the life of Michael Patrick Smith, a young man who filed a lawsuit in the early '70s that led to improved conditions for nursing home patients nationwide.[1]
| When You Remember Me | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Biography Drama |
| Written by | Jerry McNeely Cynthia Whitcomb |
| Directed by | Harry Winer |
| Starring | Fred Savage Kevin Spacey Ellen Burstyn |
| Music by | J. Peter Robinson Yanni |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| Production | |
| Executive producers | David L. Wolper Bernard Sofronski |
| Producer | Vahan Moosekian |
| Cinematography | Johnny E. Jensen |
| Editor | Paul Rubell |
| Running time | 91 minutes |
| Production company | Warner Bros. Television |
| Distributor | ABC |
| Release | |
| Original network | ABC |
| Picture format | Color |
| Audio format | Stereo |
| Original release | October 7, 1990 |
Plot
Mike Mills is a teen with muscular dystrophy, whose destitute single mother placed him in a state nursing home, where he contends with being a young person in the clinic and with an abusive head nurse, while Wade Blank started ADAPT, a grassroots national disability rights group in Denver in the 1980s.
Cast
- Fred Savage as Mike Mills
- Kevin Spacey as Wade Blank
- Ellen Burstyn as Nurse Cooder
- Richard Jenkins as Vaughan
- Dwier Brown as John Harlen
- Lee Garlington as Joanne
- Ving Rhames as Leon
- Dean Norris as Bill
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