Family Album (1994) (TV)

User Rating:

5.8/10   

Director:

Jack Bender

Writers (WGA):

Danielle Steel (novel)
Karol Ann Hoeffner (teleplay)

Release Date:

23 October 1994 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | Romance

Tagline:

Behind the scenes of a successful acting career, lies the misery of the break up of her family.

Plot:

Based on Danielle Steel's novel of a celebrated actress-filmmaker whose family life is marked with love and strife. |

Plot Keywords:

Playing Footsie | Love Test | Daughters | Gay Son | Based On Novel

Awards:

Nominated for Primetime Emmy. Another 1 win

Cast

Jaclyn Smith	...	Faye Price Thayer
Michael Ontkean	...	Ward Thayer
Joe Flanigan	...	Lionel Thayer
Kristin Minter	...	Valerie Thayer
Leslie Horan	...	Anne Thayer O'Hara
Tom Mason	...	Bill O'Hara
Brian Krause	...	Greg Thayer
Steven Gilborn
Paul Satterfield	...	Paul Steel
Jim Curley		(as James Curley)
Kristen Dalton	...	Maizie
Joel Gretsch	...	John
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Donzaleigh Abernathy	...	Lorrie
Hillary Danner	...	Gail Stein
Kelly Junkerman	...	Cinematographer
Michael Lattimer	...	Assistant Director
Paul Linke	...	Wardrobe Man
Daniel Moriarty	...	Studio Executive
Laura Owens	...	Jan
Dennis Redfield	...	Soundman
Billy Stamp	...	Max
Shawn David Thompson	...	Jason (as Shawn Thompson)
John Waters	...	Vincent
Courtney Wilkes	...	Little Faye
Keone Young	...	Private Investigator

Also Known As:

Danielle Steel's 'Family Album' (USA) (complete title)

Runtime:

200 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

Argentina:Atp | Netherlands:6 | Australia:PG | UK:15

Company:

Cramer Company, The

Quotes:

Anne Thayer O'Hara: Any time I really want something, people tell me it will ruin my life.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in This Filthy World (2006)

totally unbelievable

I've watched this mini-series a couple of times on lifetime. This has to be one of the most unbelievable storylines ever. The standard soap opera cliches are used - glamour, sex, adultery, teen pregnancy, and tragic deaths. The popular athletic son going off to die in Vietnam was so obvious you could see it coming a mile away. The other son is the token sensitive gay character struggling to come out *yawn*. The scene where the gay son discovers that his masculine blond roommate is gay was laughable. These two guys look like Ken dolls come to life. All of the actors appear to be from central casting for "pretty people". Maybe if more average looking actors had been cast it would have been more convincing, but I doubt it. Most of the actors can't act anyway. Jaclyn Smith is more wooden here than ever before. There are other problems with wardrobe and hair. It looks like 1994 when it's supposed to be 1968. I could go on and on. I wouldn't recommend this movie unless you have about four hours to kill watching some mediocre trash.