A Memory in My Heart (1999) (TV)

User Rating:

5.7/10   

Director:

Harry Winer

Writers (WGA):

Lindsay Harrison (written by) and
Renee Longstreet (written by)

Release Date:

2 March 1999 (USA)

Genre:

Drama

Plot Keywords:

Hurt | Clerk | Motel Clerk | Secretary | School Secretary

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

Jane Seymour	...	Rebecca Vega / Abbie Swenson Stewart
Bruce Davison	...	Chase Stewart
A Martinez	...	Joe Vega
David Keith	...	Matt
Amanda Barfield	...	Jenna Stewart
Colton James	...	Ethan Stewart
Mika Boorem	...	Lily Stewart
Cathy Lee Crosby	...	Lynn Wyman
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Annie Abbott	...	School Secretary
Newell Alexander	...	John Swenson
Jean Carol	...	Waitress
Dyllan Christopher	...	Small Child
Hannah Faith	...	Band Member
Dan Gerrity	...	Customer
Megan Taylor Harvey	...	Jenna at 5
Paul Hayes	...	Cabbie
Jill Kiblinger	...	Mother
William Marquez
Michele Marsh	...	Nell
Tim Rhoze	...	Dr. B. Cooper (as Tim Edward Rhoze)
Casey Sander
Julia Vera
William Ray Watson	...	Motel Clerk
Devon Rose Winer	...	Lisa

Runtime:

120 min (including commercials) | Brazil:91 min | Czech Republic:92 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

Iceland:12

Filming Locations:

Fillmore, California, USA

Company:

Catfish Productions

Quotes:

Lily: Do you remember this.
[hands her a scarf]
Lily: I,ve been saving it, Jenna told me it was my moms, it was yours.
Rebecca Vega: You've kept it all this time
Lily: Since i was little
Rebecca Vega: Would it be ok if i gave you a hug
[Lily nods]
Rebecca Vega: I would never have stopped loving you Lily, not for a minute

Not a bad amnesia mystery

I agree that Jane Seymour's now-mature beauty isn't shown to best advantage in this piece, and her distinctive crooked mouth is sometimes allowed to look like an actual distortion. It's agreeable to find that the plot isn't quite predictable, and one really can't help staying with the story to see the mystery solved, and (one hopes) all resolved. What did he do? Why did he do it? It's hard to say whether all questions are answered... I had difficulty with the chronology, since it's mentioned that Abbie married very young-- then one looks at the ages of the children and at Jane and ex-hubby and things don't quite add up, but really, one can just ignore that and go with the premise. It was quite needless, though, that when Abbie/Rebecca and her daughter are having a special moment finding some 'forget-me-nots', the flowers are obviously lobelia. Watch and see!