The Baby Dance
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Based onThe Baby Dance
by Jane Anderson
by Jane Anderson
Written byJane Anderson
Directed byJane Anderson
StarringStockard Channing
Laura Dern
Laura Dern
| The Baby Dance | |
|---|---|
| Based on | The Baby Dance by Jane Anderson |
| Written by | Jane Anderson |
| Directed by | Jane Anderson |
| Starring | Stockard Channing Laura Dern |
| Music by | Terry Allen |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| Production | |
| Producers | Jodie Foster Vicky Herman Meg LeFauve |
| Cinematography | Jan Kiesser |
| Editor | Norman Buckley |
| Running time | 95 minutes |
| Original release | |
| Network | Showtime |
| Release | August 23, 1998 |
The Baby Dance is a 1998 American television drama film about adoption. The film premiered on Showtime on August 23, 1998. It was written and directed by Jane Anderson, based on her play of the same name, with Stockard Channing and Laura Dern starring in the lead roles.
Wanda LeFauve is a poor mother of four with an unemployed husband living in a trailer outside Shreveport, Louisiana. Pregnant again, she finds a newspaper ad placed by a couple hoping to adopt a newborn. Summoning up her courage, Wanda makes the telephone call. The couple—Rachel and Richard Luckman—are wealthy, Jewish urbanites from Los Angeles. They skirt logistics, legal matters, fears and prejudices prior to the child's birth.[1]
Cast
- Stockard Channing as Rachel Luckman
- Laura Dern as Wanda LeFauve
- Peter Riegert as Richard Luckman
- Richard Lineback as Al LeFauve
- Sandra Seacat as Doreen