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Additional authors

1. Dana, Barbara
2. Arkin, Alan
3. Arner, Gwen

Description

1. 1 videocassette (109 min.) : sd., col.; 1/2 in.

Summary

1. 15-year-old Chris Mills refuses to accept his parents' decision to divorce. He wants to protect his little sister and himself from the traumas of a broken home and feels that his parents have not tried hard enough to salvage their marriage. During a history class discussion on the Bill of Rights, Chris becomes convinced that he can file a lawsuit to prevent his parents' legal breakup. Enlisting the aid of Archie Corelli, an eccentric lawyer and part-time auto mechanic, Chris launches an unprecedented court action destined to change his family's life forever.

Series statement

1. (WonderWorks)

Uniform title

1. WonderWorks (Television program)

Subject

1. Families > Fiction
2. Marriage > Fiction
3. Divorce > Fiction
4. Youth > Fiction
5. Legal stories

Genre/Form

1. Feature films.

Note

1. Based on the book by Barbara Dana.

Credits (note)

1. Director, Gwen Arner; photography, Gregory Andracke; editor, Josh Gelman; screenplay, Barbara Dana, Alan Arkin.

Performer (note)

1. Alan Arkin, Mark Paul Gosselaar, Julie Hagerty, Barbara Dana, Adam Arkin, Donald Moffat, Geoffrey Pierson, Taylor Fry.

Title

1. Necessary parties [videorecording] / PBS ; a Corelli Company Production ; produced by Otto Salamon.

Imprint

1. Chicago : Public Media Video, 1988.

Series

1. (WonderWorks)

Credits

1. Director, Gwen Arner; photography, Gregory Andracke; editor, Josh Gelman; screenplay, Barbara Dana, Alan Arkin.

Cast

1. Alan Arkin, Mark Paul Gosselaar, Julie Hagerty, Barbara Dana, Adam Arkin, Donald Moffat, Geoffrey Pierson, Taylor Fry.

Connect to:

1. Request Access to Reserve Film and Video Collection Special Collections material

Added author

1. Dana, Barbara. Necessary parties.
2. Arkin, Alan.
3. Arner, Gwen.

Added title

1. WonderWorks (Television program)

Branch call number

1. VTH 1967 N