A Private Matter

Director: Joan Micklin Silver Joan Micklin Silver

Overview

When Sherri Finkbine (Sissy Spacek), the host of the Sixties children's television program Romper Room, learns that her unborn child has been damaged by her use of the drug thalidomide, she and her husband decide to abort the fetus, setting in motion the media controversy that is the subject of Joan Micklin Silver's made-for-cable drama.

Product Details

Release Date:	02/28/2012
UPC:	0883316444580
Original Release:	1992
Rating:	PG-13
Source:	Hbo Archives
Language:	English
Time:	1:29:00
Sales rank:	60,334

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Sissy Spacek	Sherri Finkbine
Aidan Quinn	Bob
Estelle Parsons	Mary
Sheila McCarthy	Diane
Leon Russom	Morriss
Xander Berkeley	Zenner
Richard Venture	Dr. Werner
William Macy	Actor
Jeff Perry	Randall Everett
Gregg Almquist	Doctor #2
Mark Anderson	Reporter #3
Dawn Arnemann	Parking Lot Mom
Michael Bofshever	TV Host
Michael Byrne	Reporter #2
Lance Edwards	Ray Becker
Taylor Fry	Sandra Harper
Steven Gilborn	Harvey
Stanley Grover	Judge
Carla Gugino	Mary Beth
Baxter Harris	Doctor #1
Scott Hoxby	FBI Man #1
Atanas Ilitch	Security Guard
Ken Jenkins	Frank Kearns
Ben Lemon	FBI Man #2
Allison Mack	Terri Finkbine
Kristin Moneagle	TV Studio Mother
Reilly Murphy	Boy in Parking Lot
Tony Salome	Mailman
Noley Thornton	Carol Callaghan
William Utay	Jimmy Gillespie
James Howard	Composer

Technical Credits

William Nicholson

Joan Micklin Silver	Director
William Nicholson	Screenwriter