| A Time to Live | |
|---|---|
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| Genre | Drama |
| Based on | Intensive Care by Mary-Lou Weisman |
| Written by | John McGreevey |
| Directed by | Rick Wallace |
| Starring | Liza Minnelli Jeffrey DeMunn Swoosie Kurtz Corey Haim |
| Music by | Georges Delerue |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| Production | |
| Executive producer | Judith A. Polone |
| Producer | Blue André |
| Production location | Montréal |
| Cinematography | Fred Murphy |
| Editor | William Anderson |
| Running time | 95 minutes |
| Production companies | ITC Entertainment Blue André Productions |
| Original release | |
| Network | NBC |
| Release | October 28, 1985 (1985-10-28) |
A Time to Live is a 1985 Americanmade-for-televisiondrama film directed byRick Wallace and starringLiza Minnelli (in her television film debut),Jeffrey DeMunn,Swoosie Kurtz,Scott Schwartz andCorey Haim. It was broadcast onNBC on October 28, 1985.[citation needed]
The film is based on the 1982 bookIntensive Care written by Mary-Lou Weisman which tells the true story of the Weismans' experience and struggle to raise their son Peter, who hadmuscular dystrophy.[1] For her performance, Minnelli won aGolden Globe Award forBest Performance by an Actress in a Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television.
Mary-Lou and Larry Weisman first learned that their younger son, Peter, hadmuscular dystrophy when he was two-and-a-half years old. The doctor told them that the child's muscles would slowly atrophy, and he would eventually die ofpneumonia. Mary-Lou and Larry fought to make the next thirteen years that Peter lived intensely loving and fulfilling. And, in the process, they learned a lot about themselves, their marriage, their sons and the importance of the quality of life over the quantity of life.
A Time to Live was filmed from August 12 to September 1985 on location inMontreal, Quebec, Canada.
In 1986,A Time to Live was released onVHS by Vista Home Video.[2]