If These Walls Could Talk | |
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Genre | Drama Thriller |
Written by | Susan Nanus I. Marlene King Nancy Savoca Earl W. Wallace Pamela Wallace |
Directed by | Nancy Savoca Cher |
Starring | Demi Moore Sissy Spacek Cher Xander Berkeley Hedy Burress Anne Heche Jada Pinkett Shirley Knight |
Composer | Cliff Eidelman |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language | English |
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Executive producers | Cher Demi Moore Suzanne Todd |
Producers | Martin Ganz Doris Kirch Laura Greenlee |
Cinematography | Ellen Kuras Bobby Bukowski John Stanier |
Editors | Peter Honess Elena Maganini |
Running time | 97 minutes |
Production companies | HBO NYC Productions Moving Pictures |
Original release | |
Network | HBO |
Release | October 13, 1996 |
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If These Walls Could Talk is a 1996 American anthology television film, broadcast on HBO. It follows the plights of three women and their experiences with abortion. Each of the three stories takes place in the same house, 22 years apart: 1952, 1974, and 1996. All three segments were co-written by Nancy Savoca. Savoca directed the first and second segment while Cher directed the third. The women's experiences in each vignette are designed to demonstrate the popular views of society on the issue in each of the given decades.
Debuting at the Toronto International Film Festival, If These Walls Could Talk became a surprise success and was the highest-rated movie in HBO history.[1] It was nominated for four Primetime Emmy Awards, including for Outstanding Television Movie and three Golden Globe Awards, including Best Miniseries or Television Film.