If These Walls Could Talk

If These Walls Could Talk
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GenreDrama
Thriller
Written bySusan Nanus
I. Marlene King
Nancy Savoca
Earl W. Wallace
Pamela Wallace
Directed byNancy Savoca
Cher
StarringDemi Moore
Sissy Spacek
Cher
Xander Berkeley
Hedy Burress
Anne Heche
Jada Pinkett
Shirley Knight
ComposerCliff Eidelman
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
Production
Executive producersCher
Demi Moore
Suzanne Todd
ProducersMartin Ganz
Doris Kirch
Laura Greenlee
CinematographyEllen Kuras
Bobby Bukowski
John Stanier
EditorsPeter Honess
Elena Maganini
Running time97 minutes
Production companiesHBO NYC Productions
Moving Pictures
Original release
NetworkHBO
ReleaseOctober 13, 1996 (1996-10-13)
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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.

  1. ^ "HBO's 'Walls' Tell Eye-Opening Stories". Santa Rosa Press Democrat. March 5, 2000.