My Name Is Bill W. | |
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Genre | Drama |
Written by | William G. Borchert |
Directed by | Daniel Petrie |
Starring | James Woods James Garner JoBeth Williams |
Theme music composer | Laurence Rosenthal |
Original language | English |
Production | |
Executive producers | Peter K. Duchow James Garner |
Producer | Daniel Petrie |
Production location | Richmond, Virginia |
Cinematography | Neil Roach |
Editors | Paul Rubell John Wright |
Running time | 100 minutes |
Production companies | Warner Bros. Television Garner-Duchow Productions Hallmark Hall of Fame Productions |
Original release | |
Network | ABC |
Release | April 30, 1989 |
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My Name Is Bill W. is a 1989 ABC Hallmark Hall of Fame made-for-television drama film directed by Daniel Petrie, starring James Woods, JoBeth Williams and James Garner. William G. Borchert, who wrote the film script for television, based it on the true story of William Griffith Wilson and Robert Holbrook Smith (the men respectively called "Bill W." and "Dr. Bob"), the co-founders of Alcoholics Anonymous. James Woods won an Emmy for his portrayal of Wilson.