| Silence of the Heart | |
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| Genre | Drama |
| Written by | Phil Penningroth |
| Directed by | Richard Michaels |
| Starring | Mariette Hartley Howard Hesseman Dana Hill Chad Lowe |
| Music by | Georges Delerue |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| Production | |
| Executive producers | Jon Avnet Steve Tisch |
| Producers | James O'Fallon David A. Simons |
| Production locations | Monrovia High School - 845 W. Colorado Boulevard, Monrovia, California |
| Cinematography | Isidore Mankofsky |
| Editor | Peter E. Berger |
| Running time | 100 minutes |
| Production companies | David A. Simons Productions Tisch/Avnet Productions Inc. |
| Original release | |
| Network | CBS |
| Release | October 30, 1984 |
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Silence of the Heart is a 1984 American made-for-television drama film starring Charlie Sheen, Chad Lowe, Mariette Hartley, Dana Hill, Howard Hesseman and Silvana Gallardo, directed by Richard Michaels and written by Phil Penningroth.[1]
The film was considered groundbreaking for the time period and heralded a coming trend of films that dealt with teenage suicide, a topic previously not discussed in family film,[2][3] with an emphasis on the surviving family of a teenager who commits suicide.[4]
- ^ O'Connor, John J. (October 30, 1984). "'Silence of the Heart', teen-age suicide". The New York Times. Retrieved August 4, 2011.
- ^ "Television". Newsweek. Vol. 104. August 27, 1984. p. 114.
- ^ Knight, Ken (2008). The Midnight Show: Late Night Cable-TV "Guy-Flicks" of the 80's. A credit to her craft: An interview with Silvana Gallardo: AuthorHouse. p. 10. ISBN 978-1-4343-4148-8.
- ^ Farber, Stephen (October 11, 1984). "3 TV films on suicide by youths". The New York Times. Retrieved August 4, 2011.