A work in constant progress (and occasional regress).
Premiere:
July 10, 1993
# of Seasons: 1
# of Episodes: 2
Finale:
July 11, 1993
Creators:
Carl Franklin
Original Title:
Laurel Avenue
Genres:
Drama
Production Companies:
HBO
Countries:
US
A weekend in the life of the Arnett family. The events of a forty eight hour period in St. Paul, MN, have a rainbow of incidents. From a preacher to a drug dealer; from an innocent young school girl to a reformed drug addict gone bad. The same scenario that millions of American families encounter each day in suburbia; both black and white and brown and yellow. There are no racial boundaries to the ups and downs of the real American life.
Art Direction:
Gwendolyn Witkin
Associate Producer:
John Melfi
Casting Director:
Meg Simon
Co-Producer:
Michael Henry Brown
Costume Design:
Sharen Davis
Director:
Carl Franklin
Director of Photography:
James Glennon
Editor:
Carole Kravetz Aykanian
Executive Producer:
Charles S. Dutton
Paul Aaron
Music:
Harold Wheeler
Producer:
Jesse Beaton
Tony To
Production Design:
Maxine Shepard
Set Decoration:
William Vail
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