A work in constant progress (and occasional regress).
Release Date:
February 1, 1983
Original Title:
Family Business
Genres:
Drama | TV Movie
Production Countries:
United States of America
Ratings / Certifications:
N/A
Runtime: 83
Isaiah Stern is a wealthy, but dying, toy manufacturer. Once more Stern has gathered together his grown sons to revise his will. Three of the four boys are used to these idiosyncratic changes and have come to accept them. The fourth son, a married psychologist, is heavily in debt and doesn't like his thin share of the pie, which sparks a confrontation. The remaining sons are a bachelor who runs the family store, an indecisive sort who still lives at home, and daddy's favorite, a closet homosexual.
Adaptation:
Dick Goldberg
Art Direction:
Hugh Lester
Casting:
Lois Planco
Director:
John Stix
Director of Photography:
Paul Raimondi
Editor:
Martha Conboy
Executive Producer:
Charles S. Morris
First Assistant Director:
Jim Blanton
Randy Brinson
Makeup Artist:
Penny Ross
Music:
Fred Karns
Producer:
Hal Weiner
Marilyn Weiner
Second Assistant Director:
Jim Eddins
Theatre Play:
Dick Goldberg
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