The Portrait (1993)
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The Portrait, based upon the off-Broadway play by Tina Howe, is a made-for-cable film in which Gregory Peck and Lauren Bacall play Gardner and Fanny Church, aging parents of artist Mags (Cecelia Peck). As the film opens, Mags unexpectedly drops in on her parents, hoping that she can complete a… More The Portrait, based upon the off-Broadway play by Tina Howe, is a made-for-cable film in which Gregory Peck and Lauren Bacall play Gardner and Fanny Church, aging parents of artist Mags (Cecelia Peck). As the film opens, Mags unexpectedly drops in on her parents, hoping that she can complete a portrait she has been working on for her one-woman show. As Gardner and Fanny are the subjects of the portrait, their cooperation is essential, but they pointedly refuse to help their daughter out. Even more surprisingly, it turns out that Mags has arrived as they are in the midst of moving out -- not only out of the family home in which Mags grew up, but out of the entire collegiate community where Gardner has for years been a respected figure. Her parents largely push aside Mags' attempts to find out why they are taking this drastic action, but it soon becomes clear that it involves Gardner, who seems to be entering the first stages of senility. Along the way, Mags discovers a great deal about her parents -- and herself. ~ Craig Butler, Rovi
- Directed By
- Arthur Penn
- Genres
- Drama, Television
Unrated,
- In Theaters
- Jun 1, 1993 Wide
- Studio
- Turner Home Entertainment
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Cast
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Lauren Bacall
as Fanny Church
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John Bennes
as Bradley
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Augusta Dabney
as Elizabeth Hayden
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Elliot Easton
as Contractor
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Pearl Jones
as Grocery Clerk
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Elizabeth Ann Klein
as Faculty Wife #1
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Mitchell Laurence
as Ted Button
- Jody Maxwell
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Paul McCrane
as Bartel
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Donna Mitchell
as Marissa Pindar
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Joyce O'Connor
as Samantha Button
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Richard K. Olsen
as Doctor
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Lucille Patton
as Saleswoman
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Collin Wilcox Paxton
as Chancellor
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Cecilia Peck
as Margaret Church
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Gregory Peck
as Gardner Church
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William Prince
as Hubert Hayden
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Ed Lillard
as Alan
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George Gray
as Gallery Man
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John Murphy
as Charles Wicstrom
