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The Positively True Adventures of the Alleged Texas Cheerleader-Murdering Mom

The Positively True Adventures of the Alleged Texas Cheerleader-Murdering Mom
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Genre Biography
Comedy
Thriller
Written by Jane Anderson
Directed by Michael Ritchie
Starring Holly Hunter
Beau Bridges
Swoosie Kurtz
Music by Lucy Simon
Country of origin United States
Original language(s) English
Production
Executive producer(s) Kyle A. Heinrich
Frederick S. Pierce
Producer(s) James Manos Jr.
Art Schaefer (line producer)
Zachary Feuer (associate producer)
Dana Cole (associate producer)
Location(s) Channelview, Texas
Cinematography Gerry Fisher
Editor(s) Eric A. Sears
Running time 99 min
Production company(s) Frederick S. Pierce Company
HBO Pictures
Sudden Entertainment
Distributor HBO
Release
Original network HBO
Original release April 10, 1993

The Positively True Adventures of the Alleged Texas Cheerleader-Murdering Mom is a 1993 comedy television film produced by and for HBO. It was directed by Michael Ritchie and starred Holly Hunter, Swoosie Kurtz and Beau Bridges.

It is based on the true story of Wanda Holloway, a woman who tried to put out a hit on one of her daughter's classmates (and the girl's mother) to advance her own daughter's middle school cheerleading career. The movie also has themes connected to Operation Desert Storm, during which the real scandal took place.

Holly Hunter won the Emmy Award for playing Wanda Holloway and Beau Bridges won both the Emmy and the Golden Globe Awards for the supporting role of Terry Harper, Holloway's brother-in-law whom she contacted to arrange the hit.

When Wanda Holloway was a teen, her father forbade her from trying out for her school's cheerleading team. Many years later, when Wanda had a daughter of her own, she was determined that her daughter would fulfill the dream she was denied and become a cheerleader—which would allow Wanda to make up that part of her childhood by reliving it through her daughter. The film takes place in Channelview, Texas.


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