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Written by | Alison Cross |
Directed by | Gregory Hoblit |
Starring |
Holly Hunter Amy Madigan |
Theme music composer | W.G. Snuffy Walden |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language(s) | English |
Production | |
Producer(s) |
Gregory Hoblit Alison Cross Michael Manheim |
Cinematography | Newton Thomas Sigel |
Editor(s) |
Joe Ann Fogle Elodie Keene |
Running time | 100 minutes (US) 91 minutes (German TV broadcast) |
Production company(s) |
NBC Productions The Mannheim Company |
Distributor | National Broadcasting Company |
Release | |
Original release | May 15, 1989 |
Roe vs. Wade is a 1989 television film about the landmark 1973 United States Supreme Court decision Roe v. Wade written by Alison Cross. It was directed by Gregory Hoblit and stars Holly Hunter.
Holly Hunter plays a lonely, single, poorly educated Texan who finds herself pregnant with no means to support a child. To avoid giving up the child, she seeks an abortion. Denied an abortion in Texas the young woman hires a novice lawyer to plead her case in the U.S. Supreme Court.
Roe vs. Wade was filmed on 35 mm film with an aspect ratio of 1.33 : 1 and mixed in stereo.
The film first aired on NBC on May 15, 1989. The German TV broadcast was edited down from 100 to 91 minutes.