Summer's End

Summer's End
DVD cover
Screenplay byGrant Scharbo
Jim Thompson
Story byGrant Scharbo
Directed byHelen Shaver
StarringJames Earl Jones
Jake LeDoux
Brendan Fletcher
Wendy Crewson
ComposerLawrence Shragge
Countries of originCanada
United States
Original languageEnglish
Production
ProducersGina Matthews
Frank Siracusa
Connie Tavel
Patrick Whitley
CinematographyAndreas Poulsson
EditorRick Martin
Running time107 minutes
Production companyTemple Street Productions
Original release
NetworkShowtime
ReleaseFebruary 28, 1999 (1999-02-28)

Summer's End is a 1999 drama television film directed by Helen Shaver (in her directorial debut) from a screenplay by Grant Scharbo and Jim Thompson, based on a story by Scharbo.[1] The film tells the story of two teenage brothers who have lost their father, one of which befriends an African-American physician facing racial prejudice in a small town in Georgia.

The film premiered on Showtime on February 28, 1999.[2] It received nominations for four Daytime Emmy Awards, and won for best children's special and also best actor (James Earl Jones).[3][4]

Plot

A young boy, still grieving over his father's death, befriends a retired physician, the former chief of cardiology at an Atlanta hospital who has returned to his hometown in North Georgia where he had a traumatic boyhood; but racial intolerance in the local, predominantly white, lakeside community ends up souring the relationship.[5][6][3]

Cast

References

  1. ↑ "Summer's End". Turner Classic Movies. Archived from the original on March 3, 2021. Retrieved June 20, 2012.
  2. ↑ "February 26-March 4, 1999 issue". TV Guide. p. 96.
  3. 1 2 Roberts 2009, p. 539.
  4. ↑ "20 Famous Actors Who Have Won Grammys Too". TV Over Mind. July 13, 2018.
  5. ↑ Martin, Mick; Porter, Marsha (2000). Video Movie Guide 2001. Ballantine Books. p. 1063. ISBN 9780345420992.
  6. ↑ Martin, Mick; Porter, Marsha (2004). DVD and Video Guide 2005. Ballantine Books. p. 1077. ISBN 9780345449955.

Works cited

  • Roberts, Jerry (2009). Encyclopedia of Television Film Directors. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 9780810863781.
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