Dad
110 votes
A busy executive learns during a meeting that his mother may be dying and rushes home to her side. He ends up being his father's caretaker and becomes closer to him than ever before. Estranged from his own son, the executive comes to realize what has been missing in his own life.
Status: Released
Released Date: 1989-10-27
Runtime: 117 mins
Director: Gary David Goldberg
Writer: Gary David Goldberg
Spoken language: English
Genres: Drama
Original title: Dad
Production Companies: Universal Pictures, Amblin Entertainment
Production Countries: United States of America
Cast
Jack Lemmon
Ted Danson
Ethan Hawke
Kevin Spacey
Olympia Dukakis
Kathy Baker
Zakes Mokae
J. T. Walsh
Peter Michael Goetz
John Apicella
Richard McGonagle
Art Frankel
Gregory Itzin
Vickilyn Reynolds
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