Common Ground
19 votes
This movie contains three short stories dealing with the theme of homosexuality. In "A Friend of Dorothy", a woman joins the Navy during the 1950's and discovers lesbianism. In "Mr. Roberts", a teacher in a 1970's classroom struggles with his closeted gay status. Finally in "Amos and Andy", a father wrestles with his own emotional acceptance of a present day wedding between his son and another man.
Status: Released
Released Date: 2000-01-29
Runtime: 105 mins
Director: Donna Deitch
Writer: Paula Vogel, Terrence McNally, Harvey Fierstein
Spoken language: English
Genres: TV Movie, Drama
Original title: Common Ground
Production Companies: Showtime Networks, WinSome Productions
Production Countries: Canada, United States of America
Cast
Brittany Murphy
Margot Kidder
Mimi Rogers
Helen Shaver
Jason Priestley
Eric Stoltz
Beau Bridges
Ed Asner
Jonathan Taylor Thomas
James LeGros
Brian Kerwin
Steven Weber
Caterina Scorsone
Dan Lauria
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