Mr. & Mrs. Loving Movie Review 1996

Fact-based movie, set in the 1960s, follows the romance, marriage, and struggle of Richard Loving (Hutton) and Mildred "Bean" Jeter (Rochon). Growing up in rural Virginia, their interracial relationship isn't considered uncommon. But when Bean gets pregnant, they aren't allowed to marry and live together because of Virginia's racial laws. Instead, the Lovings start a life in Washington, D.C., but desperately homesick and increasingly aware of the civil rights movement, Bean writes a letter to the Attorney General's office. What results is young ACLU lawyer Bernie Cohen (Parker) taking on their case--which eventually leads to a landmark Supreme Court decision about miscegenation laws.

Distribution

Hallmark Home Entertainment, 6100 Wilshire Blvd., Ste. 1400, Los Angeles, CA 90048, Phone: (213)634-3000, Fax: (213)549-3760, Remarks: Lainie Handelman, Mktg.

Available on VHS
Running time 95 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Romantic Drama, Interracial Affairs, Newlyweds, True Stories, Justice Prevails...?, Law & Lawyers, American South, Civil Rights, African America

Screenplay

Richard Friedenberg

Cast

Timothy Hutton, Lela Rochon, Corey Parker, Ruby Dee, Isaiah Washington, Bill Nunn, Charles Gray

Cinematography

Kenneth Macmillan

Director

Richard Friedenberg

Music

Branford Marsalis

Producer

Dan Paulson, Timothy Hutton, Susan Rose, Showtime Ent., Evergreen Entertainment