The Twilight of the Golds Movie Review 1997

The upper-middle class Jewish Gold family seem conventional if fretful: there's doctor dad Walter (Marshall), concerned mom Phyllis (Dunaway), married daughter Suzanne (Beals), and aspiring theatrical producer son David (Fraser), who's gay. It seems everyone's dealt with David's homosexuality until Suzanne's geneticist husband, Rob Stein (Tenney), informs his pregnant wife that tests on their unborn son show genes statistically link to him being gay. (The theory is unproven.) Suzanne considers abortion and David is understandably upset when no one tries to talk her out of it, beginning a family estrangement. Based on the play by Tolins.

Distribution

BMG Entertainment, 1540 Broadway, New York, NY 10036-4039, Phone: (212)930-4000, URL: http://www.bmg.com

Available on VHS, DVD
Running time 90 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Family Drama, Pregnant Pauses, Gays, Adapted from a Play, Genetics, Judaism, Marriage

Screenplay

Jonathan Tolins, Seth Bass

Cast

Garry Marshall, Faye Dunaway, Jennifer Beals, Brendan Fraser, Jon Tenney, Jack Klugman, Sean O'Bryan, Rosie O'Donnell

Cinematography

Tom Richmond

Director

Ross Kagen Marks

Music

Lee Holdridge

Producer

Paul Colichman, John Davimos, Mark R. Harris, Garry Marshall, Hallmark Entertainment, Showtime Networks