The Lost Child Movie Review 2000

Remarkable true story about a search for identity. Rebecca (Ruehl) always knew she was adopted, being raised Jewish in Pennsylvania. After her adoptive parents are both dead, Rebecca decides to search for her birth parents and discovers that she is a full-blooded Navaho who was taken from her family on the reservation. She immediately decides to take her children to meet her relatives in Arizona, where they are welcomed into the community. But it isn't so simple for Rebecca's husband, Jack (Sheridan), to deal with his outsider status. Based on the autobiography "Looking for Lost Bird" by Yvette Melanson and Claire Safran.

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 100 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Hallmark Hall of Fame, This Is Your Life, True Stories, Adoption & Orphans, Native America, Family Reunions, Culture Clash

Screenplay

Sally Robinson

Cast

Mercedes Ruehl, Jamey Sheridan, Irene Bedard, Dinah Manoff, Ned Romero, Tantoo Cardinal, Michael Greyeyes, Julia McIlvaine

Cinematography

Thomas Neuwirth

Director

Karen Arthur

Music

Mark McKenzie

Producer

Hallmark Hall of Fame