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A Good Baby | |
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Directed by | Katherine Dieckmann |
Written by | Leon Rooke Katherine Dieckmann |
Produced by | Lianne Halfon Tom Carouso Aileen Argentini Derrick Tseng |
Starring | Henry Thomas David Strathairn Cara Seymour |
Cinematography | Jim Denault |
Edited by | Katherine Dieckmann Malcolm Jamieson |
Music by | David Mansfield |
Production companies | Good Baby Kardana Films |
Distributed by | Curb Entertainment |
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Running time | 87 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
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The film premiered at the 1999 Los Angeles Independent Film Festival. [3]
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