Dear Diary (1996 special)

Dear Diary
Directed by	David Frankel
Written by	David Frankel
Produced by	David Frankel Barry Jossen
Starring	Bebe Neuwirth Bruce Altman
Cinematography	Maryse Alberti
Edited by	Michael Berenbaum
Production company	DreamWorks Television
Distributed by	American Broadcasting Company
Release date	1996 (1996)
Running time	22 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Dear Diary is a TV pilot, starring Bebe Neuwirth, written and directed by David Frankel and produced by Frankel and Barry Jossen. After being rejected by ABC, it was slightly edited and put into a single Los Angeles theater for a weekend in November 1996, and went on to win an Oscar for Best Live Action Short Film ^[1] at the 69th Academy Awards. ^[2] It was the only made-for-TV pilot ever to win an Oscar.

Plot

The film revolves around a New York magazine art director, married and the mother of two, who, having just turned 40, decides to record the events of her day in a journal. ^[3]

Cast

• Bruce Altman as Griffin
• Bebe Neuwirth as Annie
• Brian Kerwin as Tom
• Rhea Silver-Smith as Sara
• Peter Brown as Peter
• Cheryl Freeman as Elizabeth
• Lisa Louise Langford as Stacey
• Haviland Morris as Christie
• Mike Starr as Fritz
• Ronald Guttman as Erik
• Jeff Blumenkrantz as Ron
• Peter Jacobson as Hal
• Peter Vack as Peter
• Peter Giles as Gary

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References

1. Welkos, Robert W. (March 22, 1997). "Dear Diary: How It Got an Oscar Nod". Los Angeles Times . Archived from the original on January 31, 2023. Retrieved March 26, 2024.
2. "New York Times: Dear Diary". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times . 2011. Archived from the original on 2011-05-20. Retrieved 2008-05-25.
3. "DEAR DIARY". MUBI.
4. The New York Times Movies

External links

• Dear Diary at IMDb