Expecting Mary

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Expecting Mary
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Directed by Dan Gordon
Written byDan Gordon
Produced byKim Waltrip
Starring Elliott Gould
Linda Gray
Lainie Kazan
Cloris Leachman
Della Reese
Olesya Rulin
Cybill Shepherd
Gene Simmons
Fred Willard
Cinematography Michael Goi
Edited byMarc Leif
Music byKevin Saunders Hayes
Release date
Running time
97 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Expecting Mary is a 2010 American comedy-drama film starring Elliott Gould, Linda Gray, Lainie Kazan, Cloris Leachman, Della Reese, Olesya Rulin, Cybill Shepherd, Gene Simmons, and Fred Willard. It was written and directed by Dan Gordon and produced by Kim Waltrip [1] with executive producer Jim Casey. [2] The film premiered at the Palm Springs International Film Festival 2010 on January 16 and was selected as the opening film at the California Independent Film Festival on April 22, 2010. [3]

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Plot

Mary (Olesya Rulin) is a 16-year-old girl who is 8 months pregnant. She had all the trappings of an upscale life, but ran away from her mother Meg (Cybill Shepherd) and stepfather Phil Cuthbart (Duncan Bravo) who wanted her to get an abortion. It is only when she finds herself in a small New Mexico town in a downtrodden trailer park where she learns the real meaning of love, sacrifice, and family.

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