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Scattered Dreams | |
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Genre | Drama |
Written by | Karen Croner |
Directed by | Neema Barnette |
Starring | Gerald McRaney Tyne Daly Ed Grady Rhoda Griffis Macon McCalman |
Music by | Mark Snow |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language | English |
Production | |
Executive producer | Robert Greenwald |
Producer | Philip K. Kleinbart |
Cinematography | Yuri Neyman |
Editor | David Beatty |
Running time | 93 minutes |
Production companies | Nasser Group Robert Greenwald Productions |
Budget | $3,700,000 (estimated) |
Original release | |
Network | CBS |
Release | December 19, 1993 |
Scattered Dreams: The Kathryn Messenger Story is a 1993 made for TV drama film based on a true story. It stars Gerald McRaney, Ed Grady, Rhoda Griffis, Tyne Daly and Macon McCalman. Actress Alicia Silverstone also stars. It was directed by Neema Barnette. [1]
A loving couple trying to make a living in 1951 Florida is arrested for a crime they didn't commit. The pair is given long jail terms and ripped from their children, so they begin a stunning fight for justice that has them facing the ruthless sheriff responsible for their incarceration.
Scattered Dreams is based on a true story. The real life Kathryn Messenger and her husband were arrested in West Palm Beach in 1951. They were each sentenced to jail for 7 years for failing to pay a $258 grocery bill. The children were left behind as wards of the state when the Messengers went to New Orleans- though Kathryn Messenger claimed the children were being held hostage "as revenge." [2]