Special Olympics | |
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Genre | Drama Sport |
Written by | John Sacret Young |
Directed by | Lee Philips |
Starring | Irene Tedrow Mare Winningham Philip Brown |
Music by | Peter Matz |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language | English |
Production | |
Executive producer | Roger Gimbel |
Producers | Tony Converse Merrit Malloy Marc Tabulous |
Production locations | Albuquerque, New Mexico Santa Fe, New Mexico |
Cinematography | John V. LaBarbera Matthew F. Leonetti |
Editor | George Jay Nicholson |
Running time | 100 min. |
Production companies | EMI Films Roger Gimbel Productions |
Release | |
Original network | CBS |
Original release | February 8, 1978 |
Special Olympics is a 1978 American TV movie starring Charles Durning and directed by Lee Phillips for EMI Television. [1]
It was also known as A Special Kind of Love.
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