| Touched by Love | |
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| Directed by | Gus Trikonis |
| Screenplay by | Hesper Anderson |
| Based on | To Elvis, With Love by Lena Canada |
| Produced by | Michael Viner |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Richard H. Kline |
| Edited by | Fred Chulack |
| Music by | John Barry |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Columbia Pictures |
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Running time | 95 minutes |
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| Language | English |
| Budget | $2.5 million [1] |
| Box office | N/A |
Touched by Love (originally titled To Elvis, With Love) is a 1980 American film directed by Gus Trikonis, starring Diane Lane and Deborah Raffin.
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First released to theaters in April 1980, [2] the screenplay concerns a therapist who tries a novel approach with a girl named Karen who is dealing with cerebral palsy and depression. She encourages the teen-ager to write to her favorite singer, Elvis Presley. Karen eventually receives a reply, and they become pen pals. The interaction leads to an immediate improvement in her daily outlook. The movie was based on the book To Elvis, With Love by the real-life therapist, Lena Canada, in which she presented the correspondence as true.
Raffin was nominated for both a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress — Motion Picture Drama and a Razzie for Worst Actress for her performance. The film also received a second Razzie nomination for Hesper Anderson's screenplay.
