Touched by Love

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Touched by Love
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Directed by Gus Trikonis
Screenplay byHesper Anderson
Based onTo Elvis, with Love
by Lena Canada
Produced by Michael Viner
Starring
Cinematography Richard H. Kline
Edited byFred Chulack
Music by John Barry
Production
company
Distributed by Columbia Pictures
Release date
  • October 31, 1980 (1980-10-31)
Running time
95 minutes
Countries
  • United States
  • Canada
LanguageEnglish
Budget$2.5 million [1]
Box office$11,200 [1]

Touched by Love (also called To Elvis, with Love) is a 1980 American drama film directed by Gus Trikonis and starring Diane Lane and Deborah Raffin. The screenplay concerns a therapist who tries a novel approach with a girl afflicted with cerebral palsy; she has her charge become a pen pal with the girl's favorite singer, Elvis Presley. The film was based on the real-life reminiscences of Lena Canada.

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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 received a second Razzie nomination for Hesper Anderson's screenplay.

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