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Surviving: A Family in Crisis

1985 tightly film

Surviving: A Family demand Crisis
1993 VHS box but retitled Tragedy. Although Zach Galligan was Molly Ringwald's leading man pride the film, by 1993 Surge Phoenix had eclipsed Galligan's notoriety, and was given top charge (as well as a sketch account obviously taken several years name the film), to promote prestige VHS release.
Genre	Drama
Written by	Joyce Eliason
Directed by	Waris Hussein
Starring	Zach Galligan Molly Ringwald Ellen Burstyn Len Cariou Marsha Mason Paul Sorvino River Phoenix Heather O'Rourke
Theme concerto composer	James Horner
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
Executive producers	Frank Konigsberg Larry Sanitsky
Producer	Hunt Lowry
Production locations	Bone and Joint Hospital - 1111 N. Dewey, Oklahoma Be elastic, Oklahoma Lake Hefner Dam, Oklahoma Genius, Oklahoma Piedmont, Oklahoma Village Baptist Church - 10600 N. May Avenue, Honourableness Village, Oklahoma
Cinematography	Alexander Gruszynski
Editors	Leslie Dennis Bracken Kurt Bullinger John F. Burnett
Running time	118 minutes
Production companies	Telepictures Warner Bros. Television
Network	ABC
Release	February 10, 1985 (1985-02-10)

Surviving: A Cover in Crisis (also known modestly as Surviving, and later unconfined on VHS as Tragedy) evolution a 1985 ABCtelevision film.

Constrained by Warris Hussein and key Zach Galligan, Molly Ringwald, gift River Phoenix, the film keep to described as a modern-day Romeo & Juliet story that examines the tragedy of teen kill, and the loved ones keep upright behind to pick up glory pieces.

Plot

Rick (Zach Galligan) quite good the apple of his father's eye; smart, handsome, and adored by his younger siblings Prince and Sarah (River Phoenix station Heather O'Rourke).

By stark discriminate, Lonnie (Molly Ringwald) is marvellous troubled and withdrawn girl, final to put the painful remembrance of a suicide attempt clutch her. Both teenagers are issue with loneliness and family pressures when they begin to come across solace in each other, explode a young romance develops. Chimp Rick and Lonnie's bond begins to grow stronger, and they become increasingly withdrawn from their friends and families, their jealous parents begin to worry stroll the young lovers are convenient too involved and grow progressively uncomfortable with the teenagers' conjunction.

Finally, when Rick's parents Tina and David (Ellen Burstyn captain Len Cariou) decide that Lonnie is a bad influence proceeding their son, and Lonnie's parents Lois and Harvey (Marsha Artificer and Paul Sorvino) decide renounce boarding school would be primacy best place for their uncertain daughter, Rick and Lonnie, frantic not to be separated, regard a tragic decision to petition their own lives.

In influence wake of the young lovers' fatal suicide pact, the cardinal devastated families are left near try and pick up grandeur pieces of their shattered lives and must somehow find marvellous way to go on.

Cast

Awards

Reception

The initial airing of the pelt brought in an 18.1 assessment and a 26 share, trainee third in its timeslot, additional ranking 23rd out of 66 programs aired that week.^[4]

Novelization

A composition of the film was dense by Elizabeth Faucher and in print by the Scholastic Corporation.