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Special People

Special People

1984TV Movie⏱️ 1h 37m
Drama
⭐ 7.6
IMDB Rating
62 votes

Special People is based on a true story of Diane Dupuy. Diane Dupuy creates a unique black light theatre company called Famous PEOPLE Players. The cast consists of people who are developmenatlly challenged. Seven members of the ca...

Director
Marc Daniels
Writers
N/A
Stars
Brooke Adams, Susan Roman, Sandra Ciccone
Release Date
September 11, 1984
Language
English
Country
United States
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Reviews
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🎭 Top Cast

Brooke Adams
Brooke Adams
as Diane Dupuy
Susan Roman
Susan Roman
as Annie
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Sandra Ciccone
as Sandra Ciccone
Lesleh Donaldson
Lesleh Donaldson
as Robin
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Benny D'Onofrio
as Benny D'Onofrio
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Albert Gentile
as Albert Gentile
Ron James
Ron James
as Doug
Joseph Kelly
Joseph Kelly
as Tom Gorton
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Greg Kozak
as Greg Kozak
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Renato Marulli
as Renato Marulli

🎬 Technical Specs

Aspect Ratio
1.33 : 1
Sound
Mono
Color
Color
Filming Location
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Production
Joseph Cates Productions

🎯 Categories

Drama

⭐ Featured Review

A lovely film!
by to_pat β€’ 2008-06-02
7/10

"I watched this film and just accepted it as it was intended, with no preconceptions and no knowledge of the cast. It was sweet and moving. I would hope most people will do the same. Is the thought that Liberace was the "star" a problem for some of you? Is the cast of amateurs a problem? I should hope not. This was a sweet and kind film directed to enlighten the public of people with special needs, not to be a film of great importance. I enjoyed this film because it gave me an uplifting feeling at the end, and not because it was a box office block-buster. The cast were so genuinely ta..."

πŸ’‘ Did You Know?

While Brooke Adams was filming Key Exchange in August and September of 1984 in New York City, about halfway through filming Key Exchange, Brooke invited about 20 cast and crew members of the Key Exchange movie set over to her apartment in New York City to watch a TV movie she was starring in called "Special People" which aired on television for the first time on Tuesday, September 11th, 1984 on CBS from 9-11 PM EST. (This information was revealed by Brooke herself in an article of Details in the October 1984 edition of the magazine which features Brooke on the cover.)

πŸ“– Synopsis

Special People is based on a true story of Diane Dupuy. Diane Dupuy creates a unique black light theatre company called Famous PEOPLE Players. The cast consists of people who are developmenatlly challenged. Seven members of the ca...