Doing Time on Maple Drive | |
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Directed by | Ken Olin |
Produced by | Wayne Hanks Paul Lussier Gina Scheerer |
Written by | James Duff |
Starring |
James Sikking |
Music by | Laura Karpman |
Cinematography | Bing Sokolsky |
Editing by | Elba Sanchez-Short |
Distributed by | Fox Broadcasting Company |
Release | March 16, 1992 |
Running time | 92 mins |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Doing Time on Maple Drive is a 1992 made-for-television drama film. Written by James Duff and directed by Ken Olin, the film stars James Sikking, Bibi Besch, William McNamara, Jayne Brook, David Byron, Lori Loughlin and Jim Carrey in an early rare dramatic role at the time.
Synopsis[]
Doing Time on Maple Drive centers on the Carter family. Father Phil (Sikking) is a successful local restaurateur, married for many years to Lisa (Besch). They have three grown children, Karen (Brook), Tim (Carrey) and Matt (McNamara). Karen is married to Tom (Byron), Tim works in his father's restaurant and Matt is a college student. Matt returns from college and introduces the family to his fiancée, Allison (Loughlin).
Matt is injured after crashing his car; he returns home to recuperate. As he recovers, the family is revealed to be almost completely dysfunctional. Tim is an alcoholic. Matt's car crash was a suicide attempt brought on by the pressure of being gay and closeted from his conservative parents and lying about Allison's breaking their engagement because of it. Lisa is in deep denial about all of the problems family members are facing.
Karen's husband Tom learns that Karen is pregnant and that she is so terrified of bringing a child into a family situation like hers that she's considering having an abortion without telling him. Tom angrily confronts her father Phil, declaring that while Phil may be destroying his own family he won't allow Phil to destroy his. He takes Karen away. Matt confronts his parents, including telling his mother that he knows she already knows he is gay after having walked in on him and another boy. Lisa continues to struggle with denial, but Phil begins to take tentative steps toward understanding.
Cast[]
- James Sikking as Phil Carter
- Bibi Besch as Lisa Carter
- William McNamara as Matt Carter
- Jayne Brook as Karen
- David Byron as Tom
- Lori Loughlin as Allison
- Jim Carrey as Tim Carter
- Philip Linton as Andy- this actor passed away 1 month before this film was released.
- Bennett Cale as Kyle
- Richard Israel as Student Actor
- Mark Chaet as Nick
- Janice Lynde as Judy
- George Roth as Dr. Norman
- Parker Whitman as Gene
- Danielle Michonne as Cindy
- Toni Sawyer as Millie
- Bodhi Elfman as Joe
- Mike Marikian as Kevin
- Courtenay McWhinney as Clara
External links[]
- Doing Time on Maple Drive at Internet Movie Database