Wildflower (1991)
One day Sammy and his younger sister Ellie happen upon a cabin where Alice, a young, partially deaf girl with epilepsy is being kept by her abusive stepfather. The three soon become friends and hope to get Alice an education and help her escape from the torture she undergoes daily. However, Alice's stepfather soon finds out about the friendship Alice has struck up and punishes her brutally. This story of friendship and youth shows that everyone is human and deserves to be treated so, no matter their disability or weakness.
- Date of release
- 1991-12-03
- TMDB
- 6.1 / 10 (24)
- Runtime
- 1h 31m
- Genres
- Drama, TV Movie
- Director
- Diane Keaton
Casting
- Beau Bridges — Jack Perkins
- Patricia Arquette — Alice Guthrie
- Reese Witherspoon — Ellie Perkins
- Susan Blakely — Ada Guthrie
- William McNamara — Sammy Perkins
- Collin Wilcox Paxton — Bessie Morgan
- Norman Max Maxwell — Ormand Guthrie
- Richard K. Olsen — Doc Murphy
- Allison Smith — Lisa Mae
- Heather Lynch — Bertha
- Robert Priester — David Butler
- Randy Williams — Cletus
Interesting facts
Wildflower is a 1991 television film directed by Diane Keaton and based on Sara Flanigan's book Alice. It stars Beau Bridges, Susan Blakely, Patricia Arquette, William McNamara and Reese Witherspoon.
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