Children of a Lesser God

Children of a Lesser God (1986)

Timing: 1:59 (119 min)

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Actors and characters

Release date

1986-09-13

Country

United States

Production

Paramount

Genre

Drama, Romance

Budget

$0

Revenue

$31 853 080

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Director

Randa Haines

Actors

William Hurt, Marlee Matlin, Piper Laurie, Philip Bosco, Allison Gompf, John F. Cleary, Philip Holmes, Georgia Ann Cline, William D. Byrd, Frank Carter Jr.
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Scenario

Producer

Patrick J. Palmer, Burt Sugarman

Operator

John Seale

Composer

Michael Convertino

Artist

Audition

Gretchen Rennell

Editing

Lisa Fruchtman
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• The first film directed by a woman to be nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture.
• A dispute arose between director Randa Haines and actress Marlee Matlin over whether the actress should smoke on screen. Matlin flatly refused, while Haines had ordered her to get used to smoking two months before filming began. The actress only started "getting used to it" a week before the start of filming.
• The casting for the role of Sarah Norman, ultimately played by Marlee Matlin, lasted six months and took place in the USA, Canada, Sweden, and the United Kingdom.
• The first film directed by a woman to be nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture.
• Director Randa Haines and actress Marlee Matlin had a dispute over whether the actress should smoke on screen. Matlin flatly refused, while Haines had ordered her to get used to smoking two months before filming began. The actress only began "getting used to it" a week before the start of filming.