Anya's Bell
1999 American TV series or program
Anya's Bell | |
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Written by | David Alexander |
Directed by | Tom McLoughlin |
Starring | Della Reese Mason Gamble Kelly Rowan Tom Cavanagh |
Music by | Lee Holdridge |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language | English |
Production | |
Producers | Karen Danaher-Dorr Graham Ludlow Franklin Lett Sam Okun |
Cinematography | Gordon Lonsdale |
Editor | Charles Bornstein |
Running time | 97 minutes |
Production companies | Left/Reese International Productions Erratic Entertainment Universal Television |
Original release | |
Network | CBS |
Release | October 31, 1999 (1999-10-31) |
Anya's Bell is a television film that aired on CBS on October 31, 1999, starring Della Reese as Anya Herpick.
Plot
In 1949, Anya is a blind woman who was always taken care of by her mother. Anya copes with her loneliness by collecting bells, a situation which becomes worse when her mother dies. Now middle-aged and alone, Anya befriends a 12-year-old delivery boy, Scott Rhymes. Scott is considered "slow", though later it is revealed that he is dyslexic (a disorder not commonly understood at that time).[1] Anya teaches him to read Braille, which Scott rapidly learns, and the two become close friends.
Cast
- Della Reese as Anya Herpick
- Mason Gamble as Scott Rhymes
- Kelly Rowan as Jeanne Rhymes
- Tom Cavanagh as Patrick Birmingham
Awards
- 2000 Young Artist Award: Best Performance in a TV Movie or Pilot: Leading Young Actor - Mason Gamble (won)[2]
- 2000 Humanitas Prize (nominated)[3]
See also
References
External links
- Anya's Bell at IMDb
- Anya's Bell at AllMovie
- Variety review
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Films directed by Tom McLoughlin
- One Dark Night (1983)
- Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives (1986)
- Date with an Angel (1987)
- Sometimes They Come Back (1991)
- Something to Live for: The Alison Gertz Story (1992)
- The Haunting of Helen Walker (1995)
- Anya's Bell (1999)
- The Unsaid (2001)
- Murder in Greenwich (2002)
- D.C. Sniper: 23 Days of Fear (2003)
- She's Too Young (2004)
- Odd Girl Out (2005)
- Cyber Seduction: His Secret Life (2005)
- Not Like Everyone Else (2006)
- The Staircase Murders (2007)
- Fab Five: The Texas Cheerleader Scandal (2008)
- The Wronged Man (2010)
- At Risk (2010)
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