''Summer's End'' is a 1999
drama television film directed by
Helen Shaver (in her directorial debut) from a screenplay by Grant Scharbo and
Jim Thompson, based on a story by Scharbo. The film tells the story of two teenage brothers who have lost their father, one of which befriends an African-American physician facing racial prejudice in a small town in Georgia.
The film premiered on
Showtime
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on January 30, 1999. It received nominations for four
Daytime Emmy Awards, and won for best children's special and also best actor (
James Earl Jones).
Plot
A young boy (
Jake LeDoux), still grieving over his father's death, befriends a retired physician (
James Earl Jones), the former chief of cardiology at an
Atlanta hospital who has returned to his hometown in
North Georgia where he had a traumatic boyhood; but racial intolerance in the local, predominantly white, lakeside community ends up souring the relationship.
[Roberts, Jerry (2009). ''Encyclopedia of Television Film Directors''. Scarecrow Press. Page 539. .]
Cast
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James Earl Jones as Dr. William 'Bill' Blakely
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Jake LeDoux as Jamie Baldwin
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Brendan Fletcher as Hunter Baldwin
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Wendy Crewson as Virginia Baldwin
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Jonathan Kroeker as Lad Trapnell
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Al Waxman as Grandpa Trapnell
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Andrew Sardella as Alex Rifkin
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R.D. Reid
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as Henry Whitley
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Gary Reineke as Sheriff Miller
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Patrick McManus as Inspector
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Randy Hughson as Rainey
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Sarah Francis as Erinn
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Victor Garber as narrator
References
External links
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1999 directorial debut films
1999 drama films
1999 television films
1999 films
Canadian drama films
American drama television films
English-language Canadian films
Films about brothers
Films about racism
Films set in Georgia (U.S. state)
Films shot in Ontario
Showtime (TV network) films
Television series by Temple Street Productions
1990s American films
1990s Canadian films
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