''We Were the Mulvaneys'' is a 2002 American television film directed by

Peter Werner Peter H. Werner (born January 17, 1947, in New York City, New York (state), New York) is an American film director, film and television director. Biography Werner was born to a American Jews, Jewish family, in New York City, New York, one of t ...

, written by

Joyce Eliason Joyce Eliason (May 14, 1934 – January 10, 2022) was an American television writer and producer. She was best known for writing TV miniseries including ''Titanic'' and ''The Last Don'', and for the TV film ''The Jacksons: An American Dream''. El ...

, and starring

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and

Tammy Blanchard Tammy Blanchard (born December 14, 1976) is an American actress. She rose to prominence for her role as teenage Judy Garland in the critically acclaimed television film '' Life with Judy Garland: Me and My Shadows'' (2001), for which she received ...

. It is based on the book of the same name by

Joyce Carol Oates Joyce Carol Oates (born June 16, 1938) is an American writer. Oates published her first book in 1963, and has since published 58 novels, a number of plays and novellas, and many volumes of short stories, poetry, and non-fiction. Her novels '' Bla ...

. It premiered on

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, and was nominated for three

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Cast

as Michael Mulvaney, Sr. *

as Corinne Mulvaney *

as Marianne Mulvaney *

Tom Guiry Thomas John Guiry (born October 12, 1981) is an American actor. He is best known for his lead performance as Scott Smalls in the cult coming-of-age film '' The Sandlot,'' which he held at the age of 12, and his role in NBC crime drama ''The Black ...

as Judd Mulvaney, the narrator *

Jacob Pitts Jacob Rives Pitts (born November 20, 1979) is an American television, film and stage actor. His most notable performances were as Cooper Harris in the film '' EuroTrip'' (2004), as Bill "Hoosier" Smith in the HBO miniseries '' The Pacific'' (2010 ...

as Patrick Mulvaney *

Mark Famiglietti Mark Famiglietti (born September 26, 1979) is an American actor, screenwriter, film producer and author. He is best known for appearing in television shows such as ''Hang Time'' and ''Young Americans''. He also appeared in '' Terminator 3: Rise ...

as Mike Mulvaney Jr. *

Shawn Roberts Shawn Roberts (born April 2, 1984) is a Canadian actor best known for his roles in list of zombie films, zombie films such as ''Land of the Dead'', ''Diary of the Dead'' and the ''Resident Evil (film series), Resident Evil'' franchise. Early lif ...

as Zachary Lundt *

Colin Ferguson Colin Ferguson (born July 22, 1972) is a Canadian-American actor, director and producer.
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as Dr. Witt

Production

''We Were the Mulvaneys'' was filmed in

Winnipeg Winnipeg () is the capital and largest city of the province of Manitoba in Canada. It is centred on the confluence of the Red and Assiniboine rivers, near the longitudinal centre of North America. , Winnipeg had a city population of 749,6 ...

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