The Portrait (1993 film)

*The Portrait*
The Portrait
Genre	Drama
Based on	Painting Churches by Tina Howe
Screenplay by	Lynn Roth
Directed by	Arthur Penn
Starring	Gregory Peck; Lauren Bacall; Cecilia Peck
Music by	Cynthia Millar
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
Production
Executive producers	Robert Greenwald; Gregory Peck; Carla Singer
Producers	Philip K. Kleinbart; Scott U. Adam; Linda Berman; David Haugland; Richard Schmiechen
Production location	Raleigh, North Carolina
Cinematography	Richard Quinlan
Editor	Janet Bartels-Vandagriff
Running time	90 minutes
Production company	Turner Pictures
Original release
Network	TNT
Release	February 13, 1993

The Portrait is a 1993 American made-for-television drama film adapted from the play Painting Churches, directed by Arthur Penn, and starring Gregory Peck and Lauren Bacall. Cecilia Peck, who plays the daughter in the film, is the real-life daughter of actor Gregory Peck and his second wife Veronique Peck.^[1] The film was broadcast on TNT on February 13, 1993.^[2]

Plot

Artist Margaret Church returns to her parents home to create a portrait of them. Margaret is shocked to discover that her parents have decided to sell their home, and she has trouble accepting the loss of her childhood home. Margaret finishes her portrait, only to believe that her parents dislike it. Eventually she realizes that her parents do not dislike her portrait, and Margaret becomes closer to them once more.

Cast

Gregory Peck as Gardner Church
Lauren Bacall as Fanny Church
Cecilia Peck as Margaret Church
Paul McCrane as Bartel
Donna Mitchell as Marissa Pindar
Joyce O'Connor as Samantha Button
Mitchell Laurance as Ted Button
William Prince as Hubert Hayden
Richard K. Olsen as Doctor

References

^ "Born". Time magazine. 1958-05-12. Archived from the original on April 22, 2009. Retrieved 2009-02-20. To Gregory Peck, 42, cinemactor, and Veronique Passani Peck, 26, onetime French reporter: a first daughter, second child (he has three sons by a previous marriage); in Santa Monica, Calif. Name: Cecilia. Weight: 6 lbs. 8 oz.
^ Tony Scott (February 10, 1993). "TNT Original The Portrait". Variety. Retrieved 2020-05-09.

External links

The Portrait at IMDb
The Portrait at the TCM Movie Database
The Portrait at AllMovie

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[1] "Born". Time magazine. 1958-05-12. Archived from the original on April 22, 2009. Retrieved 2009-02-20. To Gregory Peck, 42, cinemactor, and Veronique Passani Peck, 26, onetime French reporter: a first daughter, second child (he has three sons by a previous marriage); in Santa Monica, Calif. Name: Cecilia. Weight: 6 lbs. 8 oz.

[Variety-2] Tony Scott (February 10, 1993). "TNT Original The Portrait". Variety. Retrieved 2020-05-09.

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v t e Films directed by Arthur Penn
Feature films	The Left Handed Gun (1958) The Miracle Worker (1962) Mickey One (1965) The Chase (1966) Bonnie and Clyde (1967) Alice's Restaurant (1969) Little Big Man (1970) Visions of Eight (1973) Night Moves (1975) The Missouri Breaks (1976) Four Friends (1981) Target (1985) Dead of Winter (1987) Penn & Teller Get Killed (1989)
Television	The Girl with the Stop Watch (1953) Friday the 13th (1954) The King and Mrs. Candle (1954) Buy Me Blue Ribbons (1954) The King and Mrs. Candle (1955) Invitation to a Gunfighter (1957) Portrait of a Murderer (1958) Flesh and Blood (1968) The Portrait (1993) Inside (1996)