Alex: The Life of a Child (1986)
1h 40m
Running Time
April 23, 1986Release Date
Alex: The Life of a Child (1986)
1h 40m
Running Time
April 23, 1986Release Date
Plot.
Based on true events, 'Alex: The Life of a Child' follows former 'Sports Illustrated' writer Frank Deford and his wife Carole when their happy, all-American family is rocked to the core when their baby daughter Alex is diagnosed with Cystic Fibrosis. While CF sufferers were almost certainly doomed to an early death in the Seventies, Alex grew into a child who showed remarkable courage and strength in face of her illness. Her loving family were quick to rally around her, determined to show the same bravery as the little girl as they supported and cherished her through life and struggled to move on after her death at the tragically young age of eight.
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Cast & Crew.
Craig T. Nelson
Frank Deford
Bonnie Bedelia
Carole Deford
Gennie James
Alex Deford
Danny Corkill
Chris Deford
Mark Withers
Mac Deford
Dann Florek
Dr. Tom Dolan
Rachel Blanchard
Wendy
Melonie Mazman Hayden
Zehra Deford
Brenda Bazinet
Barbara Keator
Robert Markowitz
Director
Cherry Jones
Tina Crawford
Frank Deford
Book
Elva Mai Hoover
Alice Grady
Nigel McKeand
Producer / Teleplay
Carol Evan McKeand
Teleplay
Nigel McKeand
Writer
Details.
This Movie Is About.
sibling relationship
based on novel or book
parent child relationship
terminal illness
based on a true story
flashback
family
cystic fibrosis
death of daughter
Wiki.
Alex: The Life of a Child is a biography and film about the life and death of Alexandra Deford from cystic fibrosis. After her death in 1980 at the age of eight, her father, Frank Deford, a sportswriter, was inspired to write a memoir about Alex three years later. The book depicts Alex's determination to make the best of her circumstances and brings awareness to the disease that took her life.
The book was adapted into a 1986 film by ABC starring Craig T. Nelson as Frank Deford, Bonnie Bedelia as Carol Deford, and Gennie James as Alex Deford.
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