Tuesdays with Morrie (1999)
December 5, 1999Release Date
Tuesdays with Morrie (1999)
December 5, 1999Release Date
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Cast & Crew.
Jack Lemmon
Morrie Schwartz
Hank Azaria
Mitch Albom
Wendy Moniz
Janine
Caroline Aaron
Connie
Bonnie Bartlett
Charlotte
John Carroll Lynch
Walter
Cloud Michaels
Morrie's Mother
Terri Hanauer
Eva
Kyle Sullivan
Young Morrie
Charles Homet
Rob
Mark Eric Charbonneau
Jon
Carlton Wilborn
Eddie
Ivo Cutzarida
Sergio
Dan Thiel
Shawn Daley
James Thomas Bailey
Acapella Singer
Mick Jackson
Director
Thomas Rickman
Teleplay
Mitch Albom
Book
Kate Forte
Producer
Susan Heyer
Producer
Jennifer Ogden
Producer
Oprah Winfrey
Producer
Carol Littleton
Editor
Daniel Moder
Second Assistant Camera
Media.
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Tuesdays with Morrie is a 1999 American biographical drama television film directed by Mick Jackson and written by Thomas Rickman, based on journalist Mitch Albom's 1997 memoir of the same title. In the film, Albom (Hank Azaria) bonds with his former professor, Morrie Schwartz (Jack Lemmon), who is dying of ALS, over a series of visits.
Tuesdays with Morrie was produced by Oprah Winfrey's Harpo Films, and was filmed in Los Angeles and Santa Clarita, California. It aired on ABC on December 5, 1999, as part of the "Oprah Winfrey Presents" series. It received positive reviews and numerous accolades, including Primetime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Television Movie, Outstanding Lead Actor for Lemmon, and Outstanding Supporting Actor for Azaria; a Directors Guild of America Award for Jackson; and a Writers Guild of America Award and a Humanitas Prize for Rickman.