Movie
Dad
Overview
A busy executive learns during a meeting that his mother may be dying and rushes home to her side. He ends up being his father's caretaker and becomes closer to him than ever before. Estranged from his own son, the executive comes to realize what has been missing in his own life.
Details
- Release date
- 1989-10-27
- Runtime
- 117 min
- Genres
- Drama
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Universal Pictures, Amblin Entertainment
- Country
- United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Jack Lemmon as Jake Tremont
- Ted Danson as John Tremont
- Ethan Hawke as Billy
- Kevin Spacey as Mario
- Olympia Dukakis as Bette Tremont
- Kathy Baker as Annie
- Zakes Mokae as Dr. Chad
- J.T. Walsh as Dr. Santana
- Peter Michael Goetz as Dr. Ethridge
- John Apicella as Dr. Delibro
- Richard McGonagle as Victor Walton
- Art Frankel as DMV Instructor
Crew
- Gary David Goldberg - Director
- Gary David Goldberg - Writer
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