Staying Together

Staying Together Information

Staying Together is a 1989 American comedy-drama film directed by Lee Grant and produced by Joseph Feury (Grant's husband) and Milton Justice. The film stars Sean Astin, Stockard Channing, Melinda Dillon, Levon Helm (of The Band), Dermot Mulroney, Tim Quill, and Daphne Zuniga. Grant's daughter, Dinah Manoff appears briefly making this the only film project (excluding TV Movies) to involve Grant, Feury and Manoff.

Channing and Manoff previously appeared together in Grease, released 11 years earlier.

Plot

Three brothers live at home with their parents and work at the family restaurant. The Father sells the restaurant without letting the brothers know. One brother, angry with the father, leaves to find another job. The father subsequently dies from a heart attack.

Cast

Sean Astin as Duncan McDermott
Stockard Channing as Nancy Trainer
Melinda Dillon as Eileen McDermott (the mother and wife of Jake)
Jim Haynie as Jake McDermott (The father and owner of McDermott's Fried Chicken restaurant)
Levon Helm as Denny Stockton
Dinah Manoff as Lois Cook (one of the waitresses at the restaurant)
Dermot Mulroney as Kit McDermott
Tim Quill as Brian McDermott
Keith Szarabajka as Kevin Burley
Daphne Zuniga as Beverly Young
Sheila Kelley as Beth Harper
Ryan Hill as Demetri Harper
Rick Marshall as Charlie

Trivia

This movie was originally to be released in 1988 but had to be shelved for more than a year because Hemdale Film Corporation was having bankruptcy problems.

Reception

Staying Together was released on November 10, 1989. Despite good reviews and a strong cast, The film flopped, making only $4,348,025 at the box office when other films released at that same time such as The Little Mermaid, Back to the Future Part II and Look Who's Talking became top ten box office hits for 1989. This would be Lee Grant's last film directed. It was released on VHS in the 1990s and on DVD in 2005.

Awards

In 1990 Lee Grant was nominated for a Critics Award at the Deauville Film Festival. Sean Astin won the Young Artist Award for Best Young Actor Starring in a Motion Picture.

This webpage uses material from the Wikipedia article "Staying_Together_%28film%29" and is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. Reality TV World is not responsible for any errors or omissions the Wikipedia article may contain.

POPULAR TV SHOWS (100)

POPULAR PEOPLE (100)

Show Updates People News Spoiler News Entertainment News RealityTVDB POP Hollywood Reality TV News Wire
Features & Interviews Sexy Social Pics of the Day Things to Know Profiles Message Boards Shows Listing