Do You Know the Muffin Man?
| Do You Know the Muffin Man? | |
|---|---|
 DVD cover | |
| Written by | Daniel Freudenberger |
| Directed by | Gilbert Cates |
| Starring |
Pam Dawber John Shea Stephen Dorff Brian Bonsall John Shea Matthew Laurance Dee Dee Rescher Anthony Geary Natalie West |
| Music by | Lee Holdridge |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) |
Jon Avnet Jordan Kerner |
| Producer(s) | Daniel Freudenberger |
| Cinematography | Mark Irwin |
| Editor(s) | Peter Berger |
| Running time | 90 minutes |
| Production company(s) | The Avnet/Kerner Company |
| Distributor | CBS |
| Release | |
| Original network | CBS |
| Original release | October 22, 1989 |
Do You Know the Muffin Man? is a 1989 American made-for-television drama film starring Pam Dawber, John Shea, Stephen Dorff, Brian Bonsall, Anthony Geary and Dee Dee Rescher, directed by Gilbert Cates.[1]
The critically praised film, about child abuse in a community day care center,[2] was ranked as the 8th most-watched television program of the week by the Nielsen Ratings after its initial airing on CBS on October 22, 1989.[3] It was released at the height of the day-care sex-abuse hysteria in the United States.
Summary
Roger Dollison (John Shea), a police officer, and his wife Kendra (Pam Dawber) are living the American dream. They have two children, 8-year old Teddy (Brian Bonsall) and 16-year old Sandy (Stephen Dorff), and a lovely home and a dog named Rex. What they know and how they live as a family is irreparably changed one day when it is discovered that a classmate of Teddy's is the apparent victim of sexual abuse at the respected neighborhood daycare center. Like all other parents, the Dollisons are tormented: "we should have known, we should have seen," but their devastation is complete when Teddy tells his own story, one he promised his abusers he would never tell.[4]
Cast
- Pam Dawber - Kendra Dollison
- John Shea - Roger Dollison
- Brian Bonsall - Teddy Dollison
- Stephen Dorff - Sandy Dollison
References
- ↑
- ↑ "Details of abuse overkill in 'Muffin Man'". Boca Raton News. October 20, 1989.
- ↑ "Earthquake Cuts Ratings of Networks". The New York Times. October 25, 1989.
- ↑ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0097214/plotsummary