The Baby Dance

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The Baby Dance ★★★ 1998

Well-off, middleaged Hollywood marrieds Rachel (Channing) and Richard (Reigert) Luckman have unsuccessfully tried to have a baby for years. Finally they place an adoption ad and receive a response from poor Louisiana trailer park inhabitants Wanda (Dern) and Art (Lineback) LeFauvre, who have an unwanted fifth child on the way. A meeting between the couples soon points out monetary, religious, and cultural differences that may derail their bargain. The two leading ladies carry the picture, which is based on director Anderson's Off-Broadway play. 95m/C VHS, DVD . Stockard Channing, Laura Dern, Peter Riegert, Richard Lineback; D: Jane Anderson; W: Jane Anderson; C: Jan Kiesser; M: Terry Allen.CABLE

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