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The Baby Dance is a 1998 drama film produced by Showtime about adoption. It was written and directed by Jane Anderson, based on her play of the same name, with Stockard Channing and Laura Dern starring in the lead roles. Plot. Wanda LeFauve is a poor mother of four with an unemployed husband living in a trailer outside Shreveport, Louisiana.
Nov 12, 2020 · In a desperate bid for money, Wanda answers a classified ad from a wealthy Hollywood woman, Rachel Luckman, and her husband, Richard, who are seeking a newborn to adopt. They make an agreement and tensely await the baby’s birth, but each faces a profound struggle with the decision. Director: Jane Anderson.
Aug 23, 1998 · The Baby Dance: Directed by Jane Anderson. With Stockard Channing, Laura Dern, Richard Lineback, Peter Riegert. Wanda (Laura Dern) is a dirt-poor Louisiana mother pregnant with her fifth child who answers a wealthy couple's "baby wanted" ad.
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- Drama
- Jane Anderson
- 1998-08-23
While The Baby Dance started out with stereotypical characters, I stuck it out till its powerful ending. I am surprised that so many comments say that the film condones the adoptive family's decision to not take the baby. The shot of the baby without a name on its crib, seems to send the opposite message very strongly.
Pregnant mother Wanda LeFauve (Laura Dern) ekes out a government-assisted living with her jobless husband, Al (Richard Lineback), and their four children, in a rundown trailer park.
- Jane Anderson
- Drama
- Stockard Channing
Aug 17, 1998 · By Linda Haugsted. published 17 August 1998. It may have a benign title, but The Baby Dance, an original movie scheduled on Showtime, is no charming minuet: It's a cross between a contemplation on the factors that have grown the private-adoption trend, while also a screed against it.
Jane Anderson. Synopsis. Wanda is a dirt-poor Louisiana mother pregnant with her fifth child who answers a wealthy couple's "baby wanted" ad. Rachel is the would-be adoptive mother who quietly...
