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Echoes of a Summer: Directed by Don Taylor. With Richard Harris, Lois Nettleton, Geraldine Fitzgerald, William Windom. A couple whose daughter has a life-threatening heart condition decides to make her last days of life as meaningful for her as possible by taking her to the Canadian province of Nova Scotia.
- (489)
- Drama
- Don Taylor
- 1976-04
Echoes of a Summer (1976) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
Daddy (Richard Harris) is her best friend and has apparently packed up the family to a coastal village in Nova Scotia (this is a Canadian film production) to give Deirdre one last wonderful summer. She's a little princess and he's built a miniature castle for her on a stairway landing by the sea.
Echoes of a Summer is a 1976 Canadian-American family drama film directed by Don Taylor, based on the play Isle of Children by Robert L. Joseph, who also adapted the screenplay. It stars Jodie Foster, Richard Harris, Lois Nettleton, Brad Savage, and Geraldine Fitzgerald.
A young, now 14 year old Jodie Foster gives a great? performance as an 11 year old fighting cancer and trying to console her parents during a final summer vacation in Nova Scotia.
- (7)
- Don Taylor
- PG
- Richard Harris
A young girl with a terminal heart condition plans to celebrate her 12th birthday on one last summer holiday with her parents in Nova Scotia.
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Jul 25, 2005 · 11-year-old Deirdre Striden has terminal cancer. During her family's summer vacation in Nova Scotia, Deirdre tries to give her grief-stricken parents the courage they need to face the dreadful loss that her death will bring to them.