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Language. English. Midwives is a 2001 American television film, starring Sissy Spacek, Peter Coyote, Terry Kinney, Alison Pill and Piper Laurie. It was directed by Glenn Jordan. The film is based in the 1997 novel Midwives written by Chris Bohjalian. It was Lifetime's 100th Original Movie and had the highest rating in the network's history.
- Neil Roach
- Glenn Jordan
- Glenn Jordan, Rosalie Muskatt
- Chris Bohjalian (Novel), Cynthia Saunders (Teleplay)
Apr 2, 2001 · Midwives: Directed by Glenn Jordan. With Sissy Spacek, Peter Coyote, Terry Kinney, Alison Pill. A midwife in rural Vermont is wrongly accused of murder in the death of one of her patients by the woman's husband.
- (476)
- Crime, Drama
- Glenn Jordan
- 2001-04-02
Duration. 2h. Adaptation of Chris Bohjalian's novel about Sibyl Danforth, a midwife from a small Vermont village who faces the nightmare of having to choose a baby's survival over that of a mother's and is then charged with involuntary manslaughter. The story is told through the eyes of Danforth's daughter.Syb.
- Glenn Jordan
- Sissy Spacek
A well-respected midwife is charged with the tragic death of one of her patients. Based on the novel by Chris Bohjalian.
- Glenn Jordan
- Miramax
- Sissy Spacek
Apr 1, 1997 · Chris Bohjalian. The time is 1981, and Sibyl Danforth has been a dedicated midwife in the rural community of Reddington, Vermont, for fifteen years. But one treacherous winter night, in a house isolated by icy roads and failed telephone lines, Sibyl takes desperate measures to save a baby's life. She performs an emergency Caesarean section on ...
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* a movie starring Sissy Spacek, Piper Laurie, and Alison Pill * a stage play written by Dana Yeaton “Astonishing … will keep readers up late at night until the last page is turned.” — Washington Post Book World “The courtroom settings provide…ample suspense, but Bohjalian is equally adept at rendering … quieter, individual drama …
Bohjalian's first novel, A Killing in the Real World, was released in 1988. His third novel, Past the Bleachers, was released in 1992 and was adapted to a television movie in 1995. In 1997, Bohjalian's fifth novel, Midwives, was released. The novel focuses on the rural Vermont midwife Sibyl Danforth, who becomes embroiled in a legal battle ...
