I Know My First Name is Steven (1989)

Original title

I Know My First Name Is Steven

Directed by

Larry Elikann

Genre

drama film

Country

United States

Runtime

3h

Rating

6.7 of 10 from 40 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A young boy named Steven Stayner is kidnapped and held captive for seven years. The story follows his struggle to survive and his eventual escape.

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What happens

I Know My First Name Is Steven is a 1989 American television miniseries about kidnapping victim Steven Stayner. The two-part miniseries was first broadcast by NBC on May 22 and 23, 1989. Screening rights were sold to a number of international television companies including the BBC, which screened the miniseries in mid-July of the following year; later still, it was released as a feature-length movie. It was nominated as Best Miniseries or Television Film at the 47th Golden Globe Awards and received four Emmy Award nominations. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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