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Doing Time on Maple Drive (1992)

Doing Time on Maple Drive poster
Directed by
Ken Olin
Genre
drama film, LGBTQ-related film, LGBT-related television series
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 32m
Rated
NR
Rating
5.1 of 10 from 29 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A seemingly perfect suburban family hides deep secrets. The eldest son returns home for a visit, forcing buried tensions about his sexuality and family expectations to the surface.

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What happens

Doing Time on Maple Drive is a 1992 American made-for-television drama film written by James Duff and directed by Ken Olin. The movie stars James Sikking, Bibi Besch, William McNamara, Jayne Brook, David Byron, Lori Loughlin and Jim Carrey. It premiered on March 16, 1992, on Fox, and was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Television Movie. The tagline promoting the film was "They are living a lie called the Perfect American Family". It was shot entirely in Los Angeles. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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