The Summer of Ben Tyler (1996)

Directed by

Arthur Allan Seidelman

Genre

comedy drama

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 50m

Rating

6.8 of 10 from 4 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A lawyer takes in a young man with intellectual disabilities during a summer. The experience changes both their lives.

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What happens

The Summer of Ben Tyler is an American drama television film that premiered on CBS on December 15, 1996, as part of the Hallmark Hall of Fame anthology series. The film is directed by Arthur Allan Seidelman and written by Robert Inman. It stars James Woods as an up-and-coming lawyer, alongside Elizabeth McGovern, Len Cariou, Julia McIlvaine, Charles Mattocks, Kevin Isola, Clifton James, and Anita Gillette. Woods received a Golden Globe Award nomination for his performance. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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