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Released
1989 · FILM

Immediate Family

The toughest choices are made with the heart.

Directed by
Written by
Runtime
95 min
Drama

Synopsis

Linda and Michael, married for ten years, desperately want a baby and turn to an adoption agency which introduces them to Lucy, a teenage girl expecting her first baby. The three agree that Linda and Michael will adopt Lucy's baby and that Lucy will sign away custody. Things don't go quite to plan however..

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How many hands made this film

The scale of the collaboration

Principal cast & crew: 21

These are the principals we have on file — the full crew ran to the hundreds. Every film this size was made by far more hands than any credits list ever names.

Why a floor?

This is a minimum, not a total. We only count the credits we’ve captured so far, and coverage is uneven — a blockbuster might show a few hundred names while another of the same size shows a couple dozen. The real crews all ran into the thousands. The number here only grows as full credits are enriched — so we frame it as a floor, never a headcount.

Craft leads on file

Edited by Jane KursonShot by John LindleyScored by Brad FiedelDesigned by Mark S Freeborn

Box Office

1989 · Box office

Grossed $5.9M worldwide

Worldwide gross

$5.9M

Worldwide gross$5.9M

Opening weekend: $1.7M 28% of its US run.

Opening week (7-day): $2.2M37% of its US & Canada run.

Peak 836 theaters

Also known as

  • Second Hand Familiede
  • Casi una familiaes
  • Famille immédiatefr
  • Legami di famigliait

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