Silence of the Heart
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Not to be confused with the book Silence of the Heart: Cricket Suicides By David Frith.
Silence of the Heart is a 1984 American made-for-television drama film starring Charlie Sheen, Chad Lowe, Mariette Hartley, Dana Hill, Howard Hesseman and Silvana Gallardo, directed by Richard Michaels and written by Phil Penningroth.[1]
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Silence of the Heart | |
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Genre | Drama |
Written by | Phil Penningroth |
Directed by | Richard Michaels |
Starring | Mariette Hartley Howard Hesseman Dana Hill Chad Lowe |
Music by | Georges Delerue |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language | English |
Production | |
Executive producers | Jon Avnet Steve Tisch |
Producers | James O'Fallon David A. Simons |
Production locations | Monrovia High School - 845 W. Colorado Boulevard, Monrovia, California |
Cinematography | Isidore Mankofsky |
Editor | Peter E. Berger |
Running time | 100 minutes |
Production companies | David A. Simons Productions Tisch/Avnet Productions Inc. |
Original release | |
Network | CBS |
Release | October 30, 1984 (1984-10-30) |
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The film was considered groundbreaking for the time period and heralded a coming trend of films that dealt with teenage suicide, a topic previously not discussed in family film,[2][3] with an emphasis on the surviving family of a teenager who commits suicide.[4]