Take My Advice: The Ann and Abby Story (1999)
Biography of feuding advice columnist twins, Ann Landers and Abby Van Buren, starts with their early lives in Sioux City, Iowa when they were known as Esther and Pauline through their double wedding and follows them into their columnist successes. However, much of the film also concentrates on their personal and professional feuds that ran the course of their lives. Written by John Sacksteder
Director: Alan Metzger
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Wendie Malick as Ann Landers / Abigail Van Buren |
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Robert Desiderio as Mort |
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Kip Gilman as Jules (as Kenneth David Gilman) |
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Michelle Duffy as Grown Margo |
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David Groh as Abe |
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Tyler Gannon as Young Margo |
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Joann Johnson as Rebecca |
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Karen Johnson-Miller as Beauty parlor woman #1 |
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Angela Nicole Babb as Beauty parlor woman #2 |
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Raissa Fleming as Beauty parlor woman #3 |
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Tobias Anderson as Dean Evans |
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George Fosgate as Cardinal Ryan |
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Ted Roisum as Vatican Bishop |
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Robert D. Heath Jr. as John Daly |
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Dennis Bateman as Edward R. Murrow |
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Carol Jones as Dais speaker |
| Writing | Adam Gilad | Writer |
| Directing | Alan Metzger | Director |
| Writing | Howard Burkons | Writer |
| Camera | Eric Van Haren Noman | Director of Photography |
| Production | Adam Gilad | Producer |
| Production | Gideon Amir | Producer |
| Production | Howard Burkons | Producer |
| Editing | Seth Flaum | Editor |
| Sound | Patrick Williams | Music |