Wrestling with Alligators (1998)
All that Maddy Hawkins has ever wanted was a family she could call her own. Even in 1959, the simplest things are difficult to find...Maddy, a street-wise teenage runaway, believes she has created this family with the women who live with her in an East Coast woman-only rooming house: Lulu, an eccentric silent-screen star; Claire, a beautiful, widowed French war bride; and Mary, a young artist.But as Maddy watches her newfound family fall apart, she begins to realize that some things in life are worth fighting for, and that the bonds of true friendship are the strongest bonds of all.
Director: Laurie Weltz
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Joely Richardson as Claire |
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Claire Bloom as Lulu Fraker |
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Aleksa Palladino as Maddy Hawkins |
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Adrienne Shelly as Mary |
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Sam Trammell as Will |
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Jay O. Sanders as Rick |
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Tom Guiry as Pete (as Thomas Guiry) |
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Nicole Bradin as Susan Wright |
| Camera | Richard Dallett | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Donna Stern | Editor |
| Writing | Laurie Weltz | Writer |
| Writing | Scott Kraft | Writer |
| Directing | Laurie Weltz | Director |
| Sound | Andrew Hollander | Original Music Composer |
| Production | Cat Villiers | Executive Producer |
| Production | Tim Buxton | Executive Producer |
| Production | Robin Nelson Sweet | Line Producer |
| Production | Mindy Affrime | Executive Producer |
| Production | Marcia Kirkley | Producer |
| Lighting | Matthew Ford | Electrician |
| Crew | Joanne Lamstein | Stunt Double |