The Long Island Incident (1998)
On December 7, 1993, a gunman opened fire in a crowded commuter train on Long Island. This fact-based story focuses on the events that swell around Carolyn McCarthy, a woman whose husband is killed and her 26 year old son is severely wounded in the massacre. The result is she is forced out of her comfortable suburban existence and she becomes an out-spoken crusader against assault weapons. The film shifts from her perspective to the mind of the killer and finally to the media frenzy that surrounds both.
Director: Joseph Sargent
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Laurie Metcalf as Carolyn McCarthy |
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Mackenzie Astin as Kevin McCarthy |
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Peter MacNeill as Dennie McCarthy |
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Tyrone Benskin as Colin Ferguson |
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Elisa Moolecherry as Natalie Berger |
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Cedric Smith as Tim Bobek |
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Lawrence Dane as Tommy |
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Diane D'Aquila as Dr. Ellen Lipsky |
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Nancy Beatty as Jean McBride |
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John Boylan as Frank McBride |
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Greg Ellwand as Bob Leahy |
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Sandy Crawley as Dan Frisa |
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Bill Lake as Bill Leffert |
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Peter Mensah as Hugh |
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Martin Doyle as Leonard Marshall |
| Directing | Joseph Sargent | Director |
| Writing | Maria Nation | Writer |
| Production | Rick Rosenberg | Producer |
| Production | Robert W. Christiansen | Producer |
| Production | Judith Verno | Co-Producer |
| Production | Rachel Verno | Co-Producer |
| Production | Lawrence E. Neiman | Associate Producer |
| Production | Nicholas J. Gray | Line Producer |
| Production | Cis Corman | Executive Producer |
| Production | Jordan Davis | Co-Executive Producer |
| Production | Barbra Streisand | Executive Producer |
| Sound | Charles Bernstein | Music |
| Camera | Edward J. Pei | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Michael Brown | Editor |
| Art | Tom H. John | Production Design |
| Art | Mario Mercuri | Art Direction |
| Art | Michael McShane | Set Decoration |
| Costume & Make-Up | Csilla Márki | Costume Design |
| Production | Nicholas J. Gray | Production Manager |
| Production | Dorigen Fode | Location Manager |
| Directing | Catherine Taylor | Script Supervisor |