''Family Pictures'' is a 1993

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based on the novel of the same name by

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. It was directed by

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and stars

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, Kyra Sedgwick, and

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Plot

The film opens with Nina Eberlin, the fourth in a family of six children, going to visit her divorced parents. Looking at some old photographs, she begins to tell the story of how her parents, Lainey and David, learned that her younger brother Randall had

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, and how the stress that this placed on them eventually lead to the breakdown of their marriage.

Cast

as Lainey Eberlin *

as David Eberlin * Kyra Sedgwick as Nina Eberlin *

as Mack Eberlin *Jamie Harrold as Randall Eberlin * Lindsay G. Merrithew as Will Price *Anya Alessandroni as Nina (age 3) *Alexandra Petrocci as Nina (age 5-6) *

Laura Bertram Laura Maureen Bertram (born 5 September 1978Laura Bertram's bio
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as Nina (age 12-15) *Jared Wall as Mack (age 4) *

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as Mack (age 8) *Sean Ryan as Mack (age 11) *Joshua Ragetlie as Randall (age 2) *Anthony Antonacci as Randall (age 6) *Jared Cook as Randall (age 6)

Accolades

The film earned Anjelica Huston a nomination for Best Actress – Miniseries or Television Film at the 51st

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s. It was also nominated for Outstanding Miniseries and Outstanding Individual Achievement in Writing in a Miniseries or a Special at the 45th

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