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'', starring

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, Mary Beth Hurt,

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and

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. Hawthorne is also known for writing the made for cable television films ''

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'', a thriller starring Andrew McCarthy, Mädchen Amick and

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, the family film ''Whiskers'' with Michael Caloz and the

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themed ''Sea People'' starring Shawn Roberts and

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, which won the Writers Guild of America Award for Best Children's Script.

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