Daniel and the Towers

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"Daniel and The Towers" is a Made-for-TV movie featuring the famous folk art masterpiece, the Watts Towers (located in the Watts neighborhood of Los Angeles), and their creator Simon Rodia's friendship with a 10-year-old neighborhood boy.

The story itself, and the friendship it describes, are fiction, however Simon Rodia did build the towers. Some of the neighborhood situations that the movie portrays are factually based.

Contents 1 Distribution Information 2 Awards 3 Full Cast and Crew Credits 3.1 Writers 3.2 Cast 3.3 Producers 3.4 Original Music 3.5 Cinematography 3.6 Film Editing 3.7 Casting 3.8 Production Design 3.9 Costume Design 3.10 Makeup Department

[edit] Distribution Information

The drama, under the Wonderworks Family Movie tag, came to television in 1987 and was released on VHS in 1992 .

• Runtime: 61 min
• Country: USA
• Language: English
• Color: Color

[edit] Awards

The movie was nominated by the Young Artist Awards in 1988 as "Best Television Family Special, Movie of the Week or Variety Show" and Miguel Alamo was nominated for "Best Young Actor Starring in a Television Drama Special, Movie of the Week or Variety Show".

[edit] Full Cast and Crew Credits

[edit] Writers

In Alphabetical Order

• Anton Kline
• Jessie Nelson
• Camille Thomasson
• Stephen Tolkin

[edit] Cast

In Credits Order

Actor/Actress	Role(s)
Miguel Alamo	Daniel Guerra
Shawn Harrison	Sean
Jimmy Yung	Liko
Allan Arbus	Simon 'Sam' Rodia
Montrose Hagins	Hellen Littlefield
Carmen Zapata	Consuelo Guerra
Beulah Quo	Lynn Chow
Michael McKean	Wexler Hatch
Liam Sullivan	Commissioner
Janice McElroy	Miss Williams
Mary Lowitt	Customer At Store
Steven Camarillo	Rude Vacho 1
Telly Bilbrew	Rude Vacho 2
Anthony James Guttierrez	Rude Vacho 3
John Outterbridge	Postman
Tom Noble	Commissioner's Assistant

[edit] Producers

• Christopher Chase: Associate Producer
• Judith James: Producer (as Judith Rutherford James)
• Michael D. Pariser: Line Producer

[edit] Original Music

• Dennis Dreith

[edit] Cinematography

• Tom Hurwitz

[edit] Film Editing

• Norman Hollyn

[edit] Casting

• Vicki Hillman

[edit] Production Design

• John Ivo Gilles

[edit] Costume Design

• Heidi Freundlich Gilles (as Heidi Freundlich-Gilles)

[edit] Makeup Department

• Marietta Carter-Narcisse: Hair Assistant (as Marietta Carter)
• Marietta Carter-Narcisse: Makeup Assistant (as Marietta Carter)
• Robin Siegel: Hair Stylist
• Robin Siegel: Makeup Artist