| Redwood Curtain | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | John Korty |
| Produced by | Rick Rosenberg Brent Shields |
| Screenplay by | Ed Namzug |
| Based on | Redwood Curtain by Lanford Wilson |
| Starring | Jeff Daniels Lea Salonga Catherine Hicks John Lithgow |
| Music by | Lawrence Shragge |
| Cinematography | Ronnie Taylor |
| Editing by | Scott Vickrey |
| Studio | Chris/Rose Productions Hallmark Hall of Fame Productions |
| Distributed by | ABC Republic Pictures |
| Release date(s) | April 23, 1995 (Television debut) |
| Running time | 100 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Redwood Curtain is a 1995 American dramatic TV movie created by Hallmark Hall of Fame, and directed by John Korty based upon the 1993 Broadway play of the same name by Lanford Wilson. Starring Jeff Daniels, Lea Salonga, Debra Monk and John Lithgow, the film debuted on ABC on April 23, 1995.[1][2]
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Redwood Curtain was filmed in Northern California. The film was adapted by Ed Namzug and based upon Lanford Wilson's 1993 play of the same name. Hallmark brought Debra Monk, who was part of the original stage production, to the telefilm to reprise her role of Geneva Riordan.[1]
In her search for her biological father, an Amerasian piano prodigy comes to California's redwood forests to an area populated by Vietnam veterans unable to reintegrate into society.
Variety noted that the original stage play was a "spookily amorphous affair" and prised an "edgy, funny performance by Debra Monk." Of the television film, they called it a "ponderous, cliche-riddled adaptation", with a performance by Monk that suffered in her character having her "spirit drained". Conversely, they commended director John Korty in his drawing a "a nicely restrained performance out of John Lithgow".[1]