| Staying Together | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Lee Grant |
| Produced by | Joseph Feury Milton Justice |
| Written by | Monte Merrick |
| Starring | Sean Astin Stockard Channing Melinda Dillon Levon Helm Dinah Manoff Dermot Mulroney Tim Quill Daphne Zuniga |
| Music by | Miles Goodman |
| Cinematography | Dick Bush |
| Editing by | Katherine Wenning |
| Distributed by | Hemdale Film Corporation |
| Release date(s) | November 10, 1989 |
| Running time | 91 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Box office | $4,348,025 |
Staying Together is a 1989 American comedy-drama film directed by Lee Grant and produced by Joseph Feury (Grant's husband) and Milton Justice. The film stars Sean Astin, Stockard Channing, Melinda Dillon, Levon Helm (of The Band), Dermot Mulroney, Tim Quill, and Daphne Zuniga. Grant's daughter, Dinah Manoff appears briefly making this the only film project (excluding TV Movies) to involve Grant, Feury and Manoff.
Channing and Manoff previously appeared together in Grease, released 11 years earlier.
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Three brothers live at home with their parents and work at the family restaurant. The Father sells the restaurant without letting the brothers know. One brother, angry with the father, leaves to find another job. The father subsequently dies from a heart attack.
Staying Together was released on November 10, 1989. Despite good reviews and a strong cast, The film flopped, making only $4,348,025 at the box office when other thanksgiving films such as The Little Mermaid, Back to the Future Part II and Look Who's Talking became top ten box office hits for 1989. This would be Lee Grant's last film directed. It was released on VHS in the 1990s and on DVD in 2005.