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Clara's Heart (1988)
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7 October 1988 (USA)
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David is a teenager whose parents are in a deteriorating marriage after their infant daughter dies....
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Nominated for Golden Globe.
Another 2 nominations
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Funny, sad and realistic
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(Cast overview, first billed only) | Whoopi Goldberg | ... | Clara Mayfield |
 | Michael Ontkean | ... | Bill Hart |
 | Kathleen Quinlan | ... | Leona Hart |
 | Neil Patrick Harris | ... | David Hart |
 | Spalding Gray | ... | Dr. Peter Epstein |
| Beverly Todd | ... | Dora |
| Hattie Winston | ... | Blanche Loudon |
 | Jason Downs | ... | Alan Lipsky |
| Caitlin Thompson | ... | Celeste |
| Maria Broom | ... | Felicia |
| Wanda Christine | ... | Lydia |
| Maryce Carter | ... | Babs |
| Angel Harper | ... | Rita |
| Father Joseph Muth | ... | Father Jo |
| Warren Long | ... | Leo |
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Netherlands:108 min | USA:108 min
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Color (Technicolor)
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Dora:
[in Jamaican patois] Where you get dis here white child Miz Blanche?
David Hart: [in Jamaican patois] She get me at a church bazaar. I was lef' dere in da manger.
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David Hart: [in Jamaican patois] She get me at a church bazaar. I was lef' dere in da manger.
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Referenced in Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay (2008)
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Premature
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I recently saw this movie for the second time. The first time I was 13 years old, and while I really enjoyed it then, it was certainly worth a second viewing as an adult. This movie has so many layers... Whoopi Goldberg is brilliant in her role as a Jamaican housekeeper, and both she and Neil Patrick Harris are quite witty... at times I found myself laughing out loud at their sarcastic banter. Besides making me laugh and cry, this movie also makes me angry... David's parents seem so self-absorbed and unconcerned about their son's welfare. I really felt sorry for him, and glad he had Clara. The ending is refreshing in that it is not a sappy "happily ever after", but also not horrible... it's nice to see something realistic for a change.