Million Dollar Babies (1994) (TV)

User Rating:

6.6/10   

Director:

Christian Duguay

Writers:

Suzette Couture (writer)
Stuart Foxman (writer)

Release Date:

20 November 1994 (USA)

Genre:

Drama

Plot:

The true story that shocked 1930's Canada. When a poor rural Ontario family gives birth to quintuplet...

Plot Keywords:

Quintuplets | Canada | Birth | Doctor | 1930s

Awards:

4 wins & 5 nominations

Cast

Beau Bridges	...	Dr. Allan Roy Dafoe
Roy Dupuis	...	Oliva Dionne
Céline Bonnier	...	Elzire Dionne
Sean McCann	...	Premier Mitch Hepburn
Monique Spaziani
James B. Douglas
Ginette Reno	...	Madame Legros
Domini Blythe	...	Nurse Lena de Keyzer
Kate Nelligan	...	Helena Reid
Tod Fennell	...	Ernest Dionne, 7 yrs.
Tiah-Rosine Coxon	...	Rose Dionne, 6 yrs.
Martin Drainville	...	Clovis Dionne
Julia Garland	...	Therese Dionne, 5 yrs.
Sebastien Duguay	...	Daniel Dionne, 3 yrs.
Renée Girard	...	Madame Lebel

Also Known As:

Les jumelles Dionne (Canada: French title)

Runtime:

200 min

Country:

Canada | USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Filming Locations:

Ontario, Canada

Company:

Bernard Zuckerman Productions

Sad Tale of Exploitation

This is a very well done movie about the Canadian quintuples who had their childhoods stolen from them, offered up as a side show attraction to the world. The film does a good job of showing how naive their parents were, and the complex doctor (great job by Bridges) who believes his "protection" of them in the girls' best interests. Of course, multiple births are practically commonplace these days. This story recreates what it must have been like for a world to experience something that had not happened before.