Dear_Diary_(1996_film)

<i>Dear Diary</i> (1996 film)

Dear Diary (1996 film)

1996 short film by David Frankel

Dear Diary is a TV pilot, starring Bebe Neuwirth, written and directed by David Frankel and produced by Frankel and Barry Jossen. After being rejected by ABC, it was slightly edited and put into a single Los Angeles theater for a weekend in November 1996, and went on to win an Oscar for Best Live Action Short Film[1] at the 69th Academy Awards.[2] It was the only made-for-TV pilot ever to win an Oscar.

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Plot

The film revolves around a New York magazine art director, married and the mother of two, who, having just turned 40, decides to record the events of her day in a journal.[3]

Cast

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Production

TBA

Reception

TBA

References

  1. [1]
    Welkos, Robert W. (March 22, 1997). "Dear Diary: How It Got an Oscar Nod". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on January 31, 2023. Retrieved March 26, 2024.
  2. [2]
    "New York Times: Dear Diary". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. 2011. Archived from the original on 2011-05-20. Retrieved 2008-05-25.
  3. [3]
    "DEAR DIARY". MUBI.
  4. [4]
    The New York Times Movies


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