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  1. Movies
  2. Butterflies

Butterflies

1979
30m
Comedy
TV Movie

Status

Released

Release

1979

Runtime

30m

Storyline

Events in the lives of the Parkinsons, a middle-class American family: Rea, a very attractive 40-year-old housewife and mother who worries about growing old and being a drudge; Ben, her candid and indifferent husband, a dentist who collects butterflies; and her grown sons, Adam and Russell. Based on the British TV series of the same title.

Score Distribution

Details

Status
Released
Runtime
30m
Aug 1, 1979
Languages
English
Director
James Burrows
James Burrows
Production
EMI Television
EMI Television
Production Countries
United States of America

Top Cast

5 Cast Members

Jennifer Warren

Jennifer Warren

Rea Parkinson

John McMartin

John McMartin

Ben Parkinson

Craig Wasson

Craig Wasson

Russell Parkinson

Jim Hutton

Jim Hutton

Leonard Dean

Robert Doran

Adam Parkinson

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