Dad
“Sometimes the greatest man you ever meet... is the first one.”
A busy executive learns during a meeting that his mother may be dying and rushes home to her side. He ends up being his father's caretaker and becomes closer to him than ever before. Estranged from his own son, the executive comes to realize what has been missing in his own life.
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Cast
14 people
Gary David Goldberg Director · William Wharton Author James Horner Composer
Worldwide gross $20M · Budget $19M · United States release October 27, 1989
Box office
Budget
$19,000,000
Worldwide gross
$19,738,015
Gross vs. budget
1.0×
Production
Universal Pictures
Production · Studio
Amblin Entertainment
Production
United States
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Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · October 27, 1989
Theatrical
Germany
March 8, 1990 · Theatrical
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