A Life Interrupted
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A Life Interrupted is a 2007 Lifetime Television
film directed by Stefan Pleszczynski and starring Lea Thompson
. It was nominated in 2008 for the Best TV Movie Gemini Award
. It depicts events in life of Debbie Smith leading to passing in 2004 of the Debbie Smith Act
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Lifetime Television
Lifetime Television, often referred to as Lifetime TV, or most commonly, Lifetime, is an American cable television specialty channel devoted to movies, sitcoms and dramas, all of which are either geared toward women or feature women in lead roles. The cable network is owned by A&E Television Networks...
film directed by Stefan Pleszczynski and starring Lea Thompson
Lea Thompson
Lea Katherine Thompson is an American actress and director. She is best known for her 1990s NBC situation comedy Caroline in the City and her portrayal of Lorraine Baines McFly, Marty McFly's mother, in the Back to the Future trilogy...
. It was nominated in 2008 for the Best TV Movie Gemini Award
Gemini Award
The Gemini Awards are annual television broadcasting industry awards in Canada.First awarded in 1986, the Geminis celebrate the achievements of TV members of the Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television. Essentially, it presents awards for the best television productions in Canada. Awards are...
. It depicts events in life of Debbie Smith leading to passing in 2004 of the Debbie Smith Act
Debbie Smith Act
The Debbie Smith Act of 2004 provides United States federal government grants to eligible states and units of local government to conduct DNA analyses of backlogged DNA samples collected from victims and criminal offenders. The Act expands the Combined DNA Index System and provides legal...
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Cast
- Lea ThompsonLea ThompsonLea Katherine Thompson is an American actress and director. She is best known for her 1990s NBC situation comedy Caroline in the City and her portrayal of Lorraine Baines McFly, Marty McFly's mother, in the Back to the Future trilogy...
as Debbie Smith - Anthony LemkeAnthony LemkeAnthony Lemke is a Canadian actor. Lemke is best known in the United States as "Capt. Grisham" from the short-lived television series Queen of Swords and in Quebec as "David Rothstein" from the hit, mulitple award-winning series Les Hauts et les bas de Sophie Paquin.-Biography:Anthony Lemke was...
as Rob Smith - Éléonore Lamothe as Young Crystal
- Cindy Busby as Crystal Smith
- Devon BostickDevon BostickDevon Bostick is a Canadian actor, best known for playing the lead role in the Atom Egoyan-directed film Adoration and Rodrick Heffley in the Diary of a Wimpy Kid movies.- Life and career :Bostick was born in Toronto, Ontario...
as Young Bobby - Tommy LioutasTommy LioutasTommy Lioutas is a Canadian actor who is best known for his role as Griff in Whistler and as Rich Powell in The Best Years. He also has several other television and film credits. Lioutas became a regular cast of the series Whistler in season 2. He also appeared in Degrassi: The Next Generation...
as Bobby Smith