POSITIVELY TRUE ADVENTURES OF THE ALLEGED TEXAS CHEERLEADER-MURDERING MOM, THE (TV)
Summary
This satirical docudrama opens with the taping of a television interview with Wanda Holloway in which she gives her version of the events leading up to her arrest and trial: the ambitious Texas mother was accused of solicitation of murder for attempting to hire a hitman to eliminate Amber Heath, her daughter's rival for the cheerleading team, and Amber's mother, Verna. Told in flashback, the black comedy begins when Wanda's daughter, Shanna, is disqualified from competing for a spot on her junior high school's cheerleading squad after she attempts to promote herself in violation of the rules. Knowing that Verna Heath has connections in the school system, Wanda immediately blames the Heaths for her daughter's harsh punishment. Wanda decides that if she can get rid of Verna Heath and her acrobatic daughter, Amber, Shanna will still have a chance of making the cheerleading team. In need of help, Wanda turns to her ex-husband's brother, Terry, who is known for his shady past. Terry, however, is trying to go straight and decides to tell the police of Wanda's plans to murder her neighbors. He agrees to wear a wire to assist the members of the organized crime squad in gathering evidence to bring Wanda to trial. When the case becomes public knowledge, Wanda, her family, and the Heaths find themselves instant media celebrities and are bombarded by requests from reporters, producers, and network executives to turn their stories into a movie.
Details
- NETWORK: HBO
- DATE: April 10, 1993 Saturday 8:00 PM
- RUNNING TIME: 1:38:56
- COLOR/B&W: Color
- CATALOG ID: T:35774
- GENRE: Docudrama
- SUBJECT HEADING: Cheerleading; Comedy; Docudrama; Drama; Mothers; Satire
- SERIES RUN: HBO - TV, 1993
- COMMERCIALS: N/A
CREDITS
- Frederick S. Pierce … Executive Producer
- Kyle A. Heinrich … Executive Producer
- James Manos … Producer
- Zachary Feuer … Associate Producer
- Dana Cole … Associate Producer
- David Levine … Music Producer
- Alec Shantzis … Associate Music Producer
- Michael Ritchie … Director
- Jane Anderson … Writer
- Lucy Simon … Music by
- Christine McCarren … Choreographer (Misc. Credits), Cheerleading Coordinator
- Eric Betts … Choreographer (Misc. Credits), Gymnastics Teacher
- Holly Hunter … Cast, Wanda Holloway
- Beau Bridges … Cast, Terry Harper
- Swoosie Kurtz … Cast, Maria Harper
- Elizabeth Ruscio … Cast, Verna Heath
- Gregg Henry … Cast, Tony Harper
- Matt Frewer … Cast, Troy McKinney
- Eddie Jones … Cast, C.D. Holloway
- Frankie Ingrassia … Cast, Shanna Harper
- Gary Grubbs … Cast, Detective Helton
- Jack Kehler … Cast, Sergeant F.E. Blackwell
- Frederick Koehler … Cast, Shane Harper
- Megan Berwick … Cast, Amber Heath
- Kathleen Marie Archer … Cast, a Mother
- Jana Arnold … Cast, Florine
- Nelly Bly … Cast, the Waitress
- David Brisbin … Cast, Assistant D.A. Mike Anderson
- Claire Malis-Callaway … Cast, June Sofar
- O'Neal Compton … Cast, Principal James Barker
- Bill Cross … Cast, the Plant Manager
- Steve Eastin … Cast, Bob Wilbur
- Jessie Jones … Cast, a Mother
- Travis Kemmer … Cast, the Student
- Susan Krebs … Cast, Ms. Richards
- Katie Layman … Cast, Mickey Harper
- Darrah Lemontre … Cast, Annette
- Ryan MacDonald … Cast, the Old Man
- Patrick McGuiness … Cast, the Reporter in Church
- Devon Michael … Cast, Blake Heath
- Patrick Montes … Cast, the Newscaster
- Marina Palmier … Cast, a Police Officer
- Andy Richter … Cast, a Police Officer
- Giovanni Ribisi … Cast, Pete Reyes
- Michael Ritchie … Cast, the Minister's Voice, Voice
- Clive Rosengren … Cast, Judge George H. Godwin
- Billy Ray Sharkey … Cast, a Police Officer
- Richard Schiff … Cast, the Life Photographer
- Janis Uhley … Cast, a Donahue Audience Member
- Noni White … Cast, a Donahue Audience Member
- James Manos … Cast, himself
- Jane Anderson … Cast, herself
- Ron Regan … Cast, himself
- John North … Cast, himself
- Michelle Holden … Cast, herself
- Charlie O'Donnell … Cast, himself
- Dan Chopin … Cast, himself
- Mike Watkiss … Cast, himself
- Harley Tat … Cast, herself
- Phil Donahue … Cast, himself
- Johnny Carson … Cast, himself
- George Bush … Cast, himself, Voice