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That Certain Summer is a 1972 American made-for-television drama film directed by Lamont Johnson. The teleplay by Richard Levinson and William Link was considered the first sympathetic depiction of gay people on American television.
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Jan 14, 2021 · That Certain Summer is a 1972 American made-for-television drama film directed by Lamont Johnson. The teleplay by Richard Levinson and William Link was the first to deal...
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Dec 23, 2018 · The first US teleplay to deal sympathetically with homosexuality. Divorced San Francisco contractor Doug Salter is looking forward to a summer visit from his fourteen-year-old son Nick, who lives in Los Angeles with his mother Janet.
An acclaimed drama illuminating the conflict between a divorced homosexual and his teenage son. Holbrook, Jacoby, and Lange all were nominated for Emmy Awards (Jacoby won as Best Supporting Actor) and Lamont Johnson won the Directors Guild of America Award.
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"That Certain Summer" is one of the all-time great TV movies. Even though I haven't seen it in maybe 15 years, it is forever seared into my memory as few films I have seen before or since. ***SPOILER ALERT*** Hal Holbrook plays a divorcee with a young son and a male lover, played by Martin Sheen.
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That Certain Summer: Directed by Lamont Johnson. With Hal Holbrook, Martin Sheen, Joe Don Baker, Marlyn Mason. Teenager Nick Salter visits his divorced father Doug and meets Dad's new friend Gary McLain.
