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Dear Diary is a TV pilot, starring Bebe Neuwirth, written and directed by David Frankel and produced by Frankel and Barry Jossen. After being rejected by ABC, it was slightly edited and put into a single Los Angeles theater for a weekend in November 1996, and went on to win an Oscar for Best Live Action Short Film^[1] at the 69th Academy Awards.^[2] It was the only made-for-TV pilot ever to win an Oscar.

Plot

The film revolves around a New York magazine art director, married and the mother of two, who, having just turned 40, decides to record the events of her day in a journal.^[3]

Cast

Bruce Altman as Griffin
Bebe Neuwirth as Annie
Brian Kerwin as Tom
Rhea Silver-Smith as Sara
Peter Brown as Peter
Cheryl Freeman as Elizabeth
Lisa Louise Langford as Stacey
Haviland Morris as Christie
Mike Starr as Fritz
Ronald Guttman as Erik
Jeff Blumenkrantz as Ron
Peter Jacobson as Hal
Peter Vack as Peter
Peter Giles as Gary

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Production

TBA

Reception

TBA

References

^ Welkos, Robert W. (March 22, 1997). "Dear Diary: How It Got an Oscar Nod". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on January 31, 2023. Retrieved March 26, 2024.
^ "New York Times: Dear Diary". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. 2011. Archived from the original on 2011-05-20. Retrieved 2008-05-25.
^ "DEAR DIARY". MUBI.
^ The New York Times Movies

External links

Dear Diary at IMDb

[1] Welkos, Robert W. (March 22, 1997). "Dear Diary: How It Got an Oscar Nod". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on January 31, 2023. Retrieved March 26, 2024.

[NY_Times-2] "New York Times: Dear Diary". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. 2011. Archived from the original on 2011-05-20. Retrieved 2008-05-25.

[3] "DEAR DIARY". MUBI.

[4] The New York Times Movies

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