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1 videodisc (approximately 116 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in
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Based on the book by Betty Mahmoody and William Hoffer
American Betty Mahmoody goes with her daughter and her Iranian-born husband to his native Iran for a vacation. Soon Betty discovers her husband doesn't intend to ever return to America. He will let her go, but her daughter must stay. As a stranger in a foreign police state, Betty has no money, no friends, no rights, and makes a desperate, heroic bid to escape with her child
DVD release of the 1990 motion picture
16:9 widescreen 1.85:1, theatrical release format enhanced for widescreen TVs ; Dolby digital surround sound
Rated PG-13
Special features include: "Making of" featurette, original theatrical trailer ; English, French or Spanish stereo surround ; French & Spanish language subtitles
Music, Jerry Goldsmith ; production designer, Anthony Pratt ; director of photography, Peter Hannan ; screenplay, Pat Riddle ; producers, Harry J. Upland and Mary Jane Upland ; director, Brian Gilbert
Sally Field, Alfred Molina, Sheila Rosenthal, Roshan Seth