Walter and Henry
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Daniel Petrie
John Larroquette
Kate Nelligan
Nicholas Braun
Dorian Harewood
Fiona Reid
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
Walter and his precocious 12-year-old son Henry are street musicians who live in a dilapidated trailer home in Brooklyn while working the streets of Manhattan. Smart, charming and musically gifted, Henry is having a ball leading the busker's life. When Walter suffers a nervous breakdown during one of his performances, the police whisk him away to an asylum, and Henry is sent to an orphanage. Twenty-four hours later, Henry escapes the orphanage. Being a minor, their is little Henry can do, so he seeks out Walter's estranged family in Morristown, New Jersey. Ultimately, he locates the house where his father was raised and meets the family he has never known -- his cold and embittered grandfather Charlie and Elizabeth, his divorced aunt, who remains the calm and grounded center of this tempetuous family. Fifteen years have passed since they had any contact with Walter, who dropped out of touch with his family after the death of his wife.While Walter languishes in the sanitarium, Elizabeth and Charlie take Henry in. Henry now has to lead the life of a "normal" 12-year-old -- which means a real home, attending school and the company of other kids as well as living with his crotchety old grandfather. It's not something he's used to at all and he doesn't take to it easily, but his love for music and a bond with his school's music teacher, Pete, help him get through. In time, music helps bring the family together. Charlie softens and grows closer to Henry; Henry plays piano for his father at the hospital and three generations are united. When the sanitarium doctors feel that Walter is ready to begin living as an outpatient, Walter goes home to an uneasy life in Morristown with Charlie, Elizabeth and Henry. Little by little, a family that has been splintered begins to reassemble itself and attempts to heal the wounds that have been festering for years.
Director
Daniel Petrie
Cast
John Larroquette
Kate Nelligan
Nicholas Braun
Dorian Harewood
Fiona Reid
Robert Bockstael
James Coburn
Brittany Allen
Ingrid Veniger
Terrence Bryant
Shari Hollett
Damon D'oliveira
Jim Mcaleese
Michael Cera
Marnie Mcphail
Noam Kroll
Brian Miranda
John Liddle
David Sparrow
Jim Codrington
Kathryn Haggis
Guy Sanvido
Peter Snider
Gavin Powell
Maria Grosz
Linda Goranson
Paulette Sinclair
Noam Jenkins
Brian Heighton
Blair Johannes
Todd William Schroeder
Crew
Alxendra Anthony
Louis Armstrong
Urban Audio
David Aulicino
David Bailey
Petra Baker
Dennis Baldock
Blake Baldwin
Jim Ballantine
Darlene Bargetto
John Bekavac
Eric Beldowski
Chad Benchetrit
Jessica Berman-bogdan
Robert Bertola
Gregory Besky
Silvia Bohne
Lori Boyle
John Breinholt
Alek Bromke
Ted Brunetti
Randy Butcher
Elizabeth Calderhead
Richard Calistan
John Cameron
Stephen Challis
Don Chan
Betty Chin
Eddy Collyns
Janelle Connor
Rosmary Conte
Robin D. Cook
David Coombs
Steve Copley
Diane Cuthbert
David Davis
Christopher Dedrick
Christopher Dedrick
Christopher Dedrick
Christopher Dedrick
Suzie Desjardins
Clara Dinunzio
Doug Dixon
Lee Dorsey
Karl Edie
Ben Ellison
Stephanie Fabiano
Sarah Fairbairn
Kevin Flynn
Mike Francis
Barry Galbraith
Susan Gaybay
Roberta Gerow
Deborah Gibson
Kelly Gilbert
Linda Gillespie
Dede Gilser
Mark Gingras
Patricia Grande
Patricia Grande
Gary Gray
Rose Gregoris
Gary Grey
Matthew Hagnery
Robert Halmi Jr.
Robert Hamilton
Gail Harvey
Jeffrey Hasler
John Hazel
Terry Hess
Sean Hollis
Ben Mark Holzberg
Matt Horochowski
Dustin Hudson
Ron Huggins
Cindy Irwin
Marilyn Jang
Jim Jenkins
Michael Jewison
Norman Jewison
Eivor Johansson
Johnny Johnson
Helen Kaneva
Faye Katz
Jeremy Kay
Stan Malik Kelly
Tim Kilby
Vaughn Killin
Tim King
John T Kitsco
Beth Klein
Stacey Knocker
Dusan Kovacevic
Alisa Krost
John Laing
Ted Lehane
Alexandra Leskys
Max Macdonald
Alex Makrygiannis
David Mason
Jerome Mccann
Jackiann Mcfarlane
Renay Mcgowan
Scott Mcgrenere
Parrish Mclean
Duncan Mcleod
Anita Messing
Kevin Morgan
Rebecca Morier
Chips Morman
Chris Morsby
John P Murphy
Eric Myers
Leorra Newman
Vince Nyuli
Michael Pacek
Mike Palmieri
Ray Parker
Becky Parsons
Rebecca Pellett
Rebecca Pellett
Dan Penn
Michael Perlmutter
Douglas Perry
Vladimir Petrovic
Andy Pitman
James Porteous
Ed Poty
Valentin Pricop
Jill Purdy
Ronan Quinn
Keith Reaume
Debbie Reinberg
Ed Reiter
Leon Rene
Otis Rene
Andrew Roberts
Steve Roberts
Robert C Rodriguez
Samantha Rozich
David Rumley
Mario Scattaloni
Peter Schindelhauer
Chiz Schultz
Rick Selmanovic
Geoffrey Sharp
Geoffrey Sharp
John Sievert
Cactus Simser
Mark Skazinetsky
Percy Sledge
Jay Sonderer
Richard Spiegelman
John Craig Steele
Sheelagh Stewart
Michael Storey
Katrina Sutton-gilpatric
Tom Szczesniak
Jeremy Tabarrok
Maz Taebi
Catherine Taylor
Jonathan Thackray
Patrick Thompson
Chad Tomasoski
Allen Toussaint
Jim Troy
Brian Turley
Tyler Unrau
Christian Von Tippelskirch
Christian Von Tippelskirch
Andres Vosu
Steve Wakefield
Alex Waldron
Phil Wallace
Glenn Warner
Glenn Warner
Bob Warwick
John Weber
Trevor A Weber
Christopher Welch
Glen Weller
Deeanna Wendel
Greg Whiteside
Peter Wilde
Julia Wille
Hughes Winborne
Roy Wood
Julie Yarascavitch
Joan Ziff
Film Details
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Miscellaneous Notes
Aired in United States June 10, 2001
Aired in United States July 9, 2002
Completed shooting August 18, 2000.
Began shooting July 17, 2000.
