Come On Get Happy: The Partridge Family Story
| Come On Get Happy: The Partridge Family Story | |
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| Genre | Biographical drama |
| Written by |
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| Directed by | David Burton Morris |
| Starring | |
| Narrated by | Danny Bonaduce |
| Music by | |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| Production | |
| Executive producers |
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| Producer | Timothy Marx |
| Cinematography | Shelly Johnson |
| Editor | Michael S. Murphy |
| Running time | 100 minutes |
| Production companies | Columbia TriStar Television Randwell Productions |
| Original release | |
| Network | ABC |
| Release | November 13, 1999 |
Come On, Get Happy: The Partridge Family Story is a 1999 American biographical drama television film about the 1970–1974 television series The Partridge Family, focusing on star David Cassidy and co-star Danny Bonaduce through the four years the show was on. Directed by David Burton Morris and written by Jacqueline Feather, the 90-minute film premiered on November 13, 1999 at 8:00pm on ABC.[1]
Synopsis
[edit]The story is told from the viewpoint of Danny Bonaduce, narrated by Bonaduce himself and played on-screen by a pre-Desperate Housewives Shawn Pyfrom. Upon landing the coveted role of Danny Partridge, young Bonaduce must contend with the jealousy of his abusive father Joseph (William Russ); all the while, Danny is a sidelines observer of the effect that overnight stardom has on his co-worker David Cassidy (Rodney Scott), who despises all the idolatry and yearns for a normal life.
The film recounts the surrogate son-surrogate father relationship between Danny and actor Dave Madden (Michael Chieffo), who was genuinely fond of his younger costars despite the kid-hating irascibility of his "Reuben Kincaid" character.
Cast
[edit]- Shawn Pyfrom as Danny Bonaduce
- Rodney Scott as David Cassidy
- Eve Gordon as Shirley Jones
- Kathy Wagner as Susan Dey
- Michael Chieffo as Dave Madden
- William Russ as Joseph Bonaduce
- Roxanne Hart as Betty Bonaduce
- Richard Fancy as Harold
- Willie Garson as Sam
- Mark Harelik as Alex
- Danny Bonaduce as Narrator
- Tara Blanchard as Suzanne Crough
- J.B. Gaynor as Jeremy Gelbwaks
- Scotty Leavenworth as Brian Forster
- Shane Newell as Kid on Bike
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Come On Get Happy: The Partridge Family Story at Variety, November 11, 1999.
External links
[edit]- 1999 films
- 1999 drama films
- 1990s American films
- 1990s biographical drama films
- 1990s English-language films
- American Broadcasting Company original films
- American biographical drama films
- American drama television films
- Biographical films about actors
- Biographical television films
- Films about musical groups
- Films about television
- Films based on television series
- Films directed by David Burton Morris
- Films scored by Guy Moon
- Films set in the 1970s
- The Partridge Family
- English-language biographical drama films