Within These Walls
Within These Walls
2001
Drama
TV Movie
1h 40m
Imprisoned after a drug arrest and bitter from a life marred by tragedy, Joan Thomas wants nothing to do with the world around her. But when a nun with a tragic past invites Joan to participate in an inmate rehabilitation program-training dogs to care for the handicapped-she experiences the freeing power of unconditional love for the first time. Based on the story of Sister Pauline Quinn.
Directed by:
Mike Robe
Writer:
Robert J. Avrech
11 total credits
Robert J. Avrech has 11 credits at Criticker, including: Body Double, A Stranger Among Us, The Devil's Arithmetic, Into Thin Air: Death on Everest and Dark Tower
Starring:
Laura Dern
78 total credits
In the mid-1980s she gained critical acclaim for roles in films by Peter Bogdanovich (Mask) and David Lynch (Blue Velvet, Wild at Heart). Dern's starring role in Blue Velvet appeared to be a breakthrough but her next notable film took almost four years to be released, Wild at Heart, also directed by Lynch. Dern's affiliation with Lynch has continued with her recent role in Inland Empire.
100 total credits
Born in Detroit, Ellen Burstyn is perhaps best known for her performance in "The Exorcist" (1975) as Chris MacNeil. In addition to her acting, Burstyn was the first woman president of Actor's Equity, the actors' union, from 1982 to 1985.
8 total credits
LaTanya Richardson Jackson has 8 credits at Criticker, including: U.S. Marshals, You Hurt My Feelings, Show Me a Hero, Introducing Dorothy Dandridge and Juanita
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Directed by:
Mike RobeWriter:
Robert J. Avrech 11 total credits
Robert J. Avrech has 11 credits at Criticker, including: Body Double, A Stranger Among Us, The Devil's Arithmetic, Into Thin Air: Death on Everest and Dark Tower
Starring:
Laura Dern 78 total credits
In the mid-1980s she gained critical acclaim for roles in films by Peter Bogdanovich (Mask) and David Lynch (Blue Velvet, Wild at Heart). Dern's starring role in Blue Velvet appeared to be a breakthrough but her next notable film took almost four years to be released, Wild at Heart, also directed by Lynch. Dern's affiliation with Lynch has continued with her recent role in Inland Empire.
100 total credits
Born in Detroit, Ellen Burstyn is perhaps best known for her performance in "The Exorcist" (1975) as Chris MacNeil. In addition to her acting, Burstyn was the first woman president of Actor's Equity, the actors' union, from 1982 to 1985.
8 total credits
LaTanya Richardson Jackson has 8 credits at Criticker, including: U.S. Marshals, You Hurt My Feelings, Show Me a Hero, Introducing Dorothy Dandridge and Juanita
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