Parallel Lives

Aug 4, 1994

1h 45m

★ 5.0

Overview

A college reunion turns into a tangled web of passion, romance and intrigue as old friends and enemies catch up with each other's lives. Includes a long list of stars.

Genres

TV Movie

Drama

Production Companies

Showtime Networks

Sundance Institute

Parallel Lives Trailers

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Cast

Nick Dimas

Jim Belushi

Stevie Merrill

Liza Minnelli

Kirk O'Brien (as Michael O'Rourke)

Michael S. O'Rourke

Professor Spencer Jones

James Brolin

Elsa Freedman

Helen Slater

Dr. Franklin Carter

LeVar Burton

Senator Robert Ferguson

Jack Klugman

Grayson Stone

Grant Varjas

Rebecca Ferguson Stone

Patricia Wettig

Charlie Duke

Ben Gazzara

Matty Derosa

Mira Sorvino

Una Pace

Lindsay Crouse

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