Our Shining Moment Explained

Genre:	Drama
Director:	Mark Tinker
Producer:	Mark H. Ovitz
Starring:	Cindy Pickett Max Gail
Location:	Vancouver
Music:	Peter Bernstein
Cinematography:	Touchstone Television
Network:	NBC
Runtime:	60 min.
Country:	United States
Language:	English

Our Shining Moment is a 1991 television family drama film directed by Mark Tinker and starring Cindy Pickett, Max Gail and Don Ameche. It was intended as a pilot for a series which was never produced. It was broadcast on NBC on June 2, 1991.^{[1] [2]}

Premise

In 1963, a father and his teenage son forge a bond when the son is expelled from school and sees his secretly out-of-work father in the park.

Cast

• Cindy Pickett as Betty McGuire
• Max Gail as John McGuire Jr.
• Jonathan Brandis as Michael 'Scooter' McGuire
• Seth Green as Wheels
• LuAnne Ponce as Maureen McGuire
• Don Ameche as John 'Papa' McGuire Sr.
• Shawn Levy as J.J.
• Alvin Sanders as Mr. Rahill
• Bill Dow as Barney
• Sonia Banman as Lois Jessel
• Alec Burden as Father Hogan
• Jack Black as a teenage boy

Notes and References

1. Book: Vincent Terrace. Encyclopedia of Television Pilots, 1937-2012. 10 January 2014. McFarland, 2013. 978-1476602493.
2. Book: Bill Cotter. The Wonderful World of Disney Television : A Complete History. 22 September 1997. Disney Editions, 1997. 0786863595.