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Behind the Camera: The Unauthorized Story of 'Diff'rent Strokes'

  • Téléfilm
  • 2006
  • TV-14
  • 1h 28m
ÉVALUATION IMDb
5,5/10
179
MA NOTE
Behind the Camera: The Unauthorized Story of 'Diff'rent Strokes' (2006)
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Ajouter une intrigue dans votre langueThe story of the popular situation comedy and its ill-fated child stars.The story of the popular situation comedy and its ill-fated child stars.The story of the popular situation comedy and its ill-fated child stars.

  • Director
    • Robert Iscove
  • Writer
    • Gregory K. Pincus
  • Stars
    • Bruce A. Young
    • Lorena Gale
    • Bobb'e J. Thompson
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  • ÉVALUATION IMDb
    5,5/10
    179
    MA NOTE
    • Director
      • Robert Iscove
    • Writer
      • Gregory K. Pincus
    • Stars
      • Bruce A. Young
      • Lorena Gale
      • Bobb'e J. Thompson
    • 9Commentaires d'utilisateurs
    • 2Commentaires de critiques
  • Voir l’information sur la production à IMDbPro
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    • Prix
      • 1 nomination au total

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    Rôles principaux49

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    Bruce A. Young
    Bruce A. Young
    • Willie Coleman
    • (as Bruce Young)
    Lorena Gale
    Lorena Gale
    • Sue Coleman
    Bobb'e J. Thompson
    Bobb'e J. Thompson
    • Gary Coleman
    Robert Bailey Jr.
    Robert Bailey Jr.
    • Gary Coleman - 13-29 years
    Verda Bridges
    • Betty Bridges
    Alon Williams
    Alon Williams
    • Gary Coleman - 30-31 years
    Jason Schombing
    Jason Schombing
    • Kline
    John Innes
    John Innes
    • Conrad Bain
    Teryl Rothery
    Teryl Rothery
    • Kay Plato
    Jerry Wasserman
    Jerry Wasserman
    • Howard Leeds
    Rainbow Sun Francks
    Rainbow Sun Francks
    • Dion Mial
    Britt Irvin
    Britt Irvin
    • Dana Plato - 17 to 34 years
    • (as Brittney Irvin)
    Colin Cunningham
    Colin Cunningham
    • Vic Perillo
    Winston Rekert
    • Wayne Newton
    Shedrack Anderson III
    Shedrack Anderson III
    • Todd Bridges - 17 to 37 years
    • (as Shedrack Anderson)
    Gary Coleman
    Gary Coleman
    • Self
    Todd Bridges
    Todd Bridges
    • Self
    Saul Rubinek
    Saul Rubinek
    • Fred Silverman
    • Director
      • Robert Iscove
    • Writer
      • Gregory K. Pincus
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    Commentaires des utilisateurs9

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    8deanofrpps

    A Sad End To the Laughter

    Gary Coleman Todd Bridges and Dana Plato entertained America for nearly a decade. This Made for TV movie focuses on Gary Coleman, but there is some attention to the personal lives of his co-stars.

    You can't trust anyone in this business, says Gary's agent.

    Where does the show end and reality begin? Gary Coleman played a cute little boy well into teenage years. Yet he at a young age became an institution which was greater than himself with his parents raking in the profits through a corporation set up allegedly to maximize the receipts.

    How do you end the show? The end which comes proved to be a tragic lesson for Gary and for Todd Bridges. Ripped off by his parents, Gary had to take them to the courts for redress. Dana Plato died of a drug overdose.

    I disagree with others who felt the acting poor. The acting may not have been stellar but it was passable and presented a story which deserves to be told.
    6steve-575

    Effectively Corny! A Guilty Pleasure!

    I must admit every single one of these so-called "Behind The Camera" or "What Really Happened" movies about former sitcoms is like a train wreck. You know it will be bad. However you cannot help but keep watching and it is very hard to leave or turn off in this case, especially if you are big fan of the series. Whether it be "Mork & Mindy" or "Three's Company", every one of these movies has followed the same pattern: bad acting, cheesy dialog, actors who look or act nothing like the original stars, and story lines which make almost everyone look selfish or difficult. You can basically just watch the "E!True Hollywood Story" and get the same information but what fun would it be without the above-mentioned flaws.

    So when the hundredth re-enactment of the "Diff'rent Strokes" story aired on NBC, it was no surprise that it resembled all of the previous TV movies. It was also no surprise that, being a big fan of the sitcom, I was unable to change the channel.

    It starts out from the beginning of the sitcom and spans to the present day with interviews from Todd Bridges and Gary Coleman who were most likely consultants on the project. The bad acting and cheesy dialog right away became evident as most of the actors were unknowns and it was obvious that Quentin Tarentino was not in charge of the script. The scene where security guard Gary Coleman punched the lady who asked him for an autograph was a classic in cheesy scenes.

    True to form, the actors really did not resemble the original cast members. The only one that bore somewhat of a resemblance to the actors was Dana Plato. The actor who played Mr. Drummond (Conrad Bain) looked like him but you could tell he was wearing tons of makeup. The guy who played the grown-up Gary Coleman was the absolute worst. Other than being short and black, he had nothing in common with the original actor or the other two actors who played Coleman in the movie. They should have just gotten Gary Coleman himself to play the role.

    Finally, the storyline made just about everyone look bad. The people that looked the worst were the parents of the sitcom stars. Dana Plato's mother was an unfit parent who put drugs and sex ahead of her daughter. Todd Bridge's father was abusive and estranged from him and his mom. Gary Coleman's dad looked the worst of anyone in the movie, which is saying a lot. He forced Gary to continue with the show when he was really sick, took Gary's money, fought with the producers, made a scene almost everywhere he went, etc. Next, the producers of the show were just a step below the parents. They only seemed to care about the show and how much money they could make off it and did not give a damn about troubled stars whose lives were spiraling downward. I remember a scene where someone tells Gary Coleman that there are no friends in the acting business just professional acquaintances.

    The stars themselves came out looking bad, albeit victims of mistreatment and bad parenting. Gary Coleman was portrayed as a bitter and ungrateful child actor who was always feuding with the producers, his parents and other stars of the show. They could have probably added another hour solely based on his relationship with his estranged wife and subsequent death at age 42. Todd Bridges and Dana Plato came across as washed-up actors who were given chance after chance to clean up their act and still could not. One surprising thing to come out of the movie was that they were carrying on an affair (something you wouldn't have gotten from the "E! True Hollywood Story"). The only person who came out looking good in the movie was Conrad Bain who seemed to genuinely care about the three stars.

    Watching a movie is all about expectations. If you watch a movie expecting the next "Godfather", you're probably going to grade it much tougher and be disappointed. However, with this movie I don't think anyone expected a five-star masterpiece. While this movie is not good by the standards that a lot of movies are: plot, acting, dialog, etc. It is good in the fact that it meets people expectations and is entertaining to watch.
    5lambiepie-2

    A made for TV film that skims over everything

    "Different Strokes" was one of those programs marketed to my generation - as was "Facts of Life", "The New Mickey Mouse Club", "Webster" (The Different Stokes rip-off) et al. This was a popular show for NBC in its first 4 seasons...and unless you lived in a cave, you couldn't escape hearing about the young cast. Kimberly, played by Dana Plato was the cute, wealthy white girl who had to grow to love her new 'brothers'; Willis, played by Todd Bridges was the street wise charge; and Arnold...well Arnold was the cute little moppet played by Gary Coleman -- and whether you watched the show or not, you knew Gary. He had "child star quality" all over him. I knew all of this, even not being a fan of the program - but I read teen magazines, read newspapers and looked at the news.

    As a child viewer, I felt that Dana Plato was going to get a lot of TV and movie work. As a child viewer, I felt that Gary Coleman would be over exposed in just a few years. As a child viewer, I felt that Todd Bridges (whom I saw before Different Strokes in other TV works) was going to leave the business, go to college and become a Television Executive. That's what I thought, as a child viewer. Boy, was I wrong, and this TV rendition touches on many aspects without going into too much depth on any of them.

    The one positive thing I have to give this rendition of the instances that happened, was that what they showed seemed to be through the view of Todd Bridges and Gary Coleman. No matter what anyone writes or says, whatever feelings and emotions happened outside of each of their views, they didn't get into in depth. But you know that each has a separate tale to tell that could easily become 3 or 4 separate films each with their own heart-wrenching perspective.

    Gary Coleman's apparent rise to what should have been his stardom was thwarted by almost all who came into his life. Gary had health problems which were not attended to properly. Gary wanted to grow up, and the show wouldn't allow for him to. Gary needed star making vehicles but did not have any creative minds closely advising him to choose the right vehicles. And his parents - some parents are not meant to be personal managers. Parents need to be parents to WATCH the personal managers, and above all else care for the health and welfare of the child. Tragic.

    Todd Bridges was a talented, in demand child actor prior to "Different Strokes". With the weekly series, Todd should have had more work. Todd should have had business managers to look over the accountants and then had someone to look over the business manager. And then someone to even look over that. Tragic.

    Dana Plato was definitely on the radar of filmmakers and TV executives but at every turn, something went awry with Dana. Missed auditions for whatever reason, extra-curricular activities that did pour onto the show, and just Dana trying to find herself as many young women in that business tried to do. Without some real type of love, care, discipline - in the grueling schedules a weekly series can put on you, Dana turned into the most tragic of the three child/teen stars. Tragic.

    This TV movie skims all of this just to give you a slight overview of all of the problems on the set, with the stars and at the NBC Executive levels itself at that time. When I was watching this TV rendition of "Different Strokes", I remembered one of the most interesting lines that came to me when moved out to California: "Never become the PPresident of a network. It's a thankless job, the job never lasts and you're forgotten as soon as you leave." This is sad - you do get to see a "skim" of what was up with Fred Silverman who created a boatload of programming for NBC, a skim of the talented late Brandon Tardikoff and a skim of the execs over at ABC and their pursuit over the advertising dollar and programming shows to a mass audience. This film didn't go as deep as it was at the time.

    At points this TV movie was not sure where it wanted to go but it ended up at the overall view of Todd and Gary. They tried to hook it together by having the real Todd and Gary give their own insights between story but it wasn't enough. And Gary still comes across as very, very bitter. But - can you blame him? Another thing I did get was in watching this I wished I had a "way back machine" to be able to tell each of these actors what was in store for them so they could put the breaks on and change their courses before it was too late.

    I'm sure they wished the same thing too.
    4spunkygrandmaof11

    Enjoyed this movie and the Johnny Carson actor

    This movie was very informative. I didn't think that things like this were still going on. I thought the Jackie Coogan law took care of this type of problem. I thought the actor that played Johnny Carson was great, his appearance, voice, mannerisms - amazing! My favorite part was when he threw up his hands at the end of the vignette when he got such a kick out of the kid and asked, "Do you want to take over the show?" It really brought back lots of fond memories of Johnny for me. I didn't see his name listed in the cast credits. Tthe last actor to play Gary Coleman seemed too old to play Gary. But I did like the first little fella. Would like to view this film again.
    9dalelonghair

    Conrad Bain was played by ????

    I really enjoyed watching this TV movie last night. And it certainly said a lot about the exploitation of children in show business. The only sympathetic parent was Todd Bridges' mother...although Gary Coleman's mother was sympathetic at first.

    What is the name of the actor who played Conrad Bain? I do not see it listed in the credits?

    Gary Coleman still has a lot of issues to work through. But I can see he is on the road to recovery. He has been through so much.

    What happened to Dana Plato's child? Is he with his father?

    I hope Todd Bridges continues to achieve success in the future. He deserves it.

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    • Anecdotes
      Robert Thurston and Britt Irvin appeared in Season 3 of Disney Channel's show So Weird; Thurston appeared in Episode 11 Beeing There, and Irvin appeared in Episode 7 Rewind.
    • Gaffes
      At the end of the show, Gary Coleman and Todd Bridges are shown standing at Dana Plato's grave. This is impossible since her remains were cremated and the ashes were scattered at sea.
    • Citations

      Gary Coleman - 13-29 years: I'm sorry Conny, but damn it, I'm too old to be climbing into your lap every week!

      Conrad Bain: I know. But the problem is, America loves it!

      Gary Coleman - 13-29 years: Well, America needs to get over it.

    • Connexions
      References The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962)

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    • Date de sortie
      • 4 septembre 2006 (United States)
    • Pays d’origine
      • United States
    • Langue
      • English
    • Aussi connu sous le nom de
      • La vera storia di Arnold
    • Lieux de tournage
      • Vancouver, Colombie-Britannique, Canada
    • sociétés de production
      • Nomadic Pictures
      • Once Upon a Time Films
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    • Durée
      1 heure 28 minutes
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    • Mixage
      • Stereo
    • Rapport de forme
      • 1.33 : 1

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