For Hope
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{{Infobox television
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| genre = Drama
| creator =
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| writer = Susan Rice
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| director = Bob Saget
| starring = Dana Delany
Chris Demetral
Henry Czerny
Polly Bergen
Sharon Monsky
Harold Gould
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| theme_music_composer = Peter Rodgers Melnick
| country = United States
| language = English
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| executive_producer = Bernie Brillstein
Brad Grey
Bob Saget
| producer = Karen Moore
| location = 1419 Pendrell Street, Vancouver, British Columbia
English Bay Beach, Vancouver, British Columbia
| cinematography = Ron Orieux
| editor = Michael S. Murphy
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| runtime = 100 min.
| company = Brillstein-Grey Entertainment
Columbia Pictures Television
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| network = ABC
| released = {{Start date|1996|11|17}}
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For Hope is a 1996 American made-for-television drama film starring Dana Delany and directed by Bob Saget. Based on Saget's sister Gay, the movie showed the experience of a young woman fatally afflicted with the disease scleroderma. Other cast members included Tracy Nelson and Chris Demetral. The film premiered on November 17, 1996 on ABC.
Dana Delany had to have some significant prosthetic makeup applied to simulate the various degrees of disfigurement the main character, Hope, experienced as a result of the disease.{{Cite web|url=http://www.themakeupgallery.info/disfigured/disfigured/hope.htm|title=Dana Delany in 'For Hope'|website=themakeupgallery.info|access-date=December 12, 2017}}
The original airing achieved the top Nielsen ratings for the time slot. The movie has periodically been rerun on various TV networks and is available on DVD and VHS for a $20 donation at the [https://web.archive.org/web/20040810092228/http://www.srfcure.org/srf/index.htm Scleroderma Research Foundation].
An extra feature of the movie was that it included a cameo appearance by Scleroderma Research Foundation founder Sharon Monsky.
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External links
- {{IMDb title|0116335|For Hope}}
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Category:1996 television films
Category:American Broadcasting Company television specials
Category:Films about diseases and disorders
Category:Films directed by Bob Saget
Category:American drama television films
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