The Princess and the Cabbie

The Princess and the Cabbie

Infobox Film
name = The Princess and the Cabbie


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director = Glenn Jordan
producer =Freyda Rothstein
writer = Edward Pomerantz
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starring =Valerie Bertinelli
Robert Desiderio
music = Patrick Williams
cinematography = Gayne Rescher
editing = Michael McCroskey
distributor = CBS
released =3 November 1981
runtime =120 min (including commercials)
country = United States
language =English
budget =
gross =
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amg_id = 1:128296
imdb_id = 0082946

The Princess and the Cabbie is a 1981 television movie aired on CBS on 3 November 1981 about a young woman who struggles with dyslexia.

The film stars Valerie Bertinelli as Joanna James, an heiress who is sheltered from the real world. One day she meets literary cab driver, Joe Holiday (Robert Desiderio), who references Shakespeare, T. S. Eliot, James Joyce, William Carlos Williams, Albert Einstein, Gustave Flaubert and Agatha Christie. [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9B0DE6D81139F930A35752C1A967948260&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=print] After leaving her book in his cab, Holiday gets to know her and discovers, "Joanna's "secret," as she herself refers to it. She can't read, write, or even remember telephone numbers or directions home." [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9B0DE6D81139F930A35752C1A967948260&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=print] Determining that she is dyslexic, Holiday begins to help her gain independence.

Awards

*1982: Emmy Award: Outstanding Achievement in Music Composition for a Limited Series or a Special (Dramatic Underscore)

"Nominated":
*1982: Emmy Award: Outstanding Cinematography for a Limited Series or a Special

External links

*imdb title|id=0082946|title=The Princess and the Cabbie
* [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9B0DE6D81139F930A35752C1A967948260&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=print TV: 'PRINCESS AND THE CABBIE,' A SICK POOR LITTLE RICH GIRL]


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