Bill (1981 film)

Bill
Genre	Biography Drama
Written by	Corey Blechman
Story by	Barry Morrow
Directed by	Anthony Page
Starring	Mickey Rooney Dennis Quaid Largo Woodruff Anna Maria Horsford Harry Goz
Theme music composer	William Humeke William Kraft
Country of origin	United States
Original language(s)	English
Production
Producer(s)	Mel Stuart
Cinematography	Mike Fash
Editor(s)	George Hively
Running time	100 minutes
Production company(s)	Alan Landsburg Productions
Distributor	CBS
Release
Original network	CBS
Original release	December 22, 1981 (1981-12-22)

Bill is a 1981 CBS TV movie starring Mickey Rooney and Dennis Quaid. The film is based on the life of Bill Sackter. A sequel, Bill: On His Own, was released in 1983.

Plot

Bill is a man with mental retardation in his 60s. He ventures out into the world for the first time after spending most of his life at Grandville, a dreary inner city institution in Minneapolis, Minnesota, since age seven (when his parents sent him there). Bill is taken in by a kind family and learns what it means to love for the first time in his life.

External links

• The Bill Sackter Story official website
• Bill at IMDb