1972

That Certain Summer
ABC movie
Lamont Johnson, director
Jack Terry, unit production manager
Warren Smith, first assistant director
Harvey Laidman, second assistant director

Hal Holbrook as a divorced gay man who attempts to explain about his lover (Martin Sheen) and lifestyle to his teen-age son. A daring movie-of-the-week subject in its time, this movie became a much-discussed medium landmark for handling the subject with sensitivity and frankness, and has remained a significant cultural event in the public illumination of alternative lifestyles. Johnson and scripters William Link and William Levinson received Emmy nominations. The telefilm also won an Emmy for Scott Jacoby's performance as the son and reaped other nominations for outstanding dramatic program and for the performances of Holbrook and Hope Lange.