Family Pictures

Family Pictures is a two-part TV adaptation of the Sue Miller novel of the same name. Anjelica Huston and Sam Neill are Lainey and David Eberlin, a 1950s married couple with six children, one of whom, Randall (Jamie Harrold), is autistic. The parents’ initial decision not to institutionalize the boy results in a terrific strain on the rest of the family, until finally only Lainey is willing to shoulder the responsibility of raising Randall. The second half of Family Pictures, related from the vantage point of the 1980s by the Eberlins’ oldest daughter (Kyra Sedgwick), details the effect that Randall’s inevitable institutionalization had on the family. This anecdotal four-hour drama first aired on March 21 and 22, 1993., Poignant drama starring Kyra Sedgwick and Anjelica Huston. Nina returns home to visit her newly divorced parents and begins to understand the family history involving her autistic brother. Part 2/2., Nina returns home to visit her newly divorced parents and begins to understand the family history involving her autistic brother., A large family is drastically altered by the presence of an autistic child. Anjelica Huston. Randall: Jamie Harrold. David: Sam Neill. Nina: Kyra Sedgwick. Mack: Dermot Mulroney. Young Nina: Laura Bertram. Young Randall: Jared Cook.