From catch-clarissa-errors@tcp.com Tue Feb 10 20:56 MET 1998 Message-Id: <1.5.4.32.19980210192808.006a68ec@pop.mindspring.com> X-Sender: wolfbat359@pop.mindspring.com X-Mailer: Windows Eudora Light Version 1.5.4 (32) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Errors-to: catch-clarissa-errors@tcp.com Precedence: bulk X-Resent-by: catch-clarissa-errors@tcp.com X-Admin-Addr: Majordomo@tcp.com X-List-Software: mlist v2.6 by James Lick with Majordomo Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Length: 3464 From: Donald L Ferry To: clarissa@tcp.com Cc: soulplex@aol.com Subject: "Silencing Mary" March 8 Date: Tue, 10 Feb 1998 12:28:08 -0700 http://www.ultimatetv.com/news/bn/98/movies/0308silencingmary.html MELISSA JOAN HART STARS IN HER SECOND MADE-FOR-TELEVISION MOVIE FOR NBC, 'SILENCING MARY' TWO-HOUR DRAMA ABOUT A RAPE COVER-UP ON A COLLEGE CAMPUS TO BE TELECAST MARCH 8 ON NBC=20 =A0=A0=A0=A0 Lisa Dean Ryan, James McDaniel, Peter MacNicol and Josh Hopkins= Also Star=20 =A0=A0=A0=A0 Special "The More You Know" PSA to Air In Connection with the= Movie=20 =A0=A0=A0=A0 Melissa Joan Hart ("Sabrina, the Teenage Witch"), who made her made-for-television movie debut last season in NBC's "Twisted Desire," continues her relationship with the Peacock network by starring in "Silencing Mary," a two-hour drama about a college student who becomes a one-woman crusader for justice when her roommate is raped by the school's star football player. It will be telecast Sunday, March 8 (9-11 p.m. ET), on NBC.=20 =A0=A0=A0=A0 Emmy nominee Corin Nemec ("I Know My First Name Is Steven,"= "Operation Dumbo Drop"), Lisa Dean Ryan ("Doogie Howser, M.D."), Peter MacNicol ("Chicago Hope"), James McDaniel ("NYPD Blue") and Josh Hopkins (Ridley Scott's "G.I. Jane") also star.=20 =A0=A0=A0=A0 The idea for the movie, which is executive produced by= Melissa's mother, Paula Hart, grew out of a conversation between Melissa and her sister, Trisha, a college freshman who is a co-producer on the film. Kay Hoffman ("Danielle Steel's 'The Ring,"' "Night Visitors") is the producer. Steve Johnson ("Love's Deadly Triangle: The Texas Cadet Murder") is the writer. Craig Baxley ("Twisted Desire") directs the presentation from Hartbreak Films in association with Viacom Productions.=20 =A0=A0=A0=A0 Mary Stuartson (Hart) is proud and grateful to be the first in= her family to attend a university, but when her roommate (Ryan) is raped by the school's star football player (Hopkins), Mary, who is a reporter for the college newspaper, begins her own investigation which uncovers a number of similar unprosecuted incidents of campus violence. Suffering harassment from members of the football team and pressure from university officials who don't want to expel their star quarterback in the middle of a championship drive, Mary must decide whether to withdraw her allegations or push for campus justice.=20 =A0=A0=A0=A0 The movie will be followed by a PSA featuring Melissa Joan Hart= urging anyone who has been raped to seek help by calling the National Domestic Violence Hotline, 1-800-799-SAFE. The PSA was produced under the umbrella of NBC's Emmy and Peabody Award-winning "The More You Know" public service campaign.=20 =A0=A0=A0=A0 Cast (Role - Player): Mary Stuartson - Melissa Joan Hart; David MacPherson - Corin Nemec; Clay Roberts - Josh Hopkins; Holly Shavers - Lisa Dean Ryan; Harvey Thiel - James McDaniel; Lawrence Dixon - Peter MacNicol; Billy - Lochlyn Munro; Brubaker - Teryl Rothery; Gardner - Garry Chalk; Augie - Colin Laurence; Helen Stuartson - Susan Hogan; Bobby - Emily Hart Isnegrim Ps - New(?) Sabrina Book "Sabrina The Teenage Witch" "Dream Date" with photos. From local bookstore