Growing Up Brady (film)
| Growing Up Brady | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Biography, Drama |
| Based on | The book by Barry Williams with Chris Kreski |
| Written by | Matt Dorff |
| Directed by | Richard A. Colla |
| Starring |
Barry Williams Adam Brody Kaley Cuoco Daniel Hugh Kelly Michael Tucker |
| Narrated by | Barry Williams |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) |
Kimberly Rubin Barry Williams |
| Producer(s) | Mark H. Ovitz |
| Cinematography | Michael D. Margulies |
| Editor(s) | Martin Nicholson |
| Running time | 100 minutes |
| Production company(s) |
Zenna Tree Entertainment Paramount Television |
| Distributor | CBS Television Distribution |
| Release | |
| Original network | NBC |
| Original release | May 21, 2000 |
| Chronology | |
| Preceded by | The Bradys |
| Followed by | The Brady Bunch 35th Anniversary Reunion Special: Still Brady After All These Years |
Growing Up Brady is a 2000 made-for-television biographical drama film based on the 1992 autobiography Growing Up Brady: I Was A Teenage Greg written by actor Barry Williams with Chris Kreski. Directed by Richard A. Colla, it starred Williams, Adam Brody, Kaley Cuoco, Daniel Hugh Kelly, Michael Tucker and was originally broadcast May 21, 2000 on NBC.
Synopsis
The movie is a slightly fictionalized tale about the production of the 1969–1974 ABC sitcom The Brady Bunch, on which Williams played teenager Greg Brady, with backstage dramas among the cast and the show's producers. The film is dedicated to the memory of Robert Reed.
Cast
- Barry Williams as Himself and Narrator
- Adam Brody as Barry Williams
- Kaley Cuoco as Maureen McCormick
- Daniel Hugh Kelly as Robert Reed
- Rebeccah Bush as Florence Henderson
- Michael Tucker as Sherwood Schwartz
- Michael Fetters as Lloyd J. Schwartz
- Ricky Ullman as Christopher Knight
- Kaitlin Cullum as Eve Plumb
- Scott Lookinland as Mike Lookinland
- Carly Schroeder as Susan Olsen
- Suanne Spoke as Ann B. Davis
- Barbara Mallory as Frances Whitfield
- Paul Greenberg as Davy Jones
- Marianne McAndrew as Doris Williams
- Sherwood Schwartz as Himself
- Mark Kassen as Eddie Fontaine
- Mike Lookinland as Camera Operator
Scenes not like the book
In his book, Williams writes that he first kissed McCormick in Hawaii, rather than in a limousine bringing them home from The Who concert in Los Angeles. The flirting between McCormick and Williams whilst filming for "A Room at the Top" (episode 95) happened a few months before the Hawaii episodes and was boosted for the TV movie. Although in the movie Eve Plumb's character is unfazed when a security guard stumbles upon her and Christopher Knight making out in a prop car on the Paramount Pictures backlot, Knight has said Plumb was "mortified" and started to cry. Also a scene where Williams' agent tells him that The Brady Bunch had been canceled is changed somewhat. Instead of drinking a bottle of Bourbon, he is drinking a bottle of Scotch.
DVD release
On May 25, 2004, the film was released on DVD in region 1 by Paramount Home Entertainment. CBS Home Entertainment has yet to release this film on Bluray.