Wilson adapted the play for a television film of the same name on PBS. The film was broadcast in February 1988 as part of American Playhouse. Directed by Jan Egleson, the film starred Kevin Bacon as Alan, with Tom Atkins as the father Doug and Lindsay Crouse as Doug's second wife. Kyra Sedgwick, who met future husband Bacon during rehearsals, played Carol, a teenaged boarder: "pill-popping, promiscuous... who seems to spend most of her time with the US Navy."[5] In his review for The New York Times, John J. O'Connor wrote that the film is "terrific", praising the "uncommonly fine performances".[6] Casey Affleck made his screen debut in the film as Alan's stepbrother, Jerry.
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