If These Walls Could Talk 2
Directed by	Jane Anderson Martha Coolidge Anne Heche
Produced by	Mary Kane
Written by	Jane Anderson Sylvia Sichel Alex Sichel Anne Heche
Starring	Vanessa Redgrave Chloë Sevigny Michelle Williams Sharon Stone Ellen DeGeneres
Music by	Basil Poledouris
Cinematography	Paul Elliott Robbie Greenberg Peter Deming
Editing by	Margaret Goodspeed
Distributed by	HBO
Release date(s)	March 5, 2000 November 2000
Running time	96 mins.
Country	United States
Language	English
Preceded by	If These Walls Could Talk
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If These Walls Could Talk 2 is an Emmy Award-winning 2000 television movie in the United States, broadcast on HBO. It follows three lesbian stories in three different time periods. As with the original If These Walls Could Talk, all the stories are set in the same house. The film is similar to the 2000 film Common Ground. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Jane Anderson (born c. ... Martha Coolidge (born August 17, 1946) is a U.S. film director. ... Anne Celeste Heche (IPA: ) (born May 25, 1969) is an American actress, director and screenwriter. ... Jane Anderson (born c. ... Vanessa Redgrave, CBE (born 30 January 1937) is an Academy Award winning English actress and member of the Redgrave family, one of the enduring theatrical dynasties. ... Chloë Stevens Sevigny (born November 18, 1974) is an Academy Award and Golden Globe-nominated American actress. ... Michelle Ingrid Williams (born September 9, 1980) is an Academy Award-nominated American actress. ... Sharon Vonne Stone (born March 10, 1958) is an American actress, producer, and former fashion model. ... Ellen Lee DeGeneres (born January 26, 1958) is an American stand-up comedian, actress, and currently the Emmy Award-winning host of the syndicated talk show The Ellen DeGeneres Show. ... Basil Poledouris (Greek: Βασίλης Πολεδούρης) (August 21, 1945 - November 8, 2006) was an American film composer. ... Peter Deming (born December 13, 1957) is a Lebanese American cinematographer. ... For other uses, see HBO (disambiguation). ... Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... This article is about the day. ... Year 2000 (MM) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full 2000 Gregorian calendar). ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom. ... The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ... If These Walls Could Talk is a 1996 Golden Globe and Emmy Award-nominated made for television movie, broadcast on HBO. It follows the plights of three different women and their experiences with abortion. ... An Emmy Award. ... The year 2000 in film involved some significant events. ... “Telefilm” redirects here. ... For other uses, see HBO (disambiguation). ... If These Walls Could Talk is a 1996 Golden Globe and Emmy Award-nominated made for television movie, broadcast on HBO. It follows the plights of three different women and their experiences with abortion. ... (Redirected from 2000 film) See also: 1999 in film, other events of 2000, 2001 in film and the list of years in film. Events February 9 — The Million Dollar Hotel, a film co-written by U2 lead singer Bono, premieres at the 50th Berlinale (Berlin Film Festival). ... Common Ground is a 2000 Showtime television movie directed by Donna Deitch and written by Paula Vogel, Terrence McNally and Harvey Fierstein. ...

The first segment is set in 1961, and stars Vanessa Redgrave as Edith Tree. It concerns the death of Tree's lover, Abby Hedley, played by Marian Seldes, and soulmate, and Tree's exclusion from subsequent "family" matters. Vanessa Redgrave, CBE (born 30 January 1937) is an Academy Award winning English actress and member of the Redgrave family, one of the enduring theatrical dynasties. ... Marian Seldes (born August 23, 1928 in New York City) is an award-winning American stage, film, radio, and television actress whose career has spanned six decades and who was elected to the American Theatre Hall of Fame. ...

The second segment, featuring Chloë Sevigny and Michelle Williams is set in 1972, and involves bitter divisions in the feminist movement at the time. Chloë Stevens Sevigny (born November 18, 1974) is an Academy Award and Golden Globe-nominated American actress. ... Michelle Williams in a publicity still from Dawsons Creek. ...

The third segment is set in the "present-day", is more light-hearted, and features Sharon Stone and Ellen DeGeneres as a lesbian couple trying for a baby. Sharon Vonne Stone (born March 10, 1958) is an American actress, producer, and former fashion model. ... Ellen Lee DeGeneres (born January 26, 1958) is an American stand-up comedian, actress, and currently the Emmy Award-winning host of the syndicated talk show The Ellen DeGeneres Show. ...

The segments were directed by Jane Anderson, Martha Coolidge, and Anne Heche respectively. Jane Anderson (born c. ... Martha Coolidge (born August 17, 1946) is a U.S. film director. ... Anne Celeste Heche (IPA: ) (born May 25, 1969) is an American actress, director and screenwriter. ...

Plot

1961

An elderly couple, Edith (Vanessa Redgrave) and Abby (Marian Seldes) sit in a cinema watching lesbian-themed film The Children's Hour. A couple walks out of the theater in disgust at the film, and a group of kids laugh when they see Edith and Abby holding hands. Later at the home they have shared for 30 years, Abby falls from a ladder. At the hospital, doctors tell Edith that Abby may have suffered a stroke. Edith spends the night in the waiting room and in the morning she learns that Abby died during the night. Vanessa Redgrave, CBE (born 30 January 1937) is an Academy Award winning English actress and member of the Redgrave family, one of the enduring theatrical dynasties. ... Marian Seldes (born August 23, 1928 in New York City) is an award-winning American stage, film, radio, and television actress whose career has spanned six decades and who was elected to the American Theatre Hall of Fame. ... For other uses, see The Childrens Hour. ...

Edith telephones Abby's nephew, Ted (Paul Giamatti), to tell him the news. Before Ted and his family come for the funeral, Edith removes all traces that they were a couple. She makes it look like they had separate bedrooms and removes photographs of the two of them together. At the house afterwards, Ted and Edith talk about the fact that the house was in Abby's name. Although Edith contributed equally to the mortgage, she legally owns no part of it. As Alice packs up Abby's belongings, Ted tells Edith that although he would consider letting Edith staying in the house and paying him rent. Edith tells him that Abby would have wanted her to stay in the house, that that was what they always talked about. Ted eventually tells her that it would be better if he sells the house and she finds a place of her own. The family leave, with Ted telling Edith that he will be in touch in a couple of weeks to discuss what she is going to do. Paul Edward Valentine Giamatti (born June 6, 1967) is an Academy Award-nominated American actor. ...

1972

Linda (Williams), a young student, now shares the house with three friends, all lesbians. They face conflict with the feminist group they are part of when the other women do not want to include lesbian issues despite the fact that Linda and her friends helped to found the group and fought for free contraception on campus with their straight friends. Feminists redirects here. ...

At a lesbian bar they have not been to before, they are surprised and disappointed to see women apparently fulfilling traditional butch and femme roles. They laugh at Amy (Sevigny), a young butch woman who is wearing a tie. Amy asks Linda to dance but she refuses while her friends are still there. The others soon leave and Linda stays behind and dances with Amy. Later, Amy gives Linda a ride home on her motorcycle and they kiss. Linda invites Amy to return the next day. This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... “Femme” redirects here. ...

The next day Linda and the others are arguing with a woman from the feminist group when Amy arrives. Linda is embarrassed and is short with Amy who quickly leaves. Linda's friends tease her about Amy and question how they can be taken seriously as feminists if they associate with people like Amy. They cannot understand why a woman would dress like a man when they have fought so hard to escape such rules.

Linda goes to Amy's house an apologizes. They sleep together. The next morning Linda sees a picture of Amy as a child, dressed like a boy. She asks Amy if Amy is supposed to be the man and Linda the woman. Amy says no and accuses Linda of being afraid that people will know what she is if she is seen with Amy.

Amy goes to Linda's house for dinner. Linda urges her friends to give Amy a chance but an awkward evening deteriorates when Linda's friends laugh at Amy and try to make her change her clothes. Amy leaves, upset. Linda follows her home and tells her that she was never ashamed of Amy, but only of herself. They reconcile.

2000

The house is now inhabited by Fran (Stone) and Kal (DeGeneres), a couple hoping to have a baby together. They hope to get a sperm donation from Tom and Arnold, a gay couple ,but when the men are reluctant to agree to stay out of the baby's life, they decide not to go ahead. Later, Kal tells Fran that she does not want to know the father of the baby and they agree to use an anonymous donor. They look for donors on the internet and find a company to use. Going through endless profiles of potential donors, Kal gets upset that she herself cannot get Fran pregnant.

When they discover that Fran is ovulating, Kal hurries to the donor company to get the sperm. She inseminates Fran, but with no success. They share their worries for their child. They know that their baby will face discrimination but hope that their love for each other and their child will be enough. After three attempts to get pregnant, they go to a doctor to help them conceive. Shortly afterwards they discover that Fran is pregnant.

Cast

1961

• Vanessa Redgrave as Edith Tree
• Marian Seldes as Abby Hedley
• Paul Giamatti as Ted Hedley
• Elizabeth Perkins as Alice Hedley
• Jenny O'Hara as Marge Carpenter
• Marley McClean as Maggie Hedley

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1972

• Michelle Williams as Linda
• Chloë Sevigny as Amy
• Nia Long as Karen
• Natasha Lyonne as Jeanne
• Heather McComb as Diane
• Amy Carlson as Michelle

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2000

• Sharon Stone as Fran
• Ellen DeGeneres as Kal
• Regina King as Allie
• Kathy Najimy as Doctor
• Mitchell Anderson as Arnold
• George Newbern as Tom

Sharon Vonne Stone (born March 10, 1958) is an American actress, producer, and former fashion model. ... Ellen Lee DeGeneres (born January 26, 1958) is an American stand-up comedian, actress, and currently the Emmy Award-winning host of the syndicated talk show The Ellen DeGeneres Show. ... Regina King (born January 15, 1971 in Los Angeles, California) is an American film and television actress. ... Kathy Ann Najimy (born February 6, 1957) is an American actress, best known as Olive Massery on the television series Veronica’s Closet, Sister Mary Patrick in Sister Act ,the voice of Peggy Hill on the animated television series King of the Hill and her role as witch Mary Sanderson... Mitchell Anderson (born on 21 August 1961 in Jamestown, New York, USA) is an American character actor. ... George Newbern (born December 10, 1964) is an American television and film actor. ...

Awards and nominations

• Emmy Awards
  • Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie – Vanessa Redgrave (won)
  • Outstanding Made for Television Movie (nomination)
  • Outstanding Writing for a Miniseries or a Movie (nomination)
  • Outstanding Casting for a Miniseries, Movie or a Special (nomination)
• Golden Globe Awards
  • Best Supporting Actress in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for TV – Vanessa Redgrave (won)
• NAACP Image Awards
  • Outstanding Actress in a Television Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Special – Nia Long (nomination)
• Screen Actors Guild Awards
  • Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries – Vanessa Redgrave (won)
• Satellite Awards
  • Outstanding Actress in a Television Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Special – Vanessa Redgrave (nomination)

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External links

• If These Walls Could Talk 2 at the Internet Movie Database