Small Sacrifices

TV Mini Series
1989
2h 39m

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7.6/10

1.6K

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A peculiar and disturbing case catches the attention of the police when a young mother and her children, all severely injured, show up in a hospital's emergency room.A peculiar and disturbing case catches the attention of the police when a young mother and her children, all severely injured, show up in a hospital's emergency room.A peculiar and disturbing case catches the attention of the police when a young mother and her children, all severely injured, show up in a hospital's emergency room.

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7.6/10

1.6K

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Nominated for 3 Primetime Emmys
- 1 win & 5 nominations total

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The film omitted the real-life situation of Diane Downs having affairs with other men while carrying on her affair with Robert "Nick" Knickerbocker (named Lew Lewiston in the film). She eventually caught an STD, which prompted Knickerbocker to confess to his wife about his affair with Downs. Knickerbocker's wife knew about the affair all along and was waiting for him to admit it. She ended up forgiving him despite Downs' persistence and hold on Knickerbocker.

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When Diane brings a pizza to her mailman friend Matt Jensen's house, she asks him if he likes mushrooms on his pizza while holding the pizza out to him. He says yes, but it's obvious that the pizza has no mushrooms on it.

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Psychiatrist: As a psychiatrist, it is my professional opinion that Diane Downs' personality disorders qualify her as a dangerous offender. She is a sociopath: an antisocial personality without any concern for the rights of others. She has a brilliant mind with no conscience to guide it. A narcissist who sees herself as the center of everything, who will get what she wants no matter what means that she has to employ, no matter who or what stands in her way. She's not able to have or understand love.
Judge Foote: The death of a child is one of life's greatest tragedies, what might have been. When it comes intentionally, at the hands of a parent, it is just an outrage. I've fought my own battles between emotion and reason. To prevent some future parole board from forgetting the enormity of the crimes, I hereby sentence you to the following: for assault in the first degree, counts three and five, twenty years with a ten year minimum; for attempted murder, counts two and four, thirty years with a fifteen year minimum; for first-degree murder, life plus five years minimum. The court hopes the defendant will never again be free; I've come as close to that as possible.