Free to Be... a Family - Production & Contact Info

Free to Be... a Family (1988)
TV Movie | 60 min | Family

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Free to Be... a Family (1988)

TV Movie | 60 min | Family

Seminal TV special about two groups of children, one in New York City and the other in Moscow, who befriend each other over a satellite connection and find common ground. The Muppets and several celebrities make a cameo.

Director

Gary Halvorson

Writers

Christopher Cerf | Sarah Durkee | Norman Stiles

Producers

Robert Dalrymple | Igor Menzelintsev

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Updated Dec 14, 1988

Release date

Dec 14, 1988 (United States)

Awards

Won 1 Primetime Emmy Award. Another 1 nomination

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Cast	+ Add Cast
17 cast members

Name	Known for
Jon Bon Jovi Self - Host Self - Host See fewer	Young Guns II (1990)
Penn & Teller Themselves Themselves See fewer	Borderlands 3 (2019)
Carly Simon Self Self See fewer	All Good Things (2010)
Lily Tomlin Self / Ernestine Self / Ernestine See fewer	Nashville (1975)
Robin Williams Self Self See fewer	Mrs. Doubtfire (1993)
Jim Henson Kermit the Frog (voice) Kermit the Frog (voice) See fewer	The Muppet Show (1976)
Vladimir Presnyakov Self Self See fewer	Brat 2 (2000)
Tatyana Vedeneeva Self - Co-Host (as Tatiana Vedeneyeva) Self - Co-Host (as Tatiana Vedeneyeva) See fewer	Much Ado About Nothing (1973)
Marlo Thomas Self - Co-Host Self - Co-Host See fewer	That Girl (1966)
Mel Brooks Self Self See fewer	Spaceballs (1987)
Kevin Clash Elmo / Unemployed Bear (voice) Elmo / Unemployed Bear (voice) See fewer	Sesame Street (1969)
Phil Donahue Self Self See fewer	Body of War (2007)
Whoopi Goldberg Self Self See fewer	Ghost (1990)
Frank Oz Miss Piggy (voice) Miss Piggy (voice) See fewer	The Muppet Show (1976)
Gilda Radner Self Self See fewer	Saturday Night Live (1975)
Richie Sambora Self Self See fewer	Spaceballs (1987)
Donald Faison Self (uncredited) Self (uncredited) See fewer	Scrubs (2001)