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Because Mommy Works is a film of genre Drama directed by Robert Markowitz released in USA on 21 november 1994 with Anne Archer

Because Mommy Works (1993)

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Released in USA 21 november 1994
Directed by
Genres Drama
Rating55% 2.777752.777752.777752.777752.77775

Because Mommy Works is a 1994 film directed by Robert Markowitz. It is about Abby (Anne Archer) who fights with Ted Forman (John Heard) for the custody of their son Willie Forman (Casey Wurzbach). The action takes place in California.

The film confronts the issue of women being denied custody rights during divorce partly or solely because they work at jobs outside the home, allegedly making them less available as maternal caregivers. It focuses in particular on the added custodial challenge that working women face if their former husband has remarried a woman who does not have a job.

The film was inspired by a true story that appeared in McCall's Magazine in 1992, "Why a Good Mother Lost Custody of her Child," by author Cameron Stauth. The article was about a custody case in Eugene, Oregon, that involved a female teacher who lost custody of her young son, primarily because her husband had remarried a woman who did not work outside the home. Stauth co-produced the film with Anne Archer, and it was written by writer/director Lynn Mamet, sister of writer/director David Mamet.

The issue of working mothers being penalized in custody cases is still being debated in the courts, and is the subject of heated debate among women's rights advocates.

Actors

Anne Archer

(Abby)John Heard

(Ted Forman)Ashley Crow

(Claire Forman)Tom Amandes

(Eric Donovan)Jenny Gago

(Dr. Rita Hernandez)
And :
Jan Tříska
Michael Constantine
Dan Hedaya
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