--- title: 'Dad (1989)' type: 'film' director: 'Gary David Goldberg' released: '1989-01-01' runtime_minutes: 117 genres: - 'Drama' - 'Comedy' countries: - 'United States' canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/dad-1989' review_count: 0 imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0097142/' publisher: 'CinePixo' --- # Dad (1989) 1989 · 117 min · Drama, Comedy · United States ## Synopsis Dad is a 1989 American comedy-drama film written and directed by Gary David Goldberg, and starring Jack Lemmon, Ted Danson, Olympia Dukakis, Kathy Baker, Kevin Spacey, and Ethan Hawke. It is based on William Wharton's 1981 novel. The original music score was composed by James Horner. The film was produced by Amblin Entertainment and distributed by Universal Pictures. ## Credits - **Director:** [Gary David Goldberg](https://cinepixo.com/people/gary-david-goldberg) - **Screenplay:** [Gary David Goldberg](https://cinepixo.com/people/gary-david-goldberg) - **Original Music Composer:** [James Horner](https://cinepixo.com/people/james-horner) - **Producer:** [Joseph Stern](https://cinepixo.com/people/joseph-stern) - **Director of Photography:** [Jan Kiesser](https://cinepixo.com/people/jan-kiesser) ## Cast - [J. T. Walsh](https://cinepixo.com/people/j-t-walsh) - [Ethan Hawke](https://cinepixo.com/people/ethan-hawke) - [Gregory Itzin](https://cinepixo.com/people/gregory-itzin) - [Zakes Mokae](https://cinepixo.com/people/zakes-mokae) - [Olympia Dukakis](https://cinepixo.com/people/olympia-dukakis) - [Kevin Spacey](https://cinepixo.com/people/kevin-spacey) - [Emily Kuroda](https://cinepixo.com/people/emily-kuroda) - [John Apicella](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-apicella) - [Peter Michael Goetz](https://cinepixo.com/people/peter-michael-goetz) - [Chris Lemmon](https://cinepixo.com/people/chris-lemmon) - [Sprague Grayden](https://cinepixo.com/people/sprague-grayden) - [Kathy Baker](https://cinepixo.com/people/kathy-baker) - [Jack Lemmon](https://cinepixo.com/people/jack-lemmon) - [Ted Danson](https://cinepixo.com/people/ted-danson) ## Criticism on CinePixo No reviews published yet. Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/dad-1989 Film facts: Wikidata (Q1156922); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.