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Who Are the DeBolts? And Where Did They Get Nineteen Kids? is a american film of genre Documentary directed by John Korty released in USA on 1 december 1977 with Henry Winkler

Who Are the DeBolts? And Where Did They Get Nineteen Kids? (1977)

Who Are the DeBolts? And Where Did They Get Nineteen Kids?
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Released in USA 1 december 1977
Length 1h12
Directed by
OriginUSA
Rating71% 3.561693.561693.561693.561693.56169

Who Are the DeBolts? And Where Did They Get Nineteen Kids? is a 1977 documentary film about Dorothy and Bob DeBolt, an American couple who have adopted 14 children, some of whom are severely disabled war orphans (in addition to raising Dorothy's five biological children and Bob's biological daughter). VHS and DVD releases use the shortened title Who Are the DeBolts?

The film was narrated by Henry Winkler, who also served as executive producer, and won an Academy Award for Best Feature-length Documentary in 1978, as well as the Directors Guild of America Award and the Humanitas Award for producer and director John Korty in 1979. A 50-minute version of the film shown on ABC in December, 1978, earned a 1979 Emmy Award for Outstanding Individual Achievement - Informational Program and an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Informational Program for Winkler, Korty, and producers Warren Lockhart and Dan McCann. A sequel, Steppin' Out: The DeBolts Grow Up, was made in 1980 with Kris Kristofferson as host and narrator. The DVD edition typically includes the 46-minute sequel as a featurette. The family was also the subject of a book, 19 Steps Up The Mountain: The Story of The DeBolt Family, by Joseph P. Blank.



^ "NY Times: Who Are the DeBolts? And Where Did They Get Nineteen Kids?". NY Times. Retrieved 2008-11-15.

Actors

Henry Winkler

(Self - Host (Television Version))Sydney Walker

(Narrator)
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