Sheldon Schrager is a Associate Producer and Assistant Director American
Sheldon Schrager
Sheldon Schrager participated to
19 films (as actor, director or script writer).
Among those,
1 have good markets following the box office.
Here are the best films classified by number of entries :
Producer
, 2h12
Directed by Barbra StreisandOrigin USAGenres Drama,
RomanceThemes Medical-themed films,
Rape in fiction,
Films about psychiatryActors Nick Nolte,
Blythe Danner,
Barbra Streisand,
Kate Nelligan,
Jeroen Krabbé,
Melinda DillonRoles Unit Production Manager
Rating67%
Tom Wingo (Nick Nolte), a teacher and football coach from South Carolina, is asked by his mother, Lila, to travel to New York to help his twin sister's psychiatrist, Susan Lowenstein (Barbra Streisand), after his sister Savannah's (Melinda Dillon) latest suicide attempt. Tom hates New York and reluctantly accepts, but largely to take the opportunity to be alone and away from a life that does not satisfy him. During his initial meetings with Lowenstein, Tom is reluctant to disclose many details of their dysfunctional family's secrets. In flashbacks, Tom relates incidents from his childhood to Lowenstein in hopes of discovering how to save Savannah's life. The Wingo parents were an abusive father and an overly proud, status-hungry mother. The father was a shrimp boat operator and, despite being successful at that profession, spent all of his money on frivolous business pursuits, leaving the family in poverty.