A Year in the Life
A Year in the Life
| 15 December 1986 (USA)
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Miniseries that follows a family, a year after the death of the matriarch. Her husband tries to cope by cycling. And one of the daughters is going through a rough patch in her second marriage. And the other daughter is about to give birth. And one son is still trying to find himself. And the younger son is engaged but when he meets a girl who makes him feel things he doesn't feel for his fiancée.

Reviews
Hellen I like the storyline of this show,it attract me so much
Matrixston Wow! Such a good movie.
Beystiman It's fun, it's light, [but] it has a hard time when its tries to get heavy.
Skyler Great movie. Not sure what people expected but I found it highly entertaining.
lynnshops Go to ioffer.com to buy a DVD copy I loved this show and wish someone would get it in their library as well as other good, old TV mini-series: Once an Eagle, Chiefs, The Last Convertible, Rich Man Poor Man, Testimony of Two Men. I did buy Testimony of Two Men from the above noted website and the quality is fine, not great, but worth the price and I've enjoyed viewing the show again after 30 odd years. Where has Wendy Phillips disappeared to? I've seen the Lindley character several times, Law and Order, comes to mind. I loved the reality of the characters in AYITL, they were people I would have liked as neighbors, friends or co=workers.
Breneah101 If anyone has tapes that they can make I would love to pay for them. This was my ultimate favorite show back in the eighties when it was on. I was just a teenager then but had such a crush at the time on Trey Ames! I also was a big fan of Amanda Peterson. I wish this show would have launched their careers among many others as well on the show. I sure do wonder what happened to Trey Ames and Amanda Peterson. I wish another network would pick it up. I know it was only one season but so was "My So-Called Life" and that has been picked up and the episodes aired on other networks. I just saw it the other night on a cable channel. "A Year in the Life" had an excellent cast and was excellently written/directed. Shows don't come around like this very often. I miss it and hope to see it on TV at some point in the future.
vibeke-holmdahl I saw the whole series during Christmas in 1988. I taped it and watched it over and over... I simply loved it! It's funny and sad at the same time. What that family goes through in one year is something that could happen to a lot of people. The actors, especially Adam Arkin and Sarah Jessica Parker is doing a good job. I remember I felt sad for the father in the house...If someone ever reads this please send me an E-MAIL. My friend borrowed the tapes a year after, and destroyed it by accident... I was, and still are, very sad.I would very much like to watch this movie again! If you know where to get/buy it please let me know!Have a nice summer :o)
nonfiction18 This started out as a mini-series and then ran as a regular series for a short time. I would like to see it again in either reruns, or it should be remade. As I recall, much of the music that was a part of each episode was popular at the time, so that may be one of the reasons why we do not see it in reruns. Never-the-less, the storyline was very good and the cast of characters were a good blend. Fans of Sarah Jessica Parker would enjoy seeing her in her role as a free-spirited young woman involved with a rather conservative young man. If it is being shown as a re-run somewhere, please tell me when and where. Thank you.