Docudrama |
Mike Echols J.P. Miller Cynthia Whitcomb |
Larry Elikann |
Corin Nemec Luke Edwards Arliss Howard Cindy Pickett John Ashton |
David Shire |
United States |
English |
1 |
2 |
Andrew Adelson |
Kim C. Friese |
David Ramirez Peter V. White |
180 mins. |
Andrew Adelson Company Lorimar Productions |
Lorimar-Telepictures Warner Bros. Television |
NBC |
Color |
Mono |
May 22 – May 23, 1989 |
I Know My First Name Is Steven is a 1989 American television miniseries about kidnap victim Steven Stayner. The two-part miniseries was first broadcast by NBC on May 22 and 23, 1989. Screening rights were sold to a number of international television companies including the BBC, which screened the miniseries in mid-July of the following year; later still, it was released as a feature-length movie. It was nominated as Best Miniseries or Television Film at the 47th Golden Globe Awards and received four Emmy Award nominations.[1]
Plot[edit]
Steven Stayner, a seven-year-old boy, is kidnapped by Kenneth Parnell, with the help of his partner in crime, Irving Murphy. Parnell continues to molest and produce pornographic images of Steven for seven years.
When Steven is 14, Parnell kidnaps a boy named Timmy. As a result, Steven builds up the courage to prevent Timmy from going through the same thing that he went through when he was Timmy's age. He brings Timmy to the police and confesses that he was the victim of a kidnapping by his "dad", Parnell.
Steven later testifies in court on Timmy's behalf, and then later, in a hearing for the crimes Parnell committed against Steven. Parnell spends five years of a seven-year sentence in prison for the kidnapping and sexual abuse against Steven, while his accomplice Murphy spends less than two years in prison.
Cast[edit]
- Cindy Pickett – Kay Stayner
- John Ashton – Del Stayner
- Todd Eric Andrews – Cary Stayner
- Corin Nemec – Steven Stayner / Dennis Parnell
- Luke Edwards – Steven Stayner (age 7)
- Pruitt Taylor Vince – Irving Murphy
- Ray Walston – Bob Augustine
- Bryan Cranston — Officer Dickinson
- Gregg Henry – Officer Kean
- Jim Haynie – Officer Scott
- Barbara Tarbuck – School Counselor
- Scott Curtis – Cary Stayner (age 11)
- Arliss Howard – Kenneth Parnell (uncredited)
- Stephen Dorff – Pete
- Beth Grant – Mrs. Beta
Ratings[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ "I Know My First Name is Steven". Emmy Awards. Retrieved March 8, 2018.
- ^ a b "Everybody loved ABC's Baby". USA Today. June 1, 1989. p. 3D. ProQuest 306225180.
External links[edit]
- I Know My First Name Is Steven at IMDb
- I Know My First Name Is Steven at Rotten Tomatoes
The harrowing true account of Steven Stayner, who was kidnapped by a perverted pseudo-priest and his lackey during the 1970s. As he gets older, he realizes that he needs to try to make an es... Read allThe harrowing true account of Steven Stayner, who was kidnapped by a perverted pseudo-priest and his lackey during the 1970s. As he gets older, he realizes that he needs to try to make an escape and get back home.The harrowing true account of Steven Stayner, who was kidnapped by a perverted pseudo-priest and his lackey during the 1970s. As he gets older, he realizes that he needs to try to make an escape and get back home.
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Depressing and sad but true.
What an incredible TV movie,it left me speechless and disturbed for days. Corin Nemek was amazing and very real as Steven,I have seen many of his film and was a Parker Lewis fan when I was little but this was one was his best performance. I think it's very hard to give this film a critic because I don't think this film was made to entertain us ,it was made to educate us on the subject of Child abduction,I don't know about you but as soon as I have kids,the first thing I'll teach them is "NEVER talk to strangers" Parnell is the devil impersonated , how can you take a sweet little boy and strip him of his innocence? I hope he wont get away with it this time(He has been locked up again last year). That scene(The most disturbing scene in the movie if you ask me) were you see Steven at age 9 , smoking a cigarette while watching TV made me very sad because you just knew that it wasn't the same boy,all his childhood was destroyed and he was a child no more.
People need to see this movie,it's an important life lesson.
God bless the late Steven Stayner.
- OliverGbyrne
- Nov 19, 2004
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