Daniel and The Towers is a television film featuring the famous folk art masterpiece, the Watts Towers (located in the Watts neighborhood of Los Angeles), and their creator Simon Rodia's friendship with a 10-year-old neighborhood boy.

The story itself, and the friendship it describes, are fiction; however, Simon Rodia did build the towers. Some of the neighborhood situations that the film portrays are factually based.

Plot

Cast

In Credits Order

Actor/Actress Role(s)
Miguel AlamoDaniel Guerra
Shawn HarrisonSean
Jimmy YungLiko
Allan ArbusSimon 'Sam' Rodia
Montrose HaginsHellen Littlefield
Carmen ZapataConsuelo Guerra
Beulah QuoLynn Chow
Michael McKeanWexler Hatch
Liam SullivanCommissioner
Janice McElroyMiss Williams
Mary LowittCustomer At Store
Steven CamarilloRude Vacho 1
Telly BilbrewRude Vacho 2
Anthony James GuttierrezRude Vacho 3
John OutterbridgePostman
Tom NobleCommissioner's Assistant

Crew

Writers

In Alphabetical Order

Producers

  • Christopher Chase: Associate Producer
  • Judith James: Producer (as Judith Rutherford James)
  • Michael D. Pariser: Line Producer

Original Music

  • Dennis Dreith

Cinematography

  • Tom Hurwitz

Film Editing

Casting

  • Vicki Hillman

Production Design

  • John Ivo Gilles

Costume Design

  • Heidi Freundlich Gilles (as Heidi Freundlich-Gilles)

Makeup Department

  • Marietta Carter-Narcisse: Hair Assistant (as Marietta Carter)
  • Marietta Carter-Narcisse: Makeup Assistant (as Marietta Carter)
  • Robin Siegel: Hair Stylist
  • Robin Siegel: Makeup Artist

Distribution Information

The drama, under the WonderWorks Family Movie tag, came to television in 1987 and was released on VHS in 1992 .

  • Runtime: 61 min
  • Country: United States
  • Language: English
  • Color: Color

Awards

The movie was nominated by the Young Artist Awards in 1988 as "Best Television Family Special, Movie of the Week or Variety Show" and Miguel Alamo was nominated for "Best Young Actor Starring in a Television Drama Special, Movie of the Week or Variety Show".


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