No Ordinary Baby
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Peter Werner
Amy Sloan
Philip Bosco
Susie Almgren
David Schaap
Daniel Richard Giverni
Film Details
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Synopsis
Linda Sinclair, a news reporter, and Dr. Amanda Gordon, a perinatologist, are swept into a maelstrom of public tension and relentless media scrutiny as a desperate couple awaits the birth of their baby, the first-ever human clone. The controversy engulfs everyone involved, ultimately threatening the life of the baby.
Dr. Gordon and Dr. Ed Walden, perinatologists at the Center For Reproductive Medicine in Philadelphia, are taking the biggest risk of their careers. They are helping Virginia and Chris Hytner, still mourning the death of their little girl, prepare for the birth of another baby -- the first human clone. But a staff member leaks information of the secret pregnancy and local television news reporter Linda Sinclair breaks the story, leading to an international firestorm of public controversy. Death threats are made against Drs. Gordon and Walden. Later, they are arrested for violating a ban on using federal funds to clone a human being.
Although the Hytners are taken to a secluded nursing home for their protection, a bomb threat at the facility forces an evacuation. Virginia goes into labor, and Amy Lynn Hytner is born three weeks prematurely. Media hordes outside the hospital greet the news. Now a celebrity herself, Linda continues her reporting. The Hytners inviter her to meet Amy, but as Linda is holding the baby, the tiny child stops breathing. Later, Amanda announces that Amy is dead of respiratory failure. Amanda indirectly blames the media circus for what happened -- overwhelming Linda with guilt and sorrow.
A year later at her network job in New York, Linda is assigned to find the vanished Hytners for an anniversary story on Amy's birth. Following a lead to a rural farmhouse, Linda spies Chris Hytner with a one-year-old girl. She turns to leave, furious that no one trusted her with the truth. Amanda tells Linda that the baby is still very ill. This time, the Hytners are trusting her to say nothing. Linda drives away in turmoil, knowing she holds the fate of Amy Hytner in her hands.
Director
Peter Werner
Cast
Amy Sloan
Philip Bosco
Susie Almgren
David Schaap
Daniel Richard Giverni
Bridget Fonda
Arnold Pinnock
Andrew Peplowski
Conrad Pla
Claudia Ferri
Bill Haugland
Arthur Grosser
Jeannie Walker
Bruce Dinsmore
Dorothee Berryman
Liz Maccrae
Tony Calabretta
Steve Adams
Danette Mckay
Mary Beth Hurt
Valerie Mahaffey
Eric Goulum
Alan Fawcett
Adam Lefevre
Mike Tsar
Ted Whittall
Charles Doucet
Joey Elias
Norman Berketa
Ron Lea
Benz Antoine
Vlasta Vrana
Crew
Isabelle Abastado
Rick Ash
Amy Atkins
Daniel Auclair
Ted Babcock
Jacqueline Bisbano
Sylvie Boily
France Boudreau
Stephane Bourdeau
Rosina Bucci
Michelle C(tt
Frances Calder
Arthur Caplan
Richard Carriere
Keith Chirgwin
Buck Deachman
Joe Earle
David Eichhorn
Terri Fricon
Paule Girardin
Sophie Givernaud
Susan Glicksman
Perri Gorrara
Steven Haft
Richard Kadrey
Brian Keane
Richard Kletter
Richard Kletter
Louise Lapensee
Sylvie Laurin
Marie-josee Lopez
Kenneth Mackenzie
Louis Marion
Nicoletta Massone
Tim Parkinson
Claude Portier
Neil Roach
Daniele Rohrbach
Peter Sadowski
Robert M. Sertner
Kate Shorter
Robert Stecko
Randy Sutter
Todd Thaler
Elizabeth Tremblay
Frank Von Zerneck
Clare Walker
Benjamin A Weissman
Z Jean Woods
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Miscellaneous Notes
Aired in United States August 8, 2006
Aired in United States October 8, 2001
Previous title: "After Amy."
Began shooting May 26, 2001.
Completed shooting late June 2001.
