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''Michael Landon, the Father I Knew'' is an American biographical television film which originally aired on CBS on Sunday, May 23, 1999. The film was written and directed by Michael Landon, Jr. documenting his privileged, but often troubled, childhood as the son of beloved television actor, writer and director, Michael Landon, Sr. The film stars John Schneider as Michael Landon, Sr., Cheryl Ladd as his second wife Lynn Noe Landon, and Joel Berti, Trever O'Brien and Shawn Pyfrom sharing the role of their eldest son, Michael Landon, Jr. throughout his childhood years. ==Synopsis== The film opens with Michael Landon, Jr. as a child (Shawn Pyfrom) living a comfortable and happy life with his family; his father, ''Bonanza'' star Michael Landon, Sr. (John Schneider), his mother, Lynn Noe Landon (Cheryl Ladd), and his elder sister, Leslie Landon (Rachel Duncan). Michael Sr. is a compassionate and loving father who dotes on his children and, when Lynn announces a new baby is on the way, the family moves to a larger house in the San Fernando Valley. As the family grows and life begins to change, Michael Sr. becomes dissatisfied with his career and home life and his desire to fulfill his own needs begins to take precedent over those of his wife and children. Soon, a now teenage Michael Jr. (Trever O'Brien) and the rest of the Landon family learn that Michael, Sr. has begun an extra-marital romance with ''Little House on the Prairie'' make-up artist, Cindy (Julie Condra), prompting Michael Sr. to eventually divorce Lynn and marry the younger woman. Feeling rejected as a result of the distant relationship that develops over time as their father begins a new family with Cindy, a now young adult Michael Jr. (Joel Berti) begins to struggle in his college classes and turns to alcohol, while his sister Leslie (Sarah Lancaster) develops bulimia, believing that her estranged father might take more of an interest in her if she were thinner. After dropping out of school and overcoming his alcohol dependency, Michael Jr. eventually meets his future wife while working on the set of ''Highway to Heaven'' and the young couple are soon married. However, the newlywed's happiness is short-lived when Michael, Jr. learns that his father has been diagnosed with terminal pancreatic cancer. In one of their final conversations, Michael Sr. discloses the truth of his own unstable childhood, which may have been part of the reason for his irrational behavior and turbulent family life as an adult. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Michael Landon, the Father I Knew」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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