Born Too Soon

Born Too Soon is a 1993 American television film about the life of Emily Butterfield, a baby girl who was born prematurely and died 53 days after her birth. The film stars Michael Moriarty and Pamela Reed as Emily's parents, Fox Butterfield and Elizabeth Mehren. It is based on Mehren's 1991 non-fiction book of the same name.^[1][2]

Born Too Soon
Genre	Drama
Based on	Born Too Soon by Elizabeth Mehren
Screenplay by	Susan Baskin
Directed by	Noel Nosseck
Starring	Michael Moriarty Pamela Reed
Theme music composer	Mark Snow
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
Production
Executive producer	Robert M. Myman
Producer	R. W. Goodwin
Production location	Vancouver
Cinematography	Frank Beascoechea
Editor	Robert F. Shugrue
Running time	95 minutes
Production company	Adam Productions
Original release
Network	NBC
Release	April 25, 1993 (1993-04-25)

Plot

Cast

• Michael Moriarty as Fox Butterfield
• Pamela Reed as Elizabeth Mehren
• Terry O'Quinn as Dr. Friedman
• Joanna Gleason as Annemarie
• Mariangela Pino as Leslie
• Elizabeth Ruscio as Dr. Jane Gerstner
• Tina Lifford as Latanya
• Christianne Hirt as Carol
• Christine Avila as Mrs. Diaz
• Dennis Redfield as Tom
• Jay Brazeau as Dr. Wolf

Production

The film was shot in Vancouver.^[3]

Reception

David Parkinson of Radio Times awarded the film three stars out of five.^[4] Ken Tucker of Entertainment Weekly graded the film a B+.^[5]

The film received positive feedback from Butterfield and Mehren.^[6]