Our Shining Moment

Our Shining Moment is a 1991 television family drama directed by Mark Tinker and starring Cindy Pickett, Max Gail and Don Ameche. It was intended as a pilot for a series which was never produced. It was broadcast on NBC on June 2, 1991.^[1][2]

Our Shining Moment
Genre	Drama
Written by	Patrick Hasburgh
Directed by	Mark Tinker
Starring	Cindy Pickett Max Gail
Music by	Peter Bernstein
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
Production
Producer	Mark H. Ovitz
Production location	Vancouver
Running time	60 minutes
Production company	Touchstone Television
Original release
Network	NBC
Release	June 2, 1991 (1991-06-02)

Premise

In 1963, a father and his teenage son forge a bond when the son is expelled from school and sees his secretly out-of-work father in the park.

Cast

• Cindy Pickett as Betty McGuire
• Max Gail as John McGuire Jr.
• Jonathan Brandis as Michael "Scooter" McGuire
• Seth Green as "Wheels"
• LuAnne Ponce as Maureen McGuire
• Don Ameche as John "Papa" McGuire Sr.
• Shawn Levy as J.J.
• Alvin Sanders as Mr. Rahill
• Bill Dow as Barney
• Sonia Banman as Lois Jessel
• Alec Burden as Father Hogan
• Jack Black as a Teenage Boy