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  • Insight A Step Too Slow (Season 1, Episode 816)
  • TV Episode | Drama

Insight

A Step Too Slow (Season 1, Episode 816)
TV Episode | Drama

A high-schooler (Judge Reinhold) becomes good friends with a shy new classmate (Jeanne Mori) who has just come with her family from Vietnam. Through their tightly-knit friendship, she opens up, and he realizes the struggles that she and ...See moreA high-schooler (Judge Reinhold) becomes good friends with a shy new classmate (Jeanne Mori) who has just come with her family from Vietnam. Through their tightly-knit friendship, she opens up, and he realizes the struggles that she and her family face as they adapt to American culture. Inspired by her story but blinded by what only the two of them understand on a humanitarian level, he writes an acoustic-guitar song he titles "A Step Too Slow." Inspired by true compassion and the circumstances of being an outcast and the pressures of high school, he pulls off the most incredible emotional and lyrically-epic performance in front of the class that opens their blind eyes, and gives them a gift as well with a voice of freedom and expression to his new friend. The silence of the class is eventually broken by another classmate who initiates a sing-along to the catchy, warm, heartfelt chorus. A must-see, memorable contribution to humanity. See less
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Director
Michael Ray Rhodes (as Mike Rhodes)
Writer
Jim McGinn (written by)
Composer
Christopher L. Stone (as Chris Stone)
Cinematographer
Status
Edit Released
Updated Apr 5, 1981

Release date
Apr 5, 1981 (United States)

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7 cast members
Name Known for
Judge Reinhold
Bill Cameron Bill Cameron   See fewer
Paula Kelly
Vilma Johnson Vilma Johnson   See fewer
James Hampton
Coach Myers Coach Myers   See fewer
Jeanne Mori
Tuyet Minh Tuyet Minh   See fewer
Kristine DeBell
Barbara Forbes Barbara Forbes   See fewer
Glenn-Michael Jones
Vernon Gibbs (as Glen Michael Jones) Vernon Gibbs (as Glen Michael Jones)   See fewer
Christopher McDonald
Jeff Curry (as Chris McDonald) Jeff Curry (as Chris McDonald)   See fewer
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