Dawn Anna | 
| Director: Arliss Howard
Actors: Debra Winger, Alex Van, Sam Howard (ii), Stephen Warner (ii), Krista Rae
Studio: Lifetime
Category: DVD
List Price: $14.98
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Rating:  16 reviews
Sales Rank: 30698
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dvd, Subtitled, Ntsc
Languages: English (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), English (Original Language)
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 89 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6
ISBN: 1419801414
UPC: 012569589964
EAN: 9781419801419
ASIN: B0009GX1DI
Theatrical Release Date: January 10, 2005
Release Date: July 12, 2005
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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Description
Times have been stormy, but single mom Dawn Anna finally sees blue skies. She has four loving kids, meets a wonderful new man, and finds an ideal job teaching math and coaching volleyball. Then illness strikes, threatening not only Dawn's new way of life, but life itself. Following harrowing brain surgery, Dawn must learn to speak and walk all over again. Helping her heal is an around-the-clock job, but Dawn triumphs with the devoted support of an around-the-clock family. Then life deals her an even more staggering blow. Can Dawn summon the courage to overcome one more heartbreak?
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| Customer Reviews: Read 11 more reviews...
A Wonderful Film February 8, 2009
Richard J. Cuffe (Norfolk, VA USA)
Saw a write-up about this film in the back of my newspaper's weekend TV magazine. So glad I ordered it. No doubt one of the finest films I have ever seen or will ever see. Film arrived in a timely manner and was in Just Like New condition. Sorry for the delayed input of feedback.
Heartwarming January 17, 2008
Carol (Toledo, OH)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I started watching this movie on Lifetime & ended up taping it and finishing it later. I'm glad I did. I finished watching the movie on Jan. 16. I noticed from the tombstone shown in the movie;a day before what should have been another birthday for Lauren. This movie is beautiful and sad and inspirational. I watched it thinking it was a movie about a mother and her illness. It was only when she dropped her daughter off at high school and it showed the name of the school that my heart dropped. God Bless this strong beautiful family!
A wonderful movie on a facinating topic January 17, 2007
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
Dawn Anna is my aunt and she's the greatest aunt ever. We're always in touch and she makes me laugh all the time. She's there for me when I need her, and when Columbine happened we were there for her, Bruce(Bink) as well as my cousins. When I saw this movie on Lifetime I used a whole box of tissues. It's one thing to know about the subject..but it's another when it was your family who lost someone so special and you see it on TV. I don't think that airing this movie was a bad thing for us and the family. If anything I think it has helped everyone find some closure in even the smallest way. And I also think that people should know about the signs of violence. It's an awesome movie. I thank Debra Winger and the rest of the cast every day. I think they did a fabulous job at making everything in this movie like being in their home in reality. One thing I've learned from this movie(as well as being around her, Bink and my cousins) is that there's never a time when somebody should hate another person. You never know when they might be gone. I miss you soo much Lulu, my heart is still broken.
 A Lifetime Orginal Movie: Dawn Anna November 9, 2006
Nathan A. Watkins (Fayetteville, AR)
0 out of 19 found this review helpful
Seeing that I bought this as a gag gift, I have not watched it. I also have not given this gift and dont plan on ever watching it.
The Brightest Among Lifetime's Rare Movie Gems. June 30, 2006
Constant Quirky Conversation (You Can Call Me Connie)
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
As well as Human Trafficking, Dawn Anna is a very well-done Lifetime movie, and its emotional gamut is both wide and varied. From the beginning of this story, I was impressed to watch a strong, single mother of four manage to raise truly good and cooperative children while getting by with very little money as a school teacher. Loved by both her own kids and students alike, this really is a case of bad things happening to good people.
The brain tumor seems so incredibly unfair, but I think that both the network of support and her own resiliency to recover paved the way for her to cope with the upcoming tragedy of losing her youngest daughter Lauren, a sweet, bright, and talented girl during the massacre of Columbine High back in 1999.
Dawn Anna and her kids are likable and admirable, proving that you don't have to be financially endowed to be rich. Bravo, Lifetime, and it would be fantastic if you would give us more movies of this quality!
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