Small Sacrifices

Does anyone remember that movie? It starred Farah Fawcett, she played a mother who fell in love with a married man who did not want to be a father to her 3 children from a previous marriage, so she drove down a dark isolated road at night and shot her children. At the end of the movie Farah who plays "Diane Downs" (sp?), has a baby from another guy after murdering her one child and attempting to murder the other 2.

I'm watching Dateline tonight and they did an interview on the baby, now an adult, that Diane had when she was in prison. The baby was given up for adoption immediately after Diane gave birth to her. It was an interesting interview. Wondering if anyone else watched it?

I don't think i've seen the movie, But I've read the book. Think I still have it around here somewhere unless it got
given away with the last box of books.

20/20 also had a show about her. I kept wondering where the first three kids father was they never mentioned him. Also wondered if the fourth baby's father would "fess" up now that his daughter was revealed.

I didn't see it but it sounds interesting.

Not trying to start a ass kicking debate but women kill their babies every day through abortion because of inconvenience , do you not believe by passive acceptance allot more of this behavior will occur ?

feathers wrote:

Not trying to start a ass kicking debate but women kill their babies every day through abortion because of inconvenience , do you not believe by passive acceptance allot more of this behavior will occur ?

No.

feathers wrote:

Not trying to start a ass kicking debate but women kill their babies every day through abortion because of inconvenience , do you not believe by passive acceptance allot more of this behavior will occur ?

No.

HoodieCrow wrote:

feathers wrote:

Not trying to start a ass kicking debate but women kill their babies every day through abortion because of inconvenience , do you not believe by passive acceptance allot more of this behavior will occur ?

No.

+1 :lol:

I read the book years ago. Wished I could have seen the dateline episode.

jamn53 wrote:

20/20 also had a show about her. I kept wondering where the first three kids father was they never mentioned him. Also wondered if the fourth baby's father would "fess" up now that his daughter was revealed.

I think it was 20/20 that aired it last night. I always get the two shows mixed up. The father of the first three kids, signed away his rights when Diane was sentenced, so that the lawyer and his wife could adopt the two surviving children. They never in the movie mentioned what happened to the baby she had in jail. So it was interesting to see this baby, now a grown woman being interviewed and what her life was like growing up.