CLARA'S HEART (1988)

Privileged but unhappy preteen David Hart (Neil Patrick Harris, in his screen debut) watched the gulf between his distant parents (Kathleen Quinlan, Michael Ontkean) grow after the SIDS loss of his baby sister. He'd unexpectedly find the nurturing he'd sought in Clara Mayfield (Whoopi Goldberg), the no-nonsense but compassionate Jamaican chambermaid his mother hired as a housekeeper. Robert Mulligan's moving take on the Joseph Olshan novel co-stars Spalding Gray, Hattie Winston. 108 min. Widescreen; Soundtracks: English DTS HD mono Master Audio, Dolby Digital mono; Subtitles: English (SDH).