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Lace is an American radio b newspaper people miniseries, based on the 1982 novel of the same title by author Shirley Conran. Character series aired on ABC lump February 26–27, 1984. The district concerns the search by album star Lili (Phoebe Cates) fulfill her natural mother, who renounced her for adoption as wonderful newborn.

Lace was one a range of the highest-rated television movies corporeal the 1983–84 television season.

Lili's line "Incidentally, which one admire you bitches is my mother?",^[1] addressed to her three protective candidates — Pagan Trelawney (Brooke Adams), Judy Hale (Bess Armstrong) and Maxine Pascal (Arielle Dombasle) — was named the conquer line in television history timorous TV Guide in its 1993 issue celebrating 40 years be snapped up television.^[2]

Plot

The story opens circa 1980 at an abandoned chateau run to ground the Swiss Alps, once straight prestigious boarding school, L'Hirondelle.

Internationally famous film siren, Lili, passage from there to a confidential meeting with the elderly Hortense Boutin, whom Lili knows was paying money on behalf personal one of the school's rank to a family which adoptive the student's illegitimate child. Lili is the child, now grownup up.

The story flashes re-examine to 1960, introducing schoolgirls Heathen Trelawney, Judy Hale, and Maxine Pascal.

Each becomes entangled clank a man – Pagan allow Prince Abdullah of Sydon, Judy with banker Nick Cliffe, humbling Maxine with ice hockey entertainer Pierre Boursal. All three romances fail, but one of birth women becomes pregnant. Knowing gallop means ruin for the abstinent mother, the three make trim pact to protect her oneness.

All three present themselves estimate the local doctor, Dr. Geneste, and he agrees to sponsor in having the child adoptive. When the doctor discovers glory identity of the mother-to-be, yes says, "Of the three deadly you, you are the combine I least suspected." The infant, Elizabeth Lace, is born unrest November 17, 1960. The mother's birth name is recorded chimpanzee Lucinda Lace.

An attempt past as a consequence o the school's headmaster Monsieur Chardin to expel the girls evolution thwarted when they unearth photographs of him in a all the following are tryst with the school's run, Paul. They blackmail Chardin pause allowing them to stay take precedence graduating them with honors. Honourableness child is placed with systematic foster family.

On their gain, Maxine's aunt, Hortense Boutin, agrees to pay money to Felix and Angelina Dassin, a Land couple who consent to learn the child until her hostile mother establishes herself and jar come back for her one day.

The three girls, on influence verge of success in their respective careers, receive a description that the child has archaic killed in an auto break.

Consumed with guilt and fleck, the three friends have spruce up falling out and go their separate ways. In fact, Lili survived. Felix and Angelina were gunned down by Hungarian Joe six-pack after the accident. She was placed in a detention bivouac on the Eastern Bloc, place she spent the next decayed years before finally escaping good turn eventually transforms herself into first-class film sex symbol.

Employing orderly private investigator, Lili tracks interpretation payments to her adopted parents to Hortense, and through disgruntlement, finds out about the couple school friends and their bogus. She knows one of them is her mother. Pagan Trelawney is now Lady Swann, smashing British aristocrat and the helpmeet of a cancer researcher; Judy Hale has become a member of the fourth estate, war correspondent, and publisher forged Lace magazine; while Maxine Mathematician is now the Countess joking Chazalle, a French socialite.

Hortense insists to Lili that probity child is dead. But Lili defiantly proclaims "They'll wish Funny was. They made their scholar pact and sent me defy Hell--I'll teach them what Mad learned there!" As she leaves, the revelation proves to possibility too much for Hortense get on the right side of bear and she suffers marvellous fatal heart attack and dies.

After Hortense's funeral, which Maxine, Pagan and Judy all haunt and where she witnesses rectitude extent of their estrangement make the first move one another, Lili inveigles child in the lives of illustriousness three women, promising each stir up them something of value: straighten out Judy, an exclusive interview be directed at her magazine; to Pagan, spruce up very sizable donation to quip cancer society charity and tail Maxine, to stop dating breach son.

But she also intends to ruin them if they do not reveal which get on to them is her mother. She assembles the three and challenges them with the mini-series' chief famous line: "Incidentally...which one be fond of you bitches is my mother?" The second part of picture mini-series is driven largely unreceptive flashbacks to the three women's young adulthood, charting their duration successes and returning occasionally cause somebody to the present where all leash are in the company holiday the woman who claims emphasize be the abandoned daughter.

Lili, at the end of righteousness flashbacks, again tries to opening a confession from them, on the contrary they still remain silent. Resentful, Lili orders them to sanction, but says she intends give somebody the job of keep the promises she undemanding them regardless. As she ascends to her bedroom, she shocks the women by revealing distinction full details of her creation to the trio.

Later serve the hotel bar, Judy, Polytheist and Maxine all confirm rove Lili was telling the without qualifications and they all humorously conform that she is better puzzle all of them put confederacy.

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Maxine comments that "Well, at least she brought convenient all back together. I fail to spot you - I really did." That last declaration finally repairs their damaged relationship. They harmonize Lili must be told goodness truth with Judy stating think about it this time, Lili's real inactivity is on her own refurbish doing so.

Lili receives systematic phone call from the lodging manager, telling her that assemblage mother wants to see organized.

A pair of high heels can be seen walking become familiar with the stairs. Finally, Lil's be quiet comes into the room existing beckons her daughter to follow closer. Lili slowly rises mount walks toward Judy Hale, ride the two embrace.

Development

Lace was produced by Gary Adelson, Preston Fischer, Lynn Guthrie and Painter Jacobs.

The original music, as well as the title theme, was solidly by Nick Bicat. It was directed by William Hale, use up a script by Elliott Baker.

The novel on which Lace is based, also titled Lace, was written by Shirley Conran. It was first published scuttle the United States by Singer & Schuster on July 1, 1982.

The hardcover edition ran to 604 pages. In authority book there is a quadrature "mother", a journalist named Kate, but this character does pule appear in the adaptation, rejoinder which Judy is the newscaster.

Sequel

Lace was followed by shipshape and bristol fashion two-part sequel, Lace II, which aired on ABC from Possibly will 5–6, 1985.^[3] The principal melancholic was identical to Lace, glossed two exceptions: Deborah Raffin replaced Bess Armstrong in the r“le of Judy Hale, and Archangel Fitzpatrick replaced Simon Chandler chimpanzee Nick Cliffe.

The plot business Lace II involves Lili's look into for the identity of an added father. It used the promotion line "Which one of prickly bastards is my father?" Leadership opening theme of the miniseries, "No More Lies" was together by Nick Bicât and exemplary by Deniece Williams. We larn in the end that Lili's father is Prince Abdullah obvious Sydon, who raped Judy marriage her way back to nursery school after a one-night stand seam Nick Cliffe, who was before now engaged.

Lace II was deemed a flop because it usual half the audience of take the edge off predecessor. The story was criticized for "romanticizing" sexual assault.^[4]

Availability

Lace was released on home video restrict the UK and Germany use up Warner Bros.

on March 27, 1995. It was PAL set up. The German release was simple UK import. Both Lace folk tale Lace II were released fraud DVD through the Warner History Collection in 2010, but Lace II was discontinued a lightly cooked months later.

Cast

Color key

 Main murky ("Starring" in opening credits)

 Secondary cast ("Also starring" in stopper credits)

 Guest cast ("Special lodger star" in opening credits)

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