December 12, 2002

MULTIPLE EMMY AWARD-WINNER TYNE DALY, MARGARET COLIN AND NEIL PATRICK HARRIS STAR IN "THE WEDDING DRESS," TO BE REBROADCAST WEDNESDAY, JAN. 1
ON THE CBS TELEVISION NETWORK

Daly and Her Real-Life Daughter Kathryne Dora Brown Play Mother and Daughter

Renowned Designer Vera Wang Has Provided Several of Her Designs

THE WEDDING DRESS, a romantic new television movie starring multiple Emmy Award- winner Tyne Daly ("Judging Amy"), Margaret Colin ("Now and Again") and Neil Patrick Harris ("Joan of Arc"), will be rebroadcast Wednesday, Jan. 1 (9:00-11:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network. (Originally broadcast 10/28/01)

In the film, about a magical wedding dress that moves through the lives of five different couples, Daly and her real-life daughter Kathryne Dora Brown ("For Love of Olivia"), play mother and daughter. Renowned designer Vera Wang has provided several of her designs for the film.

The story begins with bride-to-be Hannah Pinkham excitedly awaiting the return of her fiancé from World War II. Just days before the wedding, she learns that he has been killed, and her exquisite wedding dress, which she and her mother designed, is thrown into a cedar-lined trunk, put into the attic and forgotten.

More than five decades later, photographer Travis Cleveland (Harris) is set to marry a beautiful fashion model to the dismay of his adoring assistant, Zoey (Brown). When his fiancée refuses to wear the beautiful vintage gown that once belonged to his Aunt Hannah, he begins to realize that she may not be the woman of his dreams. Meanwhile, Travis loses Zoey, just as he starts to realize that she was truly his perfect match. Through a series of circumstances, the exquisite dress makes its way through four other couples, changing their lives and transcending the barriers of race, class and age, before it makes its way back to Zoey and works its magic on her.

Daly plays Zoey's mother, Joan Delano, an artist who uses the dress as a model for one of her paintings and ends up marrying a neighbor with whom she's been at odds for years. Colin plays Madeline Carter, who borrows the dress for a fundraiser, themed "The Wedding Dress," and ends up finding her "Mr. Right."

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Tyne Daly, who has won five Emmy Awards and been nominated for 10, currently stars as Maxine Gray in the Network's hit series, "Judging Amy." She received four Emmys for her role in the long-running series "Cagney & Lacey," and a fifth for her performance in "Christy," both on the Network. Her extensive television credits also include guest-starring roles in various television series and starring roles in dozens of television movies, including four "Cagney & Lacey" films, "The Perfect Mother" and "Kids Like These," all on the Network. She also received an Emmy nomination for "Intimate Strangers." Daly has appeared on Broadway in numerous productions, including "Gypsy," for which she won a Tony Award. Her feature film credits include "John and Mary," "Zoot Suit," "The Enforcer," "Telefon," "The Aviator," "Movers and Shakers" and "The Simian Line."

Margaret Colin starred in the television series "Now and Again," "The Wright Verdicts," "Legwork, " "Sibs" and "Foley Square," all on the Network. She had a recurring role in the CBS series "Chicago Hope." Her additional television credits include the movies "Goodnight, Sweet Wife: A Murder in Boston," "Swing Vote," "Hit and Run," "Double Rush" and "A Time To Say Goodbye." Colin is also known for her roles in the feature films "Independence Day" and "The Devil's Own," as well as for her performance on Broadway in "Jackie: An American Life," which earned her the 1998 Theater World Award for Outstanding Broadway Debut. Her additional feature film credits include "Something Wild," "Three Men and a Baby," "The Butcher's Wife," "Pretty in Pink," "Like Father, Like Son" "Amos and Andrew," "Terminal Velocity," "The Adventures of Sebastian Cole" and "Milk and Money."

Neil Patrick Harris' television series leading roles include "Doogie Howser, M.D." and "Stark Raving Mad." His television movie credits include "A Christmas Wish" and "Snowbound," both on the Network, and the CBS mini-series, "Joan of Arc." His feature film credits include "Clara's Heart," "The Next Best Thing," "The Proposition," "Starship Troopers" and "Undercover Brother." He will make his Broadway debut in 2001 in Stephen Sondheim's "Assassins." His other stage credits include "Sweeney Todd," "Rent," "Romeo and Juliet," "Luck, Pluck & Virtue," "Peter Pan" and "The End of the Day."

Kathryne Dora Brown's television credits include the CBS television movies "To Dance with Olivia" and "Cagney & Lacey: The Return," as well as the cable movie "The Tiger Woods Story." She had a recurring role in the cable series "Linc's" and guest-starring roles on the series "Becker," "Chicago Hope," Promised Land" and "Christy," all on the Network, as well as "The Practice" and Jack & Jill."

THE WEDDING DRESS was produced by Sarabande Productions. David Manson ("Nothing Sacred") and Arla Sorkin Manson ("Mind Games") are the executive producers; Rose Lam ("Beggars and Choosers") is the supervising producer, and Nadine Schiff ("Made in America") and Sarah Ryan Black ("Restoration") are the producers. Sam Pillsbury ("Free Willy III") directed the film from a script by Alexander Ignon ("Ransom") and Emily Tracy ("Indiscretion of an American Wife").

RATING: TVPG

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