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I Know My First Name Is Steven (1989)

Name: I Know My First Name Is Steven
Genre: Crime, Drama
Released: 1989-05-22
Duration: 1 h 30 min
Rating: 7.7

Not Rated (US) | USA | English | 90 min

Directed by: Larry Elikann

7.7

Crime Drama

7-year old Steven Stayner is kidnapped a few days before Christmas by Kenneth Parnell. Under the belief that Parnell has been given legal custody of him, and that his family has moved away, he stays with Parnell for seven years, enduring repetitive sexual abuse the entire time. Finally, at fourteen, he returns home to his family.

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Awards

Golden Globe 1990

Best Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television

Nominated

Primetime Emmy 1989

Outstanding Directing in a Miniseries or a Special

Nominated

Cast & Crew

Larry Elikann

Director

Cindy Pickett

Kay Stayner

John Ashton

Del Stayner

Corin Nemec

Dennis Parnell

Luke Edwards

Steven Stayner (Age 7)

Pruitt Taylor Vince

Irving Murphy

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USA

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1989-05-22

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1990-07-24

Netherlands

(part 1)

1991-09-12

Also Known As (A.K.A.)

I Know My First Name Is Steven

(Original title)

I Know My First Name Is Steven

Australia

The Missing Years

Canada (English title)

Parent Guide

A young boy is almost hit by a car.

Parents of a young boy are upset when he doesn't come home from school, threatening to whip him if he gets out of line again. The next morning after writing his name on the garage the mom scolds him.

A young boy is taken by two men (they pretend to be church guys)

In a night scene in a house we hear the boy crying uncomfortably about wanting to go home. We later learn/presume that he was being sexually molested in this scene. It is definately clear that he was sexually molested several times at a later point in the film, and even describes how in court (but the movie only lets on..."he put his...") before ending that scene.

It is also let on that this guy did this to some other kids as well.

A guy yells at a kid to eat his green beans.

A young boy sneaks out at night and walks down a street by a bar where several creepy guys are and pass along numerous creepy comments. A police car comes and they project blame on the kid, but he manages to runs away. When returning the guy questions where he went, he tells him the dog had to use the bathroom and he believes him.

A father yells at his kid when (s)he is going to paint over a spot on the garage door.

Two men kidnap another kid, this time forceably as one throws the kid into the car. As the driver speeds off gives the other guy something and tells him to put it in the kid's mouth.

A teenager and one young kid manage to escape the captors house one night he goes to work. While running down the road, each time a pair of headlights approach some tense music plays hinting on that it might be the kidnapper.

A teenager nearly gets into a couple of car accidents.

A teenager walks across a guard rail over a ravine. This scene lasts awhile and is very intense.

High school kids pick on the teenager about his sexual relationship with his captor (like, where's your purse and showering after gym class about what he might be thinking)

This film is definately very intense especially in the second part of the aftermath.

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