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Dad's in Heaven with Nixon
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Wikipedia article
'Dad's in Heaven with Nixon' is a 2010 documentary film produced, directed and written by Tom Murray. Web site, inheavenmovie.com, for the documentary. It concerns the history of the Murray family and especially of Tom's brother Chris Murray, a man with autism whose paintings of cityscapes, first promoted by family friend Gloria Vanderbilt, have garnered widespread praise. The title refers to Chris' belief that his late father, who loathed Richard Nixon, is now friends in heaven with the former president. Ranging over three generations of Murrays, whose patriarchs struggled with alcoholism and bipolar disorder, the film treats of subjects ranging from father-son relationships to the Great Depression, from the effects of divorce on families to the cushy lifestyle of the residents of Southampton, New York.
See also
*'Golden Clan', a non-fiction account of the Murray / McDonnell family of New York, by John Corry
*Thomas E. Murray, the great-grandfather of Tom and Christopher Murray
*List of films about Autism
*Autism spectrum disorders in the media
*'Autism: The Musical'
*'The Horse Boy'
*'Recovered: Journeys Through the Autism Spectrum and Back'
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