Adam is a 1983 American television film starring Daniel J. Travanti and JoBeth Williams. It aired on October 10, 1983 on NBC. On its original air date, it was seen by an audience ofmillion people. It was rebroadcast on April 30, 1984, and again on April 29, 1985. At the end of each broadcast of the film, a series of missing childrens photographs and descriptions were displayed on the screen for viewers, and a number was given to call if a viewer had information about them. The 1985 photograph series was introduced by President Ronald Reagan in a prerecorded message, ...maybe your eyes can help bring them home. A sequel, Adam His Song Continues followed on September 29, 1986, also starring Travanti and Williams .
Filming of the movie was conducted in and around Houston, Texas. The scenes portrayed at the Hollywood Mall of Hollywood, Florida were filmed at the nowdefunct Westwood Mall in Houston, and at the Sears which was one of its former anchor stores.dead link The Sears store where some scenes were filmed is still standing.citation needed The three broadcasts of Adam were followed by pictures and descriptions of missing children as of each of the respective broadcasts. A hotline was also active, to take calls regarding the children. This was ultimately credited with findingof 55 children from the 1983 broadcast, including future rapper Bizzy Bone, andof 51 children shown in the 1984 broadcast. As of two days after the 1985 showing, 3,522 calls had been made to the hotline, andof 54 featured missing children had already been found. ........
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