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Dear Zachary: A Letter to a Son About His Father
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Title: Dear Zachary: A Letter to a Son About His Father

Release Date: 31 Oct 2008

Runtime: 1h 33m

Genre: Documentary, Crime

Director: MSNBC Films

Production Companies: MSNBC Films

Overview: In 2001, Andrew Bagby, a medical resident, is murdered not long after breaking up with his girlfriend. Soon after, when she announces she's pregnant, one of Andrew's many close friends, Kurt Kuenne, begins this film, a gift to the child.

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Average Vote: 8.066 (521 votes)

Cast

  • Self (voice): Kurt Kuenne
  • Self (archive footage): Andrew Bagby
  • Self - Father: David Bagby
  • Self - Mother: Kathleen Bagby
  • Self - Ex-Girlfriend (archive footage): Shirley Turner
  • Self - Son (archive footage): Zachary Andrew Turner
  • Self - Former Fiance: Heather Arnold
  • Self - Friend: Jon Atkinson
  • Self - Uncle (archive footage): Bob Bagby
  • Self - Bob's Widow: Earlene Bagby
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