"BACK WHEN WE WERE GROWNUPS," A NEW "HALLMARK HALL OF FAME" PRESENTATION STARRING BLYTHE DANNER, FAYE DUNAWAY, PETER FONDA, JACK PALANCE AND PETER RIEGERT, TO BE BROADCAST SUNDAY, NOV. 21 ON THE CBS TELEVISION NETWORK

BACK WHEN WE WERE GROWNUPS, a new "Hallmark Hall of Fame" presentation starring Tony Award winner Blythe Danner ("Sylvia"), Academy Award winner Faye Dunaway ("Network"), Golden Globe Award winner Peter Fonda ("The Passion of Ayn Rand," "Ulee�s Gold"), Academy Award winner Jack Palance ("City Slickers") and Peter Riegert ("Bleacher Bums"), to be broadcast Sunday, Nov. 21 (9:00-11:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network.

Based on the New York Times best-selling novel by Anne Tyler, the quirky story revolves around a widow who is contemplating what her life would have been like if she had married someone else and calls her ex-boyfriend to see if she can rekindle the old flame and spice up her life.

Since her husband�s death after only six years of marriage, Rebecca (Danner) has single-handedly raised his ever-challenging and now adult daughters, Nono (Betsy Brandt), Biddy (Stacy Edwards) and Patch (Blake Lindsley), as well as one of her own, Min Foo (Ione Skye). Rebecca also inherited her husband�s uncle, 99-year-old Poppy (Palance), a crotchety old man whose total focus is his upcoming 100th birthday. A party planner by trade, Rebecca is always cheerful and upbeat, but, even after many, many years, she�s still not really sure about her standing in this bizarre family.

As she questions how her life might have been different if she hadn�t jilted her former boyfriend, Will (Fonda), for her husband, Rebecca decides to contact him. Seeing Will, who is now a divorced college professor living a structured life, only adds to Rebecca�s dilemma.

As her family life continues to swirl around her, Rebecca begins to understand how much they rely on her and, in their own unique way, truly appreciate her.

Faye Dunaway plays Rebecca�s stepdaughters� real mother, a wholly self-absorbed woman who sweeps into town periodically, but has been mostly missing in their lives. Peter Riegert plays Zeb, Rebecca�s brother-in-law and close confidant.

Blythe Danner starred in the Network series �Presidio Med.� Her other television credits include the movies �Saint Maybe� and �The Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All,� also on the Network, �We Were the Mulvaneys,� �Murder She Purred: A Mrs. Murphy Mystery,� �A Call to Remember� and the mini-series �From the Earth to the Moon� and �Thomas Jefferson.� Her feature film credits include �Sylvia,� �The Quality of Light,� �Meet the Parents,� �The Love Letter,� �To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar,� �Husbands and Wives� and �The Prince of Tides.�

Faye Dunaway�s television credits include the movies �The Biographer,� on the Network, and �Running Mates,� �Gia,� �Rebecca,� �The People Next Door,� �A Family Divided,� and the miniseries �A Will of Their Own.� Her additional feature credits include �The Calling,� �The Rules of Attraction,� �Changing Hearts,� �The Thomas Crown Affair,� �The Chamber� �Don Juan DeMarco,� �The Temp,� �Barfly,� �The Two Jakes,� �Mommie Dearest,� �The Champ,� �The Eyes of Laura Mars� and �Three Days of the Condor.�

Peter Fonda�s television credits include the movies �The Maldonado Miracle,� �The Tempest,� �Don�t Look Back,� �In the Heat of the Night: Give Me your Life� and he served as host for the series �Route 66: Main Street America.� His feature film credits include �Painted Hero,� �Grace of My Heart,� �Deadfall,� �South Beach,� �Family Express,� �Fatal Mission,� �The Rose Garden,� �The Cannonball Run,� �Wanda Nevada,� �Outlaw Blues,� �Futureworld,� �Race with the Devil� and �Easy Rider.�

Jack Palance�s television credits include the mini-series �Buffalo Girls� and �Living With The Dead� and the �Hallmark Hall of Fame� presentation �Sarah, Plain and Tall: Winter�s End,� all on the Network. His additional television credits include the movies �Prancer Returns,� �Ebenezer� and �I�ll Be Home for Christmas.� His feature film credits include �City Slickers II: The Legend of Curly�s Gold,� �Cops and Robbersons,� �Tango & Cash,� �Batman,� �The Horsemen,� �Monte Walsh� and �The Desperados.�

Peter Riegert�s television credits include the movies �Gypsy,� on the Network, �Bleacher Bums,� �Bojangles,� �Club Land,� �Scandalous Me: The Jacqueline Susann Story,� �The Baby Dance,� �Face Down,� �North Shore Fish,� �An Element of Truth� and �The Infiltrator.� His feature film credits include �Passion of Mind,� �Infinity,� �Bleeding Hearts,� �The Mask,� �Passed Away,� �Crossing Delancey� and �Local Hero.�

BACK WHEN WE WERE GROWNUPS is a Hallmark Hall of Fame Production. Richard Welsh ("A Painted House") and Brent Shields ("Brush With Fate") are the executive producers. Ron Underwood ("Monk") is the director from a script by Susanna Styron and Bridget Terry ("Crossing the Line").

RATING: To Be Announced