A Different Approach

For the Star Wars: The Bad Batch episode, see A Different Approach (Star Wars: The Bad Batch).

A Different Approach is a 1978 live-action short film starring Michael Keaton alongside an all-star cast.^[1]

A Different Approach
Directed by	Fern Field
Written by	Jim Belcher
Produced by	Jim Belcher Fern Field
Starring	Melissa Sue Anderson Lucie Arnaz Stockard Channing Michael Keaton
Cinematography	Jose Luis Mignone
Music by	Marvin Laird
Distributed by	South Bay Mayors' Committee for Employment of the Handicapped
Release date	1978 (1978)
Running time	21 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Summary

The film is an all-star educational film about the positive side of hiring people with disabilities. A committee of government representatives sits and watch the film Michael Keaton's character's assembled to sell companies on hiring people with disabilities, which takes "a different approach" by combining several approaches—most of them suggested by Hollywood personalities.^[2]

Accolades

The film was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film.^[3]