Mark Stein (author) History Channel series by the same name. Mark Stein (author) Mark Stein (born 1951) is an American writer. Raised in Silver Spring, Maryland, he graduated from the University of Wisconsin–Madison in 1973. Stein wrote the screenplay for the Goldie Hawn and Steve Martin film "Housesitter." His stage plays were first produced at New Playwrights Theater of Washington, D.C. From there he went on to productions at Actors Theater of Louisville, Manhattan Theatre Club, South Coast Repertory, the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, the Fountain Theater in Los Angeles, the Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre, and elsewhere. His non-fiction book, "How the States Got
Hope (1997 film) magazine wrote: "First-time helmer Goldie Hawn embodies a surprising maturity and assurance directing this tearjerker set amid the early ’60s paranoia manufactured by the Cuban Missile Crisis and the growing restlessness of the Civil Rights Movement. Film is sensitively wrought, if sometimes simplistic and heavy-handed, with Hawn showing a firm grasp of the familial ties that bind — and blind." On Rotten Tomatoes, "Hope" currently holds 73% of audience score. Hope (1997 film) Hope is a 1997 American made-for-TV drama film, starring Christine Lahti, Jena Malone and Catherine O'Hara. It was written by Kerry Kennedy and directed by Goldie Hawn,