Space (miniseries)

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This article is about the 1985 American television miniseries. For the 1975-1977 British television series, see Space: 1999.
Space
Also known as James A. Michener's Space
Genre Miniseries
Written by James A. Michener (novel)
Richard Berg
Stirling Silliphant
Directed by Lee Philips
Joseph Sargent
Starring James Garner, Beau Bridges, Bruce Dern, Harry Hamlin, Michael York
Composer(s) Tony Berg
Miles Goodman
Country of origin Flag of the United States United States
Language(s) English
Production
Producer(s) Richard Berg
Martin Manulis
Co-producer(s) Allan Marcis
Editor(s) Donald R. Rode
Patrick Kennedy
George Jay Nicholson
Cinematography Héctor R. Figueroa (episodes 1, 5, 6)
Gayne Rescher (episodes 2-4)
Broadcast
Original channel CBS
First shown in April 14-18, 1985
External links
IMDb profile

Space is a television mini-series created by CBS in 1985. It is based on a novel by James A. Michener published in 1982. The program is also called "James A. Michener's Space". Like the novel, the mini-series is a fictionalised history of the United States space program. The show starred James Garner.

"Space" won three Emmy Awards, including an award for film sound mixing. It originally aired from April 14 through 18, 1985, and consisted of five parts running a total of 13 hours. In subsequent showings, it was cut to nine hours. [1]

Contents

[edit] Plot

Norman Grant (James Garner), a former war hero turned senator who tirelessly promotes the American space program despite almost insurmountable opposition. Other principal players include John Pope (Harry Hamlin), who matriculates from shavetail West Pointer to pioneering astronaut in the company of fellow space-traveler Randy Claggett (Beau Bridges); Leopold Strabismus (David Dukes), a hedonistic wheeler-dealer who hopes to capitalize on the 1947 UFO scare; German rocket scientist Dieter Kolff (Michael York), whose ideals (or lack thereof) are put to the test when he shifts his allegiance from the Nazis to the Americans; and Stanley Mott (Bruce Dern), an aeronautical engineer whose secret assignment is to make certain that men like Kolff aren't snatched up by the Soviets after the fall of Germany.

[edit] Cast and crew information

[edit] Cast

  • Michael York as Dieter Kolff
  • James Garner as Norman Grant
  • Bruce Dern as Stanley Mott
  • Harry Hamlin as John Pope
  • Beau Bridges as Randy Claggett

[edit] Production Credits

Lionel Couch (Art Director), James Michener (Book Author), Hector R. Figueroa (Cinematographer), Gayne Rescher (Cinematographer), Tony Berg (Composer (Music Score)), Miles Goodman (Composer (Music Score)), Lee Philips (Director), Joseph Sargent (Director), Donald R. Rode (Editor), Patrick Kennedy (Editor), George Jay Nicholson (Editor), Dick Berg (Executive Producer), Allan Marcil (Producer), Martin Manulis (Producer), Joseph Jennings (Production Designer), Stirling Silliphant (Screenwriter), Dick Berg (Screenwriter),

[edit] Awards

  • 1985: Emmy Award, Outstanding Film Sound Mixing for a Limited Series or a Special
  • 1985: Emmy Award nominee, Outstanding Limited Series
  • 1986: Artios Award nominee, Best Casting for TV Miniseries

[edit] References

  1. ^ Most of this page, including summary and plot description, is primarily from [1]


Preceded by
The Day After		 Emmy Award for Outstanding Film Sound Editing for a Limited Series or a Special
1985		 Succeeded by
An Early Frost


v • d • e
Works by James A. Michener
Novels:

The Fires of Spring (1949) • Return to Paradise (1951) • The Bridges at Toko-Ri (1953) • The Floating World (1954) • Sayonara (1954) • The Bridge at Andau (1957) • Hawaii (1959) • Caravans (1963) • The Source (1965) • The Drifters (1971) • Centennial (1974) • Chesapeake (1978) • The Covenant (1980) • Space (1982) • Poland (1983) • Texas (1985) • Legacy (1987) • Alaska (1988) • Caribbean (1989) • Journey (1989) • The Novel (1991) • Mexico (1992) • Recessional (1994) • Matecumbe (2007)
Non Fiction:

The Future of the Social Studies (1939) • The Voice of Asia (1951) • Rascals in Paradise (1957) • Report of the Country Chairman (1961) • Iberia (1968) • Presidential Lottery (1969) • The Quality of Life (1970) • Kent State: What Happened and Why (1971) • Sports in America (1976) • About Centennial: Some Notes on the Novel (1978) • United States of America (1982) • Collectors, Forgers - And A Writer: A Memoir (1983) • All We Did Was Fly to the Moon (1985) • Six Days in Havana (1989) • Pilgrimage: A Memoir of Poland and Rome (1990) • The Eagle and The Raven (1990) • My Lost Mexico (1992) • The World is My Home (1992) • Writer's Handbook (1992) • Creatures of the Kingdom (1993) • Literary Reflections (1993) • William Penn (1994) • Ventures in Editing (1995) • Miracle in Seville (1995) • This Noble Land (1996) • A Century of Sonnets (1997)
Short story collections:

Tales of the South Pacific (1947) • Selected Writings of James Michener (1978)
Film, TV and
theatrical adaptations:

South Pacific (musical) (1949) • The Bridges at Toko-Ri (1953) • Sayonara (1957) • South Pacific (film) (1958) • Hawaii (film) (1966) • Centennial (miniseries) (1978) • Space (miniseries) (1985)
about Michener:

James A. Michener: A Biography (1985) • James A. Michener: A Bibliography (1996) • Michener: A Writer's Journey (2005)