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Directed by | Stuart Margolin |
Produced by | Frank Konigsberg |
Written by | Joseph Wambaugh |
Screenplay by | Stanley Kalis |
Based on | the novel by Joseph Wambaugh |
Starring | James Garner Margot Kidder John Lithgow |
Music by | Stuart Margolin |
Cinematography | Michael W. Watkins Jon Kranhouse |
Editing by | M.S. Martin |
Studio | HBO Pictures |
Distributed by | HBO Pictures Thorn EMI |
Release date(s) | October 11, 1984 |
Running time | 97 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
The Glitter Dome is a 1984 made-for-HBO film starring James Garner, Margot Kidder and John Lithgow. The film, based on the 1981 Joseph Wambaugh Hollywood-set homicide novel, was directed by Stuart Margolin, who also scored the film and played a supporting part. The movie was filmed in Vancouver, Canada and co-starred Colleen Dewhurst. It was subsequently released on video in 1985.[1]
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The world of the Hollywood detective division is exposed via The Glitter Dome (the bar they frequent and a slang reference to Hollywood, California). When the investigation of a high profile studio president is going nowhere, the case is handed over to two experienced detectives, Al Mackey and Marty Welborn, who have a reputation for being able to solve the toughest cases, through creative means. For this case, they need help. They get it from a pair of vice cops, called the Ferret and the Weasel, and a pair of street cops commonly referred to as the street monsters thanks to their fondness for violence.
When first telecast on November 11, 1984, The Glitter Dome was criticized for a brief bondage sequence involving Margot Kidder: in retrospect, however, "the scene serves to affirm the integrity and decency of the character played by James Garner".[2]
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