Dallas: The Early Years
| Dallas: The Early Years | |
|---|---|
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| Genre |
Period drama Soap opera |
| Distributed by | Warner Bros. |
| Directed by | Larry Elikann |
| Produced by | Joseph B. Wallenstein |
| Written by | David Jacobs |
| Based on |
Dallas by David Jacobs |
| Starring |
David Grant Dale Midkiff Molly Hagan David Wilson Hoyt Axton |
| Music by | Jerrold Immel |
| Cinematography | Neil Roach |
| Production company |
Lorimar Television Roundelay Productions |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Original channel | CBS |
| Release date | March 23, 1986 |
| Running time | 180 minutes |
Dallas: The Early Years is a made for television movie that first aired on March 23, 1986 on CBS during the ninth season of the TV series Dallas. It is a prequel to the series.
Plot summary
Written by series creator David Jacobs, the movie chronicles the exploits of John Ross "Jock" Ewing (Dale Midkiff), Eleanor "Miss Ellie" Southworth Ewing (Molly Hagan), and Willard "Digger" Barnes (David Marshall Grant) from 1933 to the early 1950s, and firmly established the background story of TV's Dallas with the long and ongoing feud between Jock and Digger. Larry Hagman appears in the opening sequence as his character J.R. Ewing, being interviewed by a reporter who is researching the Barnes – Ewing feud.
While focusing on the triangle of Jock – Ellie – Digger, the movie also features Jock's brother Jason (David Wilson) and Ellie's father Aaron (Hoyt Axton) as starring characters. It shows the origin of Ewing Oil, and Jock's schemings to make it big, and it deals with the inter-family relations of the Ewings, the Barnes', and the Southworths; also showing Jock's first marriage to Amanda Lewis, and Ellie's relation with her brother Garrison and mother Barbara.
Cast
- Starring
- David Grant as Willard "Digger" Barnes
- Dale Midkiff as Jock Ewing
- Molly Hagan as Ellie Southworth Ewing
- David Wilson as Jason Ewing
- Hoyt Axton as Aaron Southworth
- Introduced by
- Larry Hagman as (the contemporary) J.R. Ewing
- Also Starring
- Bill Duke as Seth Foster
- Geoffrey Lewis as Ed Porter
- Guest Starring
- Diane Franklin as Amanda Lewis Ewing
- Marshall Thompson as Dr. Ted Johnson
- William Frankfather as Newman
- Wendel Meldrum as Honey
- Joe Rainer as Sam Culver
- Marjie Rynearson as Barbara Southworth
- Liz Keifer as Cherie Simmons
- Matt Mulhern as Garrison Southworth
- Davis Roberts as The Preacher
- Kevin Wixted as J.R. Ewing
- Co-Starring
- Ryan Beadle as Bobby Ewing
- Angie Bolling as Deborah Culver
- Johnny Felder as Cliff Barnes
- Rhashell Hunter as Priscilla Foster
- Bennie Moore as Benjamin Foster (1933)
- Norma Moore as Maggie Barnes
- Terrence Riggins as Benjamin Foster (1951)
- Andrea Wauters as Pamela Barnes
DVD release
Warner Home Video released Dallas: The Early Years on DVD April 12, 2011 on Dallas: The Movie Collection 2-disc set.[1]
References
- ↑ Lambert, David (8 February 2011). "Dallas - Package Art - Front and Rear - Finally Arrives for 'The Movie Collection' DVDs". TVShowsOnDVD.Com. Retrieved 14 June 2012.
External links
- Dallas: The Early Years at the Internet Movie Database
- Ultimate Dallas: Official Guide to the series
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