I Still Dream of Jeannie

Infobox Film
name = I Still Dream of Jeannie


caption =
director = Joseph Scanlan
producer = Joan Carson
writer = April Kelly
starring = Barbara Eden
Christopher Bolton
Bill Daily
Al Waxman
Ken Kercheval
music = Ken Harrison
cinematography = Bert Dunk
editing = Stan Cole
distributor = NBC
released = October 20, 1991
runtime = 100 minutes
language = English
preceded_by = "" (1985)
budget =
imdb_id = 0102089

"I Still Dream of Jeannie" is the second and final two-hour made-for-television movie based on the 1965-1970 series "I Dream of Jeannie" which aired on NBC on October 20, 1991 and produced by Columbia Pictures Television.

Barbara Eden and Bill Daily are the only two regular cast members of the original series to reprise their roles in this movie. Once again, Larry Hagman was unavailable to reprise his role of Tony Nelson since he had just completed a 13-year run on CBS' "Dallas" and was taking a vacation. Although the character Tony Nelson is mentioned throughout the film, he remains unseen.

The film was directed by Joseph Scanlan and the teleplay was written by April Kelly.

ynopsis

Colonel Tony Nelson is on a top-secret space mission for NASA and Jeannie does not know of his whereabouts or when he'll be returning home to hear their son Anthony Jr.'s, (himself a half-human-half djin), academic presentation speech. When Jeannie goes to NASA to question General Wescott about her husband's mission, he refuses to cooperate. To make matters worse, her jealous and mischievous sister Jeannie II reminds Sham-Ir (the chief genie) that since Tony has been away for a long time, Jeannie cannot remain in the plane of reality for more than 3 months without an earthly master. Sham-Ir gives Jeannie 14 days to either find her husband or a new master (a single male only) or else she must return to Mesopotamia forever. So Jeannie begins her desperate search for a temporary master which leads her to a singles bar and other misadventures.

Cast

*Barbara Eden - Jeannie / Jeannie II
*Christopher Bolton - Anthony Nelson Jr.
*Bill Daily - Roger Healy
*Al Waxman - General Wescott
*Ken Kercheval - Mr. Simpson
*Peter Breck - Sham-Ir

Notes

* "I Still Dream of Jeannie" was filmed from July to August 1991 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada and exterior scenes were shot at Simon Fraser University in Burnaby, British Columbia.

* In an interview about the movie, Barbara Eden said: "We tried to retain the spirit of the original. We wanted to stay as close as possible as to what was done before, because the show is not off the air. It's on all over the world. To change (Jeannie), I think, would be doing the audience a disservice".

* This movie uses the same opening sequence and theme music from "" (1985).

* The magical sound effects from the original series are missing from this movie.

* At the end of the movie, the in-joke is that Larry Hagman's (or J.R. Ewing's) arch-enemy from "Dallas", Ken Kercheval (or Cliff Barnes), becomes Jeannie's new temporary master.

External links

* [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0102089 I Still Dream of Jeannie @ The Internet Movie DataBase]
* [http://www.tv.com/i-dream-of-jeannie/i-still-dream-of-jeannie/episode/253617/summary.html?tag=ep_list;title;27 I Still Dream of Jeannie @ TV.com]
* [http://www.barbara-eden-online.com Barbara Eden Online] - Barbara Eden Fansite