- Space (miniseries)
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show_name = Space
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show_name_2 = James A. Michener's Space
genre =Miniseries
writer =James A. Michener (novel)
Richard BergStirling Silliphant
director =Lee Philips Joseph Sargent
starring =James Garner ,Beau Bridges ,Bruce Dern ,Harry Hamlin ,Michael York
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composer = Tony Berg
Miles Goodman
country = flagicon|USUnited States
language = English
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producer = Richard BergMartin Manulis
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co-producer = Allan Marcis
editor = Donald R. Rode
Patrick Kennedy
George Jay Nicholson
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cinematography = Héctor R. Figueroa (episodes 1, 5, 6)
Gayne Rescher (episodes 2-4)
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network =CBS
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first_run = April 14-18, 1985
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imdb_id = 0088611
tv_com_id ="Space" is a television mini-series created by CBS in 1985. It is based on a novel by
James A. Michener published in1982 . The program is also called "James A. Michener's Space". Like the novel, the mini-series is a fictionalised history of theUnited States space program . The show starred James Garner."Space" won three
Emmy Award s, 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. [Most of this page, including summary and plot description, is primarily from [http://www.starpulse.com/movie/James_A._Michener%27s_Space/V269139/0/1/] ]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, after failing to win his way to Annapolis, matriculates from a Navy recruit to test pilot to pioneering astronaut in the company of fellow space-traveler Randy Claggett (Beau Bridges ); Penny Hardesty Pope (Blair Brown ), an ambitious and beautiful counsel to Senator Grant since his election and wife of John Pope; 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.Cast and crew information
Cast
* Beau Bridges as Astronaut Randy Claggett
* Blair Brown as Penny Hardesty Pope
* Bruce Dern as Dr. Stanley Mott
* James Garner as Senator Norman Grant
* Harry Hamlin as Astronaut John Pope
* Michael York as Rocket Scientist Dieter KolffProduction 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),
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 MiniseriesReferences
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