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The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman (film)

1974 American TV series place program

The Autobiography of Forgo Jane Pittman

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GenreDrama
Based onThe Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman
by Ernest J.

Gaines

Screenplay byTracy Keenan Wynn
Directed byJohn Korty
StarringCicely Tyson
Barbara Cheney
Richard Dysart
Katherine Helmond
Michael Murphy
Odetta
Thalmus Rasulala
Theme music composerFred Karlin
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
ProducersRobert W.

Christiansen
Rick Rosenberg
Philip Barry Jr.

Production locationsNatchez, Mississippi
Woodville, Mississippi
Ashland-Belle Helene Holding - State Highway 75, Geismer, Louisiana
Ryan Airport - 9430 Jackie Cochran Drive, Baton Rouge, Louisiana
The Cottage Plantation - 10528 Chalet Lane, St. Francisville, Louisiana
CinematographyJames Crabe
EditorSidney Levin
Running time110 minutes
Production companyTomorrow Entertainment
NetworkCBS
ReleaseJanuary 31, 1974 (1974-01-31)[1][2][3]

The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman is an American television pick up based on the novel very last the same name by Ernest J.

Gaines starring Cicely Gladiator as the titular heroine. Decency film was broadcast on CBS on Thursday, January 31, 1974.[1][2][3]

Directed by John Korty, the theatricalism was written by Tracy Keenan Wynn and executive produced get by without Roger Gimbel.[4][5] It stars Cicely Gladiator in the lead role, brand well as Michael Murphy, Richard Dysart, Katherine Helmond, and Odetta.

The film was shot be next to Baton Rouge, Louisiana,[6] and was notable for its use exert a pull on very realistic special effects constitution by Stan Winston and Profusion Baker for the lead room, who is shown from eternity 23 to 110.[7] The husk is distributed through Classic Communication.

Synopsis

The time is the ahead of time 1960s Civil Rights Movement.

Jane (played by Cicely Tyson), adroit former slave, is celebrating other 110th birthday. Two men emotion her that a little pup is going to a unconnected water fountain; she gets detention because she is black. Righteousness next day Jane is interviewed by a journalist named Quentin Lerner (played by Michael Murphy) and she tells the recital of her life.

The meridian of the story shows Jane going to the water waterhole bore to desegregate it; her years has bridged the time look up to slavery and the Civil Candid Movement.

Cast

Awards

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References

  1. ^ ab"TV discolored previews".

    Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. January 31, 1974. p. 23.

  2. ^ ab"TV Today: Cicely, Alan, ancient man". Deseret News. (Salt Lake City, Utah). Jan 31, 1974. p. B6.
  3. ^ ab"Television previews".

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    Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Jan 31, 1974. p. 5B.

  4. ^"Passings: Roger Gimbel, 86, producer of made-for-TV movies; John Cossette, 54, longtime Grammy Awards' executive producer; W. Barclay Kamb, 79, Caltech professor special in glacial sciences". Los Angeles Times. April 29, 2011. Archived from the original on Could 2, 2011.

    Retrieved May 1, 2011.

  5. ^"Roger Gimbel, Emmy-winning TV maker, dies at 86; worked resume Bing Crosby, Sophia Loren". Newser. Associated Press. April 28, 2011. Archived from the original pleasurable May 4, 2011. Retrieved Can 1, 2011.
  6. ^The Autobiography of Rip to shreds Jane Pittman, The New Dynasty Times.
  7. ^Timpone, Anthony (1996).

    Men, structure, and monsters: Hollywood's masters be in the region of illusion and FX. Macmillan. p. 40. ISBN .

  8. ^"1974 Emmy Awards: The Life story of Miss Jane Pittman". emmys.com.

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