Structured entries
- NOWHERE MAN
8/28/95
Debut; A NEW SERIES BOWS; Imagine The Fugitive encountering The Prisoner in The Twilight Zone and you have a sense of this surreal new series, in which a photojournalist named Thomas Veil (Bruce Greenwood) has his identity erased by unknown forces. Why? Even Greenwood is in the dark: "I don't know exactly what it is [my character's] done," he says, "but it makes it really interesting to play." Tobe Hooper ("Poltergeist"), who directs the opener, effectively depicts Veil's confusion when his wife (Megan Gallagher) denies knowing him, and evokes his paranoia when a sinister psychiatrist (L.A. Law's Michael Tucker) hammers away at his sanity. (1:30)
- NOSTROMO
w/ Colin Firth; Albert Finney; Claudio Amendola; Claudia Cardinale; Lothaire Bluteau & Serena Scott Thomas.
Mini-series: JOSEPH CONRAD'S 'NOSTROMO,' PART 1; Colin Firth stars in this epic, three-part adaptation of Joseph Conrad's 1904 novel set in the 1890s in the fictional South American country of Costaguana. Having fled the locale ten years earlier, after his English-born father was killed by insurrectionists, young Charles Gould (Firth) returns on a mission to resurrect the family's derelict silver mine. It's a move fully supported by the local government—a regime that is, unfortunately, about to be overthrown. Dr. Monygham: Albert Finney. Emilia: Serena Scott Thomas. "Nostromo": Claudio Amendola. Teresa: Claudia Cardinale. Antonia: Ruth Gabriel. Holroyd: Brian Dennehy. President Ribiera: Ubaldo Henriquez. (2:00)
- JOSEPH CONRAD'S 'NOSTROMO,' PART 1 1/5/97
- 1/6/97
- 1/7/97
- ALL NEW Gun
w/ Daniel Stern; Kathy Baker.
Debut: This anthology series, coproduced by director Robert Altman, follows a pistol as it passes from hand to hand. Asked why a gun was chosen as the motif triggering each episode, executive producer Jim Sadwith responded, "[because] it is such a powerful icon in this society." The opener stars Daniel Stern as a struggling L.A. actor, who decides to return with his family to Virginia. En route, he stops at a convenience store, where he interrupts a robbery and winds up using the thief's gun to prevent his own son's kidnapping. Acclaimed a hero, the down-and-out actor finds himself an overnight celebrity with a movie deal. Dora: Kathy Baker. (1:00) [The Couch Critic reviews Gun on p. 12.] Baker, Stern
- THE SHOT. 4/12/97
- R I C H O C H E T . 4/19/97
- COLUMBUS DAY. 5/4/97
- ALL THE PRESIDENT'S WOMEN. 5/10/97
- THE HOLE . 5/24/97
- BIG GUNS TALK: THE STORY OF THE WESTERN
7/27/97
w/ James Garner; Kris Kristoferson; Bruce Dern; Carroll Baker.
(CC) SUN. 6 PM TNT; James Garner hosts a rootin', tootin' celebration of big and small-screen Westerns. Among the horse-opera staples covered: tall-in-the-saddle heroes, bad-to-the-bone outlaws and frontier heroines. There's also a segment that blasts holes in Hollywood's treatment of legends such as Billy the Kid, and a look at Tinseltown's portrayal of minorities. Featured: Kris Kristoferson discusses his bloodless death in Sam Peckinpah's "Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid" (1973); Bruce Dern recalls killing John Wayne in 1972's "The Cowboys"; and Carroll Baker salutes John Ford, her director on 1964's "Cheyenne Autumn." (2:00) Wayne, Norman Howell in "The Cowboys"
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253. NOWHERE MAN Debut: 8/28/95
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NOWHERE MAN (CC)
9 PM 14
8/28/95
A NEW SERIES BOWS
Bruce Greenwood
Debut: Imagine The Fugitive encountering The Prisoner in The Twilight Zone and you have a sense of this surreal new series, in which a photojournalist named Thomas Veil (Bruce Greenwood) has his identity erased by unknown forces. Why? Even Greenwood is in the dark: "I don't know exactly what it is [my character's] done," he says, "but it makes it really interesting to play." Tobe Hooper ("Poltergeist"), who directs the opener, effectively depicts Veil's confusion when his wife (Megan Gallagher) denies knowing him, and evokes his paranoia when a sinister psychiatrist (L.A. Law's Michael Tucker) hammers away at his sanity. (1:30)
254. NOWHERE MAN 11/6/95
w/Bruce Greenwood and
Guests: Mike Starr, Raphael Sbarge, Richard Kind, Dean Stockwell, Dean Jones, Donna Bullock, Robin Sachs, James Tolkan & Melanie Smith.
255. NOSTROMO Mini-series:
JOSEPH CONRAD'S 'NOSTROMO,' PART 1
Colin Firth stars in this epic, three-part adaptation of Joseph Conrad's 1904 novel set in the 1890s in the fictional South American country of Costaguana. Having fled the locale ten years earlier, after his English-born father was killed by insurrectionists, young Charles Gould (Firth) returns on a mission to resurrect the family's derelict silver mine. It's a move fully supported by the local government—a regime that is, unfortunately, about to be overthrown. Dr. Monygham: Albert Finney. Emilia: Serena Scott Thomas. "Nostromo": Claudio Amendola. Teresa: Claudia Cardinale. Antonia: Ruth Gabriel. Holroyd: Brian Dennehy. President Ribiera: Ubaldo Henriquez. (2:00)
Serena Scott Thomas, Colin Firth
w/Colin Firth, Albert Finney, Claudio Amendola, Claudia Cardinale, Lothaire Bluteau & Serena Scott Thomas.
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256. ALL NEW Gun
Debut: This anthology series, coproduced by director Robert Altman, follows a pistol as it passes from hand to hand. Asked why a gun was chosen as the motif triggering each episode, executive producer Jim Sadwith responded, "[because] it is such a powerful icon in this society." The opener stars Daniel Stern as a struggling L.A. actor, who decides to return with his family to Virginia. En route, he stops at a convenience store, where he interrupts a robbery and winds up using the thief's gun to prevent his own son's kidnapping. Acclaimed a hero, the down-and-out actor finds himself an overnight celebrity with a movie deal. Dora: Kathy Baker. (1:00) [The Couch Critic reviews Gun on p. 12.]
Baker, Stern
1. Debut: THE SHOT. 4/12/97 w/Daniel Stern & Kathy Baker.
2. R I C H O C H E T . 4/19/97 w/Martin Sheen, Nancy Travis and Chris McDonald.
3. COLUMBUS DAY. 5/4/97 w/Rosanna Arquette, Peter Horton, James Gandolfini & Chelsea Russo.
4. ALL THE PRESIDENT'S WOMEN. 5/10/97 w/Bill Johnson.
5. THE HOLE . 5/24/97 w/Kirsten Dunst & John Whitworth
BIG GUNS TALK: THE STORY OF THE WESTERN: BIG GUNS TALK: THE STORY OF THE WESTERN (CC) SUN. 6 PM TNT 7/27/97
James Garner hosts a rootin', tootin' celebration of big and small-screen Westerns. Among the horse-opera staples covered: tall-in-the-saddle heroes, bad-to-the-bone outlaws and frontier heroines. There's also a segment that blasts holes in Hollywood's treatment of legends such as Billy the Kid, and a look at Tinseltown's portrayal of minorities. Featured: Kris Kristoferson discusses his bloodless death in Sam Peckinpah's "Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid" (1973); Bruce Dern recalls killing John Wayne in 1972's "The Cowboys"; and Carroll Baker salutes John Ford, her director on 1964's "Cheyenne Autumn." (2:00)
Wayne, Norman Howell in "The Cowboys"
