Kennedy (miniseries)
| Kennedy | |
|---|---|
.jpg) | |
| Written by | Reg Gadney |
| Directed by | Jim Goddard |
| Starring |
Martin Sheen Blair Brown John Shea E. G. Marshall Geraldine Fitzgerald Vincent Gardenia Kelsey Grammer |
| Music by | Richard Hartley |
| Country of origin |
United States United Kingdom |
| Original language(s) | English |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) |
Alan Landsburg Margaret Matheson |
| Producer(s) | Andrew Brown |
| Cinematography | Ernest Vincze |
| Editor(s) |
Andrew Nelson Ralph Sheldon |
| Running time | 311 minutes |
| Production company(s) |
Alan Landsburg Productions Central Independent Television |
| Distributor | NBC |
| Release | |
| Original network | NBC |
| Original release | November 20, 1983 |
Kennedy is a 1983 American-British five-hour television miniseries written by Reg Gadney and directed by Jim Goddard.[1] The miniseries is a biography of the 1961-1963 presidency of John F. Kennedy. It was co-produced by Alan Landsburg Productions and Central Independent Television and originally aired in the United States starting on 20 November 1983 around the time of the 20th anniversary of Kennedy's assassination.
The miniseries stars Martin Sheen as President John F. Kennedy, John Shea as Robert F. Kennedy, Blair Brown as Jacqueline Kennedy, E. G. Marshall as Joseph P. Kennedy, Vincent Gardenia as J. Edgar Hoover, Geraldine Fitzgerald as Rose Kennedy and Kelsey Grammer as Stephen Smith amongst many others.
The series was originally broadcast on NBC, and was also sold to 50 countries, with 27 of them broadcasting the series simultaneously.[2] The series was nominated for 3 Golden Globes and 4 BAFTA, and won Baftas for Best Drama Series and Best Make Up.[3]
Cast
- Martin Sheen as John F. Kennedy
- Blair Brown as Jacqueline Kennedy
- John Shea as Robert F. Kennedy
- E. G. Marshall as Joseph P. Kennedy
- Geraldine Fitzgerald as Rose Kennedy
- Vincent Gardenia as J. Edgar Hoover
- Kelsey Grammer as Stephen Smith
- Charles Brown as Martin Luther King, Jr.
- Kevin Conroy as Edward M. Kennedy
- Nesbitt Blaisdell as Lyndon B. Johnson
- Tom Brennan as Adlai Stevenson
- Ellen Parker as Ethel Kennedy
- Donald Neal as Ralph Yarborough
- John Glover as Bill
- Jessica Ann Durr as Caroline Kennedy (ages 5–6)
- Hannah Fallon as Caroline Kennedy (ages 3–4)
- James Burge as Peter Lawford
- Peter Boyden as Pierre Salinger
- Laurie Kennedy as Patricia Kennedy Lawford
- Joe Lowry as Dave Powers
- Joanna Camp as Eunice Kennedy Shriver
- Al Conti as Sargent Shriver
- Frances Conroy as Jean Kennedy Smith
- Kent Broadhurst as Richard Paul Pavlick
- Peggy Hewitt as Letitia Baldrige
- David Leary as Arthur Schlesinger, Jr.
- Don MacLaughlin as Chief Justice Earl Warren
- Larry Keith as Stanley Levison
- Harry Madsen as Clint Hill
- Tanny McDonald as Lady Bird Johnson
- Carmen Matthews as Mamie Eisenhower
- David Schramm as Robert McNamara
- Janet Sheen as Elaine de Kooning
- Trey Wilson as Kenneth O'Donnell
- George Guidall as Nicholas Katzenbach
- Barton Heyman as Curtis LeMay
- J.R. Dusenberry as John Connally
- Margo Tully as Nellie Connally
- Satch Franklin as extra at armory
Historical Inaccuracies
Although this is a miniseries about the Presidency of John F. Kennedy, there are a few scenes depicting events which take dramatic license. These include:
- Richard Paul Pavlick was portrayed inaccurately as being 36 years at the time of his December 1960 assassination attempt on then-President-elect Kennedy, rather than his real age at the time 73.
- In the scene before Jackie goes into labor with baby Patrick, she mentions Marilyn Monroe performing at Jack's birthday gala in New York, but the year is 1963. Monroe had already been dead for over a year by then, and in reality she performed for Jack in May 1962 (the actual month of his birthday), not 1963 as depicted in the film.
- In another scene before baby Patrick is born, Martin Luther King, Jr. gives his "I Have a Dream" speech, which the Kennedy family see on TV. In reality that event did not occur until two weeks and five days after the death of baby Patrick, who died prematurely on August 9, while the speech occurred on August 28. In the movie it is the other way around.
- The moon-shots happened before the racial tensions in reality.
See also
- Prince Jack
- Hoover vs. The Kennedys
- The Kennedys (miniseries)
- Cultural depictions of John F. Kennedy
References
- ↑ Kennedy: The Complete Series (1983), ASIN B001KGDNAW
- ↑ Central. The Times, Tuesday, April 21, 1987; pg. 30
- ↑ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0085044/awards
External links
- Kennedy at the Internet Movie Database
