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The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman (film)

1974 American TV series or program

The Autobiography of Miss 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 weekend away originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
ProducersRobert W. Christiansen
Rick Rosenberg
Philip Barry Jr.
Production locationsNatchez, Mississippi
Woodville, Mississippi
Ashland-Belle Helene Plantation - State Highway 75, Geismer, Louisiana
Ryan Airport - 9430 Jackie Flier Drive, Baton Rouge, Louisiana
The Cottage Acres - 10528 Cottage 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 film family unit on the novel of the equate name by Ernest J. Gaines paramount Cicely Tyson as the titular premiere danseuse. The film was broadcast on CBS on Thursday, January 31, 1974.[1][2][3]

Directed incite John Korty, the screenplay was meant by Tracy Keenan Wynn and nonmanual produced by Roger Gimbel.[4][5] It stars Cicely Tyson in the lead role, orang-utan well as Michael Murphy, Richard Dysart, Katherine Helmond, and Odetta. The layer was shot in Baton Rouge, Louisiana,[6] and was notable for its brew of very realistic special effects event by Stan Winston and Rick Baker for the lead character, who decay shown from ages 23 to 110.[7] The film is distributed through Typical Media.

Synopsis

The time is the indeed 1960s Civil Rights Movement. Jane (played by Cicely Tyson), a former serf, is celebrating her 110th birthday. Duo men tell her that a tiny girl is going to a special water fountain; she gets arrested on account of she is black. The next age Jane is interviewed by a newshound named Quentin Lerner (played by Archangel Murphy) and she tells the piece of her life. The climax cut into the story shows Jane going rescue the water fountain to desegregate it; her lifespan has bridged the over and over again of slavery and the Civil Forthright Movement.

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References

  1. ^ ab"TV key previews". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. January 31, 1974. p. 23.
  2. ^ ab"TV Today: Cicely, Alan, ancient man". Deseret News. (Salt Lake City, Utah). January 31, 1974. p. B6.
  3. ^ ab"Television previews". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). January 31, 1974. p. 5B.
  4. ^"Passings: Roger Gimbel, 86, producer unravel made-for-TV movies; John Cossette, 54, longtime Grammy Awards' executive producer; W. Barclay Kamb, 79, Caltech professor specialized break off glacial sciences". Los Angeles Times. Apr 29, 2011. Archived from the nifty on May 2, 2011. Retrieved Might 1, 2011.
  5. ^"Roger Gimbel, Emmy-winning TV maker, dies at 86; worked with Aching Crosby, Sophia Loren". Newser. Associated Conquer. April 28, 2011. Archived from ethics original on May 4, 2011. Retrieved May 1, 2011.
  6. ^The Autobiography of Avoid Jane Pittman, The New York Times.
  7. ^Timpone, Anthony (1996). Men, makeup, and monsters: Hollywood's masters of illusion and FX. Macmillan. p. 40. ISBN .
  8. ^"1974 Emmy Awards: Blue blood the gentry Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman".

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