East of Eden | |
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Genre | Drama |
Based on | East of Eden by John Steinbeck |
Written by | Richard Alan Shapiro |
Directed by | Harvey Hart |
Starring | Timothy Bottoms Jane Seymour Sam Bottoms Hart Bochner Bruce Boxleitner |
Music by | Lee Holdridge |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language | English |
Production | |
Executive producer | Mace Neufeld |
Producer | Barney Rosenzweig |
Production locations | Savannah, Georgia Calvary Episcopal Church - 532 Center Street, Santa Cruz, California Gilroy, California Hitchcock Ranch - 5610 Scotts Valley Dr., Scotts Valley, California Monrovia, California Salinas, California Santa Cruz, California Capitola, California Scotts Valley, California |
Cinematography | Frank Stanley |
Editors | Michael Brown Bill Brame |
Running time | 8 hrs |
Production companies | Mace Neufeld Productions Viacom Productions |
Original release | |
Network | ABC |
Release | February 8 February 11, 1981 | –
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East of Eden is a 1981 American television miniseries based on John Steinbeck's 1952 novel of the same name. It aired in three parts on ABC from February 8–11, 1981. It was directed by Harvey Hart from a teleplay by Richard Shapiro, and starred Timothy Bottoms, Jane Seymour, Bruce Boxleitner, Soon Tek-Oh, Sam Bottoms, Hart Bochner, Karen Allen and Lloyd Bridges. It ran for roughly 382 minutes.[1]