Space | |
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Also known as | James A. Michener's Space |
Genre | Miniseries |
Based on | Space by James A. Michener |
Written by | James A. Michener Richard Berg Stirling Silliphant |
Directed by | Lee Philips Joseph Sargent |
Starring | James Garner Beau Bridges Blair Brown Bruce Dern Harry Hamlin Michael York |
Music by | Tony Berg Miles Goodman |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language | English |
Production | |
Executive producer | Richard Berg |
Producer | Martin Manulis |
Cinematography | Héctor R. Figueroa (episodes 1, 5, 6) Gayne Rescher (episodes 2–4) |
Editors | Donald R. Rode Patrick Kennedy George Jay Nicholson |
Running time | 780 minutes |
Production company | Paramount Television |
Original release | |
Network | CBS |
Release | April 14 April 18, 1985 | –
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Space (also known as James A. Michener's Space) is a 1985 American television miniseries starring James Garner as Sen. Norman Grant. It is based on the 1982 novel of the same name by James A. Michener that aired on CBS. Like the novel, the miniseries is a fictionalised history of the United States space program.
Space won an Emmy Award, for film sound mixing. It originally aired from April 14 through 18, 1985, and consisted of five parts running a total of 13 hours. In subsequent showings, it was cut to nine hours.[1]