Space (miniseries)

Space
Also known asJames A. Michener's Space
GenreMiniseries
Based onSpace
by James A. Michener
Written byJames A. Michener
Richard Berg
Stirling Silliphant
Directed byLee Philips
Joseph Sargent
StarringJames Garner
Beau Bridges
Blair Brown
Bruce Dern
Harry Hamlin
Michael York
Music byTony Berg
Miles Goodman
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
Production
Executive producerRichard Berg
ProducerMartin Manulis
CinematographyHéctor R. Figueroa (episodes 1, 5, 6)
Gayne Rescher (episodes 2–4)
EditorsDonald R. Rode
Patrick Kennedy
George Jay Nicholson
Running time780 minutes
Production companyParamount Television
Original release
NetworkCBS
ReleaseApril 14 (1985-04-14) –
April 18, 1985 (1985-04-18)
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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]

  1. ^ Most of this page, including summary and plot description, is primarily from [1]