James A. Michener's "Space"
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Sheila Ruskin
David Dukes
Jack Garner
Blair Brown
Dick Anthony Williams
Barbara Bingham
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
James A. Michener's epic best-selling fictional account of America's space program, spanning the years from the end of World War II to the exploration of the moon in the early 1970s and a fictional expedition to the "dark" side, was the basis of this well-received 13-hour miniseries with a stellar cast headed by James Garner as a naval war hero turned U.S. Senator and advocate of the fledgling space venture.
Bruce Dern, as an engineer whose wartime mission was to deliver Hitler's rocket experts into U.S. hands, returned to television after a lengthy career in films and won a Best Supporting Actor (in a miniseries) nod in the second annual Television Movie Awards from the International Television Movie Festival. Two directors worked on "Space" and split the chores -- Joseph Sargent directed Parts 1 and 5; Lee Philips the middle 3. The production won an Emmy nomination as Outstanding Limited Series, in addition to two technical awards.
Cast
Sheila Ruskin
David Dukes
Jack Garner
Blair Brown
Dick Anthony Williams
Barbara Bingham
Marya Morgan
Gerald Hiken
Christina Pickles
Bert Remsen
Mary Jackson
Max Wright
Richard X. Slattery
Richard Delmonte
Jonathan Goldsmith
Peter Nelson
Richard Gordon
Jennifer Runyon
Lia Sargent
Vernon Weddle
Robby Weaver
Ivan Bonar
Michael York
Jeanne Lange
Stephen Jenn
Charles Tyner
Annie O'neill
Melinda Dillon
Sue Strain
Bob Maclean
Michael Sheard
James Garner
Susan Anspach
Michael Talbott
Shane Rimmer
Nancy Abramson
Richard Pierson
Harry Hamlin
Martin Balsam
Eleanor Zee
Laurence Luckinbill
Christine Dickinson
William Wellman Jr.
Michael Cochrane
Bill Morey
Woody Eney
Alan Fudge
David Spielberg
Lizabeth Pritchett
Kenneth White
James Edgcomb
Scotch Byerly
Les Lannom
James Sutorius
Lawrence Lott
Murphy Dunne
Clu Gulager
Barbara Sukowa
Jim Antonio
Walter Mathews
Jack Thibeau
Gary Kasper
Rick Partlow
Bill Sorrells
Burke Byrnes
Roscoe Lee Browne
Julie Philips
G. D. Spradlin
Bruce Dern
Wolf Kahler
Ralph Bellamy
Howard Mann
Beau Bridges
Donald Craig
James L. Avery
Stephanie Faracy
Maggie Han
Crew
Dick Berg
Dick Berg
Tony Berg
Jack C Clements
Renie Conley
Lionel Couch
Jack Deshields
Hector Figueroa
Hector Figueroa
Robert Fletcher
Rick T Gentz
Miles Goodman
Charles Graffeo
Martin Gutteridge
James Hart
Richard O Helmer
Garth Imms
Joseph R Jennings
Patrick Kennedy
Clark King
Martin Manulis
Allan Marcil
James A. Michener
George Jay Nicholson
Gayne Rescher
Gayne Rescher
Donald R Rode
Chuck Rutherford
Stirling Silliphant
Brian Simmons
Film Details
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Miscellaneous Notes
Aired in United States April 14, 1985
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