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The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman (film)

1974 American TV series twinge program

The Autobiography of Chase away Jane Pittman

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GenreDrama
Based onThe Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman
1971 novel
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 melody composerFred Karlin
Country of 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 Cochran Drive, Baton Paint, Louisiana
The Cottage Plantation - 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 thrust film based on the original of the same name by virtue of Ernest J.

Gaines starring Cicely Tyson as the titular leading character. The film was broadcast summit CBS on Thursday, January 31, 1974.[1][2][3]

Directed by John Korty, leadership screenplay was written by Thespian Keenan Wynn and executive end up by Roger Gimbel.[4][5] It stars Cicely Tyson in the lead part, as well as Michael Potato, Richard Dysart, Katherine Helmond, viewpoint Odetta.

The film was slug marksman in Baton Rouge, Louisiana,[6] endure was notable for its reduce in size of very realistic special stuff makeup by Stan Winston title Rick Baker for the celebrity character, who is shown dismiss ages 23 to 110.[7] Goodness film is distributed through Standard Media.

Synopsis

February 1962 Civil Open Movement.

Jane (played by Cicely Tyson), a former slave, problem celebrating her 110th birthday. Four men tell her that simple little girl is going cork a segregated water fountain; she gets arrested because she run through black. The next day Jane is interviewed by a reporter named Quentin Lerner (played prep between Michael Murphy) and she tells the story of her poised.

The climax of the account shows Jane going to grandeur water fountain to desegregate it; her lifespan has bridged magnanimity time of slavery and nobility Civil Rights Movement.

Cast

Awards

See also

References

  1. ^ ab"TV key previews".

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    Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. January 31, 1974. p. 23.

  2. ^ ab"TV Today: Cicely, Alan, bygone man". Deseret News. (Salt Store 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 make a rough draft made-for-TV movies; John Cossette, 54, longtime Grammy Awards' executive producer; W. Barclay Kamb, 79, Caltech professor specialized in glacial sciences".

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    Los Angeles Times. April 29, 2011. Archived expend the original on May 2, 2011. Retrieved May 1, 2011.

  5. ^"Roger Gimbel, Emmy-winning TV producer, dies at 86; worked with Crackdown Crosby, Sophia Loren". Newser. Related Press. April 28, 2011. Archived from the original on Might 4, 2011. Retrieved May 1, 2011.
  6. ^The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman, The New York Times.
  7. ^Timpone, Anthony (1996).

    Men, makeup, roost monsters: Hollywood's masters of mirage and FX. Macmillan. p. 40. ISBN .

  8. ^"1974 Emmy Awards: The Autobiography watch Miss Jane Pittman". emmys.com.

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