Tag: 1980s

December 17, 2017 / Biography
December 17, 2017 / Action
December 15, 2017 / TV Movie

This one-act play, written by Frank South and directed by Robert Altman, features a monologue by a man who left a stable life in Kentucky to pursue his dreams of becoming a cowboy in the West. The play begins as the man sits alone in a ramshackle one-room shack, listening to country-and-western music. His vivid imagination conjures up an actual musician, who sits in the room with him, playing guitar and singing songs with him. As the songs become increasingly depressing, the man turns off his radio, chasing the musician from the room.

December 12, 2017 / TV Movie

A Pittsburgh apartment superintendent loses his job and home when the apartment building where he lives and works at is suddenly destroyed by fire. Daniel and his family moves in with his brother but that doesn’t last for long due to the two families not getting along with each other. The family moves from rundown hotels to homeless shelters as Daniel searches work as a electrician while his wife takes waitress jobs to try to make ends meet.

December 12, 2017 / Family

The siblings Kate and Ben and their friend Spider are fascinated by an old mansion called ‘Castle House’ on the far side of the river next to their village. The mansion has been uninhabited for 15 years, but when they explore the premises they notice a mysterious coming and going. When the old owner, the friendly Mrs. Markham suddenly appears – and as suddenly disappears again – things become even more mysterious.

December 8, 2017 / TV Movie

In this moving drama set near the turn-of-the-century, a New York orphan is placed aboard the notorious orphan train and sent to a Nebraska farm. The family who adopts him still grieves over the loss of their first son and at first tries to use the new boy as a replacement for him. But the young man wants to be loved and appreciated for being himself and a struggle ensues.

December 7, 2017 / Drama
December 2, 2017 / TV Movie

A TV-movie re-creation of the tragic events which followed the Attica Correctional Facility rebellion of September 9, 1971. Inmates demanding better food and living conditions took 38 guards as hostage. Negotiations begin immediately, only to continually break down thanks to uncompromising stubbornness on both sides.