Kennedy (1983 miniseries)
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Kennedy is a 1983 American-British five-hour television miniseries written by Reg Gadney and directed by Jim Goddard.[1] The miniseries is a biography of the 1961–63 presidency of John F. Kennedy. It was co-produced by Alan Landsburg Productions and Central Independent Television and originally aired in the United States starting on November 20, 1983, and concluding on November 22, the twentieth anniversary of Kennedy's assassination.
Kennedy | |
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Written by | Reg Gadney |
Directed by | Jim Goddard |
Starring | Martin Sheen Blair Brown John Shea E. G. Marshall Geraldine Fitzgerald Vincent Gardenia Kelsey Grammer |
Music by | Richard Hartley |
Country of origin | United States United Kingdom |
Original language | English |
No. of seasons | 1 |
No. of episodes | 3 |
Production | |
Executive producers | Alan Landsburg Margaret Matheson |
Producer | Andrew Brown |
Cinematography | Ernest Vincze |
Editors | Andrew Nelson Ralph Sheldon |
Running time | 311 minutes |
Production companies | Alan Landsburg Productions Central Independent Television |
Original release | |
Network | NBC |
Release | November 20 (1983-11-20) – November 22, 1983 (1983-11-22) |
The miniseries stars Martin Sheen as President John F. Kennedy, Blair Brown as Jacqueline Kennedy, John Shea as Robert F. Kennedy, E. G. Marshall as Joseph P. Kennedy, Geraldine Fitzgerald as Rose Kennedy, Vincent Gardenia as J. Edgar Hoover, and Kelsey Grammer as Stephen Smith amongst many others.
The series was originally broadcast on NBC, and was also sold to 50 countries, with 27 of them broadcasting the series simultaneously.[2]