Almost Golden: The Jessica Savitch Story

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Almost Golden: The Jessica Savitch Story
Written by
  • Linda Bergman
Directed by Peter Werner
Starring
Music by David Shire
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
Production
Executive producerBernard Sofronski
CinematographyNeil Roach
EditorMartin Nicholson
Running time120 minutes
Production companies
Original release
Network Lifetime
Release
  • September 4, 1995 (1995-09-04)

Almost Golden: The Jessica Savitch Story is a 1995 American biographical drama television film directed by Peter Werner and written by Linda Bergman. It stars Sela Ward as a television journalist Jessica Savitch. The film premiered on Lifetime on September 4, 1995.

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The film received mixed reviews from television critics, [1] [2] [3] but was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Television Movie. It was Lifetime's most-watched original movie with 7.1 million viewers. [4]

Cast

Accolades

AwardCategoryRecipient(s)ResultRef
48th Primetime Emmy Awards Outstanding Television Movie Nominated [5]
Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Special Sela WardNominated
Outstanding Individual Achievement in Directing for a Miniseries or a Special Peter WernerNominated
2nd Screen Actors Guild Awards Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie Sela WardNominated [6]
CableACE Awards Actress in a Movie or MiniseriesSela WardWon [7]
48th Directors Guild of America Awards Outstanding Directing – Miniseries or TV Film Peter WernerNominated

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