Buffalo Girls (miniseries)

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Buffalo Girls
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GenreWestern
Written by
Directed by Rod Hardy
Starring
Music by Lee Holdridge
Original languageEnglish
Production
Executive producer Suzanne de Passe
Producers
  • Sandra Saxon Brice
  • Suzanne Coston
Cinematography David Connell
Editor Richard Bracken
Running time180 minutes
Production companies
Release
Original network CBS
Original releaseApril 30, 1995 (1995-04-30)

Buffalo Girls is a 1995 American Western television miniseries adapted from the 1990 novel of the same name by Larry McMurtry. Directed by Rod Hardy, it starred Anjelica Huston and Melanie Griffith, with Gabriel Byrne and Peter Coyote. It was nominated for two Golden Globe Awards and eleven Primetime Emmy Awards (winning one for Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Drama Miniseries or a Special). This miniseries was first aired on the CBS network over two consecutive nights during the spring of 1995. [1]

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Synopsis

A story of the fading Wild West is told from Calamity Jane's point of view, with overlaid narrative to her eldest daughter about Jane's adventures.

Cast

Awards and nominations

YearAwardCategoryNominee(s)ResultRef.
1995
Artios Awards Best Casting for TV Mini-SeriesFrancine MaislerNominated [3]
Primetime Emmy Awards Outstanding Miniseries Suzanne de Passe, Sandra Saxon Brice, and
Suzanne Coston
Nominated [4]
Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Special Anjelica Huston Nominated
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or a Special Sam Elliott Nominated
Outstanding Individual Achievement in Art Direction for a Miniseries or a Special Cary White, Michael J. Sullivan, Alistair Kay, and
Barbara Haberecht
Nominated
Outstanding Individual Achievement in Costume Design for a Miniseries or a Special Van Broughton RamseyNominated
Outstanding Individual Achievement in Editing for a Miniseries or a Special –
Single Camera Production
Richard Bracken Nominated
Outstanding Individual Achievement in Hairstyling for a Miniseries or a Special Dorothy D. Fox, Lynda Gurasich, and Michael KristonNominated
Outstanding Individual Achievement in Makeup for a Miniseries or a Special Gerald Quist, Todd McIntosh, Del Acevedo,
Hallie D'Amore, and Stephen Abrums
Nominated
Outstanding Individual Achievement in Music Composition for a Miniseries or a Special
(Dramatic Underscore)
Lee Holdridge (for "Part 1")Nominated
Outstanding Individual Achievement in Sound Editing for a Miniseries or a Special G. Michael Graham, Joe Melody, J. Michael Hooser,
Anton Holden, Mike Dickeson, Tim Terusa,
Darren Wright, John K. Adams, Bob Costanza,
Mark Steele, Gary Macheel, Rusty Tinsley,
Richard Steele, Rick Crampton, Billy B. Bell,
Tim Chilton, Jill Schachne, and Stan Jones
(for "Part 1")
Nominated
Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Drama Miniseries or a Special David Brownlow, Patrick Cyccone Jr.,
Edward F. Suski, and James G. Williams
(for "Part 1")
Won
1996
Cinema Audio Society Awards Outstanding Achievement in Sound Mixing for Television – Movie of the Week,
Mini-Series or Specials
Nominated [5]
Golden Globe Awards Best Actress in a Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television Melanie Griffith Nominated [6]
Best Supporting Actor in a Series, Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television Sam ElliottNominated
Screen Actors Guild Awards Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie Anjelica HustonNominated [7]

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