Mayflower: The Pilgrims' Adventure

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Mayflower: The Pilgrims' Adventure
VHS cover Mayflower The Pilgrims' Adventure.jpg
VHS cover from 1999
GenreAdventure
History
Screenplay by James Lee Barrett
Directed by George Schaefer
Starring Anthony Hopkins
Richard Crenna
Jenny Agutter
Theme music composer Brad Fiedel
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
Production
Executive producer Linda Yellen
ProducerLinda Yellen
Cinematography Arthur J. Ornitz
Editor Eric Albertson
Running time100 min.
Production companySzygzy Productions
Original release
Network CBS
ReleaseNovember 21, 1979 (1979-11-21)

Mayflower: The Pilgrims' Adventure is a 1979 American made-for-television historical adventure film dramatizing the Pilgrims' voyage from Plymouth, England to Cape Cod in New England aboard the Mayflower in 1620. The film was directed by George Schaefer and stars Anthony Hopkins, Richard Crenna, and Jenny Agutter. [1]

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The story focuses on romantic interactions between the passengers and crew, [2] with People describing it as "plotted like a pre-shuffleboard Love Boat ". [3]

The film was first broadcast by CBS on November 21, 1979. [4]

Cast

References

  1. ↑ Roberts, Jerry (June 5, 2009). Encyclopedia of Television Film Directors. Scarecrow Press. p. 517. ISBN   9780810863781 . Retrieved September 7, 2017– via Google Books.
  2. ↑ Rollins, Peter C., ed. (2003). "Places". The Columbia Companion to American History on Film. Columbia University Press. p. 148. ISBN   9780231112222 . Retrieved September 7, 2017– via Google Books.
  3. ↑ "Picks and Pans Review: Mayflower: the Pilgrims' Adventure". People . November 26, 1979. Retrieved September 7, 2017.
  4. ↑ Buckley, Tom (November 21, 1979). "TV: Pilgrims' Adventure". The New York Times . Retrieved September 7, 2017.
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