Redwood Curtain

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Redwood Curtain
Based onRedwood Curtain
by Lanford Wilson
Screenplay byEd Namzug
Directed by John Korty
Starring
ComposerLawrence Shragge
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
Production
Executive producerRichard Welsh
Producers
  • Rick Rosenberg
  • Robert W. Christiansen
Cinematography Ronnie Taylor
EditorScott Vickrey
Running time100 minutes
Production companies
Original release
Network ABC
ReleaseApril 23, 1995 (1995-04-23)

Redwood Curtain is an American drama television film that premiered on ABC on April 23, 1995, as part of the Hallmark Hall of Fame anthology series. The film is directed by John Korty from a teleplay by Ed Namzug, based on the play of the same name by Lanford Wilson. It stars Jeff Daniels, Lea Salonga, Debra Monk, Catherine Hicks, and John Lithgow, with Daniels and Monk reprising their roles from the original 1993 Broadway production. [1] [2] [3] The film earned a Primetime Emmy Award nomination for its sound mixing.

Contents

Premise

In her search for her biological father, an Amerasian piano prodigy comes to California's redwood forests to an area populated by Vietnam veterans unable to reintegrate into society.

Cast

Reception

Critical response

Jeremy Gerard of Variety noted that the original stage play was a "spookily amorphous affair", and that it included an "edgy, funny performance by Debra Monk." Of the television film, Gerard called it a "ponderous, cliche-riddled adaptation", with a performance by Monk that suffered in her character having her "spirit drained". Conversely, Gerard commended director John Korty in his drawing "a nicely restrained performance out of John Lithgow". [4] Ken Tucker of Entertainment Weekly wrote that the film "is full of fortune-cookie verbiage". [3] Tom Jicha of the Sun-Sentinel praised the performances of the cast, but criticized the story, calling it "lethargic" and "two hours of talking heads on uninteresting or unlikable bodies". [2]

Accolades

YearAwardCategoryRecipientsResultRef.
1995 47th Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Drama Miniseries or a Special Nelson Stoll
David E. Fluhr
John Asman
Sam Black
Nominated [5]
19963rd Cinema Audio Society Awards Outstanding Achievement in Sound Mixing for Television – Movie of the Week, Mini-Series or Specials Nominated

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