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Kundun is a 1997 American epic biographical film written by Melissa Mathison and directed by Martin Scorsese. It is based on the life and writings of Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama , the exiled political and spiritual leader of Tibet .
Kundun: 1997 Seven Years in Tibet: 1997 Both are fact-based dramas set in mid-20th century Tibet, with the 14th Dalai Lama as a main character. [10] Murder at 1600: 1997 Absolute Power: 1997 Both films center around a Washington, D.C. murder investigation involving the President/at the White House. [38] [39] The House of Yes: 1997 The Myth of ...
[4] [5] In Television: A History (1985), Francis Wheen points out a difference in character development between the two: "Both soap operas and primetime series cannot afford to allow their leading characters to develop, since the shows are made with the intention of running indefinitely. In a miniseries on the other hand, there is a clearly ...
American TV mini-series based on the novel by James Clavell, loosely based on William Adams, the English navigator who served as a key advisor to Tokugawa Ieyasu beginning in 1600. Shogun Assassin: Robert Houston: Tomisaburo Wakayama: 1980 English dubbed edit/compilation of the first two 1972 Lone Wolf and Cub films. Shogun's Ninja: Noribumi Suzuki
29th Street (1991) – comedy drama film based on the true-life story of actor Frank Pesce, who won the first New York State Lottery in 1976 [84]; A Triumph of the Heart: The Ricky Bell Story (1991) – biographical drama television film recounting the life of Ricky Bell, a Tampa Bay Buccaneers running back sickened with dermatomyositis, and Ryan Blankenship, a physically impaired child [85]
Rosenthal played the younger son and he and Greig are the only two main cast members who have Jewish roots in real life. The sixth and final series set the record for the highest audience for any comedy on Channel 4 or E4 for 16-to-34 year olds with a 49.3% share, and the average audience for the series was 3.9 million viewers. [12]
[5] [6] The series, which cost €6 million, is the most expensive drama series produced by the public broadcaster. [7] RTÉ and Zodiac Media, the production company that made Rebellion, announced in 2016 they would produce a sequel series, initially titled Rebellion: Two States, set during the War of Independence. [8]
The series, which Nonesuch released from 1967 [33] to 1984, consisted of field recordings made primarily in Asia, Africa, the Caribbean, Central and South America, and Eastern Europe. For American non-travelers, it was the first exposure to musical idioms such as music produced by a gamelan .