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It won three Primetime Emmy Awards (out of thirteen nominations [2]) and was nominated for four Golden Globe Awards, [3] including Best Miniseries or Television Film. The success of The Winds of War spawned a 1988 sequel miniseries, War and Remembrance, also based on a novel written by Wouk and also directed and produced by Curtis. [4]
The Winds of War is Herman Wouk's second book about World War II (the first being The Caine Mutiny).Published in 1971, The Winds of War was followed up seven years later by War and Remembrance; originally conceived as one volume, Wouk decided to break it into two volumes when he realized it took nearly 1,000 pages just to get to the attack on Pearl Harbor.
Daniel Mayer Cherkoss (August 12, 1927 – March 27, 2006 [1]), known by his pen name Dan Curtis, was an American television and film director, screenwriter, and producer.He was best known as the creator of the gothic soap opera Dark Shadows (1966–71), and for directing the epic World War II miniseries The Winds of War (1983) and War and Remembrance (1988).
ABC broadcasts the epic miniseries The Winds of War, based on the novel by Herman Wouk. It is seen in part or in total by 140 million viewers, making it the most watched miniseries at the time. February 13 Marvin Gaye performs a soulful rendition of "The Star-Spangled Banner" at the NBA All-Star Game at The Forum in Los Angeles.
3 William T. Woodson (July 16, 1917 [ citation needed ] – February 22, 2017) was an American film, stage, radio and voice actor, best known for his narration of the radio series This is Your FBI , The Invaders , the animated series Super Friends and all its spin-offs, and the opening of The Odd Couple television series.
Robert Cobert (October 26, 1924 – February 19, 2020) was an American composer who worked in television and films. He is best known for his work with producer/director Dan Curtis, notably the scores for the 1966–71 ABC-TV gothic fiction soap opera Dark Shadows and the TV mini-series The Winds of War (1983) and its sequel War and Remembrance (1988), for which he received an Emmy Awards ...
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Winds of War introduces three new creatures and six new campaigns, which collectively tell the story of the invasion of the kingdom of Channon by the leaders of its five neighboring kingdoms. [11] Winds of War was the last installment of the entire Heroes of Might and Magic series to be developed by New World Computing.