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| The Winds of War (miniseries) | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Historical novel-based Drama |
| Created by | Dan Curtis |
| Written by | Herman Wouk |
| Directed by | Dan Curtis |
| Starring | Robert Mitchum Ali MacGraw Jan-Michael Vincent John Houseman |
| Narrated by | William Woodson |
| Theme music composer | Robert “Bob” Cobert |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Originallanguage(s) | English |
| No. of episodes | 7 |
| Production | |
| Producer(s) | Dan Curtis |
| Production location(s) | Germany Italy Croatia United Kingdom Austria United States |
| Cinematography | Charles Correll and Stevan Larner, ASC |
| Editor(s) | John F. Burnett Bernard Gribble Jack Tucker Peter Zinner |
| Running time | 883 minutes |
| Productioncompany(s) | Dan Curtis Productions Jadran Film Paramount Television |
| Distributor | Paramount Domestic Television |
| Release | |
| Original network | ABC (US) |
| Original release | February 6 – February 13, 1983 |
| Chronology | |
| Followed by | War and Remembrance |
The Winds of War is a 1983 miniseries, directed and produced by Dan Curtis, that follows the book of the same namewritten by Herman Wouk. Just as in the book, in addition to the lives of the Henry and Jastrow families, much time in the miniseries is devoted to the major global events of this period. Adolf Hitler and the German General Staff, with the fictitious general Armin von Roon as a major character, is a prominent subplot of the miniseries. The Winds of War also includes segments of documentary footage, narrated by William Woodson, to explain major events and important characters.
The film follows the plot of Wouk’s novel closely, depicting events from March 1939 until the entry of the United States into World War II in December 1941. It tells the story of Victor “Pug” Henry, and his family, and their relationships with a mixture of real people and fictional characters. Henry is a Naval Officer and friend of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt.
The show was a success throughout the United States and received many accolades, including Golden Globe nominations and various Emmy wins and nominations.[
Won:
- Outstanding Cinematography for a Limited Series or a Special
- Outstanding Individual Achievement – Costumers
- Outstanding Individual Achievement – Special Visual Effects
Nominated:
- Outstanding Art Direction for a Limited Series or a Special
- Outstanding Directing in a Limited Series or a Special
- Outstanding Film Editing for a Limited Series or a Special
- Outstanding Film Sound Editing for a Limited Series or a Special
- Outstanding Film Sound Mixing for a Limited Series or a Special (three individual episodes nominated)
- Outstanding Limited Series (Dan Curtis, producer)
- Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or a Special (Ralph Bellamy, for playing Franklin Delano Roosevelt)
- Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or a Special (Polly Bergen, for playing Rhoda Henry)
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War and Remembrance (miniseries)
| First edition cover | |
| Author | Herman Wouk |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Series | War and Remembrance |
| Genre | War novel |
| Published | October 1978 (Little, Brown & Company) |
| Media type | Print (Hardback & Paperback) |
| Pages | 1042 pp (first edition, hardback) |
War and Remembrance is a novel by Herman Wouk, published in October 1978 as the sequel to Wouk’s The Winds of War (1971). The Winds of War covers the period 1939 to 1941, and War and Remembrance continues the story of the extended Henry family and the Jastrow family starting on 15 December 1941 and ending on 6 August 1945. The novel was adapted into a television mini-series, War and Remembrance, and presented on American television in 1988. Wouk was a screenwriter for the miniseries as well as being author of the book.
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