George Wallace (1997) (TV)

User Rating:

7.4/10   

Director:

John Frankenheimer

Writers (WGA):

Marshall Frady (book)
Paul Monash (television story)

Release Date:

24 August 1997 (USA)

Genre:

Biography | Drama

Plot Keywords:

Civil Rights | 1960s | Beautiful Woman | Alabama | Politician

Awards:

Won 2 Golden Globes. Another 15 wins & 20 nominations

Cast

Gary Sinise	...	George C. Wallace
Mare Winningham	...	Lurleen Wallace
Clarence Williams III	...	Archie
Joe Don Baker	...	Big Jim Folsom
Angelina Jolie	...	Cornelia Wallace
Terry Kinney	...	Billy Watson
William Sanderson	...	T.Y. Odum
Mark Rolston	...	Ricky Brickle
Tracy Fraim	...	Gerald Wallace
Skipp Sudduth	...	Al Lingo (as Skip Sudduth)
Ron Perkins	...	Nicholas Katzenbach
Mark Valley	...	Bobby Kennedy
Charles Bartlett	...	Demonstrator
Terrence Beasor	...	Demonstrator
Chuck A. Bernard	...	Convention Speaker

Runtime:

178 min | Finland:200 min (4 parts)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White | Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Certification:

Iceland:L | Singapore:PG | Portugal:M/12 (video premiere)

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Turner Network Television (TNT)

Trivia:

Filmed in Sacramento, to use the California's capital building. Alabama refused to allow the use for this movie.

Goofs:

Continuity: When Archie lowers Wallace into the tub for bathing, his severely atrophied legs are made quite obvious, but in the next scene when he is sitting in his wheelchair wearing a robe while watching the kids play through the window, his calf muscles are showing and his legs appear normal in size.

Movie Connections:

Featured in The 55th Annual Golden Globe Awards (1998) (TV)

Frankenheimer does it again

As an admirer of Frankenheimer , it was interesting to note that this man hit rock bottom and sky high between his age of 66 and 68 at least as far as my experience with watching his films is concerned. In 1966 came The Island of Dr.M... It sucked. and how!. Then came this mini series in '97. and then Ronin in '98! That was a good mix of varied themes calling for different approaches.

"GEORGE WALLACE" is a MUST must for lovers of good films.One will realize how much of effort has gone into the following departments of filmmaking-cinematography,acting,directing ,lighting and editing.There is original footage from the sixties and seventies, there is B&W footage as well as color footage and there are flashbacks. Imagine the challenge it poses to the makers of this film while ensuring the high quality of visual narration it has to maintain!!! Roger Ebert, Berardinelli and company, guess you folks need to take a look at mini series too in your fabled review columns.let more of the world come to know of such well executed stuff