tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4222475879097604897.post5924677445245328033..comments2023-10-31T10:21:00.796-04:00Comments on Thanks for the Use of the Hall: Notes for a Retrospective of the Network TV MovieDan Sallitthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13136066978329749513noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4222475879097604897.post-5257249152087128722014-05-19T01:04:31.796-04:002014-05-19T01:04:31.796-04:00An internet search for the title and broadcast dat...An internet search for the title and broadcast date returns TV listings from a few cities which show that <b>Goldengirl</b> was broadcast on NBC between 8 and 11 pm.Dan Sallitthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13136066978329749513noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4222475879097604897.post-74449980369894300242014-05-19T00:50:59.580-04:002014-05-19T00:50:59.580-04:00Yeah, almost all of these I watched at the time, e...Yeah, almost all of these I watched at the time, either as they were broadcast or as they were recycled on broadcast TV. I saw <b>Crime Story</b> in a theater, but never saw any of these on home video.<br /><br />That TV edition of <b>Goldengirl</b> seems to have been forgotten by film history. But I saw it on January 8, 1981, as it was broadcast. The shorter (and inferior, I think) theatrical version, which is all that we can see now, was released in 1979.Dan Sallitthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13136066978329749513noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4222475879097604897.post-72670896571848785192014-05-19T00:27:37.241-04:002014-05-19T00:27:37.241-04:00Dan, I'm curious how many of these you're ...Dan, I'm curious how many of these you're recalling from their original air dates (or re-runs from the same period) versus those that you first saw or have subsequently rewatched on video. Some of these were never released on home video.<br /><br />Also, this is the first I've heard of a 3-hour (!) version of GOLDENGIRL—when/where was that broadcast?<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4222475879097604897.post-77330563645144521372013-11-28T11:38:14.443-05:002013-11-28T11:38:14.443-05:00Really, you could narrow this just to Lamont Johns...Really, you could narrow this just to Lamont Johnson, whose work (often with the excellent writing team of Levinson & Link) pretty much set the bar for the medium during this period: OFF THE MINNESOTA STRIP, THE EXECUTION OF PRIVATE SLOVIK, FEAR ON TRIAL, THAT CERTAIN SUMMER, CRISIS AT CENTRAL HIGH, et al.<br /><br />You could also narrow it to a COLUMBO retro. Not only were the episodes feature-length, the list of directors reads like an auteurist case study even beyond Spielberg and Demme: Richard Quine, James Frawley, Jack Smight, Jeremy Kagan, Ted Post, Harvey Hart, Daryl Duke — even supposedly an uncredited Cassavetes.<br /><br />Don't see how you can do a TV-movie retro without Spielberg's DUEL and SOMETHING EVIL. mr. pinkhttp://www.nashvillescene.com/blogs/countrylife/noreply@blogger.com