Celebrity (American TV series)
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| Celebrity | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Drama |
| Based on | Celebrity by Thomas Thompson |
| Written by | |
| Directed by | Paul Wendkos |
| Starring | |
| Composer | Leonard Rosenman |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 3 |
| Production | |
| Producer | Rosilyn Heller |
| Editors | James Galloway David Newhouse Eric A. Sears |
| Running time | 313 minutes |
| Original release | |
| Network | NBC |
| Release | February 12 – February 14, 1984 |
Celebrity is a television miniseries based on a novel by Thomas Thompson. It was broadcast from February 12 to February 14, 1984, on NBC.[1][2]
Celebrity is based on a 1983 novel by Thomas Thompson.[2] The series was filmed in Texas, New York and Los Angeles and is altogether six and a half hours long.[3] In Germany, the UK and North America the series is published on VHS.[4][5][6] The series was shown in Spain, Brazil, Finland, Turkey, Canada and former Yugoslavia.[7]
Plot
During their days as high school students in Texas, three friends – T.J. Luther, Mack Crawford and Kleber Cantrell – are involved in a rape. While only one of the boys commits the crime, the others watch and do nothing. The victim dies, and the boys hide the body and promise each other to never speak of it again.
All three grow up to be very successful in their fields. 25 years later, Kleber is a world-famous journalist, Mack is a movie star, and Luther is a demagogic evangelist who runs a controversial church. When they meet up again, the meeting ends in tragedy. One of the friends is shot dead, the other one is critically wounded and the third one is the murderer.
Cast
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Awards and nominations
Nominations
- 1984: Outstanding Cinematography for a Limited Series or a Special (Philip H. Lathrop)
- 1985: Best Television Feature or Miniseries (William Hanley)[8]