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AMERICAN PLAYHOUSE: THE RISE AND RISE OF DANIEL ROCKET (TV)
Summary
One in this dramatic anthology series. Originally produced at Playwrights Horizons in New York City, and based on the play by Peter Parnell, this program is about a person with the magical ability to fly. Daniel Rocket is obsessed with flight and in love with a special girl. Daniel is famous throughout the world for his ability to fly, and one day, he returns to the hometown he had abandoned twenty years earlier. Daniel reminds the girl he loves of a promise she had made, and he confronts the effects that his age is having on his magical powers.
Details
- NETWORK: PBS
- DATE: January 20, 1986 9:00 PM
- RUNNING TIME: 1:26:40
- COLOR/B&W: Color
- CATALOG ID: T:21297
- GENRE: Drama, fantasy/science fiction
- SUBJECT HEADING: Drama, fantasy/science fiction
- SERIES RUN: PBS - TV series, 1982-
- COMMERCIALS: N/A
CREDITS
- Lindsay Law … Executive Producer
- Roger L. Downey … Coordinating Producer
- John H. Williams … Producer
- Timothy Marx … Co-Producer
- Emile Ardolino … Director
- Peter Parnell … Based on the play by
- Jonathan Sheffer … Music by
- Timothy Daly (see also: Tim Daly) … Cast, Richard
- James Eckhouse … Cast, Steven
- Elizabeth Franz … Cast, Mrs. Rice
- Tom Hulce … Cast, Daniel Rocket
- Jane Jones … Cast, Judy
- Valerie Mahaffey … Cast, Alice
- Tom Robbins … Cast, Jeffrey
- Katie C. Sparer … Cast, Claudia
- Jesse Tendler … Cast, Little Daniel
- Jody Thelen … Cast, Penny
- Scott Waara … Cast, Roger