AMERICAN PLAYHOUSE: TRIPLE PLAY {TEACH 109; RAY'S MALE HETEROSEXUAL DANCE HALL; HOMESICK} (TV)
Summary
One in this dramatic anthology series. Part one of two parts in this compilation of three short films. In the futuristic fantasy, "Teach 109," lifelike androids have replaced research lab animals. One gifted medical student seems more concerned with success than with the condition of her "patients," until she encounters a music-loving android who seems remarkably human. (This feature received the Bronze Award at the Houston International Film Festival.)
In the tongue-in-cheek comedy, "Ray's Male Heterosexual Dance Hall," a man in search of a job is taken to the perfect place to make business contacts. (This feature received an Academy Award winner for Best Short Film.)
In "Homesick," a grandfather lives with his son's family temporarily, but the elderly man pretends to be senile to insure that he will be sent back to his nursing home so he may be with the woman he loves. His grandson, Sam, however, learns that he is deceiving the family. After learning of the deception, Sam decides he ought to tell his parents her's senility is contrived. (This program received the Silver Award at the Houston International Film Festival.)
Details
- NETWORK: PBS
- DATE: March 28, 1990 8:00 PM
- RUNNING TIME: 1:14:58
- COLOR/B&W: Color
- CATALOG ID: T:23977
- GENRE: Drama; Comedy
- SUBJECT HEADING: Drama; Comedy
- SERIES RUN: PBS - TV series, 1982-
- COMMERCIALS: N/A
CREDITS
- Lindsay Law … Executive Producer
- Roger L. Downey … Coordinating Producer
- Jonathan Sanger … Producer
- Jana Sue Memel … Producer
- Nondas Voll … Associate Producer
- For "Teach 109":
- Jonathan Sanger … Executive Producer
- Steve Anderson … Executive Producer
- Jana Sue Memel … Producer
- Guy J. Louthan … Producer
- Mary K. Perko … Co-Producer
- Hillary Anne Ripps … Associate Producer
- Sylvia White … Line Producer
- Richard Kletter … Director, Writer
- Isaac Asimov … Based on an idea by
- William Patrick Olvis … Music by
- Andrea Kessler … Performer
- Elizabeth Perkins … Cast, Dr. Garrett
- James Earl Jones … Cast, Dr. Winston
- Jason Patric … Cast, Teach 109
- Hart Bochner … Cast, Dr. Bonner
- Lee Arenberg … Cast, Instructor
- Ron Cambell … Cast, Fielder
- Annabelle Gurwitch … Cast, Nurse
- Billy Kane … Cast, Student
- Tuesday Knight … Cast, Technician
- John Cameron Mitchell … Cast, 1st Android
- For "Ray's Male Heterosexual Dance Hall":
- Jonathan Sanger … Producer
- Jana Sue Memel … Producer
- Hillary Anne Ripps … Associate Producer
- Bryan Gordon … Director, Writer
- Tikki Goldberg … Production (Misc.), Executive in Charge of Production
- Walter Painter … Choreographer
- Charlene Painter … Choreographer
- Boyd Gaines … Cast, Sam Logan
- David Rasche … Cast, Cal McGinnie
- Fred Willard … Cast, Tom Osborne
- John Achorn … Cast, George Scurry
- Tim Choate … Cast, Phil Leeds
- Joe d'Angerio … Cast, John Garber
- Darryl Henriques … Cast, Stuart Gaul
- Tommy Hinkley … Cast, Andrew Northfield
- Matt Landers … Cast, Ray Pindally
- Jay McCormack … Cast, Dick "Tango Man" Dietz
- Sam McMurray … Cast, Peter Harriman
- Steven Memel … Cast, Disc Jockey
- Kevin Scannell … Cast, Ben Trelborne
- Ed Scheibner … Cast, Bartender
- Van Norden, Peter … Cast, Ed Granger
- Lyman Ward … Cast, Dick Tratten
- Lee Wilkof … Cast, Malcolm Stennis
- Kent Williams … Cast, Steve Cook
- Robert Wuhl … Cast, Benny Berbel
- Jim Landix … Cast, Waiter
- Herman Ripps … Cast, Older Bartender
- Tony Peyser … Cast, Man on Phone
- For "Homesick":
- Jonathan Sanger … Executive Producer
- Guy J. Louthan … Executive Producer
- Jana Sue Memel … Executive Producer
- Steve Anderson … Producer
- Hillary Anne Ripps … Producer
- Scott David Burnell … Associate Producer
- Johanna Demetrakas … Director
- Robert Gordon … Writer
- Peter R. Melnick … Music by
- Ross Harris … Cast, Sam
- Kurtwood Smith … Cast, Dad
- Miriam Flynn … Cast, Mom
- Lili Haydn … Cast, Diana
- Dean R. Miller … Cast, Attendant
- Alisan Porter … Cast, Maggie
- John Randolph … Cast, Grampa