STEPHEN KING'S THE STAND: PART 1: THE PLAGUE (TV)
Summary
Part one in this four-part drama based on Stephen King's best-selling novel about a deadly plague that escapes from a U.S. government lab, leaving only a chosen few survivors to take a stand against the forces of evil. In the opening episode, when a virus wipes out the population of a military base in California, the gatekeeper and his family manage to flee. In doing so, they spread the disease across much of the country before turning up dead in a town in Texas. The military immediately quarantines the town, taking all of the people who were at the site of the guard's death to a disease control center in Vermont. Concern over the curious flu-like virus spreads. The virus spreads as well to Arkansas, where a deaf mute named Nick Andros gets beaten up by three troublemakers who catch the virus while Nick himself manages to stay healthy; New York, where pop singer Larry Underwood watches his mother die; and Maine, where Fran Goldsmith tends to her sick father. All the while the government is denying the existence of what the media have dubbed the "super flu," and holding Stu Redman -- the only man seemingly immune -- for observation. With martial law declared, soldiers go around killing television crews, and even shoot radio personality Rae Flowers while she's on the air. When the entire staff of the contagious disease center starts dying, one of the ailing doctors decides that Stu doesn't deserve to live and goes after him with a gun. Stu, who keeps dreaming about a woman called Mother Abigail who wants him to go see her, kills the doctor, and escapes through corridors filled with dead bodies. Includes commercials, promos, and public service announcements. This program is closed-captioned.
Details
- NETWORK: ABC
- DATE: May 8, 1994 9:00 PM
- RUNNING TIME: 1:55:42
- COLOR/B&W: Color
- CATALOG ID: T:33037
- GENRE: Drama, fantasy/science fiction
- SUBJECT HEADING: Drama, fantasy/science fiction; Horror tales; Plague
- SERIES RUN: ABC - TV, 1994
- COMMERCIALS:
- TV - Commercials - "Maverick" (feature film)TV - Commercials - "Wolf" (feature film)
- TV - Commercials - "Renaissance Man" (feature film)
- TV - Commercials - "The Crow" (feature film)
- TV - Commercials - Aetna insurance
- TV - Commercials - Airwick Stick-ups air fresheners
- TV - Commercials - Burger King
- TV - Commercials - Busch beer
- TV - Commercials - Clear Arrid XX Dry anti-perspirant deodorant
- TV - Commercials - Compaq Presario computers
- TV - Commercials - Continental airlines
- TV - Commercials - Correctol laxatives
- TV - Commercials - Diet Coke
- TV - Commercials - Elizabeth Arden Sunflowers perfume
- TV - Commercials - Finesse shampoo and conditioner
- TV - Commercials - First Interstate Bank
- TV - Commercials - Gold Mastercard credit cards
- TV - Commercials - Hormel Chili
- TV - Commercials - Jockey for Her underwear
- TV - Commercials - Lever 2000 deodorant soap
- TV - Commercials - M&M's chocolate candies
- TV - Commercials - Mazda Millenia automobiles
- TV - Commercials - Nissan 240SX automobiles
- TV - Commercials - Ortho Weed-B-Gon weed killer
- TV - Commercials - Pontiac Grand Am automobiles
- TV - Commercials - Seiko watches
- TV - Commercials - Skippy reduced fat peanut butter
- TV - Commercials - Subway sandwiches
- TV - Commercials - Taco Bell Mexican restaurants
- TV - Commercials - Tavist-D allergy medicine
- TV - Commercials - Tinactin athlete's foot medicine
- TV - Commercials - TrustMark carpet selection system
- TV - Commercials - Volkswagen Jetta automobiles
- TV - Commercials - Volvo 850 Turbo automobiles
- TV - PSA - America Responds to Aids
- TV - PSA - The Peace Corps
- TV - Promos - "ABC News Day One"
- TV - Promos - "Before They Were Stars"
- TV - Promos - "City Slickers" (network television premiere)
- TV - Promos - "Coach"
- TV - Promos - "Good Morning America"
- TV - Promos - "Grace Under Fire"
- TV - Promos - "Home Improvement"
- TV - Promos - "MacGyver: The Lost Treasure of Atlantis"
- TV - Promos - "NYPD Blue"
- TV - Promos - "One of Her Own"
- TV - Promos - "Roseanne"
- TV - Promos - "Terminator 2: Judgment Day" (network television premiere)
- TV - Promos - "The Stand"
CREDITS
- Richard P. Rubinstein … Executive Producer
- Stephen King … Executive Producer, Writer, Based on the book by
- Peter McIntosh … Supervising Producer
- Mitchell Galin … Producer
- Michael Gornick … Associate Producer
- Mick Garris … Director
- W.G. Snuffy Walden … Music by
- Gary Sinise … Cast, Stu Redman
- Molly Ringwald … Cast, Fran Goldsmith
- Jamey Sheridan … Cast, Randall Flagg
- Ruby Dee … Cast, Mother Abigail
- Miguel Ferrer … Cast, Lloyd Henreid
- Corin Nemec … Cast, Harold Lauder
- Adam Storke … Cast, Larry Underwood
- Rob Lowe … Cast, Nick Andros
- Kathy Bates … Cast, Rae Flowers
- Ed Harris … Cast, Gen. Starkey
- John Bloom … Cast, Joe-Bob Brentwood
- Jordan Lund … Cast, Bill Hapacomb
- Abdul-Jabbar, Kareem (See also: Alcindor, Lew) … Cast, the Monster Shouter
- Steve Anderson … Cast, the Army Officer
- Jesse Bennett … Cast, Vic Palfrey
- Johnny Biscuit … Cast, Norm Bruett
- Ervin Butler … Cast, the B-Ball Boy
- Hope Marie Carlton … Cast, Sally Campion
- Laura Conover … Cast, the Nurse
- Kevin Doyle … Cast, Sarge
- Troy Evans … Cast, Sheriff Baker
- Sandra Gimpel … Cast, the Woman in the Store
- Mary Ethel Gregory … Cast, Alice Underwood
- Thomasyn Harlow … Cast, Cynthia
- Jim Haynie … Cast, Deputy Kingsolving
- Sherman Howard … Cast, Dietz
- Ken Jenkins … Cast, Peter Goldsmith
- David Jensen … Cast, Major Jalbert
- Michelle King … Cast, the Reporter
- Robert Knott … Cast, Len Carsleigh
- Brittney Lewis … Cast, Arlene
- Richard Lineback … Cast, Poke
- Elizabeth Lough … Cast, the Young Woman
- Bruce MacVittie … Cast, Ace-High
- Patrick McKinley … Cast, Flu Buddy Man
- Frank Magner … Cast, Vince Hogan
- William Newman … Cast, Dr. Soames
- Wendy Phillips … Cast, Lisa Hull
- Vince Rodriguez … Cast, Lisa's Driver
- Julie Simper … Cast, Lila Bruett
- Taylor Smith … Cast, Baby Lavon
- George Sullivan … Cast, Sargent
- Millie Teri … Cast, the Weeping Woman
- Rob Weller … Cast, the Game Show Host
- Michael D. Weatherred … Cast, Mike Childress
- Derryl Yeager … Cast, the Man in the Street
- Brayton Yerkes … Cast, the Old Man in the Store
- Jeff Gelb … Cast, the New York Radio Announcer, Voice
- Max Wright … Cast, Dr. Herbert Denninger
- Patrick Kilpatrick … Cast, Ray Booth
- Ray McKinnon … Cast, Charlie Campion