Synopsis:
Two-time
Academy Award-winning director Barbara Kopple ("American Dream,"
"Harlan County, U.S.A.," "Wild Man Blues," "My Generation") turns
her cameras on America's hottest summer playground in ABC's first
reality miniseries, The Hamptons.
Filmed between
Memorial Day and the week after Labor Day, 2001, Ms. Kopple followed
the lives of singles looking for love and escape, locals caught
up in the seasonal onslaught, local farming families, celebrities,
promoters and wannabes - as they all clash and come together over
the long hot summer. Shot in Ms. Kopple's cinema verité style,
"The Hamptons" is a sexy, true-life look at New York's famous
- and infamous -- beach resort. The Hamptons is depicted as an
enclave unlike any other in America, but also one full of common
human experiences, as characters are shown attending weddings
and funerals, falling in and out of love, and gathering in a school
auditorium for a piano recital... It just so happens the person
playing the piano is Billy Joel.
The Cast:
Production
Info:
Diane Sokolow ("Casualties of Love: The Long Island Lolita Story")
and Barbara Kopple are executive producers. The miniseries was
directed by Barbara Kopple. "The Hamptons" is a production of
Cabin Creek Productions and Columbia TriStar Domestic Television.
Airdates:
The miniseries will air SUNDAY, JUNE 2 AND MONDAY, JUNE 3 (9:00-11:00
p.m., ET, each night), on the ABC Television Network.
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