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And Specials: Mark Twain's Roughing It
Synopsis:
"When
I was younger, I could remember anything, whether it happened
or not." Be it telling tall tales, fables, or anecdotes, American
humorist Mark Twain was a master. But what formed his timeless
fiction? Life experience or vivid imagination? Hallmark Channel
invites you to discover the answer for yourself in the adventure
of a lifetime -- Mark Twain's lifetime....
Even success
hasn't made Samuel Clemens (Oscar nominee, Emmy and Golden Globe-winner
James Garner) a happy man. Instead of devoting his talent to "serious
matters" he's wasted them on yarns -- as Mark Twain, a mere humorist.
Now, asked to speak to Bryn Mawr's graduating class of 1891, he's
filled with dread. His daughter Susy is a student and he hopes
to make her proud, and not lend credence to his reputation among
the elite as a long-winded buffoon. His wife Livy (Golden Globe-winner
Jill Eikenberry) has enough faith in him for the both of them
-- as a loving husband, a devoted father, and an extraordinary
writer.
He needn't
have worried. In front of an enraptured crowd, the masterful storyteller
unfolds a masterful story indeed. It's the tale of a polite greenhorn
(Robin Dunne as a young Sam) from the East initiated into the
rough and tumble society of the raw Western frontier. It's the
life-affirming journey of an awestruck tenderfoot enriched by
the people he meets and the stories they have to tell. It's the
epic adventure of achieving a dream, and realizing a purpose.
Sifting through "passions, obsessions, pretensions, failures,
and successes," he relates the heart-warming, thrilling, and "somewhat
truish" story of how a man named Samuel Clemens became known to
the world as Mark Twain. Through his eyes, history truly comes
to life as never before.
Based on
Mark Twain's autobiographical lampoon, "Roughing It" is rich with
raucous good humor and delightfully skewed insight into history.
Featuring an all-star cast including Emmy-nominee Adam Arkin,
Oscar and Golden Globe-nominee Eric Roberts, Charles Martin Smith,
and Oscar, Emmy and Golden Globe-nominee Ned Beatty, it reminds
you how enchanting the past can be if you're traveling with the
right writer.
The Cast:
James Garner as Mark Twain
Leslie Hopps as Miss O'Flannigan
Kyla Anderson as Elizabeth Banker
Adam Arkin
George Buza
Robin Dunne
Rainer Kahl
Ryan Luhning
Billy Morton
Jack Nicholsen
Wayne Robson
Andrew Sommerfeld
Jewel Staite
Production
Info:
Airdates:
Part One debuted on the Hallmark Channel on Saturday, March 16th,
2002 at 8:00 pm (ET/PT). Part 2 debuted on Sunday, March 17th,
2002 at 8:00 pm (ET/PT)
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