Kent State is a 1981 American television movie about the Kent State shootings directed by James Goldstone who won an Emmy for his work on the movie. It was filmed at Gadsden State Junior College in Alabama.[1] [2]
The film cost a reported $5 million.[3]
The film was based on two books: James Michener's Kent State: What Happened and Why? and The Kent State Coverup by James Munves and Joseph Kelner. It was the strength of Michener's commercial reputation that sold the project to NBC. The original script was written by Gerald Green and then rewritten by Richard Kramer. Cast members of the film were reportedly unhappy with changes.[3][4]
Cast
edit- Jane Fleiss as Allison Krause[5]
- Charley Lang as Barry Levine
- Talia Balsam as Sandy Scheuer
- Keith Gordon as Jeffrey Miller
- Jeff McCracken as William Schroeder
- Peter Miner as Robbie Stamps
- Michael Higgins as Professor Glenn Frank
- John Getz as Professor Ted Arnold
- Michael Horton as Cody
- Ann Gillespie as Sharon Cavileer
- Shepperd Strudwick as Professor Warren
- Roxanne Hart as Jean Arnold
- Steve Beauchamp
- David VandeBrake
- David Marshall
- Grant Gretchen West
- Margaret Dirolf
- Frederick Allen
- Bill Moses
- Jerome Dempsey
- George Coe
- Barry Snider
- Ron Frazier
- John Kellogg
- Betty Harper
- Daniel Aguar
- Mark Chamberlin
- Frederikke Borge
- Will Patton
- Ellen Barkin
References
edit- ^ "Hollywood Flashback: 'Kent State,' When College Protests Were Considered Boffo TV". Hollywood Reporter. 12 June 2024. Archived from the original on 15 June 2024. Retrieved 15 June 2024.
- ^ "Kent State film gets mixed reviews". UPI. 9 February 1981.
- ^ a b "TV movie on shootings at Kent State 'left out the anger'". Asbury Park Press. 10 February 1981. p. 35.
- ^ "The drama of a tragedy". Newsday (Suffolk Edition) Part 2. 5 February 1981. p. 3.
- ^ https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/kent_state
External links
edit- Kent State at IMDb
- Kent State at Letterbox DVD