Buffalo Girls (miniseries)

Buffalo Girls (1995 miniseries)
Directed by Rod Hardy
Produced by Sandra Saxon Brice
Suzanne Coston
Suzanne de Passe
Written by Larry McMurtry
Cynthia Whitcomb
Starring Anjelica Huston
Melanie Griffith
Music by Lee Holdridge
Cinematography David Connell
Edited by Richard Bracken
Production
company
Distributed by CBS
Release date
April 30, 1995
Running time
180 minutes
Language English

Buffalo Girls is a 1995 miniseries adapted from the 1990 novel of the same name by Larry McMurtry. Directed by Rod Hardy, the miniseries starred Anjelica Huston and Melanie Griffith, with Gabriel Byrne and Peter Coyote. It was nominated for two Golden Globe and several Emmy awards, and won one for sound mixing. This miniseries was first aired on the CBS network over two consecutive nights during the spring of 1995.[1]

Synopsis

A story of the fading Wild West is told from Calamity Jane's point of view, with overlaid narrative to her eldest daughter about Jane's adventures.

Cast

Awards and nominations

Wins:

  • Emmy Award for Outstanding Individual Achievement in Sound Mixing for a Drama Miniseries or a Special

Nominations:

  • Artios Award for Best Casting for TV miniseries
  • Cinema Audio Society Award for Outstanding Individual Achievement in Sound Mixing for a Drama Miniseries or a Special
  • Emmy Award for Outstanding Individual Achievement in Art Direction for a Miniseries or a Special
  • Emmy Award for Outstanding Individual Achievement in Costume Design for a Miniseries or a Special
  • Emmy Award for Outstanding Individual Achievement in Editing for a Miniseries or a Special - Single Camera Production
  • Emmy Award for Outstanding Individual Achievement in Hairstyling for a Miniseries or a Special
  • Emmy Award for Outstanding Individual Achievement in Makeup for a Miniseries or a Special
  • Emmy Award for Outstanding Individual Achievement in Music Composition for a Miniseries or a Special (Dramatic Underscore)
  • Emmy Award for Outstanding Individual Achievement in Sound Editing for a Miniseries or a Special
  • Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Special (for Anjelica Huston)
  • Emmy Award for Outstanding Miniseries
  • Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or a Special (for Sam Elliott)
  • Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for TV (for Sam Elliott)
  • Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for TV (for Melanie Griffith)
  • Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a TV Film or Miniseries (for Anjelica Huston)[3]

References

  1. "Buffalo Girls". TV Tango.
  2. "Buffalo Girls Full Credits: Cast". IMDb.
  3. "Buffalo Girls Awards". IMDb.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.