The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman (film)

The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman
	DVD cover
Genre	Drama
Based on	The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman; by Ernest J. Gaines
Screenplay by	Tracy Keenan Wynn
Directed by	John Korty
Starring	Cicely Tyson; Richard Dysart; Odetta; Michael Murphy; Rod Perry; Arnold Wilkerson
Theme music composer	Fred Karlin
Country of origin	United States
Original language(s)	English
Production
Producer(s)	Robert W. Christiansen; Rick Rosenberg
Production location(s)	Natchez, Mississippi; Woodville, Mississippi; Ashland-Belle Helene Plantation - State Highway 75, Geismer, Louisiana; Ryan Airport - 9430 Jackie Cochran Drive, Baton Rouge, Louisiana; The Cottage Plantation - 10528 Cottage Lane, St. Francisville, Louisiana
Cinematography	James Crabe
Editor(s)	Sidney Levin
Running time	110 minutes
Production company(s)	Tomorrow Entertainment
Distributor	NBCUniversal Television Distribution (on behalf of DreamWorks Classics)
Release
Original network	CBS
Original release	January 31, 1974;

The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman is a 1974 American television film based on the novel of the same name by Ernest J. Gaines. The film was broadcast on CBS.

Cicely Tyson as Jane Pittman, 1974.

The film was directed by John Korty; the screenplay was written by Tracy Keenan Wynn and executive produced by Roger Gimbel.[1][2] It starred Cicely Tyson in the lead role, as well as Michael Murphy, Richard Dysart, Katherine Helmond and Odetta. The film was shot in Baton Rouge, Louisiana[3] and was notable for its use of very realistic special effects makeup by Stan Winston and Rick Baker for the lead character, who is shown from ages 23 to 110.[4] The film is distributed through Classic Media.

Synopsis

The time is the early 1960s Civil Rights movement. Jane, a former slave, is celebrating her 110th birthday. Two men tell her that a little girl is going to a segregated water fountain; she gets arrested because she's black. The next day Jane is interviewed by a journalist and she tells the story of her life. The climax of the story shows Jane going to the water fountain to desegregate it; her lifespan has bridged the time of slavery and the Civil Rights movement.

Cast

Cicely Tyson as Jane Pittman
Richard Dysart as Master Bryant
Odetta as Big Laura
Michael Murphy as Quentin Lerner
Rod Perry as Joe Pittman
Arnold Wilkerson as Jimmy
Will Hare as Albert Cluveau

Awards

Directors Guild of America Award
Nine Emmy Awards[5]
- Actress of the Year (Cicely Tyson)
- Best Directing in Drama
- Best Lead Actress in a Drama
- Best Music Composition for a Special Program (Fred Karlin)
- Best Writing in Drama (Tracy Keenan Wynn)
- Outstanding Achievement in Costume Design (Bruce Walkup and Sandra Stewart)
- Outstanding Achievement in Makeup (Stan Winston and Rick Baker)
- Outstanding Special - Comedy or Drama
- Outstanding Achievement in Any Area of Creative Technical Crafts (Lynda Gurasich, hairstylist)
Nominated for a BAFTA award

References

"Passings: Roger Gimbel, 86, producer of made-for-TV movies; John Cossette, 54, longtime Grammy Awards' executive producer; W. Barclay Kamb, 79, Caltech professor specialized in glacial sciences". Los Angeles Times. April 29, 2011. Retrieved May 1, 2011.
"Roger Gimbel, Emmy-winning TV producer, dies at 86; worked with Bing Crosby, Sophia Loren". Associated Press. Newser. April 28, 2011. Archived from the original on May 4, 2011. Retrieved May 1, 2011.
The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman, New York Times.
Timpone, Anthony (1996). Men, makeup, and monsters: Hollywood's masters of illusion and FX. Macmillan. p. 40. ISBN 0-312-14678-7.
IMDB Awards

External links

The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman on IMDb

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[latimes-1] "Passings: Roger Gimbel, 86, producer of made-for-TV movies; John Cossette, 54, longtime Grammy Awards' executive producer; W. Barclay Kamb, 79, Caltech professor specialized in glacial sciences". Los Angeles Times. April 29, 2011. Retrieved May 1, 2011.

[newser-2] "Roger Gimbel, Emmy-winning TV producer, dies at 86; worked with Bing Crosby, Sophia Loren". Associated Press. Newser. April 28, 2011. Archived from the original on May 4, 2011. Retrieved May 1, 2011.

[3] The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman, New York Times.

[4] Timpone, Anthony (1996). Men, makeup, and monsters: Hollywood's masters of illusion and FX. Macmillan. p. 40. ISBN 0-312-14678-7.

[5] IMDB Awards

Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series
1959–1975	Jack Smight for "Eddie" (1959) Robert Mulligan for The Moon and Sixpence (1960) George Schaefer for Macbeth (1961) Franklin J. Schaffner (1962) Stuart Rosenberg for "The Madman" (1963) Tom Gries for "Who Do You Kill?" (1964) Paul Bogart for "The 700 Year Old Gang" (1965) Sydney Pollack for "The Game" (1966) Alex Segal for Death of a Salesman (1967) Paul Bogart for "Dear Friends" (1968) David Greene for "The People Next Door" (1969) Paul Bogart for "Shadow Game" (1970) Daryl Duke for "The Day the Lion Died" / Fielder Cook for "The Price" (1971) Alexander Singer for "The Invasion of Kevin Ireland" (1972) Jerry Thorpe for "An Eye for an Eye" / Joseph Sargent for "The Marcus-Nelson Murders" (1973) John Korty for The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman / Robert Butler for "Part III" (1974) Bill Bain for "A Sudden Storm" (1975)
1976–2000	David Greene for Episode 8 (Rich Man, Poor Man) (1976) David Greene for Roots ("Part 1") (1977) Marvin J. Chomsky for Holocaust (1978) Jackie Cooper for "Pilot" (The White Shadow) (1979) Roger Young for "Cop" (1980) Robert Butler for "Hill Street Station"(1981) Harry Harris for "To Soar and Never Falter" (1982) Jeff Bleckner for "Life in the Minors" (1983) Corey Allen for "Goodbye, Mr. Scripps" (1984) Karen Arthur for "Heat" (1985) Georg Stanford Brown for "Parting Shots" (1986) Gregory Hoblit for "Pilot" (L.A. Law) (1987) Mark Tinker for "Weigh In, Way Out" (1988) Robert Altman for "The Boiler Room" (1989) Thomas Carter for "Promises to Keep" / Scott Winant for "The Go-Between" (1990) Thomas Carter for "In Confidence" (1991) Eric Laneuville for "All God's Children" (1992) Barry Levinson for "Gone for Goode" (1993) Daniel Sackheim for "Tempest in a C-Cup" (1994) Mimi Leder for "Love's Labor Lost" (1995) Jeremy Kagan for "Leave of Absence" (1996) Mark Tinker for "Where's 'Swaldo?" (1997) Mark Tinker for "Pilot" (Brooklyn South) / Paris Barclay for "Brain Salad Surgery" (1998) Paris Barclay for "Hearts and Souls" (1999) Thomas Schlamme for "Pilot" (The West Wing) (2000)
2001–present	Thomas Schlamme for "In the Shadow of Two Gunmen: Part I" & "Part II" (2001) Alan Ball for "Pilot" (Six Feet Under) (2002) Christopher Misiano for "Twenty Five" (2003) Walter Hill for "Deadwood" (2004) J. J. Abrams for "Pilot" (Lost) (2005) Jon Cassar for "Day 5: 7:00 a.m. – 8:00 a.m." (2006) Alan Taylor for "Kennedy and Heidi" (2007) Greg Yaitanes for "House's Head" (2008) Rod Holcomb for "And in the End..." (2009) Steve Shill for "The Getaway" (2010) Martin Scorsese for "Boardwalk Empire" (2011) Tim Van Patten for "To the Lost" (2012) David Fincher for "Chapter 1" (2013) Cary Joji Fukunaga for "Who Goes There" (2014) David Nutter for "Mother's Mercy" (2015) Miguel Sapochnik for "Battle of the Bastards" (2016) Reed Morano for "Offred" (2017) Stephen Daldry for "Paterfamilias" (2018) Jason Bateman for "Reparations" (2019)