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Re: "The Fugitive" (1963): Season 1; Volume 1 Rumored To Be In The Works!
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That's a great sign-off line, Gary . . . how appropriate for "The Fugitive!" |
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03-28-2007, 07:07 PM
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Re: "The Fugitive" (1963): Season 1; Volume 1 Rumored To Be In The Works!
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I was more interested in the one QM Production I've seen so few episodes of and it was his biggest hit
The F.B.I.. I tried to download the first one that AOL has (with guest star Burt Reynolds) and I figured I'd watch all of the ones on that site in the order they were uploaded. The problem? I have a Macintosh and it looks like AOL doesn't support Mac. Is there a way around that?
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03-29-2007, 12:54 PM
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Re: "The Fugitive" (1963): Season 1; Volume 1 Rumored To Be In The Works!
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The 2-part finale was entertaining too, although The Fugitive wasn't the first TV series to go that route.
That honor goes to THE PRISONER earlier that year.
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Maybe he meant to say "first American TV series" to go that route. Remember, The Prisoner was a British production that just happened to be shown on a major American network.
Won't ever see the likes of that happening again: nowadays if the networks like a British show, they'll just recast all the parts with Americans, rewrite everything and basically ruin the whole thing ( Amanda's? Men Behaving Badly? Coupling, anyone?). |
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03-29-2007, 01:37 PM
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Re: "The Fugitive" (1963): Season 1; Volume 1 Rumored To Be In The Works!
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Won't ever see the likes of that happening again: nowadays if the networks like a British show, they'll just recast all the parts with Americans, rewrite everything and basically ruin the whole thing (Amanda's? Men Behaving Badly? Coupling, anyone?).
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However, the US version of The Office is positively brilliant.
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03-29-2007, 01:59 PM
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Re: "The Fugitive" (1963): Season 1; Volume 1 Rumored To Be In The Works!
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However, the US version of The Office is positively brilliant.
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03-29-2007, 04:25 PM
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Re: "The Fugitive" (1963): Season 1; Volume 1 Rumored To Be In The Works!
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The second Fugitive series had terrific theme music though, which alone was superior to both the first series' theme and the Ford remake.
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I have to disagree with this, though it's purely subjective. IMHO, the original series theme and incidental music by Pete Rugolo is hard to top. The theme was majestic and brassy and fit the series perfectly. For those that may not be aware, Silva America released a soundtrack CD back in 2001 with the original Rugolo score as originally performed by The London Studio Symphony Orchestra. It's sadly out of print (available used), but on the amazon page you can still listen to samples of the cues:
http://www.amazon.com/Fugitive-Original-Television-Soundtrack/dp/B0000560K3
In addition to the incidental music by Rugolo, Ken Wilhoit, musical director for THE FUGITIVE, used cues from the CBS music library - virtually all of the score for TWILIGHT ZONE's "Back There" was used in "The Girl From Little Egypt" - as well as stuff from Capitol.
Hopefully, one of the benefits of DVD's of the series will be the restoration of the music to its proper grandeur, rather than the warbly mess that time-sped syndication prints gave us over the years.
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03-29-2007, 05:47 PM
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So since it seems we'll be getting these in split seasons, that means fifteen episodes per set. So what are those first fifteen episodes?
1. Fear in a Desert City
2. The Witch
3. The Other Side of the Mountain
4. Never Wave Goodbye-part 1
5. Never Wave Goodbye-part 2
6. Decision in the Ring
7. Smoke Screen
8. See Hollywood and Die
9. Ticket to Alaska
10. Fatso
11. Nightmare At Northoak
12. Glass Tightrope
13. Terror at High Point
14. The Girl From Little Egypt
15. Home Is The Hunted
In that group we have the pilot episode, an exiting two parter with Susan Oliver, the excellent Nightmare At Northoak, which will have new viewers on the edge of their seats, a flashback story dealing with the night of Helen Kimble's murder, and Kimble's first return home.
This is a great crop of episodes to start the series off with a "bang."
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"Nightmare at Northoak" was my favorite episode of the entire series. This particular show had everything which epitomized the quality of "The Fugitive":
excellent writing and acting, dramatic suspense,haunting music at key moments...
As an aside, this episode was watched by many people of a grieving nation who wanted to have their minds diverted from the events of the preceding few days...the episode was originally broadcast on November 26,1963...the day after President Kennedy's funeral... |
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03-29-2007, 07:23 PM
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Re: "The Fugitive" (1963): Season 1; Volume 1 Rumored To Be In The Works!
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However, the US version of The Office is positively brilliant.
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Except for the nauseating hand-held camerawork, which has kept me away from several hit TV series (such as NYPD Blue and Law & Order). To that I say: Give me steadicam or give me sitcoms!  |
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04-02-2007, 09:46 AM
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Re: "The Fugitive" (1963): Season 1; Volume 1 Rumored To Be In The Works!
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I have to disagree with this, though it's purely subjective. IMHO, the original series theme and incidental music by Pete Rugolo is hard to top. The theme was majestic and brassy and fit the series perfectly. For those that may not be aware, Silva America released a soundtrack CD back in 2001 with the original Rugolo score as originally performed by The London Studio Symphony Orchestra. It's sadly out of print (available used), but on the amazon page you can still listen to samples of the cues:
http://www.amazon.com/Fugitive-Origi.../dp/B0000560K3
In addition to the incidental music by Rugolo, Ken Wilhoit, musical director for THE FUGITIVE, used cues from the CBS music library - virtually all of the score for TWILIGHT ZONE's "Back There" was used in "The Girl From Little Egypt" - as well as stuff from Capitol.
Hopefully, one of the benefits of DVD's of the series will be the restoration of the music to its proper grandeur, rather than the warbly mess that time-sped syndication prints gave us over the years.
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Agree with you Harry on the music for the original "The Fugitive". There's no substitute for the raw and gritty sound in music composition that was a 60s era showcase. I bought the soundtrack CD on initial release.
Interesting about Jerry Goldsmith's score for "Back There" surfacing in a "Fugitive" episode. I'm very curious about how that harpischord laden antique-y sound that Goldsmith composed plays out. I'd be particularly interested if the most memorable cue is used (starts after Russell Johnson says the line "That's it...I'll go home, just go home..." and walks down the street). That cue was also used for the opening titles of "To Serve Man" and is one of the most stirring bits of music I've ever heard. |
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