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Almost Golden: The Jessica Savitch Story

Year:

1995

Duration:

USA:120 min (including commercials)

Genres:

Biography | Drama

IMDB rate:

6.4

Director:

Peter Werner

Awards:

Nominated for 3 Primetime Emmys. Another 1 win & 2 nominations

Details

Country: USA

Release Date: 1995-09-04

Filming Locations: Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Cast

Actor

Character

Sela Ward

Jessica Savitch

Ron Silver

Ron Kershaw

Judith Ivey

Laura McCormick

Jeffrey DeMunn

Mel Korn

William Converse-Roberts

Donald

Sean McCann

Randy Means

Terry Wills

Jason Blicker

Adam Murphy

Chuck Shamata

Al Binder

Maruska Stankova

Lilyan Wilder

Jeff Pustil

Jody Simons

Lawrence Dane

Emmertz Canterbury

John Bolger

Martin Fishbein

Dini Petty

Lillie Werner

Damir Andrei

Buddy Savitch

Kathryn Skatula

Florence Savitch

Ashton Manis

Jessica at 7 / 9

Ashley Taylor

Jessica at 12 / 14

Nicole St. Pierre

Stephanie at 5

Carol Purvis

Stephanie at 10

Larry Mannell

Tom Lewis

Barry Flatman

Richard Taylor

David Huband

Engineer Craig

Jocelyne Zucco

Kelly

Michael J. Reynolds

Ken Green

Eve Crawford

Reporter

Brad Borbridge

Senate staffer

Ross Petty

Gregory Finley

Brock Ward

Fan

Brett Halsey

Sen. Paul Laxalt

Chris Owens

Nebraska

Karen Waddell

Reporter #2

Jessica Johnson Tavenner

Nina (as Jessica Johnson)

Norma Dell'Agnese

Kat

Don Ritchie

Tom Wooten

Tim Lee

Bruce Morton

Joseph G. Fowler

Obit announcer

Tye Tyukodi

Motorcycle officer (as Anton Tyukodi)

Louise Cranfield

Young mother

Chas Lawther

Arnie

David Eisner

Washington floor manager

Judah Katz

Young newscaster

Did you know?

Trivia

Sela Ward had never seen the newsbreak that caused the downturn in Savitch's career (where she appeared drugged on camera), and gave her performance based on eyewitness stories about it. A video copy turned up later, but it was decided not to reshoot the scene.

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Shot in Toronto, with numerous familiar Canadian actors.

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Goofs

We see the NBC logo (with the 'N' and 11 feathered peacock) in the Washington offices in 1977 - that logo wasn't used until 1979.

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During a newsroom meeting on the "baby story", it is said that telephone callers wanted to know if the 6:00 story would be repeated at 10:00. In Philadelphia, the nighttime news program by the NBC, ABC, and CBS affiliates have always been aired at 11:00.

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When Jessica comes out of the bedroom when Mel wants to discuss a problem with her, Jeffrey DeMunn can be seen encouraging the dog to follow them down the stairs.

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Quotes

Lady in control room: I haven't seen anything like her or that in my life. You talk about better living through chemistry. Engineer Craig: Whatever she's on, that is a keeper.

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Mel Korn: Everything will be alright.

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