The Jesse Owens Story
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The Jesse Owens Story is a 1984 American two-part, four-hour[1] made-for-television[2] biographical film about the black athlete[3] Jesse Owens. Dorian Harewood[4] plays the Olympic gold-winning athlete. The drama won a 1985 Primetime Emmy Award and was nominated for two more.[5] It originally premiered in syndication[6] on July 9 and 10, 1984 as part of Operation Prime Time's syndicated programming.[7]
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The Jesse Owens Story | |
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Genre | Biography Drama History |
Written by | Harold Gast |
Directed by | Richard Irving |
Starring | Dorian Harewood Dan Ammerman Bob Banks Tom Bosley Georg Stanford Brown LeVar Burton |
Theme music composer | Michel Legrand |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language | English |
Production | |
Executive producer | Harve Bennett |
Producer | Harold Gast |
Production locations | Columbus, Ohio Dallas, Texas |
Cinematography | Charles Correll |
Editors | Richard Bracken Robert F. Shugrue |
Running time | 174 min. |
Production companies | Harve Bennett Productions Paramount Television Domestic Distribution |
Original release | |
Network | Syndication |
Release | July 9 (1984-07-09) ā July 10, 1984 (1984-07-10) |
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