Great Performances
Serie

Great Performances

1972

Great Performances, a television series devoted to the performing arts, has been telecast on PBS since 1972. The show is produced by WNET in New York City. It is one of the longest running performing arts anthologies on television, second only to Hallmark Hall of Fame. Great Performances presents concerts, ballet, opera, an occasional documentary, and plays. The series has also won many television awards, including an Emmy Award, a Peabody Award, and an Image Award, with nods from the Directors Guild of America and the Cinema Audio Society.

Temporadas
Temporada 15 — Episodios 5
1
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
Hosted by Johnny Carson. A retrospective on the life and career of actor James Stewart, with clips from many of his films and interviews with people who have worked with him.
2
The Flying Karamazov Brothers: The Comedy of Errors
Aegeon of Syracuse has come to Ephesus to seek his son, who went in search of his missing twin and mother months ago. Too bad that Ephesus has just declared war on Syracuse, and will instantly put to death any Syracusean found within their borders unless a ransom's paid. Meanwhile, the son, Antipholus, and his servant, Dromio (also an identical twin), keep running into strangers who seem to know them...
3
Tales from the Hollywood Hills: Natica Jackson
A Hollywood actress who worries that the movie world is eroding her grip on reality is drawn into a love affair with an ordinary - and married - guy.
4
Bacall on Bogart
Narrated by Lauren Bacall, this documentary focuses on the life and career of her late husband Humphrey Bogart. The program includes film clips and outtakes, interviews with Bogart's costars, directors and friends, and footage from Bogart and Bacall's home movies. "Bacall on Bogart" was nominated for a 1988 Emmy Award in the category of Outstanding Informational Special.
5
Monsignor Quixote
In this modern adaptation of the Don Quixote theme based on a novel by Graham Greene, Quixote is an old Spanish village priest who travels through Spain with his friend, Sancho, the village's mayor and his car called Rocinante. On their way he has to master the same adventures as his ancestor.