Without Warning: The James Brady Story
Without Warning: The James Brady Story | |
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Based on | Thumbs Up by Mollie Dickenson |
Screenplay by | Robert Bolt |
Directed by | Michael Toshiyuki Uno |
Starring | Beau Bridges |
Theme music composer | Georges Delerue |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language(s) | English |
Production | |
Producer(s) | Fred Burner |
Cinematography | Bobby Bukowski |
Editor(s) | Peter C. Frank |
Running time | 88 minutes |
Production company(s) | Enigma Productions |
Distributor | HBO Films |
Release | |
Original network | HBO |
Original release | June 16, 1991 |
Without Warning: The James Brady Story is a 1991 American television film starring Beau Bridges as James Brady, the White House Press Secretary who was shot during the attempted assassination of President Ronald Reagan in 1981.[1] The film is based on Mollie Dickenson's 1987 biography about Brady titled Thumbs Up.[2]
Contents
Plot
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Cast
- Beau Bridges as James Brady
- Joan Allen as Sarah Brady
- David Strathairn as Dr. Art Kobrine
- Bryan Clark as President Ronald Reagan
- Steven Flynn as John Hinckley Jr.
- Gary Grubbs as Larry Speakes
- Susan Brown as Nancy Reagan
- Christine Healy as Ruth
- Tyrees Allen as FBI Agent
- Gerry Becker as Detective
Accolades
Bridges won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or Movie.[3] He also won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Miniseries or Television Film.[4]
The film was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Television Movie.[5] Robert Bolt was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Limited Series, Movie, or Dramatic Special.[6]
References
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External links
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- Film scores by Georges Delerue
- Screenplays by Robert Bolt
- American films
- American biographical films
- English-language films
- Films based on actual events
- Films set in the 20th century
- HBO Films films
- 1991 films
- 1991 television films
- 1990s biographical films
- Films based on non-fiction books
- American television films
- Attempted assassination of Ronald Reagan
- Films set in 1981