The American Collection
The American Collection was a spinoff series of Masterpiece Theater, which ran from 2000 to 2003, for the former series' 30th anniversary. It was funded originally by Exxon Mobil (later Mobil); however, funding for both series was withdrawn in 2005. It aired on PBS. This was a widely acclaimed limited run program.
History
[edit]This program featured film adaptations by renowned works by American literary giants, and debuted in October 2000. The films are produced by WGBH and ALT films.
Theme music
[edit]The theme for this series was created by John Williams, and featured cellist Yo-Yo Ma. It can be listened to here: https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/masterpiece/americancollection/music.html
Title design
[edit]Karin Fong, Dana Yee and Grant Lau won a 2001 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Main Title Design for their work on this series.[1]
Programs
[edit]- Thornton Wilder's Our Town[2]
- Esmeralda Santiago's Almost a Woman[3]
- James Agee's A Death in the Family[4]
- Eudora Welty's The Ponder Heart[5]
- Willa Cather's The Song of the Lark[6]
- Henry James's The American[7]
- Langston Hughes's Cora Unashamed[8] (a short story from his 1934 collection The Ways of White Folks)
References
[edit]- ^ https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0284580/awards. Retrieved January 27, 2014 [user-generated source]
- ^ "Our Town (TV Movie 2003)". Internet Movie Database. Retrieved 8 June 2021.
- ^ "Almost a Woman (TV Movie 2002)". Internet Movie Database. Retrieved 8 June 2021.
- ^ "A Death in the Family (TV Movie 2002)". Internet Movie Database. Retrieved 8 June 2021.
- ^ "The Ponder Heart (TV Movie 2001)". Internet Movie Database. Retrieved 8 June 2021.
- ^ "The Song of the Lark (TV Movie 2001)". Internet Movie Database. Retrieved 8 June 2021.
- ^ "The American (TV Movie 1998)". Internet Movie Database. Retrieved 8 June 2021.
- ^ "Cora Unashamed (TV Movie 2000)". Internet Movie Database. Retrieved 8 June 2021.