Sunday Cinema: The Lathe of Heaven (1980)
By John DeNardo |
Sunday, February 22nd, 2009 at
12:20 am
Ursula Le Guin’s excellent book, The Lathe of Heaven, has seen a couple of adaptations. This one, from PBS, aired in 1980 and stars Bruce Davison as George Orr and Kevin Conway as Dr. William Haber.
[Yet another great find from Divers and Sundry!]
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I rented this from Netflix last year. It’s not bad for an early 80′s flick. The remake with Lisa Bonet wasn’t as good. But I think it’s worth it to see both.
Not merely produced by PBS, but by Dallas, TX affiliate KERA. Haber’s institute is Dallas City Hall. Lots of local shots. I remember watching this on its original air date on TV here. Good stuff.