Odyssey, The
Odyssey, The
Air Date | Rating | Share | Against the Competition |
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Sunday, May 18, 1997 | 17.3 | 27 | 1 |
Monday, May 19, 1997 | 16.7 | 26 | 1 |
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- Season: 1996-97
- Network: NBC
- Genre: Drama
- Category: Miniseries
- Subject Matter: Period Piece, Foreign/Exotic Location, Action/Adventure
- Based On: Odyssey, The (Epic poem) written by Homer
- Misc.: 2 Nights
Plot Synopsis
Based on the epic poem by Homer. The Ithacan monarch Odysseus leaves his wife Penelope and his young son to fight in the Trojan war. He promises to return, but it takes 20 years before they are reunited...the wandering king encounters a man-eating Cyclops, the sorceress Circe, and the six-headed Scylla. In order to get home he must appease the gods by visiting Hades and finding the prophet Tiresias. Upon his return to Ithaca he must confront the villains who have been pursuing his wife.
Cast
Crew
- Robert Halmi Sr. - Executive Producer
- Francis Ford Coppola - Executive Producer
- Fred Fuchs - Executive Producer
- Nicholas Meyer - Executive Producer
- Dyson Lovell - Producer
- Andrei Konchalovsky - Director
- Andrei Konchalovsky - Writer
- Chris Solimine - Writer
Production Company:
- Hallmark Entertainment Prods., American Zoetrope
Production Type:
- Independent
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