The Oldest Living Graduate (1980)
Henry Fonda schittert als kolonel J. C. Kincaid, knapperige patriarch van een Texaanse familie. Kincaid's zwakzinnige zoon Floyd wil in de gunst van de oude man komen, zodat hij het enorme grondbezit van de kolonel kan ontwikkelen. Floyd organiseert een feest in de hele stad waarin Kincaid wordt geprezen als de oudste nog levende afgestudeerde van een nabijgelegen militaire academie. De festiviteiten dienen alleen maar om de toch al zure Kincaid nog strijdlustiger en ellendiger te maken. Aangepast van het toneelstuk van Preston Jones uit 1974 en oorspronkelijk live uitgezonden vanuit de Southern Methodist University in Dallas op 7 april 1980.
Regiseur: Jack Hofsiss
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Henry Fonda as Col. J.C. Kincaid |
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George Grizzard as Floyd Kincaid |
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Cloris Leachman as Maureen |
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Harry Dean Stanton as Mike |
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Penelope Milford as Martha Ann |
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John Lithgow as Clarence |
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David Ogden Stiers as Major |
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Allyn Ann McLerie as Mrs. Hampton |
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Timothy Hutton as Cadet |
| Production | Gareth Davies | Producer |
| Production | Paul Waigner | Associate Producer |
| Art | David Jenkins | Production Design |
| Lighting | Danny Franks | Lighting Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Julie Weiss | Costume Design |
| Directing | Sheila Lauder | Script Supervisor |
| Production | Jacqueline Tone | Executive Producer's Assistant |
| Production | Ginny Partridge | Production Assistant |
| Crew | Dwight Adair | Dialect Coach |
| Art | Fred Kolouch | Set Decoration |
| Art | Bob Thurmond, Jr. | Property Master |
| Costume & Make-Up | Suzan Bagdadi | Hairstylist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Jim Nielsen | Makeup Artist |
| Crew | Mark Hufnail | Technical Supervisor |
| Crew | Wayne Parsons | Technical Supervisor |
| Writing | Preston Jones | Theatre Play |
| Crew | Mark S. Miller | Technical Supervisor |
| Camera | Tom Geren | Camera Operator |
| Camera | Dean Hall | Camera Operator |
| Camera | Bob Highton | Camera Operator |
| Camera | Bill Landers | Camera Operator |
| Camera | Ron Sheldon | Camera Operator |
| Editing | Dave Crosthwait | Editor |
| Editing | Joe Bill Worthington | Editor |
| Directing | Jack Hofsiss | Director |
| Production | David W. Rintels | Executive Producer |
| Sound | Don Worsham | Sound Mixer |