"North and South" (1985) TV mini-series 1985-

Seasons:

1

Release Date:

3 November 1985 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | History | Romance | War

Plot:

Two friends, one northern and one southern, struggle to maintain their friendship as events build towards the American Civil War.

Plot Keywords:

Friendship | Civil War | Plantation | Slavery | 1860s

Awards:

Nominated for 2 Golden Globes. Another 2 wins & 8 nominations

Cast

Kirstie Alley	...	Virgilia Hazard / ... (6 episodes, 1985)
Georg Stanford Brown	...	Garrison Grady (6 episodes, 1985)
David Carradine	...	Justin LaMotte (6 episodes, 1985)
Philip Casnoff	...	Elkanah Bent / ... (6 episodes, 1985)
Lesley-Anne Down	...	Madeline Fabray LaMotte (6 episodes, 1985)
Genie Francis	...	Brett Main / ... (6 episodes, 1985)
Terri Garber	...	Ashton Main Huntoon / ... (6 episodes, 1985)
Wendy Kilbourne	...	Constance Flynn Hazard / ... (6 episodes, 1985)
Jim Metzler	...	James Huntoon (6 episodes, 1985)
James Read	...	George Hazard (6 episodes, 1985)
Lewis Smith	...	Charles Main (6 episodes, 1985)
John Stockwell	...	Billy Hazard (6 episodes, 1985)
Patrick Swayze	...	Orry Main (6 episodes, 1985)
Johnny Cash	...	John Brown (6 episodes, 1985)
Olivia Cole	...	Maum Sally (6 episodes, 1985)
Morgan Fairchild	...	Burdetta Halloran (6 episodes, 1985)
Robert Guillaume	...	Frederick Douglass (6 episodes, 1985)
Hal Holbrook	...	Abraham Lincoln (6 episodes, 1985)
Gene Kelly	...	Sen. Charles Edwards (6 episodes, 1985)
Robert Mitchum	...	Patrick Flynn (6 episodes, 1985)
Jean Simmons	...	Clarissa Main (6 episodes, 1985)
David Ogden Stiers	...	Congressman Sam Greene (6 episodes, 1985)
Inga Swenson	...	Maude Hazard (6 episodes, 1985)
Elizabeth Taylor	...	Madam Conti (6 episodes, 1985)
John Anderson	...	William Hazard (6 episodes, 1985)
Lee Bergere	...	Nicholas Fabray (6 episodes, 1985)
Jonathan Frakes	...	Stanley Hazard (6 episodes, 1985)
Wendy Fulton	...	Isabel Truscott Hazard (6 episodes, 1985)
David Harris	...	Priam (6 episodes, 1985)
Mitch Ryan	...	Tillet Main (6 episodes, 1985)
Forest Whitaker	...	Cuffey (6 episodes, 1985)
Erica Gimpel	...	Semiramis (4 episodes, 1985)
William Ostrander	...	Forbes LaMotte (4 episodes, 1985)
Tony Frank	...	Salem Jones (3 episodes, 1985)
Alveda King Beale	...	Slave (3 episodes, 1985)
Walter Barnes	...	Benny Haven (2 episodes, 1985)
Nikki Creswell	...	Young Brett Main (2 episodes, 1985)
Chris Douridas	...	George McClellan (2 episodes, 1985)
Temi Epstein	...	Young Ashton Main (2 episodes, 1985)
William Preston Daly	...	Tom 'Stonewall' Jackson (2 episodes, 1985)
Arthur Gilliard	...	Nathaniel (2 episodes, 1985)
Cody W. Hampton	...	George Pickett (2 episodes, 1985)
Tuck Milligan	...	Smith Dawkins (2 episodes, 1985)
Andy Stahl	...	Cadet Ned Fisk (2 episodes, 1985)
Robert Vaucresson	...	Jed (2 episodes, 1985)

Series Directed by
Richard T. Heffron		(6 episodes, 1985)

Series Writing credits
Douglas Heyes		(6 episodes, 1985)
John Jakes		(6 episodes, 1985)
Paul F. Edwards		(2 episodes, 1985)
Patricia Green		(2 episodes, 1985)
Kathleen A. Shelley		(2 episodes, 1985)

Series Produced by
Paul Freeman	....	producer (6 episodes, 1985)
Rob Harland	....	associate producer (6 episodes, 1985)
Chuck McLain	....	executive producer (6 episodes, 1985)
David L. Wolper	....	executive producer (6 episodes, 1985)

Series Original Music by
Bill Conti		(6 episodes, 1985)

Series Cinematography by
Stevan Larner		(6 episodes, 1985)

Series Film Editing by
Michael Eliot		(6 episodes, 1985)
Scott C. Eyler		(6 episodes, 1985)

Series Casting by
Phyllis Huffman		(6 episodes, 1985)
Jennifer Jackson Part		(6 episodes, 1985)

Series Production Design by
Archie J. Bacon		(6 episodes, 1985)

Series Art Direction by
Richard Berger		(6 episodes, 1985)

Series Set Decoration by
Charles Korian		(6 episodes, 1985)

Series Costume Design by
Vicki Sánchez		(unknown episodes)

Series Makeup Department
Virginia Darcy	....	hairstylist (6 episodes, 1985)
Alan Fama	....	makeup artist (6 episodes, 1985)
Dick Smith	....	special makeup effects artist: Abraham Lincoln makeup (unknown episodes)

Series Production Management
Mike Salamunovich	....	unit production manager (6 episodes, 1985)

Series Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Skip Cosper	....	first assistant director (6 episodes, 1985)
Douglas Dean III	....	second assistant director (6 episodes, 1985)
Josh McLaglen	....	second assistant director (6 episodes, 1985)

Series Art Department
Richard J. Bayard	....	construction coordinator (6 episodes, 1985)
Sandy Dvore	....	drawings (6 episodes, 1985)
Earl W. Huntoon Jr.	....	property master (6 episodes, 1985)
Gary Towles	....	set dresser (6 episodes, 1985)
Richard M. Cole	....	propmaker gangboss (unknown episodes, 1985)

Series Sound Department
Ron Tinsley	....	sound effects editor (6 episodes, 1985)
Richard Wagner	....	production sound (6 episodes, 1985)
Alex Bamattre	....	sound editor (unknown episodes)
Stu Bernstein	....	sound editor (unknown episodes)
Roy Braverman	....	sound effects editor (unknown episodes)
Lee Chaney	....	sound editor (unknown episodes)
Craig Clark	....	dialogue editor (unknown episodes)
Vincent Connelly	....	sound editor (unknown episodes)
Corinne Sessarego	....	sound editor (unknown episodes)
Clancy T. Troutman	....	supervising sound editor (unknown episodes)

Series Stunts
Fred Lerner	....	stunt coordinator (6 episodes, 1985)
Lloyd Lively	....	utility stunts (3 episodes, 1985)
John Ashby	....	stunts (2 episodes, 1985)
Gregory J. Barnett	....	stunts (unknown episodes)
David Cadiente	....	stunts (unknown episodes)
Steve Cremin	....	stunts (unknown episodes)
Bob K. Cummings	....	stunts (unknown episodes)
Vince Deadrick Sr.	....	stunts (unknown episodes)
Tom Elliott	....	stunts (unknown episodes)
Glory Fioramonti	....	stunts (unknown episodes)
Tim Gilbert	....	stunts (unknown episodes)
Clifford Happy	....	stunts (unknown episodes)
Gene Hartline	....	stunts (unknown episodes)
Robert F. Hoy	....	stunts (unknown episodes)
Loren Janes	....	stunts (unknown episodes)
Mike H. McGaughy	....	stunts (unknown episodes)
Pat McGroarty	....	stunts (unknown episodes)
Bill McIntosh	....	stunts (unknown episodes)
Jimmy Ortega	....	stunts (unknown episodes)
Bernie Pock	....	stunts (unknown episodes)
Roger Ragland	....	stunts (unknown episodes)
Walter Robles	....	stunts (unknown episodes)
John Robotham	....	stunts (unknown episodes)
J.P. Romano	....	stunts (unknown episodes)
Bill M. Ryusaki	....	stunts (unknown episodes)
Walter Scott	....	stunts (unknown episodes)
Jack Verbois	....	stunts (unknown episodes)
Fred Waugh	....	stunts (unknown episodes)
Jerry Wills	....	stunts (unknown episodes)

Series Camera and Electrical Department
Bob Farmer	....	gaffer (6 episodes, 1985)
Owen Marsh	....	camera operator (6 episodes, 1985)
Charles L. Morgan	....	key grip (6 episodes, 1985)
Tony Rivetti	....	first assistant camera (6 episodes, 1985)
Don E. FauntLeRoy	....	assistant camera (unknown episodes)
Peter Gerling	....	assistant camera (unknown episodes)
Ralph Gerling	....	camera operator (unknown episodes)
Bill Sheehan	....	assistant camera (unknown episodes)
D. Michael Wheeler	....	second assistant camera (unknown episodes)

Series Casting Department
Liz Keigley	....	location casting (6 episodes, 1985)
Shari Rhodes	....	location casting (6 episodes, 1985)

Series Costume and Wardrobe Department
Joie Hutchinson	....	costume supervisor: women (6 episodes, 1985)
Pat McGrath	....	costume supervisor: men (6 episodes, 1985)
Vicki Sánchez	....	costume supervisor: women (6 episodes, 1985)
Judi Flowers	....	costumer (unknown episodes)

Series Editorial Department
Michael Cipriano	....	assistant editor (6 episodes, 1985)
Leon Garbers	....	assistant editor (6 episodes, 1985)
Richard L. McCullough	....	assistant editor (6 episodes, 1985)

Series Music Department
Tom Boyd	....	musician: oboe soloist (6 episodes, 1985)
Stephen A. Hope	....	music editor (6 episodes, 1985)
Jay Alfred Smith	....	music editor (6 episodes, 1985)
Christopher Flick	....	assistant music editor (unknown episodes, 1985)
Julie Giroux	....	composer: additional music / orchestrator (unknown episodes)
Greig McRitchie	....	composer: additional music (unknown episodes)
James D. Young	....	music editor (unknown episodes)

Series Transportation Department
Vicki Lybrand	....	driver: cast (6 episodes, 1985)

Series Other crew
Robert Easton	....	dialect coach (6 episodes, 1985)
Patricia Green	....	executive script consultant (6 episodes, 1985)
Ray Herbeck Jr.	....	historian / technical advisor (6 episodes, 1985)
Ken Lee	....	location auditor (6 episodes, 1985)
Alleen N. Nollmann	....	script supervisor (6 episodes, 1985)
Don Shelley	....	location auditor (6 episodes, 1985)
Mark Wolper	....	production executive (6 episodes, 1985)
Michael T. Boyd	....	re-enactment coordinator (unknown episodes)
Billy L. 'Butch' Frank	....	historical consultant (unknown episodes)
Roger Ragland	....	wrangler (unknown episodes)
Kevin R. Young	....	re-enactment coordinator (unknown episodes)

Production Companies

• David L. Wolper Productions
• Warner Bros. Television

Distributors

• American Broadcasting Company (ABC) (1985) (USA) (TV)
• TV1 (1997) (Estonia) (TV)
• Warner Bros. Entertainment Finland Oy (2006) (Finland) (DVD)
• Warner Home Video (2005) (Germany) (DVD)
• Warner Home Video (2005) (Netherlands) (DVD) (book 1)
• Warner Home Video (2005) (Netherlands) (DVD) (book 2)
• Warner Home Video (2008) (Netherlands) (DVD) (complete series)

Other Companies

• Ford Motor Company  sponsoring
• Kellogg's  sponsoring (Kellogg's All-Bran)

Also Known As:

"North and South Book I" - USA (DVD title)

Runtime:

561 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Singapore:PG | Finland:K-15 (DVD rating) (2006) | UK:15 (season 2) | UK:PG (season 1) | Netherlands:12 | Australia:MA (DVD rating)

Filming Locations:

Boone Hall Plantation - 1235 Long Point Road, Mount Pleasant, South Carolina, USA

Company:

David L. Wolper Productions

Trivia:

Where the historic structures were correct but the furnishings were not, or where priceless antiques were so fragile they could not be used, the company brought in their own pieces, such as the bronze and marble statuary valued at more than $200,000 that decorated the house used for the New Orleans bordello run by the flamboyant Madam Conti (Elizabeth Taylor).

Goofs:

Continuity: When Charles is seeing Willa in St. Louis and eating in the restaurant it shows them going for a walk and then returning to the restaurant. It shows his rank as Corporal in the first part of the scene and during the walk. Back in the restaurant it shows his rank much higher, possibly a Sgt. or higher. When leaving it shows him as a Corporal again.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in The History of North and South (2004) (V)

Wonderful

I was 13 when this mini-series (and its sequel North and South, Book II) first aired. I had already been captivated by the personal interest stories in/around our American Civil War, which is what interested me in watching this made-for-tv program.

I loved it. And now I'm 29 years old and I only love it more. It is full of history, beautiful costuming, real-life characters woven in and out of the lives of fictional characters, all of whom you come to care deeply about. There is intrigue, love, loyalty, betrayal, family, extended family, lust, battles, victory, defeat and reconstruction.

Even though I had the full set of episodes on tapes I recorded back when it originally aired, I purchased the full set of both N&S and N&S II from Columbia House some years ago when they became available. Once every few years I'll take a whole weekend and watch all the installments back to back - and am sad when the last episode rolls to an end, because I find myself wanting to continue watching the story of the lives of these characters.

I cannot recommend this mini-series more highly.