"I'll Fly Away" (1991) TV series 1991-1993

User Rating:

8.3/10   

Creators:

Joshua Brand
John Falsey

Seasons:

1 | 2 | 3

Release Date:

7 October 1991 (USA)

Genre:

Drama

Plot:

Forrest Bedford is a Southern lawyer in the late 1950s, generally content with his privileged life. But the winds of change are blowing...

Plot Keywords:

Civil Rights | Southern U.S. | African American

Awards:

Won 2 Golden Globes. Another 26 wins & 32 nominations

Cast

Sam Waterston	...	D.A. Forrest Bedford (39 episodes, 1991-1994)
Regina Taylor	...	Lilly Harper (39 episodes, 1991-1994)
Jeremy London	...	Nathaniel 'Nathan' Bedford (39 episodes, 1991-1994)
Ashlee Levitch	...	Francie Bedford (39 episodes, 1991-1994)
John Aaron Bennett	...	John Morgan Bedford (39 episodes, 1991-1994)
Kathryn Harrold	...	Christina LeKatzis (39 episodes, 1991-1994)
Peter Simmons	...	Paul Slocum (39 episodes, 1991-1994)
Rae'Ven Larrymore Kelly	...	Adlaine Harper / ... (19 episodes, 1991-1993)

Runtime:

60 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

Australia:PG

Filming Locations:

Atlanta, Georgia, USA

Company:

Brand/Falsey Productions

Trivia:

The character 'Forrest Bedford' was ranked #17 in TV Guide's list of the "50 Greatest TV Dads of All Time" (20 June 2004 issue).

Quotes:

[Francie and John Morgan are fighting in the back seat]
D.A. Forrest Bedford: If I have to stop this car somebody's going to regret it!

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Seinfeld: The Virgin (#4.10)" (1992)

This was truly television's finest hour...what a pity it is no longer with us!

Television is often considered a medium that suffices to showcase actors and actresses who can not make it on the big screen and/or after they have seen their hey-day! Not so with the cast of I'll Fly Away, whose brilliant characterizations brought to life a time when change was coming for the better, but with it a whirlwind of emotions that swept up its populace in a way in which no other time has done since. The beautifully painted portraits were a study the human condition, from Forrest to Lily, and down thru the ranks of the Bedford children. To the great discredit of television, this series was cancelled when there was so much that was important left to say! This was a landmark series that should be brought to viewers on DVD if for no other reason than to afford it another opportunity to speak its solid values to those who have never seen it, and speak them again to those of us anxious to re-hear!~