The Roommate adaptation airs on WVIZ-TV Channel 25
The 90 minute American Playhouse presentation is set on a 1952 Northwestern campus and follows Orson Zieghler, a perfectionist from South Dakota, in a clash of roommate dynamics amid college life. An Updike interview with China Altman follows the film.
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The Roommate study film and its eccentric star Hub
Henry Hub Paramountain a conscience objector vegetarian from Oregon clashes with Orson a by the book roommate in a 1950s era campus drama. The film follows their evolving tension amid campus life and era icons with strong performances by Barry Miller Elaine Wilkes and David Bachman.
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A dense schedule lists films and programs across Showtime Cinemax and HBO including 2010 1984 with Roy Scheider and John Lithgow Leave Em Laughing 1981 with Mickey Rooney and Anne Jackson and El Norte 1984 about Guatemalan children. also Newhart Cagney Lacey and Yentl among others with dates and channels noted.
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A chaotic display of film listings includes Mystery Mansion 1983 with Dallas McKennon and Greg Wynne, Firecreek 1968 with James Stewart, Where The Boys Are 1960 with Dolores Hart, George Hamilton, and a Jigsaw 1968 plot, Moscow On The Hudson 1984 with Robin Williams, The Gift of Life documentary, The 29 Steps 1935, Metalstorm The Destruction of Jared-Lyn 1983, Sheena 1984, Ask Any Girl 1959, Babies Having Babies, Shinbune Alley 1971, and Last of the Red Dragons cartoon.
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