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Wild Palms is a five-hour mini-series which was produced by Greengrass Productions and first aired in May 1993 on the ABC network in the United States. The sci-fi drama, announced as an "event series", deals with the dangers of politically motivated abuse of mass media technology, virtual realities in particular. It was based on a comic strip written by Bruce Wagner and illustrated by Julian Allen first published in 1990 in Details magazine. Wagner, who also wrote the screenplay, served as executive producer together with Oliver Stone. The series stars James Belushi, Dana Delany, Robert Loggia, Kim Cattrall, David Warner, and Angie Dickinson. The episodes were directed by Kathryn Bigelow, Keith Gordon, Peter Hewitt and Phil Joanou.
Original Release
05/16/1993 on ABC
US Release
05/16/1993
Cast
Name | Character |
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Jim Belushi | Harry Wyckoff |
Dana Delany | Grace Wyckoff |
Robert Loggia | Sen. Anton Kreutzer |
Kim Cattrall | Paige Katz |
Angie Dickinson | Josie Ito |
Ernie Hudson | Tommy Lazlo |
Bebe Neuwirth | Tabba Schwartzkopf |
Nick Mancuso | Tully Woiwode |
David Warner | Eli Levitt |
Ben Savage | Coty Wyckoff |
# | Title | Air Date |
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1 | Everything Must Go | Sunday, 16 May 1993 |
2 | The Floating World | Monday, 17 May 1993 |
3 | Rising Sons | Tuesday, 18 May 1993 |
4 | Hungry Ghosts | Wednesday, 19 May 1993 |
6 | N/A | Sunday, 13 June 1993 |
Directors
Keith Gordon, Kathryn Bigelow, Peter Hewitt
Writers
Creators
Cast
Name | Character |
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Jim Belushi | Harry Wyckoff |
Dana Delany | Grace Wyckoff |
Robert Loggia | Sen. Anton Kreutzer |
Kim Cattrall | Paige Katz |
Angie Dickinson | Josie Ito |
Ernie Hudson | Tommy Lazlo |
Bebe Neuwirth | Tabba Schwartzkopf |
Nick Mancuso | Tully Woiwode |
David Warner | Eli Levitt |
Ben Savage | Coty Wyckoff |
Bob Gunton | Dr. Tobias Schenkl |
Aaron Michael Metchik | Peter |
Robert Morse | Chap Starfall |
Brad Dourif | Chickie Levitt |
François Chau | Hiro |
Charles Hallahan | Gavin Whitehope |
Eugene Lee | Lt. Bob Grindrod |
Charles Rocket | Stitch |
Rondi Reed | Eileen Whitehope |
Beata Pozniak | Tambor |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Oliver Stone | Executive Producer |
Bruce Wagner | Executive Producer |
Michael Rauch | Producer |
Year | Type | Category | Won |
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1993 | Emmy | Outstanding Individual Achievement in Art Direction for a Miniseries or a Special | Nominated |