Harpo Productions
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Harpo Productions is an incorporated US-based multimedia production company founded by media mogul Oprah Winfrey (the name 'Harpo' is 'Oprah' spelled backwards, and is not to be confused with Harpo Marx). It also includes Harpo Films (the company's film production company) & Harpo Radio, Inc. (the company's radio division). It is based in Chicago, and Harpo Studios (the company's TV production studio) is located in the Near West Side neighborhood of Chicago.
The land where the studio now sits once housed a cold storage warehouse that was used as a makeshift morgue for victims of the capsizing of the steamer SS Eastland.[1] The 88,000-square-foot (8,200 m2) facility was renovated and opened in the late 1980s for use by The Oprah Winfrey Show.[2]
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[edit] The Move To HBO
In late 2008, Harpo Films signed an exclusive output pact with HBO.[3] Previously, Harpo films had a deal with ABC, which included production of Oprah Winfrey Presents: Mitch Albom's For One More Day.[3]
[edit] Harpo productions
[edit] Television
- 2005: Zora Neale Hurston - Their Eyes Were Watching God, with a teleplay by Suzan-Lori Parks and Misan Sagay
- 1989: Gloria Naylor - The Women of Brewster Place, with a teleplay by Karen Hall
- 1990: Brewster Place, a spinoff from the 1989 miniseries
- 1988-present: The Oprah Winfrey Show
- 2003-2006: Oprah After the Show
- 2002-present: Dr. Phil
- 2006-present: Rachael Ray
- Coming in 2009: The Dr. Oz Show
[edit] Film
- 2007: Denzel Washington (dir.) - The Great Debaters, with a screenplay by Suzan-Lori Parks and Robert Eisele
- 1998: Toni Morrison - Beloved, with a screenplay by Akosua Busia
- 1998: The Wedding
[edit] Radio
[edit] References
- ^ "The Oprah Winfrey Show trivia", www.oprah.com. Retrieved on 2008-07-28.
- ^ Colander, Pat (1989-03-12). "Oprah Winfrey's Odyssey: Talk-Show Host to Mogul". The New York Times. http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=950DE3DC1038F931A25750C0A96F948260.
- ^ a b Frankel, Daniel (2008-12-16), "Oprah Winfrey pacts with HBO", Variety, http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117997464.html?categoryid=14&cs=1
[edit] External links
- Harpo Films
- Harpo Productions at the Internet Movie Database
- Color Purple SlideShow [1]
- Oprah Winfrey's biography
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