The Fire Next Time (miniseries)
(Redirected from The Fire Next Time (TV movie))
| The Fire Next Time | |
|---|---|
| Written by | James S. Henerson |
| Directed by | Tom McLoughlin |
| Starring | Craig T. Nelson Bonnie Bedelia Richard Farnsworth Justin Whalin Jürgen Prochnow |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| Production | |
| Producers | Edwin Self Robert Halmi Jr. James S. Henerson Larry Strichman Gerritt van der Meer |
| Running time | 193 minutes |
| Original release | |
| Release | April 18 – April 20, 1993 |
The Fire Next Time is a 1993 American television disaster miniseries directed by Tom McLoughlin and written and produced by James S. Henerson which stars Craig T. Nelson, Bonnie Bedelia, Richard Farnsworth and Justin Whalin. Set in 2017, the plot focuses on a family who, after a series of fires begins to break out due to global warming, must struggle to survive a natural disaster that devastates the Earth.
Cast
[edit]- Craig T. Nelson as Drew Morgan
- Bonnie Bedelia as Suzanne Morgan
- Richard Farnsworth as Frank Morgan
- Justin Whalin as Paul Morgan
- Ashley Jones as Linnie Morgan
- Shawn Toovey as Jake Morgan
- Jürgen Prochnow as Larry Richter
Reception
[edit]Film critic Rick Sherwood of The Hollywood Reporter wrote in his review: "The Fire Next Time is a small story in a big package, an underworked, underdeveloped and severely underproduced miniseries that might have worked in two hours but fails miserably in four."[1]
Home media
[edit]The miniseries became available on DVD on July 21, 2015.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ Sherwood, Rick (April 16, 1993). "TV REVIEW - THE FIRE NEXT TIME - A HOLLYWOOD REPORTER REVIEW". Little Review. Retrieved February 18, 2016.
- ^ "The Fire Next Time". TV Shows on DVD. July 21, 2015. Archived from the original on March 11, 2016. Retrieved February 18, 2016.
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[edit]Categories:
- American television films
- 1990s American television miniseries
- 1990s disaster films
- 1993 television films
- 1993 films
- American disaster films
- Disaster television films
- Films about families
- Films about homelessness
- Films set in the future
- Environmental television
- Fiction about climate change
- Climate change mass media
- Television series set in 2017
- Climate change films
- 1990s English-language films
- 1990s American films