"Run for Your Life" (1965) Série TV 1965-1968

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Date de sortie:

13 septembre 1965 (USA)

Genre:

Drame

Intrigue:

Ben Gazzara plays a successful lawyer who is told in the first episode is told by his doctor that he will die in one to two years...

Récompenses:

Nominated for 4 Golden Globes. Another 7 nominations

Avis des utilisateurs:

This Life Will Self-Destruct In 3 Years?

Ensemble

Ben Gazzara

...

Paul Bryan (Episodes, 1965-1968)

Durée:

60 min (86 episodes)

Pays:

USA

Langue:

Anglais

Couleur:

Couleur

Rapport de forme:

1,33 : 1

Son:

Mono

Classification:

Argentina:13

Lieux de tournage:

European Village set, Universal Studios - 100 Universal City Plaza, Universal City, California, USA

Société:

Roncom Films

Anecdotes:

Some sources claim that Ben Gazzara's character suffered from leukemia. However, in a 1998 interview conducted by TV book writer Ed Robinson, executive producer Roy Huggins indicated that the affliction 'Paul Bryan' suffered from was never mentioned on the program and does not exist.

Connexions De Film:

Référencé sur "Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Starfighters (#7.12)" (1994)

This Life Will Self-Destruct In 3 Years?

This was a very clever concept. A lawyer, Paul Bryan, has been diagnosed with an incurable disease and has been told he has just two to three years to live. The idea put this lead character in the position of living life to the fullest and the most responsible. There is a message in that for all of us somewhere, isn't there?

While somewhat morbid straight off the top, the concept made for interesting viewing from my perspective. Ben Gazzara played the main character and each week he would resolve other people's problems, but at the end of the show he would still be facing the anguish of a limited time on this earth. One of an unnamed genre of shows like "The Fugitive" and "The Incredible Hulk", "Run for Your Life" was set in locales all over the world, but probably filmed on studio back-lots, renovated to look like the French Riviera, Hawaii and Rio. The idea was that Bryan was seeing the world with what little time and resources he had left. Each episode he would engage in new relationships, involving himself in new circumstances, resulting in high action and adventure.

This wasn't a great show, but was certainly a product of its time. Always reminded us of our own mortality, which all of us need occasional reminders of in life.