Between Time and Timbuktu
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Between Time and Timbuktu is a television film directed by Fred Barzyk and based on a number of works by Kurt Vonnegut
. Produced by National Educational Television
and WGBH-TV
in Boston, Massachusetts, it was telecast March 13, 1972 as a NET Playhouse
special.
The script was primarily written by David Odell
, with contributions from Bob Elliott and Ray Goulding
, and the film's director. Vonnegut himself served as an "advisor and contributor to the script."
The television script was also published in 1972, illustrated with photographs by Jill Krementz
and stills from the television production.
as Stony Stevenson. The rest of the cast included:
Kurt Vonnegut
Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. was a 20th century American writer. His works such as Cat's Cradle , Slaughterhouse-Five and Breakfast of Champions blend satire, gallows humor and science fiction. He was known for his humanist beliefs and was honorary president of the American Humanist Association.-Early...
. Produced by National Educational Television
National Educational Television
National Educational Television was an American non-commercial educational public television network in the United States from May 16, 1954 to October 4, 1970...
and WGBH-TV
WGBH-TV
WGBH-TV, channel 2, is a non-commercial educational public television station located in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. WGBH-TV is a member station of the Public Broadcasting Service , and produces more than two-thirds of PBS's national prime time television programming...
in Boston, Massachusetts, it was telecast March 13, 1972 as a NET Playhouse
NET Playhouse
NET Playhouse is an American dramatic television series produced by National Educational Television . NET subsequently merged with WNDT Newark, New Jersey to form WNET and was superseded by the Public Broadcasting Service .- Episode list :...
special.
The script was primarily written by David Odell
David Odell
David Odell is a screenwriter and film director. He was nominated in 1980 for an Emmy for Outstanding Writing in a Variety or Music Program for The Muppet Show alongside Jim Henson, Don Hinkley, and Jerry Juhl...
, with contributions from Bob Elliott and Ray Goulding
Bob and Ray
Bob Elliott and Ray Goulding were an American comedy team whose career spanned five decades. Their format was typically to satirize the medium in which they were performing, such as conducting radio or television interviews, with off-the-wall dialogue presented in a generally deadpan style as...
, and the film's director. Vonnegut himself served as an "advisor and contributor to the script."
The television script was also published in 1972, illustrated with photographs by Jill Krementz
Jill Krementz
Jill Krementz is a photographer and author. She has published some 31 books, mostly of photography and children's books....
and stills from the television production.
Cast
The televised production of the play starred William HickeyWilliam Hickey (actor)
William Edward Hickey was an American actor. He was best known for his Oscar-nominated role as Don Corrado Prizzi in the John Huston 1985 film Prizzi's Honor, as well as the voice of Dr...
as Stony Stevenson. The rest of the cast included:
- Bruce MorrowBruce MorrowBruce Morrow is an American radio personality known to many listeners as Cousin Brucie.-Radio work:...
as Contest Announcer - Dortha Duckworth as Mrs. Stevenson (Stony's mother)
- Ray GouldingRay GouldingRaymond Walter Goulding was an American comedian, who, together with Bob Elliott formed the comedy duo of Bob and Ray....
as Walter Gesundheit - Bob ElliottBob Elliott (comedian)Robert Brackett "Bob" Elliott is an American actor and comedian, formerly one-half of the comedy duo of Bob and Ray. He is the father of comedian/actor Chris Elliott and the grandfather of Saturday Night Live cast member Abby Elliott.-Life and career:Elliott was born in Boston, Massachusetts, the...
as Bud Williams, Jr. (the ex-astronaut) - Franklin CoverFranklin CoverFranklin Edward Cover was an American actor most noted for starring on the sitcom The Jeffersons. His character, Tom Willis, was half of one of the first interracial marriages to be seen on prime-time television....
as Col. Donald "Tex" Pirandello - Russell MorashRussell MorashRussell Morash is a television producer and director of many television programs produced through WGBH and airing on PBS.His shows include This Old House, The Victory Garden, and The New Yankee Workshop...
as Sandy Abernethy - John Devlin as Dr. Bobby Denton
- Kevin McCarthyKevin McCarthy (actor)Kevin McCarthy was an American stage, film, and television actor, who appeared in over two hundred television and film roles. For his role in the 1951 film version of Death of a Salesman, he was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor and won a Golden Globe Award for New Star of...
as BokononBokononismBokononism is a religion invented by Kurt Vonnegut as a fictional religion, and practiced by many of the characters in his novel Cat's Cradle.It is based on the concept of foma, which are defined as harmless untruths... - Edie Lynch as Island Girl
- Jerry Gershman as Soldier
- James SloyanJames SloyanJames Joseph Sloyan is an American actor. He is married to actress Deirdre Lenihan with whom he has two children, Daniel and Samantha.- Early years :...
as Dr. Paul Proteus - George Serries as Prosecutor
- Ashley Westcott as Deaf Juror
- John Peters as Drunk
- Helen StenborgHelen StenborgHelen Joan Stenborg was an American actress of stage, screen, and television. She occasionally acted with her husband, actor Barnard Hughes , to whom she was married from 1950 until his death in 2006; they had two children.-Career:Stenborg appeared on stage in revivals of A Doll's House, A Month...
as Miss Martin - Hurd HatfieldHurd HatfieldWilliam Rukard Hurd Hatfield was an American actor.-Biography:The son of William Henry Hatfield , an attorney who served as deputy attorney general for New York, and his wife, the former Adele Steele, Hatfield was born in New York City, and was educated at Columbia University before travelling to...
as Dr. Hoenikker - Dolph SweetDolph SweetDolph Sweet was an American actor, credited with nearly 60 television and film roles as well as several roles in stage productions before his death from cancer in 1985.-Biography:...
as General - Hariet Hamilton as Lead Caroler
- Sam Amato as Policeman
- Benay VenutaBenay VenutaBenay Venuta was an American actress, singer and dancer.Born Benvenuta Rose Crooke in San Francisco, Venuta attended finishing school in Geneva and lived in London where she worked as a dancer before returning to the States. She made her first screen appearance in the silent Trail of '98 in 1928...
as Diana Moon Glampers - Carlton Power as First Stagehand
- Jean Sanocki as Larry
- Jack Shipley as News Announcer
- Alexis Hoff as Ballerina
- Avind Haerum as Harrison BergeronHarrison Bergeron"Harrison Bergeron" is a satirical, dystopian science fiction short story written by Kurt Vonnegut Jr. and first published in October 1961. Originally published in The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, the story was re-published in the author's collection Welcome to the Monkey House in...
- Frank Dolan as Short Order Cook
- Susan SullivanSusan SullivanSusan Michaela Sullivan is an American actress, known for several notable roles on various television programs. Sullivan played the role of Lenore Curtin Delaney on the daytime soap opera, Another World ; waitress Lois Adams during the first season of the comedy It's a Living, Maggie Gioberti...
as Nancy - Charles White as Lionel J. Howard
- Philip Bruns as Announcer
- Ariane Munker as Wanda June
- Page Johnson as HitlerAdolf HitlerAdolf Hitler was an Austrian-born German politician and the leader of the National Socialist German Workers Party , commonly referred to as the Nazi Party). He was Chancellor of Germany from 1933 to 1945, and head of state from 1934 to 1945...
- MacIntyre Dixon as Cemetery Gardener