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Amerika (miniseries)
''Amerika'' – suggesting a Russified name for the United States – is an American television miniseries that was broadcast in 1987 on ABC. The miniseries inspired a novelization entitled ''Amerika: The Triumph of the American Spirit''. ''Amerika'' starred Kris Kristofferson, Mariel Hemingway, Sam Neill, Robert Urich, and a 17-year-old Lara Flynn Boyle in her first major role. ''Amerika'' was about life in the United States after a bloodless takeover engineered by the Soviet Union. Not wanting to depict the actual takeover, ABC Entertainment president Brandon Stoddard set the miniseries ten years after the event, focusing on the demoralized American people a decade after the Soviet conquest. The intent, he later explained, was to explore the American spirit under such conditions, not to portray the conflict of the Soviet coup.
Described in promotional materials as "the most ambitious American miniseries ever created," ''Amerika'' aired for 14½ hours (including commercials) over seven nights (beginning February 15, 1987), and reportedly cost US$40 million to produce. The miniseries was filmed in the Golden Horseshoe and southwestern Ontario Canadian cities of Toronto, London,〔''The old South Street campus of Victoria Hospital in London, Ontario, was the site that depicted the "Peoples' Acceptance Hospital" in Omaha, in what the storyline refers to as the former U.S. State of Nebraska.''〕 and Hamilton,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Internet Movie Database – List of Films shot in Hamilton, Ontario )〕 as well as various locations in the U.S. state of Nebraska – most notably the small town of Tecumseh, which served as "Milford," the fictional setting for most of the series. Donald Wrye was the executive producer, director, and writer of ''Amerika'', while composer Basil Poledouris scored the miniseries, ultimately recording (with the Hollywood Symphony Orchestra) eight hours of music – the equivalent of four feature films.
==Genesis==
''Amerika'' has an indirect connection to another notable ABC program, the 1983 television film ''The Day After'', which some critics felt was too pacifist for portraying the doctrine of nuclear deterrence as pointless. Stoddard cited a column in the ''Los Angeles Herald-Examiner'' by Nixon speechwriter (and later, television personality) Ben Stein that appeared a few weeks before ''The Day After'' aired. Stein wrote, in part:
Stoddard acknowledged that Stein's remarks provided the inspiration for the series. Stein received a quitclaim deed from ABC for the idea for ''Amerika'' and otherwise was not involved in its production.〔The New York Times: ("TV VIEW; 'AMERKIA' (sic) – SLOGGING THROUGH A MUDDLE" ) By John J. O'Connor. Published February 15, 1987〕 Originally envisioned as a four-hour made-for-TV movie entitled "Topeka, Kansas, U.S.S.R.", the project soon was expanded into a miniseries.
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