Amerika

TV Mini Series
1987
14h 30m

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America has been bloodlessly taken over by the Soviet Union, leading to slave-labor camps for some, collaboration for others and rebellion for yet others.America has been bloodlessly taken over by the Soviet Union, leading to slave-labor camps for some, collaboration for others and rebellion for yet others.America has been bloodlessly taken over by the Soviet Union, leading to slave-labor camps for some, collaboration for others and rebellion for yet others.

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Nominated for 3 Primetime Emmys
- 5 nominations total

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Kris Kristofferson

Devin Milford

Robert Urich

Peter Bradford

Wendy Hughes

Marion Andrews

Sam Neill

Colonel Andrei Denisov

Cindy Pickett

Amanda Bradford

Armin Mueller-Stahl

General Petya Samanov

Christine Lahti

Alethea Milford

Jim Chad

Eng Cameraman

Richard Bradford

Ward Milford

Ivan Dixon

Dr. Alan Drummond

Ford Rainey

Will Milford

Graham Beckel

Clayton Cullen

Reiner Schöne

Major Helmut Gurtman

Dorian Harewood

Jeffrey Wyman

Mariel Hemingway

Kimberly Ballard

Marcel Hillaire

Dieter Heinlander

Lara Flynn Boyle

Jackie Bradford

Steve Drury

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Amerika sparked much controversy from many camps long before it even aired. Many liberals dismissed the mini-series as right wing paranoia, while many conservatives complained that the Soviet brutality that was depicted was seriously underplayed. Several re-writes and production delays resulted. Many objected to it on the basis that it could damage American-Soviet relations. The United Nations publicly objected to the depiction of United Nations Peacekeeping Forces as a Soviet controlled occupying force. The Soviet government at one point threatened to shut down the ABC News Moscow Bureau if the mini-series aired (although this threat was never carried out.) This prompted ABC President John B. Sias to state "We're going to run that program come rain, blood, or horse manure."

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Peter Bradford: Damn, I'm so tired of this "I'm an American" bull! Where was all that patriotism when it counted? Where was that willingness to sacrifice? Nobody wanted to join the damn army to defend the country unless they got paid well! Nobody wanted to give any time to public service unless they could make a career out of it! And I didn't notice a lot of us giving up our lives in the last 10 years!

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Featured in Entertainment Tonight: Episode dated 6 February 1987 (1987)

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Eerie TV classic miniseries bears re-watching

We (my Dad and I) taped the AMERIKA miniseries on its premiere air dates and I'm so glad we did. I've read a couple reviews here at IMdB that claim this milestone is boring. I believe they are misinterpreting the decided communist slant of this production. The production seems off-kilter because of it is presented through "a weary and wintry Russian eye", which might be compared to the powerless angst of the Russian characters of the Dr. Zhivago film. The characters are all doomed to communism and it's fascinating to view their ways of coping. Kristofferson and Urich are both powerhouses in this vein. My favorite theme is the outlawing of sentimental media, my favorite scene when Mariel Hemingway attends the illegal performance of "The Fantasticks". Shades of George Orwell's "1984", about a communist state where things that are illegal for the masses are allowed (but not admittedly) for the elite party members. So I say "God Bless AMERIKA". I think I'll watch it again next week.