1 9 7 9 (USA)
3 x 120 minute episodes 1 9 8 0 (USA)
12 x 60 minute episodes
A six-hour TV miniseries of James Joyce’s novel did well in 1979, prompting NBC to wonder how long an Eternity could last.
The story in the 1980 series opens with the attack on Pearl Harbor but moves quickly from military combat to the much more interesting battles of the sexes.
The combatants include William Devane as the central character of Sergeant Milt Warden; his major Dana Holmes (Roy Thinnes), Holmes’ wife Karen (Natalie Wood in the miniseries, Barbara Hershey in the subsequent series), Lorene Rogers (Kim Basinger) as the fallen woman who hopes to rise again; and Don Johnson as Jefferson Davis Prewitt, who goes to Hawaii to find out what’s happened to his brother, Robert E Lee Prewitt (seen in flashbacks), the born boxer who hated to fight.
Warden and Major Holmes eventually had a showdown over Holmes’s treatment of his wife, after which Warden suffered a minor heart attack. Karen Holmes thereupon left Honolulu to spend the duration of the war on the US mainland.
This weekly soap opera drew few viewers and was abruptly pulled from the schedule after less than a month. The resolution of the story did not take place until August 1980, when the remaining original episodes were aired as specials.
Karen Holmes
Natalie Wood (1979)
Barbara Hershey (1980) Master Sgt. Milt Warden
William Devane Pvt. Robert E. Lee Prewitt
Steve Railsback Jefferson Davis Prewitt
Don Johnson Capt/Maj. Dana Holmes
Roy Thinnes Pvt. Angelo Maggio
Joe Pantoliano Lorene Rogers
Kim Basinger Fatso Judson
Peter Boyle Cpl/Sgt. Cheney
Will Sampson Pfc. Hanson
Rick Hurst Gert Kipfer
Salome Jens Sgt. Maylon Stark
Andrew Robinson Lt/Capt. Ross
David Spielberg Gen. Barney Slater
Andy Griffith Col. Jack Delbart
Richard Venture Sgt. Doehm
Richard Bright Pfc. Ignacio Carmona
Rocky Echevarria Cpl. Lewis
Christopher Murney Cpl. Kowalski
Gene Scherer Maj. Thompson
John Crawford Cpl. Leva
Wynn Irwin Violet
Morgan Kesler Emily Austin
Lacey Neuhaus Mrs Austin
Priscilla Pointer Mr Austin
Richard Roat Sgt. McKay
Ron Max Lt. Kenneth Barrett
John Calvin Dr Anne Brewster
Claire Malis Sgt. Preem
Kenneth White Cpl. Herbert
Gary Swanson Aimee
Joann Gordon Della
Dea St. Lamont Kun Von Bordlund
Richard Erdman Chip Holmes
Jonathan B. Woodward Zola
Mariko Tse Tommy
Russ Marin Hal
Donegan Smith
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