Kent State (film)

1981 television film by James Goldstone

Kent State is a 1981 American television movie about the Kent State shootings directed by James Goldstone who won an Emmy for his work on the movie. It was filmed at Gadsden State Junior College in Alabama.^[1] ^[2]

The film cost a reported $5 million.^[3]

The film was based on two books: James Michener's Kent State: What Happened and Why? and The Kent State Coverup by James Munves and Joseph Kelner. It was the strength of Michener's commercial reputation that sold the project to NBC. The original script was written by Gerald Green and then rewritten by Richard Kramer. Cast members of the film were reportedly unhappy with changes.^[3]^[4]

Cast

Jane Fleiss as Allison Krause^[5]
Charley Lang as Barry Levine
Talia Balsam as Sandy Scheuer
Keith Gordon as Jeffrey Miller
Jeff McCracken as William Schroeder
Peter Miner as Robbie Stamps
Michael Higgins as Professor Glenn Frank
John Getz as Professor Ted Arnold
Michael Horton as Cody
Ann Gillespie as Sharon Cavileer
Shepperd Strudwick as Professor Warren
Roxanne Hart as Jean Arnold
Steve Beauchamp
David VandeBrake
David Marshall
Grant Gretchen West
Margaret Dirolf
Frederick Allen
Bill Moses
Jerome Dempsey
George Coe
Barry Snider
Ron Frazier
John Kellogg
Betty Harper
Daniel Aguar
Mark Chamberlin
Frederikke Borge
Will Patton
Ellen Barkin

References

^ "Hollywood Flashback: 'Kent State,' When College Protests Were Considered Boffo TV". Hollywood Reporter. 12 June 2024. Archived from the original on 15 June 2024. Retrieved 15 June 2024.
^ "Kent State film gets mixed reviews". UPI. 9 February 1981.
^ ^a ^b "TV movie on shootings at Kent State 'left out the anger'". Asbury Park Press. 10 February 1981. p. 35.
^ "The drama of a tragedy". Newsday (Suffolk Edition) Part 2. 5 February 1981. p. 3.
^ https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/kent_state