![]() ![]() The miniseries is in a class with "Roots" and considerably improves upon the 1983 blockbuster "The Winds of War," to which "Remembrance," as book and TV show, is a sequel.Ī stunning departure from this Season of Sleaze on network television, "War and Remembrance" confronts great and abiding issues and, if it homogenizes them, at least does so intelligently. "War and Remembrance" attains moments of intense emotional intimacy despite its panoramic canvas. ABC executives have claimed, perhaps more with pride than sorrow, that the network stands to lose as much as $20 million on the project. A total of at least 30 hours, made at a cost of $110 million, is planned. The rest will appear later in the season, probably February or May. ![]() The first 18 hours will air this month, starting with a three-hour opener at 8 tonight on Channel 7. "War and Remembrance" is tremendous television. The production is mammoth, on a scale virtually unheard of in the medium. Few entertainment programs in TV history have qualified for an accolade like "monumental," but that's precisely the word for "War and Remembrance," ABC's shattering and spectacular miniseries from Herman Wouk's novel of World War II. ![]()
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