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...then, Halmi isn't aiming to see his productions deconstructed in Western Civ classes. In an era when TV is steeped in realism, Halmi's intent is to create lavish spectacles. Like his endlessly hyped 1994 mini-series Scarlett, the non-Margaret Mitchell-written sequel to Gone With the Wind, for which he conducted a $1 million worldwide search to find a star (ultimately actress Joanne Whalley-Kilmer), The Odyssey has been promoted with endless TV ads, a tie-in book and a Website game. The movie's budget went largely to transporting hundreds of cast and crew members...
...beguiling imperiousness that has made the Hungarian-born Halmi, who speaks in an endearingly imperfect English, one of the most prolific and risk-embracing producers in television. Through his former production company RHI and now as chairman of Hallmark Entertainment, Halmi has made nearly 200 TV movies and mini-series during the past two decades. Soon to arrive: what might be considered one of television's most audacious ventures to date, Halmi's four-hour production of The Odyssey (beginning May 18, 9 p.m. E.T., NBC), which at $32 million is, minute for minute, the most expensive mini-series ever...
...decade, arrogantly convinced that Jonathan Swift's 18th century political satire Gulliver's Travels was just waiting to be made into a mini-series starring Ted Danson, Halmi tirelessly pitched the idea to skeptical network executives until NBC succumbed two years ago. Improbably enough, Gulliver drew critical raves and wound up as last season's highest-rated mini-series. Motivated by that triumph, Halmi, whose curriculum vitae is not entirely without a smattering of titles like Ivana Trump's For Love Alone, has now made it a mission to devote himself almost exclusively to reinterpreting the classics for television...
Scheduled to air within the next year or so: TV-movie versions of Moby Dick and David Copperfield for the USA and Turner networks respectively, not to mention a sweeping Crime and Punishment mini-series for NBC. Meanwhile, Halmi is also working to bring versions of Animal Farm, The Raven and Dante's Inferno to the small screen...
...Green mounted a mini-rally in the sixth when Spencer hit an RBI single and freshman first baseman Aaron Meyer brought him home with a two-run homer. But the three runs in the inning turned out to be all Dartmouth could muster, as Duffell struck out freshman James Little to end the game...