kvmelder.blogg.se - North and South by John Jakes

Justified, since in the adaptation he's merged with Lamar Powell, Ashton's handsome lover.

Adaptational Attractiveness: Exaggerated with Bent, who in the book is described as obese and just plain disgusting.

Age Cut: Used twice with young Brett and Ashton Main.

Brett is pretty bad however, her hairspray and gel caked hair and bright pink lipstick frequently make her look like "Antebellum Barbie", like at Ashton's wedding.

'80s Hair: Averted for the most part, though Ashton's perm occasionally strains credibility.

Not to be confused with the Elizabeth Gaskell novel and miniseries of the same name.

In addition to being a breakout role for Swayze, a number of then-unknown actors ( Forest Whitaker and Jonathan Frakes, to name two) also saw their careers get a boost. The three series, all of which aired on ABC, clocked in at at combined 1212 minutes. Heaven and Hell: North and South Book III (1994).

The books were adapted into three TV Mini Series starring Patrick Swayze and James Read: Basically, it's a soap - but with a budget. The slave-owning Mains are rural gentleman planters while the big-city Hazards are heavy in industry, their differences reflecting the social divisions that eventually led to the Civil War. The two become best friends while attending West Point, then fight side-by-side in the Mexican-American War, but later find themselves and their families on opposite sides of the war. The focal point of the saga is a budding bromance between Orry Main of South Carolina and George Hazard of Pennsylvania. North and South is shorthand for a trilogy of books written by John Jakes: North and South, set during the antebellum period of American history, Love and War, which takes place during the Civil War, and Heaven and Hell, which covers Reconstruction and the period of western expansion that followed.