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|data4 = [[1986]] | |data4 = [[:Category:1986|1986]] | ||
|title = [https://www.joefrank.com/shop/nightride Nightride][https://www.joefrank.com/streaming/shows/?jfsearch=Nightride] | |title = [https://www.joefrank.com/shop/nightride Nightride][https://www.joefrank.com/streaming/shows/?jfsearch=Nightride] | ||
|data6 = [[Tim Jerome]], [[ | |data6 = [[Tim Jerome]], [[Mark Hammer]], [[Joseph Palmieri]], [[Alan Hunter]], [[Lester Nafzger]], [[Annalee Jefferies]], [[F. Murray Abraham]], [[Arthur Miller]], Joe Frank | ||
|data10 = [[Highways West]] | |data10 = [[Highways West]] | ||
|data11 = [[Rent A Family (Part 1)]] | |data11 = [[Rent A Family (Part 1)]] | ||
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''"That is the electric plant over there."'' | ''"That is the electric plant over there."'' | ||
'''Nightride''' is | '''Nightride''' is a program Joe Frank produced as part of the series [[Work In Progress]]. It was originally broadcast in [[:Category:1986|1986]]. | ||
== Synopsis == | == Synopsis == | ||
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him to confess to setting off a bomb in the industrial district. | him to confess to setting off a bomb in the industrial district. | ||
12:00: Alex talks about missing something from his life. <ref>originally in [[Tour Of The City | 12:00: Alex talks about missing something from his life.<ref>originally in [[A Tour Of The City (Part 2)]]</ref> | ||
12:50: Someone talks about the futility of questions. | 12:50: Someone talks about the futility of questions. | ||
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28:50: A psychologist (a Black man?) talks to someone whom police | 28:50: A psychologist (a Black man?) talks to someone whom police | ||
officers allege threatened to kill his wife and children. He prays | officers allege threatened to kill his wife and children. He prays | ||
that he not do anything crazy. <ref>re-used in [[Predator]]</ref> | that he not do anything crazy.<ref>re-used in [[Predator]]</ref> | ||
33:00: A guy ([[Tim Jerome]]) loves to drive a cab (from the | 33:00: A guy ([[Tim Jerome]]) loves to drive a cab (from the | ||
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for a course he never attended. | for a course he never attended. | ||
52: Music ( | 52: Music ("Six Marimbas") and scat singing - 'dee-dee-dee' and | ||
nonsense syllables. | nonsense syllables. | ||
<div class="toccolours mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="width:100%; overflow:auto;"> | <div class="toccolours mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="width:100%; overflow:auto;"> | ||
<div style="font-weight:bold;line-height:1.6;">Legacy | <div style="font-weight:bold;line-height:1.6;">Legacy Synopsis</div> | ||
<div class="mw-collapsible-content"> | <div class="mw-collapsible-content"> | ||
Rhythmic humming. Tour of the city: electric plant lit by candles. A power plant worker is interrogated about a bombing, his job, his life, his childhood. Something is missing dialog. Religious counselor type asks his subject to guess at the solution to resolving the tension between the physical and the spiritual. The five things which are important in life. Confession. The prison psychologist recording: don't trust angels and the save my ass daily declaration. A woman talks about what she likes. Life as a series of forgetting. A disappearing girlfriend. A man in the street talks about a final exam nightmare, the life and death box. Rhythmic humming and nonsense verse. | Rhythmic humming. Tour of the city: electric plant lit by candles. A power plant worker is interrogated about a bombing, his job, his life, his childhood. Something is missing dialog. Religious counselor type asks his subject to guess at the solution to resolving the tension between the physical and the spiritual. The five things which are important in life. Confession. The prison psychologist recording: don't trust angels and the save my ass daily declaration. A woman talks about what she likes. Life as a series of forgetting. A disappearing girlfriend. A man in the street talks about a final exam nightmare, the life and death box. Rhythmic humming and nonsense verse. | ||
</div> </div> | </div> </div> | ||
== Music == | == Music == | ||
{{Six Marimbas (Steve Reich) }} | {{Six Marimbas (Steve Reich)}} [Intro] | ||
{{The Sinking Of The Titanic (Gavin Bryars)}} | {{The Sinking Of The Titanic (Gavin Bryars)}} [1:37] | ||
{{Flowered Knife Shadows (Harold Budd) }} | {{Flowered Knife Shadows (Harold Budd)}} [11:54] | ||
== | == Miscellanea == | ||
Nightride takes place in the same world that [[A Tour Of The City (Part 1)|A Tour Of The City]] does; Alex is the same person; except for the part about Alex missing something, the words are different. [[Black Hole (Remix)]] re-uses much of it; [[Reprise]] re-uses a little. | |||
== Additional credits == | |||
The original broadcast credits state: "The performers were [[Tim Jerome]], [[Mark Hammer]], [[Joseph Palmieri]], [[Alan Hunter]], [[Lester Nafzger]], [[Annalee Jefferies]], [[F. Murray Abraham]], [[Arthur Miller]], and Joe Frank. Technical production by Jeff Sykes." | |||
== Footnotes == | == Footnotes == | ||
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[[Category:Arthur Miller]] | [[Category:Arthur Miller]] | ||
[[Category:1986]] | [[Category:1986]] | ||
[[Category: Work In Progress]] | {{Series|series=Work In Progress}}{{Cast|cast= [[Tim Jerome]], [[Mark Hammer]], [[Joseph Palmieri]], [[Alan Hunter|Alan Hunter]], [[Lester Nafzger]], [[Annalee Jefferies]], [[F. Murray Abraham]], [[Arthur Miller]], Joe Frank}} | ||
[[Category:Work In Progress]] | |||
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[[Category:Show]] | |||
[[Category:Show_by_date|19860017]] {{Airdate|airdate=1986}} | |||
Latest revision as of 12:22, 16 April 2021
| Series | |
|---|---|
| Work In Progress | |
| Original Broadcast Date | |
| 1986 | |
| Cast | |
| Tim Jerome, Mark Hammer, Joseph Palmieri, Alan Hunter, Lester Nafzger, Annalee Jefferies, F. Murray Abraham, Arthur Miller, Joe Frank | |
| Format | |
| Scripted Actors, Category:Sound Effects, 58 minues | |
| Preceded by: | Highways West |
| Followed by: | Rent A Family (Part 1) |
"That is the electric plant over there."
Nightride is a program Joe Frank produced as part of the series Work In Progress. It was originally broadcast in 1986.
Synopsis
Taxi driver (Tim Jerome), driving his cab too fast, points out the power plant; because it sells all its electricity they use candles inside.
2:00: Vorst (sp?) and Funk (sp?) menacingly interrogate Alex. They want him to confess to setting off a bomb in the industrial district.
12:00: Alex talks about missing something from his life.[1]
12:50: Someone talks about the futility of questions.
14:30: Someone talks about how an alternating current of physicality and spirituality creates a tension.
16:40: Guy makes waking-up noises.
18:10: Guy with accent (Tim Jerome?) talks about interrogators trying to get him to confess.
19:30: Vorst and Funk interrogate Alex, ask about his sick mother, summer camp.
25:30: Alex wonders what's important in life. Another fellow tells him there are 5 important things: a clean mind, a strong heart, soap, almonds, and manganese. Then that fellow lists things we have to do before other things.
28:50: A psychologist (a Black man?) talks to someone whom police officers allege threatened to kill his wife and children. He prays that he not do anything crazy.[2]
33:00: A guy (Tim Jerome) loves to drive a cab (from the sound effects, at very high speed)
34:20: Vorst tells about going horseback riding with a woman.
35:50: Vorst tells about how talking in person, appearances distract; on the phone, there are no distractions.
36:30: Vorst tries to get Alex to confess, talks about how great confession is, cites Galileo and Augustine. Vorst tries to stop Funk from getting violent.
41:50: A woman talks about what she likes. Another woman says she's better off without a lover.
45:10: Vorst tells Alex life is not a progression of events, then talks nonsense for a few minutes.
50:20: A guy had a dream that he realized he had a final exam for a course he never attended.
52: Music ("Six Marimbas") and scat singing - 'dee-dee-dee' and nonsense syllables.
Rhythmic humming. Tour of the city: electric plant lit by candles. A power plant worker is interrogated about a bombing, his job, his life, his childhood. Something is missing dialog. Religious counselor type asks his subject to guess at the solution to resolving the tension between the physical and the spiritual. The five things which are important in life. Confession. The prison psychologist recording: don't trust angels and the save my ass daily declaration. A woman talks about what she likes. Life as a series of forgetting. A disappearing girlfriend. A man in the street talks about a final exam nightmare, the life and death box. Rhythmic humming and nonsense verse.
Music
- "Six Marimbas" - Steve Reich (from Sextet · Six Marimbas, 1986) | YouTube [Intro]
- "The Sinking Of The Titanic" - Gavin Bryars (from The Sinking of the Titanic, 1975) | YouTube [1:37]
- "Flowered Knife Shadows" - Harold Budd (from Lovely Thunder, 1986) | YouTube [11:54]
Miscellanea
Nightride takes place in the same world that A Tour Of The City does; Alex is the same person; except for the part about Alex missing something, the words are different. Black Hole (Remix) re-uses much of it; Reprise re-uses a little.
Additional credits
The original broadcast credits state: "The performers were Tim Jerome, Mark Hammer, Joseph Palmieri, Alan Hunter, Lester Nafzger, Annalee Jefferies, F. Murray Abraham, Arthur Miller, and Joe Frank. Technical production by Jeff Sykes."
Footnotes
- ↑ originally in A Tour Of The City (Part 2)
- ↑ re-used in Predator