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''"The development is called The Fountains..."''
''"The development is called The Fountains..."''


"A Pact With God" is the name of a program Joe Frank produced as part of the series [[Work In Progress]]. It was originally broadcast in [[1987]].
''A Pact With God'' is the name of a program Joe Frank produced as part of the series [[Work In Progress]]. It was originally broadcast in [[1987]].




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== Interesting Facts ==
== Interesting Facts ==
The text from this program is re-recorded with different background music in [[Death in the Family, A (remix)|"A Death in the Family."]]
The text from this program is re-recorded with different background music in [[Death In The Family, A|A Death in the Family.]]




Revision as of 06:27, 16 February 2021

A Pact With God[1]
Series
Work In Progress
Original Broadcast Date
1987
Cast
Joe Frank
Format
Serious Monologue, 1 hour
Preceded by: Dear Annie
Followed by: Pretender

"The development is called The Fountains..."

A Pact With God is the name of a program Joe Frank produced as part of the series Work In Progress. It was originally broadcast in 1987.


Synopsis

  • Joe narrates a home movie documenting a visit to his parents.
  • A repeated passage: diving in the ocean, racing through country roads at night and driving into a telephone pole. Thunder as the voice of Joe's father. "He'd speak softly, if he could."
  • A man Joe's parents admire suffers from a brain disease, degenerates, and is institutionalized.
  • The life of Joe's mother, and her youth in Europe.
  • Freddy's illness.
  • Making a deal with god; jogging to prevent Freddy from having cancer.


Music

This is an incomplete record of the music in this program. If you can add more information, please do.

  • "First Light" - Harold Budd & Brian Eno (from Ambient 2: The Plateaux Of Mirror, 1980)

Interesting Facts

The text from this program is re-recorded with different background music in A Death in the Family.


Commentary

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External Links

Work In Progress

Another Country (Part 1) | Another Country (Part 2) | Another Country (Part 3) | At The Border | Bad | The Best | Building A Church | Case Studies | Cocktails Before Dinner | Dear Annie | The Dictator (Part 1) | The Dictator (Part 2) | The Dictator (Part 3) | Dreamland | Dreams Of The River | El Cholo (In The Beginning) | Emerald Isle | Emergency Room | Five Part Dissonance | Great Lives | Great Lives (Remix) | He Hesitated | Highways West | Home | Iceland (Part 1) | Iceland (Part 2) | Iceland (Part 3) | I'm Not Crazy | In The Dark (Part 1) | In The Dark (Part 2) | In The Middle Of Nowhere (Part 1) | In The Middle Of Nowhere (Part 2) | In The Middle Of Nowhere (Part 3) | Islands | A Kiss Is Just A Kiss | A Landing Strip In The Jungle | Let Me Not Dream | Lines | The More I Know You | Nausea | Night (Remix) | Night (Part 1) | Night (Part 2) | Nightride | No Show | On The Edge | A Pact With God | Performer | Photography | The Policemen's Ball | Pretender | Rain | Redneck Rounder | Rent A Family (Part 1) | Rent A Family (Part 2) | Rent A Family (Part 3) | Road To Hell | Rose | Sleep | Stories For Nothing | The Street | Summer Notes (Remix) | Talking About Love | Tell Me What To Do | Thank You, You're Beautiful | To The Bar Life | The Truth About Women (Part 1) | The Truth About Women (Part 2) | Two Babes | When She's Asleep, She Looks Like An Angel | Why I Don't Love You Anymore | Words

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