Ike (miniseries)
Ike is a 1979 television miniseries about the life of Dwight D. Eisenhower, with heavy concentration on the time he went to Europe during World War II to serve as Supreme Commander. The screenplay by Melville Shavelson was based on Kay Summersby's 1948 memoir Eisenhower Was My Boss and her 1975 autobiography, Past Forgetting: My Love Affair.
| Ike | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Historical Drama |
| Written by | Melville Shavelson |
| Directed by | Boris Sagal and Melville Shavelson |
| Starring | |
| Composer(s) | Fred Karlin |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of episodes | 3 |
| Production | |
| Producer(s) | Bill McCutchen |
| Editor(s) | Paul Dixon Bill Lenny Kent Schafer John Woodcock |
| Running time | 291 minutes |
| Release | |
| Original release | May 3, 1979 |
Directed by Boris Sagal and Melville Shavelson, the production starred Robert Duvall as Eisenhower and Lee Remick as Kay Summersby. Film editors John Woodcock and Bill Lenny won an Eddie Award for their work and the series garnered five Emmy Award nominations.
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