Almost Golden: The Jessica Savitch Story

Almost Golden: The Jessica Savitch Story
Written by	Linda Bergman
Directed by	Peter Werner
Starring	Sela Ward Ron Silver Judith Ivey Jeffrey DeMunn
Music by	David Shire
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
Production
Executive producer	Bernard Sofronski
Cinematography	Neil Roach
Editor	Martin Nicholson
Running time	120 minutes
Production companies	ABC Productions Bernard Sofronski Productions
Original release
Network	Lifetime
Release	September 4, 1995 (1995-09-04)

Almost Golden: The Jessica Savitch Story is a 1995 American biographical drama television film directed by Peter Werner and written by Linda Bergman. It stars Sela Ward as a television journalist Jessica Savitch. The film premiered on Lifetime on September 4, 1995.

The film received mixed reviews from television critics,^[1][2][3] but was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Television Movie. It was Lifetime's most-watched original movie with 7.1 million viewers.^[4]

Cast

• Sela Ward as Jessica Savitch
• Ron Silver as Ron Kershaw
• Judith Ivey as Laura McCormick
• Jeffrey DeMunn as Mel Korn
• William Converse-Roberts as Donald
• Sean McCann
• Randy Means as Terry Wills
• Randy Means as Adam Murphy
• Chuck Shamata as Al Binder
• Maruska Stankova as Lilyan Wilder
• Jeff Pustil as Jody Simons
• Lawrence Dane as Emmertz Canterbury
• John Bolger as Martin Fishbein
• Dini Petty as Lillie Werner
• Damir Andrei as Buddy Savitch
• Kathryn Skatula as Florence Savitch
• Michael J. Reynolds as Ken Green
• Brett Halsey as Paul Laxalt

Accolades

Award	Category	Recipient(s)	Result	Ref
48th Primetime Emmy Awards	Outstanding Television Movie		Nominated	[5]
	Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Special	Sela Ward	Nominated
	Outstanding Individual Achievement in Directing for a Miniseries or a Special	Peter Werner	Nominated
2nd Screen Actors Guild Awards	Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie	Sela Ward	Nominated	[6]
CableACE Awards	Actress in a Movie or Miniseries	Sela Ward	Won	^[citation needed]
48th Directors Guild of America Awards	Outstanding Directing – Miniseries or TV Film	Peter Werner	Nominated

References

1. Scott, Tony (September 4, 1995). "Almost Golden: The Jessica Savitch Story".
2. Rosenberg, Howard (September 4, 1995). "TV REVIEW : 'Savitch': An Anchorwoman's Tragic Fast-Track Life, Career". Los Angeles Times.
3. "'ALMOST GOLDEN' TARNISHED TELLING OF SAD LIFE". New York Daily News. September 4, 1995.
4. Kelly, Emma (September 26, 2021). "The Most Watched Lifetime Movies of All Time". Newsweek.
5. "Almost Golden: The Jessica Savitch Story". Television Academy.
6. "Almost Golden: The Jessica Savitch Story". TVGuide.com.

External links

• Almost Golden: The Jessica Savitch Story at IMDb