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Film and TV History in November 1983

  • Nov 3 Nashville Network begins on cable TV

Yentl

Nov 17 Film "Yentl" produced, directed by Barbra Streisand, starring Streisand and Mandy Patinkin premieres, based on play and story by Isaac Bashevis Singer

Terms of Endearment

Nov 20 "Terms of Endearment" from the book by Larry McMurtry, directed by James L. Brooks and starring Shirley MacLaine and Debra Winger premieres in New York (Best Picture 1984)

  • Nov 20 100 million watch ABC TV movie "The Day After" about nuclear war

Marilyn: An American Fable

Nov 20 Musical "Marilyn: An American Fable", loosely based on life of Marilyn Monroe, starring Alyson Reed and Scott Bakula, opens at Minskoff Theater, NYC; runs for 17 performances