Chasing Rainbows (TV series)
Chasing Rainbows | |
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Genre | drama |
Written by | Douglas Bowie |
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Country of origin | Canada |
No. of seasons | 1 |
No. of episodes | 14 |
Original release | |
Network | CBC Television |
Chasing Rainbows is a Canadian television drama miniseries, which aired on CBC Television in 1988.[1] It was the first television series in the world filmed with then-new Sony HDVS technology.[1]
Set in Montreal in the period after World War I, the series starred Paul Gross and Michael Riley as Jake Kincaid and Christopher Blaine, two veterans readapting to peacetime civilian life at the dawn of the Jazz Age.[1] Kincaid initially takes a job as a manager of a brothel which he transforms into a thriving jazz nightclub, while Blaine struggles with a life of smalltime criminality and alcoholism. Their friendship is tested when Paula Ashley (Julie Stewart), an aspiring playwright and Blaine's girlfriend, begins an affair with Kincaid.[1]
Supporting cast members included Booth Savage, Richard Yearwood, Patricia Hamilton, Thomas Peacocke, Jill Frappier, Lesleh Donaldson, Eric Keenleyside, Peter Boretski, Sophie Léger and Robert Bockstael.
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The series garnered four
References
- ^ a b c d "Chasing Rainbows". Cinema Canada, April 1988.
- ^ "Radio-Canada stands pat - with winning formula". The Gazette, June 22, 1988.
- ^ "Some winning entries (and glaring omissions) in Gemini race". The Globe and Mail, November 26, 1988.
External links
- Chasing Rainbows at IMDb