Dallas: J. R. Returns
| Dallas: J.R. Returns | |
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| Based on | Characters created by David Jacobs |
| Written by | Arthur Bernard Lewis |
| Screenplay by | Leonard Katzman |
| Directed by | Leonard Katzman |
| Starring |
Rosalind Allen Christopher Demetral Patrick Duffy Linda Gray Larry Hagman Omri Katz Deborah Kellner George Kennedy Ken Kercheval Audrey Landers Tracy Scoggins |
| Theme music composer | Jerrold Immel |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) |
Lee Rich Leonard Katzman Rich Heller Larry Hagman (co-executive producer) Patrick Duffy (co-executive producer) |
| Cinematography | Don Reddy |
| Editor(s) | Fred W. Berger |
| Running time | 120 minutes |
| Production company(s) |
Warner Bros. Television Eagle Point Production Olive Productions |
| Release | |
| Original network | CBS |
| Original release | November 15, 1996 |
| Chronology | |
| Preceded by | Dallas |
| Followed by | Dallas: War of the Ewings |
Dallas: J.R. Returns is a 1996 made-for-television film and is the first of two Dallas reunion films, produced after the series went off the air in 1991. It originally aired on CBS on November 15, 1996, and was rerun as part of TV Land's salute to 50 years of Warner Bros. Television.
The cliffhanger ending of the 1991 Dallas series finale is resolved 26 minutes into the movie. The gunshot J.R. Ewing (Larry Hagman) fired was at the mirror, not himself (despite there being no sound of shattered glass when he pulled the trigger).
Several years later, J.R. is in Europe, while Bobby Ewing (Patrick Duffy) lives at Southfork alone with his son Christopher (Christopher Demetral), happily out of the oil business, and Cliff Barnes (Ken Kercheval) now owns Ewing Oil, relishing the fact that he finally beat J.R.
However, things aren't as cheery as they may seem. Bobby, conscious of the fact that Southfork is now almost empty, considers selling it. Meanwhile, Cliff, weary of the oil business, decides that after all the trouble he and J.R. went through during their rivalry, he wants to try to regain whatever he lost in it. Cliff concludes that the best way to do so is to sell Ewing Oil to Weststar Oil, a giant Oil conglomerate headed by J.R.'s other nemesis, Carter McKay (George Kennedy). McKay promises that Weststar will incorporate Ewing Oil's assets into his company, and Ewing Oil will cease to exist. J.R. hears this and decides to try to regain his position. He appeals to Bobby to get back in business together and buy Ewing Oil back but is rebuffed. J.R. arranges for Afton (Audrey Landers) to be put in a sanitarium so Cliff can't find her.
After a surprise trip to Ewing Oil where he taunts a rattled Cliff, J.R. learns of a provision in Jock Ewing's will where Jock left J.R.'s son, John Ross (Omri Katz), stock in the computer company Cyberbyte, which now has a value of $200,000,000. The provision states that John Ross is only to receive this stock upon the death of his father. However, since John Ross is living in Europe and is unaware of his inheritance, J.R. decides to sell some of this stock and buy shares to take over Weststar. He sells the stock portfolio and buys a controlling stake in Weststar Oil. To cover his tracks, J.R. rebuys the stock and reinstates the provision, saying that if anyone finds out about the incident, he will claim that they were released to John Ross Ewing, Jr. (J.R.) instead of his son (full name John Ross Ewing III) in a clerical error.
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