Dallas: The Early Years
| Dallas: The Early Years | |
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| Based on |
Dallas by David Jacobs |
| Written by | David Jacobs |
| Directed by | Larry Elikann |
| Starring |
David Grant Dale Midkiff Molly Hagan David Wilson Hoyt Axton with Larry Hagman |
| Theme music composer | Jerrold Immel |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
| Production | |
| Producer(s) | Joseph B. Wallenstein |
| Cinematography | Neil Roach |
| Editor(s) | Harry Kaye |
| Running time | 180 minutes |
| Production company(s) |
Lorimar Television Roundelay Productions |
| Distributor | Warner Bros. |
| Release | |
| Original network | CBS |
| Original release | March 23, 1986 |
| Chronology | |
| Related shows | Dallas |
Dallas: The Early Years is a 1986 made-for-television drama film and a prequel to the television series Dallas. The three-hour film aired on CBS on March 23, 1986 between the 26th and 27th episode of the 1985–1986 ninth season of Dallas.
Written by series creator David Jacobs, the movie chronicles the exploits of John Ross "Jock" Ewing (Dale Midkiff), Eleanor "Miss Ellie" Southworth Ewing (Molly Hagan), and Willard "Digger" Barnes (David Grant) from 1933 to 1951, and firmly established the background story of TV's Dallas with the long and ongoing feud between Jock and Digger started. Larry Hagman appears in the opening sequence as his character J.R. Ewing, being interviewed by a reporter who is researching the Barnes – Ewing feud.
While focusing on the triangle of Jock – Ellie – Digger, the movie also features Jock's brother Jason (David Wilson) and Ellie's father Aaron (Hoyt Axton) as starring characters. It shows the origin of Ewing Oil, and Jock's schemings to make it big, and it deals with the inter-family relations of the Ewings, the Barnes, and the Southworths; also showing Jock's first marriage to Amanda Lewis, and Ellie's relation with her brother Garrison and mother Barbara.
Warner Home Video released Dallas: The Early Years on DVD April 12, 2011 on Dallas: The Movie Collection 2-disc set.
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