East of Eden (miniseries)
| East of Eden | |
|---|---|
| Based on | East of Eden novel by John Steinbeck |
| Written by | Richard Alan Shapiro |
| Directed by | Harvey Hart |
| Starring |
Timothy Bottoms Jane Seymour Sam Bottoms Hart Bochner Bruce Boxleitner |
| Music by | Lee Holdridge |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | Mace Neufeld |
| Producer(s) | Barney Rosenzweig |
| Cinematography | Frank Stanley |
| Editor(s) | Michael Brown Bill Brame |
| Running time | minutes |
| Production company(s) | Mace Neufeld Productions Viacom Productions |
| Distributor | CBS Television Distribution |
| Release | |
| Original network | ABC |
| Original release | February 8 – 11, 1981 |
East of Eden is a 1981 American television miniseries based on John Steinbeck's novel of the same name. It aired in three parts on ABC from February 8–11, 1981. It was directed by Harvey Hart from a teleplay by Richard Shapiro, and starred Timothy Bottoms, Jane Seymour, Bruce Boxleitner, Soon Tek-Oh, Sam Bottoms, Hart Bochner, Karen Allen and Lloyd Bridges. It runs roughly 382 minutes.
Following the Civil War, Union veteran Cyrus Trask has two sons: Adam, a gentle, idealistic soul; and Charles, a hellraiser. Cyrus favors Adam and Charles is very aware of it, creating friction between the brothers. Cyrus, by now an influential diplomat who has amassed a fortune by embezzling from the government, pulls strings to get Adam into West Point. Adam rebels, however, and goes off to lead the life of a vagabond. Following Cyrus' death, Adam returns to the family farm in Connecticut and mends his relationship with Charles, with whom he shares a large inheritance.
The series also concerns the life of Cathy Ames, an evil woman who delights in manipulating and destroying people. As a teenager, she falsely accuses two boys of trying to rape her and drives her Latin professor to suicide by toying with his affections. She then murders her parents and runs away, eventually becoming the mistress of a whoremaster named Jules Edwards. When Edwards realizes she is using him, however, he gives her a severe beating and leaves her to die. Adam finds her and nurses her back to health, and soon falls in love with her. Charles sees through her, but soon he too succumbs to her charms and sleeps with her. Adam and Cathy move to the Salinas Valley in California, where Cathy gets pregnant and gives birth to twin boys. Shortly afterward, she tells Adam that she is leaving him, and shoots him in the shoulder when he tries to stop her.
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