Jewels (miniseries)
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| Based on |
Jewels by Danielle Steel |
| Screenplay by | Shelley List Jonathan Estrin |
| Story by | Danielle Steel |
| Directed by | Roger Young |
| Starring | |
| Theme music composer | Patrick Williams |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of episodes | 2 |
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| Producer(s) | Shelley List Jonathan Estrin |
| Running time | 228 minutes |
| Release | |
| Original network | NBC |
| Original release | October 18 – October 20, 1992 |
Jewels is a 1992 NBC television miniseries based on the bestselling Danielle Steel novel of the same name. Starring Annette O'Toole and Anthony Andrews, it was broadcast in two parts on October 18 and 20, 1992. The miniseries was adapted by Shelley List and Jonathan Estrin and directed by Roger Young. Jewels and its cast and crew were nominated for two Golden Globe Awards and a Primetime Emmy Award.
Jewels was adapted from the bestselling Danielle Steel novel of the same name by Shelley List and Jonathan Estrin, who also served as executive producers. Directed by Roger Young, the miniseries was film in Luxembourg.
The five-hour miniseries was broadcast in two parts on October 18 and 20, 1992. Tony Scott of Variety called it "overblown" and wrote that "Jewels barely reaches above pulp". Finding O'Toole, Andrews and Prochnow unremarkable, Scott complimented Villiers' and Taylor's "surprising vitality" as the Whitfield sons and also praised Howells, Gish and Oates as William and Sarah's parents.
Jewels was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for TV and Andrews was nominated for a Golden Globe for Best Performance by an Actor in a Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for TV. Composer Patrick Williams won a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Individual Achievement in Music Composition for a Miniseries or a Special for Part I.
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