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Villa Quintana

Villa Quintana
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Genre Drama, Romance
Created by Viva Television and GMA Network
Developed by R.J. Nuevas
Directed by Gil Tejada, Jr.
Starring Donna Cruz
Keempee de Leon
Theme music composer Vehnee Saturno
Opening theme "Villa Quintana"
sung by Rockstar 2
Ending theme
  • "Somewhere Down The Road" (Finale theme)
    sung by Barry Manilow (first season)
  • "Only Me and You" (Finale theme)
    sung by Donna Cruz (second season)
Country of origin Philippines
Original language(s) Filipino, English
No. of seasons 2
No. of episodes 318
Production
Executive producer(s) Veronique del Rosario-Corpuz
Running time 30 minutes
Release
Original network GMA Network
Picture format 480i (SDTV)
Original release November 6, 1995 (1995-11-06) – January 24, 1997 (1997-01-24)
Chronology
Related shows Villa Quintana (2013)

Villa Quintana is a Filipino drama series produced by Viva Television and GMA Network top-billed Donna Cruz and Keempee de Leon in the lead characters. The drama series is derived from William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet. The drama depicts the tragic love story of a young couple from different social classes.

It is considered as the network and the Philippine television's first primetime soap opera since Anna Liza. The series once pitted against ABS-CBN's evening news program, TV Patrol. After several weeks of airing, Villa Quintana was finally surpassed TV Patrol in the ratings and due to continuous success of the series and RPN's broadcast of the hit Mexican telenovela, Marimar, ABS-CBN forced to move its top-rating afternoon drama, Mara Clara to primetime. The series aired from November 6, 1995 until January 24, 1997. On January 27, Villa Quintana was occupied by the Mexican telenovela Pobre niña rica (produced by Televisa) until March 14 then it moved to morning slot to make way for Ikaw Na Sana (top-billed by Bobby Andrews and Angelu de Leon) premiering March 17 after almost two months.

Due to success, Viva Films had plans to bring Villa Quintana into the big screen but was later cancelled. However, Cruz and de Leon later top-billed several movies together after the series.

A 2013 remake version starring Janine Gutierrez and Elmo Magalona was aired from November 4, 2013 to June 6, 2014.


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