Not long after I left the Philippines, an Australian production company, McElroy & McElroy, (who curiously enough had offices in the same building as Hanna Barbera; where I first worked in Sydney) produced a very fine dramatic mini-series about the People Power Revolution and the assassination of Ninoy Aquino.
Much to my immense frustration it aired in Canada after I resettled in the U.K.
I finally saw it in London in '89, only three years after witnessing some of the real events first hand. I taped it at the time and again in '96 when Channel 4 ran it to mark the tenth anniversary of the revolution.
A couple of years ago I was able to track down an NTSC copy on Amazon.
A Dangerous Life
Director: Robert Markowitz
Writer: David Williamson (teleplay)
The Dynastic Duo
FM and FL*, are brilliantly portrayed by the much too lovely Tessie Tomas and the late great Ruben Rustia, whose performance is also a flawless vocal impression.
Director: Robert Markowitz
Writer: David Williamson (teleplay)
The Dynastic Duo
FM and FL*, are brilliantly portrayed by the much too lovely Tessie Tomas and the late great Ruben Rustia, whose performance is also a flawless vocal impression.
*Ferdinand Marcos and First Lady (the Filipinos love their achronyms and abbreviations)
Jake Busey looks so much like his Dad...wouldn't it be great, I thought, in a tangequel kind of way, to have a scene where my protagonist meets Tony O'Neil (this time 'round played by Jake Busey) in the lobby of the Manila Garden Hotel..."You know, Tony O'Neil, he's that muck-raking reporter for that American news channel who's always getting into trouble, yeah, I talked to him at the Garden, he's a really cool guy."
Jake Busey looks so much like his Dad...wouldn't it be great, I thought, in a tangequel kind of way, to have a scene where my protagonist meets Tony O'Neil (this time 'round played by Jake Busey) in the lobby of the Manila Garden Hotel..."You know, Tony O'Neil, he's that muck-raking reporter for that American news channel who's always getting into trouble, yeah, I talked to him at the Garden, he's a really cool guy."
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