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An inside look at the ABC sitcom which turned Robin Williams into a star in 1978.An inside look at the ABC sitcom which turned Robin Williams into a star in 1978.An inside look at the ABC sitcom which turned Robin Williams into a star in 1978.
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- 4 wins & 6 nominations
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David James Lewis
- Ira Denmark
- (as David Lewis)
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- TriviaIn Marley Brant's 2006 book "Happier Days: Paramount Television's Classic Sitcoms 1974-1984," Robin Williams revealed that he didn't watch the movie, joking, "If they're going to make a bad movie about your life, you should wait for the Cartoon Network version."
- GoofsUpon being temporarily written out of the series after the 1978 - 1979 season, it was established Fred sold the music store and went on the road as a classical conductor with Cora tagging along. There are several post-1979 scenes where the music store set is visible in the background and scenes filmed on it.
- Quotes
Robin Williams: I have to go now, my drugs are wearing off. Anyone wants to sue me, please call my law firms: Sleepy, Dopey, Grumpy, and Shapiro.
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well done docudrama
For those fans of the original "Mork & Mindy" show in the 70's, this was a believable look into the early career of Robin Williams, now widely regarded as a comic genius and respected actor. The fact that it was "unauthorized" is probably meant to convey that no punches were pulled, and the dirty laundry gets aired. This was the case here as well. The producers took pains to recreate the characters from the show both physically with regard to personality. They go out of their way to put forth the fact that Williams almost became typecast for his Mork role, and the tedium and frustration that the part produced for him. After all, his fans knew he was something special when they saw him for 5 minutes on "Happy Days". His manic, rapid fire improvisational brilliance continues to amaze to this day, and yet, through this TV movie, we see how close he may have come to losing it all in the early 80's. My only qualm is that I have been unable to locate the credit for the actor who played John Belushi.
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- hairgut
- Apr 3, 2005
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By what name was Behind the Camera: The Unauthorized Story of Mork & Mindy (2005) officially released in Canada in English?
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