The Paper Chase (TV series)

The Paper Chase (TV series)

infobox television
show_name = The Paper Chase


caption = Hart and Kingsfield
runtime = 45 minutes per episode
creator = John Jay Osborn, Jr.
starring = John Houseman
James Stephens
country = USA
num_episodes = 60
imdb_id = 0077058

"The Paper Chase" is a television series based on a 1970 novel by John Jay Osborn, Jr., as well as a 1973 film based on the novel. It follows the lives of law student James T. Hart and his classmates at a New England law school.

Production

The CBS television network aired the series in the 19781979 season. John Houseman reprised his movie role, and James Stephens played Hart. It was cancelled after one year; PBS subsequently rebroadcast all of the episodes. In 1983, pay-cable network Showtime brought back the show with both Houseman and Stephens. At the end of three seasons on Showtime, Hart finally graduated law school.

Plot

James T. Hart was a first year law student whose rural Iowa upbringing had not prepared him for the intensity that he found at his highly competitive law school. His nemesis was Professor Charles Kingsfield, the world's leading authority on contract law, who inspired both awe and fear in his students.

To help cope with the heavy workload, James joined a study group consisting of other students who worked together sharing notes and assignments. The group was organized by Franklin Ford - III, a would-be third generation lawyer from a socially prominent family. Others in the group included: Anderson, Bell, Logan and Brooks - who was the only married person in the group - and who left school after he got caught cheating.

Hart also had a part-time job at Ernie's Pizza. There he met Carol, a waitress who admired him but couldn't understand his deep dedication to his studies. Mrs. Nottingham was Professor Kingsfield's secretary.

Cast

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Differences between tv series and movie

*In the film Kingsfield was a remote, almost god-like figure, but he became somewhat more accessible in the TV series.
*A number of new characters are added in the television series that did not appear in the movie

Theme song lyrics

Title: "Paper Chase" by Norman Gimbel & Charles Fox
Cquote
"First years are hard years."
"Much more than you know."
"With good friends to love us,"
"we'll fill every row."

"Stay open to all things,"
"Unknown and new,"
"Then one day, we'll all say"
"Hey look, we've come through"
"The first years." |

Opening Narrative

Cquote
"The study of law is something new and unfamiliar to most of you, unlike any other schooling you have ever known before. You'll teach yourself law but I'll train your minds. You come in here with a skull full of mush and, if you survive, you'll leave thinking like a lawyer."|

Awards

The Paper Chase won;

*CableACE Awards for
** 1985: Best Dramatic Series
** 1987: Best Dramatic Series

Reruns

In the late 1980s, The Family Channel rebroadcast the entire series in a late-night time slot, at midnight Eastern Time, which did not receive wide reception. [ [http://www.tv.com/the-paper-chase/show/2450/summary.html?tag=tabs;summary TV Listings] ] The series was later seen in the early-2000s on GoodLife Television.

References

External links

* [http://www.tv.com/the-paper-chase/show/2450/episode_guide.html?season=0&tag=season_dropdown;dropdown;4 Full Episode Guide]
*imdb title|id=0077058|title=The Paper Chase
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* [http://www.kfcplainfield.com/sound/paperchase.wav Theme tune]
* [http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Paper_Chase Wikiquotes]


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