| it will be a play, can you
believe it? |
Have you seen the play?! Please tell us all about it! Did
you like it? Do you think it followed historical records?
Negative, positive, whatever.
Talk
about the play
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| After years of ovations, promises and
hubris from many producers, and a couple screenwriters, to produce a
movie everyone was positive would be a great work and a compelling
story, and all the enthusiasm caught fire ... but ... the fire went out rather
quickly: the Hollywood motion picture community is skittish and
fickle. A beautiful story, but they did not know how to write it. |
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read the book that started it all.... |
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| In a trip to attend the Emmy Awards, Pem
posed for a photo with Thomas Schlamme on her right and
Aaron Sorkin on her left. Schlamme was director/producer for THE WEST WING (nbc)
which was Aaron's creation and most episodes were written by Aaron as
well. (photographer unknown) |
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| After all this time and work the story comes
to life, but will they get the facts right? This story
works best when it is told exactly how it happened, the audience will
make the assumption that the facts as presented in the theater are real
events ... historically factual, unfortunately, it deviates way beyond
"license" which a playwright may bend in hopes of better theater.
This play reaches a summit with the patent battle between Zworykin
and Farnsworth, which is appropriate if you are focused on one phase of
Farnsworth's life. In the play Zworykin/RCA is awarded the
victory, and rules against Farnsworth, when in truth it was the opposite
... Farnsworth was awarded all the points in contention. It was a
1st, up till that time no one had ever won such a battle with RCA.
RCA files two appeals in subsequent years and both of them were refused.
It was great press at the time, and is much better theater. |
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Jimmi Simpson will play the young Philo T Farnsworth.
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here is the real Philo T Farnsworth
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Hank Azaria will play Sarnoff |
 Sarnoff |
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 Aaron
Sorkin writer/producer |
Alexandra Wilson as Pem |
 Elma G. "Pem"
Farnsworth c. 1930 |