Captains and the Kings (1976)
- Directed by
- Douglas Heyes
- Genre
- drama
- Country
- United States
- Length
- 1 season, 8 episodes
- Rated
- 16
- Rating
- 8.8 of 10 from 4 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this series is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
The series follows an Irish immigrant named Joseph Armagh as he builds a fortune and political influence for his family in America over several decades. It focuses on his relentless climb and the personal costs to his family.
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What happens
Captains and the Kings is an eight-part television miniseries broadcast on NBC in 1976 as part of its Best Sellers anthology series. It is an adaptation of the 1972 novel Captains and the Kings by Taylor Caldwell. Like the novel, the miniseries is about an Irish American family, headed by ambitious Irish immigrant Joseph Armagh (played by Richard Jordan), which accumulates economic and political power during the 19th and early 20th centuries. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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