In Search of America explained

Director:Paul Bogart
Producer:William Froug
Cinematography:Fred J. Koenekamp
Editor:Richard E. Reilly
Music:Fred Myrow
Company:Four Star Television
Network:ABC
Runtime:90 minutes
Country:United States
Language:English

In Search of America is a 1971 American television pilot directed by Paul Bogart[1] that was broadcast as an ABC Movie of the Week. It features footage of the Sky River Rock Festival.[2]

Plot

Mike Olson informs his family that he wishes to drop out of university in order to find himself by travelling through the United States. He convinces his mother, father and grandmother, but not his sister, to come along with him in a 1920s bus converted into a mobile home. Their first stop is a rock festival where Mike falls in love with the mysterious Kathy who is not what she seems.

Cast

Production

Producer William Froug was given ten days to shoot the film. At the last minute, the key element in the screenplay, the death of one of the leads was disapproved by the ABC network.[3]

Notes and References

  1. p.114 Terrace, Vincent Encyclopedia of Television Pilots: 2,470 Films Broadcast 1937-2019 McFarland September 5, 2019
  2. pp. 38-39 McKenna, Michael The ABC Movie of the Week: Big Movies for the Small Screen Scarecrow Press August 22, 2013
  3. p. 265 Froug, William How I Escaped from Gilligan's Island: And Other Misadventures of a Hollywood Writer Popular Press 30 August 2005