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Tender Is the Night

1985-09-23
6.3
en
Drama
Tender Is the Night is a 1985 television drama miniseries co-produced by Showtime, 20th Century Fox Television, BBC, and 7 Network. Based on F. Scott Fitzgerald's 1934 novel of the same name, the six-part series focuses on themes of love, ambition, mental illness, and the decline of the American Dream. 1920s, the French Riviera: wealthy expatriate Nicole Warren's mental illness strains her marriage to psychiatrist Dick. A young American actress named Rosemary Hoyt arrives and is drawn into their circle, becoming romantically involved with the older, married Dick and disrupting the fragile balance of the group. The thought of Dick possibly being attracted to another sends Nicole on an emotional downward spiral that threatens to consume them all.

Writer

Dennis Potter

Production Design

Derek Dodd

Executive Producer

Jonathan Powell

Costume Design

Barbara Kidd

Writer

Malcolm Cowley

Producer

Betty Willingale

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Status

Ended

Countries

  • United States of America
  • United Kingdom
  • Australia

Companies

  • 20th Century Fox Television
  • BBC
  • Showtime Networks
  • Seven Network