Introduction

Amerika is an American television miniseries that was broadcast in 1987 on ABC.

Amerika starred Kris Kristofferson, Mariel Hemingway, Sam Neill, Robert Urich, Christine Lahti, and a 17-year-old Lara Flynn Boyle in her first major role. Amerika was about life in the United States (US) after a bloodless takeover engineered by the Soviet Union. Not wanting to depict the actual takeover, ABC Entertainment president, Brandon Stoddard, set the miniseries ten years after the event, focusing on the demoralised US people a decade after the Soviet conquest. The intent, he later explained, was to explore the US spirit under such conditions, not to portray the conflict of the Soviet coup.

Background

Colonel Desinov attends a party in honour of Soviet delegates. In Milford county problems persist with squatters and low yields. Peter Bradford tries to settle conflicts, as his daughter tries out for a dance number. Devin Milford returns.

Amerika Series

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Production & Filming Details

• Release Date: 16 February 1987.
• Running time: 870 minutes (total running time).
• Rating: 15.
• Country: US.
• Language: English.

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