During the night, an earthquake seems to wake Roy and Lucas. It is also noted in this sequence that Roy is Alton's biological father.Īfter a violent confrontation with a state trooper, Roy and Lucas seek cover at the home of Elden, a former Ranch member. As Alton's powers grew, his mother Sarah abandoned him, and members of the Ranch have been raising him, with Pastor Meyer as his adoptive father. Calvin explains that Alton speaks in tongues and gave the numbers to Calvin. NSA communications analyst Paul Sevier asks Calvin how numbers sent via encoded satellite transmissions made their way into his sermons. He then faces his congregation as the FBI storms their church. In a motel, Roy Tomlin and his friend Lucas watch an AMBER Alert for 8-year-old Alton Meyer and his reported abductor, Roy, while the boy reads on the floor.Īt the Ranch, a religious cult in rural Texas, Pastor Calvin Meyer dispatches two of his parishioners to retrieve Alton. Pictures, expanding wider in subsequent weeks. The film began a theatrical release on March 18 by Warner Bros. Shannon plays a father who escapes with his son from both the government and a cult after they discover that his son has special powers. It was selected to compete for the Golden Bear at the 66th Berlin International Film Festival. It is Nichols's fourth full-length film and his first studio production. The film stars Michael Shannon, Joel Edgerton, Kirsten Dunst, Adam Driver, Jaeden Martell, and Sam Shepard.
Midnight Special is a 2016 American science fiction film written and directed by Jeff Nichols, and produced by Sarah Green and Brian Kavanaugh-Jones. Running time112 minutes CountryUnited States LanguageEnglishBudget million Box office.68 million
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It was replaced by a sketch comedy series and then another music program but none of them came close to Midnight Special‘s success.
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But in 1981, Midnight Special was cancelled due to TV executive Dick Ebersol’s request – he was to take over Saturday Night Live and the cancellation was part of the deal. It wasn’t long before ABC premiered their In Concert on Friday nights. And most of those who appeared on it made history. From hard rock to disco – it offered a wide array of genres. Midnight Special didn’t just showcase big rock ‘n roll acts at the time but also up and coming bands and artists. It was also where David Bowie last performed as Ziggy Stardust. Rex, Steely Dan, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, Golden Earring, and Thin Lizzy. Other legendary acts who went on to appear on the show include AC/DC, Aerosmith, Aretha Franklin, The Beach Boys, Chuck Berry, David Bowie, Cheap Trick, Jim Croce, Bo Diddley, Electric Light Orchestra, The Doobie Brothers, Fleetwood Mac, Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons, Heart, Genesis, Journey, B.B. The pilot episode was packed with talented artists – The Everly Brothers, The Isley Brothers, Linda Ronstadt, Cass Elliot and Harry Chapin to name a few. The 90-minute program as a special was a success and NBC picked it up. Sugarman didn’t budge and instead, bought the airtime and contacted Chevrolet – which became the show’s first ever sponsor. NBC wasn’t too crazy about it mostly because all the networks signed off at 1AM and Sugarman wanted that particular time slot to capitalize on the success of The Tonight Show and therefore retain its audience. So he came up with the idea of a Friday night musical variety show where the acts would play live. The Midnight Special premiered on Augbut it wasn’t until Februwhen it became a regular series.īack then, most guests would simply lip-sync to pre-recorded music but creator Burt Sugarman wanted something different. They still had A-list celebrities as guests but more than talking, the performances were truly epic. In the 1970s, late night TV shows were different.
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