Alan Landsburg, the Emmy-winning producer behind such telefilms as Mickey Rooney’s Bill and the 1980s reality shows That’s Incredible! and In Search Of …, has died. He was 81. Landsburg, who often used real-life social issues as the basis for his telefilms — which numbered more than 50 during his four-decade career — died Thursday of natural causes at his Beverly Hills home, his family announced. CBS’ Bill (1981), based on a true story, starred Rooney in an Emmy-winning turn as a mentally disabled man who struggles to return to society after being institutionalized. Landsburg also
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- 8/18/2014
- by Mike Barnes
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Lost civilizations, extraterrestrials, myths and monsters, missing persons, magic and witchcraft, unexplained phenomena. "In Search Of..." cameras are traveling the world, seeking out these great mysteries. And now Finally you can find them on DVD!
Having grown up watching this show, words cannot express how happy I am to be writing this story...
From the Press Release:
Entering our galaxy for the first time in any home entertainment format is In Search Of… The Complete Series, available December 4th in a special DVD collector’s set from Visual Entertainment, Inc. (Vei).
Hosted by the iconic, Emmy Award-winning Leonard Nimoy ("Star Trek"), this popular documentary television series (1976-1982) traversed the globe with a team of researchers, scientists and highly skilled technicians to conduct in-depth investigations of a wide variety of mysteries and to explore the unexplained.
So popular it spawned six books, "In Search Of…" took a fresh look at such...
Having grown up watching this show, words cannot express how happy I am to be writing this story...
From the Press Release:
Entering our galaxy for the first time in any home entertainment format is In Search Of… The Complete Series, available December 4th in a special DVD collector’s set from Visual Entertainment, Inc. (Vei).
Hosted by the iconic, Emmy Award-winning Leonard Nimoy ("Star Trek"), this popular documentary television series (1976-1982) traversed the globe with a team of researchers, scientists and highly skilled technicians to conduct in-depth investigations of a wide variety of mysteries and to explore the unexplained.
So popular it spawned six books, "In Search Of…" took a fresh look at such...
- 11/28/2012
- by Uncle Creepy
- DreadCentral.com
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