The Survivors was a prime time soap opera aired by the ABC television network as part of its Fall 1969 lineup.
This program is probably most noted now for having been the only appearance as a regular series character of major Hollywood actress Lana Turner, and also starred other "big names" such as Jan-Michael Vincent, Ralph Bellamy, Diana Muldaur, George Hamilton, Clu Gulager, and Natalie Schafer. Despite their presence, and that above the title of bestselling author Harold Robbins, since the characters were from his novel of the same name, the program was a ratings fiasco, losing badly to Mayberry R.F.D. and The Doris Day Show on CBS and Monday Night at the Movies on NBC. A program as expensive to produce as this one was must garner large ratings in order to be successful, so it was cancelled at midseason, although it was rerun the following summer in an attempt to recoup at least some of the investment.
The Survivors is a 1983 comedy film starring Walter Matthau and Robin Williams.
Tracy Carlyle Hastings attempted to protect her son Jeffrey from obnoxious outside sources such as her husband, Philip; her father, Baylor; and her half brother Duncan. The family eventually gets involved with South American revolutionaries. Written by J.E. McKillop
Sonny Paluso and Donald Quinelle are two unfortunate people who just lost their jobs, when they meet in a bar; Sonny's gas station has been blown away and Donald has just been fired by his bosses parrot!!! But that day, their lifes change when they prevent a robber from stealing the bar, and they become heroes. Unfortunately, Jack (the robber) is getting away, and when he sees Donald's face on the TV, he desides to go after them. In the meentime, Donald becomes obsessed with guns and leaves for the mountains, where he will learn to survive... Written by Chris Makrozahopoulos
With powerfully understated empathy, Sofian combines voice-over interviews with battered women, and a counselor who works with "recovering" male batterers, with elegant animation to explore the experience of domestic violence from all sides. As the filmmaker both literally depicts specific events and gives abstract shape to the complex emotional pain such crimes unleash, her film comes to stand as a moving testament to the strength of her subjects. Written by LA Weekly
Thousands of Albanians are returning from years of internal exile with grizzly accounts of a regime whose malevolence can scarcely be grasped. In the time of the Stalinist dictator Enver Hoxha, more than half of the Albanian population spent years in labour camps and in prison, simply because they thought differently, simply because they wanted to be free. Often they were perpetual exiles with no form of trial. Just two years ago they were all released. Hundreds of thousands of them. But Hoxha's camps are not empty. Many ex-prisoners still live in the concentration camps because they have no other home. Those who remain behind, continue to live Albania's dark past. Victor Dosti was 19 when he was arrested. His father had fought communism and that made all Dostis enemies of the people. Viktor became acquainted with all the camps in Albania and with a regime that went all out to crack the exiles' morale. As an internee he married another internee. Their three children were born in the camp. Viktor was 65 when he was released. For 45 years, only the thought of his innocence has sustained him. Most of his friends in the camp did not survive the regime. With Viktor Dosti and his wife Hyrije we went back to Sektori Gradishte. There the Dostis did not avoid the confrontation with one of their earlier executioners. Vera Bekteshi is trying to build a new life in Tirana. She used to teach Natural Science at the university, before she had to pay for the fact that she was the daughter of army General Sadik Bekteshi. In 1974 Enver Hoxha thought he was preparing a coup against him. Vera's father went to jail and his whole family were sent to the camps. In Shiqis the regime managed to eliminate 17 years of her youth. Written by Anonymous
