"Discovering the Great Northwest"01 January 1992Factual51 mins
Join Emmy-award winning producer and feature reporter John Yeager (ABC affiliate KXLY-TV, Spokane) on a scenic and musical trip on Amtrak's Empire Builder as it wends it's way from Chicago to Seattle. The 2200-mile route was finished in 1893 by Great Northern Railway Founder James J. Hill. This documentary also chronicles the life and times of people who now work on the train and those whose lives it touches.
Writes Kuchar: "It was my 50th birthday this year (1992) and my friend's birthday, so I explored our position in time and dusty place with a prognostication on future inertia.
Instead of flying to Florida with his folks, Kevin ends up alone in New York, where he gets a hotel room with his dad's credit card—despite problems from a clerk and meddling bellboy.
Madeline is married to Ernest, who was once her arch-rival Helen's fiancé. After recovering from a mental breakdown, Helen vows to kill Madeline and steal back Ernest.
This was an official documentary shown on television featuring George Martin taking us through the album tracks and Paul, George and Ringo giving us their memories of the sessions.
William Munny is a retired, once-ruthless killer turned gentle widower and hog farmer. To help support his two motherless children, he accepts one last bounty-hunter mission to find the men who brutalized a prostitute.
