I Still Dream of Jeannie

I Still Dream of Jeannie
Based on Characters created by Sidney Sheldon
Written by April Kelly
Directed by Joseph Scanlan
Starring Barbara Eden
Christopher Bolton
Bill Daily
Al Waxman
Peter Breck
Ken Kercheval
Music by Ken Harrison
Country of origin United States
Original language(s) English
Production
Executive producer(s) Carla Singer
Producer(s) Joan Carson
Editor(s) Stan Cole
Cinematography Bert Dunk
Running time 96 minutes
Production company(s) Columbia Pictures Television
Distributor Sony Pictures Television
Release
Original network NBC
Original release October 20, 1991 (1991-10-20)
Chronology
Preceded by I Dream of Jeannie... Fifteen Years Later (1985)

I Still Dream of Jeannie is a 1991 American made-for-television comedy film produced by Columbia Pictures Television which premiered on NBC on October 20, 1991. It is the second and final reunion film based on the 1965–70 sitcom I Dream of Jeannie.

Barbara Eden and Bill Daily are the only two regular cast members of the original series to reprise their roles in this movie. Once again, Larry Hagman was unavailable to reprise his role of Tony Nelson, as he had just completed a 14½ season run on Dallas and was taking a vacation with his family. Although the character Tony Nelson is mentioned throughout the film, (and briefly appears in the animated opening sequence) he remains unseen for the rest of the movie. (Ironically, one of his Dallas co-stars, Ken Kercheval, appears in the film. The irony is further emphasized by the fact that Hagman and Kercheval played enemies on Dallas and the character that Kercheval plays in I Still Dream of Jeannie is one that fills in the spot that would have gone to Hagman if he had been able to play Tony Nelson again for this film.)

The film was directed by Joseph Scanlan and the teleplay was written by April Kelly.

Plot

Colonel Tony Nelson is on a top-secret space mission for NASA and Jeannie does not know of his whereabouts or when he'll be returning home to hear their son Tony Jr.'s academic presentation speech. When Jeannie goes to NASA to question General Wescott about her husband's mission, he refuses to cooperate. To make matters worse, her jealous and mischievous twin sister Jeannie II reminds Sham-Ir (the chief genie) that Jeannie cannot remain in the plane of reality for more than three months without an earthly master, and Tony has been away for a long time. Sham-Ir gives Jeannie two weeks to either find her husband or a new master (a single male only) or else she must return to Mesopotamia forever. So Jeannie begins her desperate search for a temporary master which leads her to a singles bar and other misadventures.

Cast

Production

I Still Dream of Jeannie was filmed from July to August 1991 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Some exterior and interior scenes, especially the NASA ones, were shot at Simon Fraser University in Burnaby, British Columbia. This movie uses the same opening sequence from I Dream of Jeannie... Fifteen Years Later as well as an updated version of the 1985 theme.

DVD release

There are currently no plans from Sony Pictures Choice Collection online program to release the film on DVD yet.

External links

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