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Release Date:
February 5, 2020
Original Title:
Riders of the Purple Sage: The Making of a Western Opera
Genres:
Documentary
Production Companies:
Quantum Leap Productions
Ratings / Certifications:
N/A
Runtime: 83
Follow a classically trained composer as he adapts a dime novel masterpiece into a grand opera. In 1912, Zane Grey's Riders of the Purple Sage flew off bookshelves around the world and today is considered iconic. A century later, Craig Bohmler and a team of musicians, singers, and painters translate cowboy culture and the beauty of the west into the realm of Puccini and Verdi.
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Director:
Kristin Atwell Ford
Director of Photography:
Bill Davis
Editor:
Bill Davis
Misty Wilson
Jacob Bricca
Kristin Atwell Ford
Executive Producer:
Billie Jo Herberger
Judd Herberger
J. Scott Hooker
Producer:
Kristin Atwell Ford
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