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From
his recording success, John Denver expanded to other fields of
entertainment.
"Oh, God", his motion picture debut in which he co-starred with George
Burns, was a solid commercial hit and played in 34 countries. John
starred
in "Leftovers", a movie made for TV aired in November of 1986 and in "A
Christmas Gift", filmed in his beloved Rocky Mountains and aired in
December
of 1986. He continued his TV movie work in the critically acclaimed
"Foxfire"
with Jessica Tandy and Hume Cronyn in December of 1987. He also got the
lead role in "Higher Ground" (1988), pilot for a TV series that never
happened.
In 1993 he acted in a family movie called "Walking Thunder", which was
shown on TV only in several countries and was finally released in the
US
on video in 1997.
He
established
himself as a major television personality, sharing the spotlight in a
series
of top-rated specials with such outstanding and sometimes unexpected
talents
as "Ol' Blue Eyes" Frank Sinatra, actor Danny Kaye, operatic-soprano
Beverly
Sills, flautist James Galway, tenor Placido Domingo, violinist Itzhak
Perlman
and a Muppet frog named Kermit. In December of 1987 he joined Julie
Andrews
on her return to Austria, the site of "The Sound of Music", for her
Christmas
special. John's television specials have been aired in countries around
the world, from Ireland to New Zealand. "A Christmas Together with the
Muppets" was shown four years in a row by popular demand. "Rocky
Mountain
Christmas", another John Denver television special, was awarded an
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