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{{About|the
{{Infobox television
| image = Golden Years (TV series).jpg
| caption = Title card
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| genre = {{Plainlist|
* [[Science fiction
* [[Thriller (genre)|Thriller]]
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| theme_music_composer = [[David Bowie]]
| opentheme = "[[Golden Years (David Bowie song)|Golden Years]]"
| endtheme =
| composer = Joe Taylor
| country =
| language = English
| num_seasons = 1
| num_episodes = 7
| list_episodes =
| executive_producer = {{Plainlist|
* Stephen King
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| company = [[Laurel Productions]]
| channel = [[CBS]]
| first_aired = {{Start date|1991|07|16}}
| last_aired = {{End date|1991|08|22}}
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'''''Golden Years''''' (also referred to as '''''Stephen King's Golden Years''''') is an American television [[science fiction]] [[thriller (genre)|thriller]] [[miniseries
==Plot==
Harlan Williams, an elderly janitor, is caught up in an explosion at the top-secret laboratory where he works. After surviving but discovering he is now "aging" in reverse, he ends up on the run from an operative of "[[Firestarter (novel)#Plot summary|The Shop]]".
==Cast==
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* [[Bill Raymond]] as Dr. Richard X. Toddhunter
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* [[Stephen Root]] as Maj. Moreland
* Philip Lenkowsky as Billy Delois
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* [[Erik King]] as Burton
* [[John Rothman]] as Dr. Ackerman
* [[Harriet Sansom Harris]] as Francie
* [[Matt Malloy]] as Redding
* [[Margo Martindale]] as Thelma
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==Production==
King called ''Golden Years'' a "novel for television"; it originated as an idea for a novel that sat in his notebook for years.<ref name="nyt91"/> He "wrote the first five episodes and outlined the last two."<ref name="nyt91"/> King credited ''[[Twin Peaks]]'' for making it possible for ''Golden Years'' to be produced:<ref name="nyt91">{{cite web| url= https://www.nytimes.com/1991/07/14/arts/television-tv-gets-a-new-poltergeist-stephen-king.html | title= TV Gets a New Poltergeist: Stephen King | date= July 14, 1991 | first= Peter | last= Applebome |
<blockquote>"Up until ''Twin Peaks'' came on, the only sort of continuing drama that TV understood was [[soap opera]], ''[[Dallas (1978 TV series)|Dallas]]'', ''[[Knots Landing]]'', that sort of thing. To some degree David Lynch gave them that. But he turned the whole idea of that continuing soap opera inside out like a sock. If you think of ''Twin Peaks'' as a man, it's a man in delirium, a man spouting [[stream of consciousness (narrative mode)|stream-of-consciousness]] stuff. ''Golden Years'' is like ''Twin Peaks'' without the delirium."</blockquote>
The miniseries was intended to lead into a regular series, and therefore ended on a [[cliffhanger]]. CBS, however, decided not to pick up the option on the full series, and it was never realized. King asked for four hours of airtime in the following spring to finish the story, but CBS denied him this as well.<ref name="SK Bio">{{cite book |author=Albert Rolls |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IeA7ghrMfw4C
==References==
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[[Category:1990s American television miniseries]]
[[Category:1991 American television series debuts]]
[[Category:1991 American television series endings]]
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