Dallas: J.R. Returns (1996) (TV)

User Rating:

5.9/10   

Director:

Leonard Katzman

Writers (WGA):

Arthur Bernard Lewis (story)
Leonard Katzman (teleplay) ...

Release Date:

15 November 1996 (USA)

Genre:

Drama

Plot:

Years after J.R. Ewing lost Ewing Oil and apparently committed suicide, we learn that he is alive and well...

Plot Keywords:

Detective | TV Series Reunion | Judge | Sequel | Second Part

Awards:

1 win

Cast

Rosalind Allen	...	Julia Cunningham
Chris Demetral	...	Christopher Ewing
Patrick Duffy	...	Bobby James Ewing
Linda Gray	...	Sue Ellen Shepard Ewing Lockwood
Larry Hagman	...	J.R. Ewing
Omri Katz	...	John Ross Ewing
Deborah Kellner	...	Pamela Rebecca Cooper
George Kennedy	...	Carter McKay
Ken Kercheval	...	Clifford 'Cliff' Barnes
Audrey Landers	...	Afton Cooper
Tracy Scoggins	...	Anita Smithfield
Deborah Rennard	...	Sylvia 'Sly' Lovegren
Buck Taylor	...	Steve Grisham
George Petrie	...	Harv Smithfield (as George O. Petrie)
Blue Deckert	...	Detective Markham

Runtime:

120 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

Iceland:L

Filming Locations:

Dallas, Texas, USA

Company:

Eagle Point Production

Trivia:

This was the last Dallas project that series producer Leonard Katzman was involved in. Katzman died over two months before the movie premiered.

Goofs:

Continuity: When Bobby Ewing rescues Julia Cunningham from the back of a galloping horse, the ground changes several times between grass in the long shots to sand in the close-ups.

Quotes:

John Ross Ewing III: [after JR appears screwed by Cliff because he sold Ewing Oil to Bobby and Sue Ellen] Dad, I don't understand, why are you smiling? You just lost Ewing Oil?
John Ross 'J.R.' Ewing, Jr.: Son, you don't understand. Ewing Oil is back in Ewing hands. Your Uncle Bobby is no longer going to sell Southfork, and is back in the oil business. I am the Chairman of the Board of Weststar. Your mother is back at Southfork, and you are going to remain in Dallas to learn the oil business under the best damn oil man there ever was.
John Ross Ewing III: Dad, when you say it that way, it appears you'd planned everything to work out this way from the start.
[...]

Movie Connections:

Followed by Dallas: War of the Ewings (1998) (TV)

Great to see the group together again

After a few years of Dallas withdrawal, I was very happy to see the group get together again. It seems that a few years away from the show didn't hurt anybody's ability to get back into character. It was also great to finally end up knowing that J.R. didn't shoot himself after all. Or was it just a dream?

Excellent. Great to see J.R. up to his old tricks.

8/10 stars.