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S17 Ep4

John Denver: Let This Be A Voice

Premiere: 12/6/1998

Defying all conventional labels, John Denver held a singular place in American music: a songwriter whose immensely popular work was suffused with a deep and abiding kinship with the natural world.

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NATURE’s John Denver: Let This Be A Voice explores the American West with the late singer and conservationist.

Defying all conventional labels, John Denver held a singular place in American music: a songwriter whose immensely popular work was suffused with a deep and abiding kinship with the natural world.

In the months just prior to his death in a plane accident in 1997, Denver was filming an episode of the NATURE series, centering on the natural wonders that inspired many of his best-loved songs. The result is a poignant and melodic film that records his final journeys into the wilderness and contains his last song, composed while rafting along the Colorado River with his son and young daughter.

Production Credits

Television Credits

Narrated by
PETER COYOTE

Produced by
JOHN DENVER
SANDY OSTERTAG

Written by
SANDY OSTERTAG &
JANET HESS

Director of Photography
WILLIAM REXER II

Directed by
SANDY OSTERTAG

For West Star Productions, Inc.

Editor
SANDY OSTERTAG

Associate Producer
AMANDA HOWARD

Location Sound
PETE WHITE
SANDY OSTERTAG

Additional photography
CHARLIE CRAIGHEAD
JIM DUTCHER
KENNETH HOUSMAN
SHANE MOORE
NORM NELSON
MARK STOUFFER
RANDY WIMBERG

Sound Designer/Editor
DAVID F. VAN SLYKE

Instrumental Arrangements
CHRIS NOLE
PETE HUTTLINGER

Assistants to John Denver
NORA MALONEY
STEPHANIE RYAN

Acknowledgements:
BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT
CHERRY LANE MUSIC PUBLISHING
THE COUSTEAU SOCIETY
ECHO FILMS PRODUCTIONS
GRAND CANYON EXPEDITIONS
HANSEN PLANETARIUM
JIMMY CARTER LIBRARY
JOHN DENVER CONCERT FOOTAGE
FILMED AT WOLFTRAP
JOHN WILCOX
LIGHTHAWK
MARDY MURIE FILM PROJECT
WINDSTAR PRODUCTIONS
WINDSTAR RECORDS
THE WOLF EDUCATION AND RESEARCH CENTER
NEZ PERCE RESERVATION
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Grand Canyon National Park
Lake Clark National Park & Preserve
Rocky Mountain National Park
Yellowstone National Park

For NATURE

Coordinating Producer
JANICE YOUNG

Producers
JILL CLARKE
JESSICA SIEGEL

Researchers
SUSANE LEE
GIANNA SCARALIA

Production Assistants
PATTY JACOBSON
ERIKA HAENDEL

Manager
EILEEN FRAHER

Production Manager
SCOTT ROCCO

Editor
PATRICK GAMBUTI, JR.

Online Editors
BARRY GLINER
SELBERN NARBY

Audio Mix
ED CAMPBELL

Supervising Producer
BILL MURPHY

Executive In Charge
WILLIAM GRANT

Executive Editor
GEORGE PAGE

A co-production of West Star Productions, Inc., and Thirteen/WNET

This program was produced by Thirteen/WNET New York, which is solely responsible for its content.

Web Credits

Producer
RONNIE GODEANU

Art Director
SABINA DALEY

Designers
LENNY DROZNER
KAREN MATTSON
RADIK SHVARTS

Pagebuilding
BRIAN SANTALONE

Writer
DAVID MALAKOFF

Production Artist
RUIYAN XU

Technical Director
BRIAN LEE

Content Consultant
GIANNA SAVOIE

About the Writer

David Malakoff is a journalist covering research discoveries and the politics of science for SCIENCE MAGAZINE in Washington, D.C. His writing has appeared in a wide range of venues, including THE ECONOMIST, THE WASHINGTON POST, and ABCNews.com.

Thirteen Online is a production of Thirteen/WNET New York’s Kravis Multimedia Education Center in New York City. Anthony Chapman, Director of Interactive & Broadband. Bob Adleman, Business Manager. Carmen DiRienzo, Vice President and Managing Director, Corporate Affairs.

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