THE ODYSSEY CD-ROM
	SHIPPING DATE Fall 1997
	TIME 3 Weeks
	PRODUCED Interactive Hybrid CD-ROM

Each season NBC sends out slides and print pieces hyping its new programming. These pieces would be sent to affiliates and press departments across the country. The problem: cost. Between custom printing, film and shipping, the costs were adding up.

The solution: technology. We were able to cut costs and put all the photos on a cross-platform CD-ROM with an interactive presentation including video clips, press releases and bios.

Press releases were separate on the CD, for printing, as well as worked into the interface.	The CD features a special clip from THE ODYSSEY.

All of NBC's big events for Summer 1997.	Rough waters in the Odyssey.

ODYSSEY PRESS RELEASE

Brought to life by an all-star international cast, Homer's legendary tale about one hero's journey home translates into an epic miniseries in the tradition of last season's Gulliver's Travels filled with adventure, deadly creatures, suspense and romance! In celebrating his single-handedly ending The Trojan War, the soldier Odysseus (Armand Assante, Gotti, The Mambo Kings), foolishly taunts the Gods shouting of his own superiority and greatness. The hero is immediately humbled when the mighty Poseidon banishes him to the seas, forbidding him to ever return home to his wife and son. For more than ten years, Odysseus and his crew roam the harsh oceans protected and guided by the Goddess of Love, Athena (Isabella Rossellini, Big Night, Crime of the Century). They manage to elude many dangers and temptations: the Cyclops, Scylla the two-headed dragon, the wrath of angry Gods, and the sweet-voiced Sirens who lure sailors to their deaths. Odysseus finds solace in the arms of the beautiful Calypso (Vanessa Williams, Eraser), who convinces him that he'll never see his wife and son again. Meanwhile, back in Ithaca, Odysseus' dedicated wife, Penelope (Greta Scacchi, Emma, Rasputin), fends off would-be suitors, who have taken over her home and destroyed the peaceful kingdom. As fate would have it, the Gods intervene once more and Odysseus' final adventure indeed brings him home to reclaim his mighty kingdom and reunite his family.

Production Company: An American Zoetrope Production in association with Hallmark Entertainment for NBC.

Executive Producers: Robert Halmi, Sr. (Gulliver's Travels, In Cold Blood); Francis Ford Coppola (The Godfather Part III, Mary Shelley's Frankenstein); Fred Fuchs (The Godfather Part III, Mary Shelley's Frankenstein).

Writer: Nicholas Meyer (Sommersby, Star Trek IV : The Voyage Home).

Director: Andrei Konchalovsky (Runaway Train).