The Last of the Mohicans book, film and television franchise, the character Hawkeye Pierce is given his nickname by his father, after Hawk-eye from "The Last of the Mohicans". A main character in the original and subsequent film adaptation, Hawkeye, as portrayed by Alan Alda, is the central character in the long-running TV series. A number of films have been based on the lengthy book, making various cuts, compressions, and changes. The American adaptations include: The 1920 film has been deemed "culturally significant" by the Library of Congress and selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry. According to the director Michael Mann,
The Ginger Tree (TV series) The Ginger Tree (TV series) The Ginger Tree is a BBC's four-part TV adaptation, based on Oswald Wynd's novel of the same name, adapted by Christopher Hampton and directed by Anthony Garner and Morimasa Matsumoto. Originally aired on BBC1 from 26 November to 17 December 1989, starring Samantha Bond as Mary MacKenzie, Daisuke Ryu as Count Kentaro Kurihama and Adrian Rawlins as Captain Richard Collingsworth. It was the first High Definition serial to be made for the BBC, although it has never been broadcast in HD by the BBC nor given an HD release. The series was broadcast in the