A Tale of Two Cities (1980 film) A Tale of Two Cities (1980 film) A Tale of Two Cities is a 1980 American made-for-television historical drama film directed by Jim Goddard and starring Chris Sarandon, who plays dual roles as two characters who are in love with the same woman. It is based on the Charles Dickens novel of the same name set in the French Revolution. Dickens' London-lawyer hero (Chris Sarandon) makes the ultimate sacrifice for the woman he loves in Paris during the Reign of Terror. Producer Norman Rosemont specialised in adaptations of classic novels. Most of the $5 million budget came from Hallmark Greeting
A Tale of Two Cities to the hero, Bane's catchphrase "the fire rises" as an ode to one of the book's chapters, among others. Bane's associate Barsard is named after a supporting character in the novel. Season 6, episode 10 of the AMC television series "Mad Men" is titled "A Tale of Two Cities". The episode features Don Draper and Roger Sterling flying out to Los Angeles, California for business in the late 1960s. The episode shows the stark differences between liberal Los Angeles and more conservative New York City. In the novel, London is seen to be in a time of relative calm while