Picks and Pans Review: Faerie Tale Theatre: the Nightingale

UPDATED 05/02/1983 at 01:00 AM EDT • Originally published 05/02/1983 at 01:00 AM EDT

SHOWTIME (5/10)

Mick Jagger can't get no satisfaction as the Emperor of Cathay until kitchen maid Barbara Hershey brings him a sweet-singing nightingale. In the hands of producer Shelley (Time Bandits) Duvall, this retelling of the Hans Christian Andersen story unfortunately comes out lush but leaden. (Subsequent air dates: 5/14, 5/18, 5/20, 5/22, 5/24, 5/30)