The lonely shooters
Television series | |
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German title | The lonely shooters |
Original title | The Lone Gunmen |
Country of production | United States , Canada |
original language | English |
year | 2001 |
length | 44 minutes |
Episodes | 13 in 1 season |
genre | Drama , mystery , thriller |
idea | Chris Carter, Vince Gilligan, John Shiban, Frank Spotnitz |
production |
Chris Carter , Vince Gilligan , John Shiban , Frank Spotnitz |
music | Mark Snow |
First broadcast | March 4, 2001 (USA) on Fox |
German-language first broadcast |
January 30, 2003 on RTL |
occupation | |
The Lone Gunmen (in the original: The Lone Gunmen ) is on the series The X-Files - The X Files -based and like this from Chris Carter produced television series .
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The three main characters ( Bruce Harwood as John Fitzgerald Byers, Dean Haglund as Richard "Ringo" Langly and Tom Braidwood as Melvin Frohike) are officially newspaper editors who specialize in extraordinary phenomena. Through their research, they try to uncover various conspiracies or crimes. They can use their knowledge to support the FBI agent Fox Mulder in the X-Files series and receive information from him in return.
Emergence
Humor , which usually plays a minor role in the X-Files , is an essential element in this series. However, the concept could not prevail and only one season was shot, which was broadcast in the USA in 2001. In 2003 it was also shown on RTL in German-speaking countries. But since the series was designed for more seasons, one of the last X-Files episodes (Season 9, Episode 15: Heroes ) was used to close the storylines of this series that were still open.
A curiosity of the series is the pilot film . It is the plan of a US intelligence , a passenger plane by radio remote control into the World Trade Center to direct (WTC) in New York, a pretext for increasing defense spending to maintain and to stop foreign dictators to hang . This episode aired in the United States in early March 2001, half a year before the actual attack .
In the German version of this pilot, The Conspiracy , all comments related to the World Trade Center have been translated differently. There it is said that the conspirators intend to crash a Boeing 727 over the city, while the original version explicitly mentions the plan to steer it into a tower of the WTC. All scenes in which this project is addressed have either been cut or translated in such a way that it is not clear what the original is about. In addition, almost all of the pictures showing the World Trade Center have been cut out in the German version. In a short scene the World Trade Center can be seen in the silhouette of New York. A total of around five scenes were manipulated, which deal with the attack or in which you can see the plane flying towards one of the towers.
A DVD edition announced in Germany has been postponed several times because of Chris Carter's legal dispute with FOX . So far, The Lonely Shooters are only available in the original English version.
Cast and dubbing
actor | role | Voice actor |
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Bruce Harwood | John Fitzgerald Byers | Udo Schenk |
Tom Braidwood | Melvin Frohike | Eberhard Prüter |
Dean Haglund | Richard "Ringo" Langly | Peter Flechtner |
Stephen Snedden | James "Jimmy" Bond | Michael Iwannek |
Zuleikha Robinson | Yves Adele Harlow | Sabine Arnhold |
Episode list
number | German title | Original title | First broadcast in the USA | German language first broadcast (D) | Director | script |
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1 | The Conspiracy | pilot | 4th Mar 2001 | Jan. 30, 2003 | Rob S. Bowman | Chris Carter , Vince Gilligan , John Shiban & Frank Spotnitz |
2 | Bond, Jimmy Bond | Bond, Jimmy Bond | 11th Mar 2001 | Feb 6, 2003 | Bryan Spicer | Vince Gilligan, John Shiban & Frank Spotnitz |
3 | The lost Son | A little Frohike | 16. Mar. 2001 | Feb 20, 2003 | David Jackson | John Shiban |
4th | True heroes | Like water for Octane | 18 Mar 2001 | 13 Mar 2003 | Richard Compton | Collin Friesen |
5 | A fateful affair | Three Men and a Smoking Diaper | 23 Mar 2001 | 27 Mar 2003 | Bryan Spicer | Chris Carter |
6th | Madam, I am Adam | Madam, I'm Adam | 30th Mar 2001 | Apr 3, 2003 | Bryan Spicer | Thomas Schnauz |
7th | An animal case | Planet of the Frohikes | Apr 6, 2001 | Apr 10, 2003 | John T. Kretchmer | Vince Gilligan |
8th | The death row inmate | Maximum Byers | Apr 13, 2001 | Apr 17, 2003 | Vincent Misiano | Vince Gilligan & Frank Spotnitz |
9 | Bonds diagnosis | Diagnosis: Jimmy | Apr 20, 2001 | May 8, 2003 | Bryan Spicer | John Shiban |
10 | Tango of Death | Tango de los Pistoleros | Apr 27, 2001 | May 15, 2003 | Bryan Spicer | Thomas Schnauz |
11 | A lying game | The Lying Game | May 4, 2001 | May 22, 2003 | Richard Compton | Nandi Bowe |
12 | The truth about Yves | All about Yves | May 11, 2001 | June 5, 2003 | Bryan Spicer | Vince Gilligan, John Shiban & Frank Spotnitz |
13 | Captain Toby | The 'Cap'n Toby' Show | June 1, 2001 | June 12, 2003 | Carol Banker | Vince Gilligan, John Shiban & Frank Spotnitz |
Web links
- The Lone Gunmen in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- The lonely shooters in the online film database
- The lonely shooters in the German dubbing file
- German episode guide on fernsehserien.de
- English episode guide on tv.com