The lonely shooters

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Television series
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
synchronization

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 .

action

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
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
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

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