Hit & Miss
| Television series | |
|---|---|
| German title | Hit & Miss |
| Original title | Hit & Miss |
 | |
| Country of production | United Kingdom |
| original language | English |
| year | 2012 |
| Production company |
AbbottVision, Red Production Company |
| length | 43-45 minutes |
| Episodes | 6 in 1 season |
| genre | drama |
| idea | Paul Abbott |
| production | Juliet Charlesworth |
| First broadcast | May 22, 2012 (UK) on Sky Atlantic |
| German-language first broadcast |
May 14, 2013 on RTL Crime |
Hit & Miss is a British television series that premiered in 2012 in six episodes on Sky Atlantic . The series was written by Paul Abbott . Leading actress Chloë Sevigny embodies the transsexual contract killer Mia in the series . After the death of her former partner, Mia learns that she has a biological son of elementary school age and is now responsible for him and his siblings.
Despite very good reviews, success with the audience and licensing to foreign broadcasters, the series was discontinued after a season.
action
The contract killer Mia, who works for a permanent contractor named Eddie to finance her genital reshaping operation . After her former partner dies from cancer, Mia learns that she has a biological son, 11-year-old Ryan. She is now taking on custody of him and his three siblings, who live on a small farm in Yorkshire. Now living in the country but still working for Eddie, Mia has to fulfill the various roles. Furthermore, her landlord John and private problems make life more difficult.
Development and production
Hit & Miss is the station's first in-house production in Great Britain. It is based on two different ideas that Abbott had Sean Conway put together in a script. The main actress Chloë Sevigny was impressed by the script, but was at times unsure whether she could do the role justice and whether a man or a transsexual could play the role better, especially with regard to the acceptance by the LGBT community. Producer Nicola Shindler said it was considered, but ultimately decided on the best actress.
Sevigny noted that the production, especially when compared to the financially well-funded HBO production Big Love , in which she played for several years, was downright " low budget ".
Although the director of Sky Atlantic, Naomi Gibney, stated that the station had made "a conscious investment in British drama", it was still unclear whether the series would continue with a second season until early July 2012. On September 4, 2012 it was announced that there would be no sequel despite the approval by critics and the audience.
Cast and dubbing
The German synchronization is created for a dialogue book by Michael Schlimgen and the dialogue director of Axel Malzacher by the synchronous company IRC Production Kunze & Wunder GmbH & Co. KG .
| role | actor | Appearance (episode) |
Voice actor |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mia native name Ryan |
Chloë Sevigny | 1-6 | Karen Schulz-Vorbach |
| Eddie | Peter Wight | 1-4 | Roland Hemmo |
| Ben | Jonas Armstrong | 1-6 | Tim Knauer |
| John | Vincent Regan | 1-4 | Oliver Stritzel |
| Riley | Karla Crome | 1-6 | |
| Levi | Reece Noi | 1-6 | Ricardo Richter |
| Ryan | Jorden Bennie | 1, 3-6 | Cosmo Clarén |
| Leonie | Roma Christensen | 1, 3 | |
| Liam | Ben Crompton | 1-6 |
Episode list
| No. | German title | Original title | First broadcast in UK | German language first broadcast (D) | Director | script |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | episode 1 | Episode One | May 22, 2012 | May 14, 2013 | Hettie Macdonald | Sean Conway |
| 2 | Episode 2 | Episode Two | May 29, 2012 | 21st May 2013 | Hettie Macdonald | Sean Conway |
| 3 | Episode 3 | Episode Three | 5th June 2012 | May 28, 2013 | Hettie Macdonald | Sean Conway |
| 4th | Episode 4 | Episode Four | June 12, 2012 | 4th June 2013 | Sheree Folkson | Sean Conway |
| 5 | Episode 5 | Episode Five | June 19, 2012 | 11th of June 2013 | Sheree Folkson | Sean Conway |
| 6th | Episode 6 | Episode Six | June 26, 2012 | June 18, 2013 | Sheree Folkson | Sean Conway |
Licensing
The season was released on DVD on July 2, 2012. In the US, Hit & Miss was broadcast on DirecTV from July 10, 2012 , and on ABC 2 in Australia from November 5, 2012 .
Canal + broadcast the series in France from February 21, 2013, in Poland it ran on Filmbox Extra from March 6, 2013 , and in Germany it ran on RTL Crime from May 14, 2013 .
criticism
In Great Britain, the series received mostly good reviews when it was broadcast. The Telegraph praised the absurd and exaggerated-looking story, thanks to Abbott's sensitive script and Sevigny's nuanced play, proving unexpectedly moving.
In the United States, Variety praised the series as "tight and captivating". Serienjunkies.de attested to the pilot film that it pulls you into the story of Mia like a maelstrom, "It is highly recommended to keep watching".
At Metacritic , the series received a Metascore of 72/100 based on 16 reviews.
Web links
- Hit and Miss in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Official website
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c guardian.co.uk: Chloë Sevigny to star as transgender hitman in new Sky drama | Media | The Guardian , accessed August 13, 2012
- ↑ digitalspy.co.uk: 'Supernatural', 'Fresh Meat', 'Castle': Tube Talk Q&A - TV Blog - Digital Spy , accessed August 13, 2012
- ↑ tvwise.co.uk: Exclusive: Sky Atlantic Cancels Drama Series 'Hit & Miss' , accessed September 5, 2012
- ↑ a b Hit & Miss. In: synchronkartei.de. German synchronous index , accessed on June 20, 2014 .
- ↑ seenit.co.uk: Hit & Miss comes to DVD and Blu-ray in July - seenit.co.uk , accessed August 13, 2012
- ↑ a b tv.nytimes.com: 'Hit & Miss,' With Chloë Sevigny, on DirecTV - NYTimes.com , accessed September 5, 2012
- ↑ tvtonight.com.au: Airdate: Hit & Miss | TV Tonight , accessed April 14, 2013
- ↑ huffingtonpost.fr: Chloë Sevigny, tueuse à gages transsexuelle dans la série "Hit & Miss" diffusée sur Canal Plus , accessed on April 12, 2013
- ↑ media2.pl: Polska premiera kontrowersyjnego serialu "Hit & Miss" w FilmBox Extra i FilmBox HD (wideo) - FilmBox, serial | media2.pl , accessed April 12, 2013
- ↑ Bernd Michael Krannich: Hit and Miss: RTL Crime shows the British series with Chloe Sevigny. Serienjunkies.de . March 19, 2013. Retrieved March 20, 2013.
- ↑ telegraph.co.uk: Chloë Sevigny interview for Hit & Miss on Sky Atlantic - Telegraph , accessed September 5, 2012
- ↑ variety.com: Variety Reviews - Hit & Miss - TV Reviews - - Review by Brian Lowry ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as broken. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Accessed September 5, 2012
- ^ Loryn Pörschke: Hit and Miss: Episode 1 - Review. Serienjunkies.de. May 28, 2012. Retrieved March 23, 2013.
- ↑ Hit and Miss: Season 1 . In: metacritic.com . Retrieved June 20, 2014.
