Low Winter Sun (TV series)

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Television series
Original title Low winter sun
Country of production United States
original language English
year 2013
Production
company		 AMC Studios,
Endemol
Episodes 10 in 1 season
genre Drama , crime thriller
Theme music Hustlin 'in the Motor City by Bettye LaVette
idea Chris Mundy
production Chris Mundy,
Greg Brenman
music Tyler Bates
First broadcast August 11, 2013 (USA) on AMC
German-language
first broadcast		 January 16, 2014 on FOX
occupation

Low Winter Sun is an American television series based on the British miniseries of the same name on Channel 4 . Mark Strong and Lennie James can be seen in the leading roles . The series premiered on August 11, 2013 on AMC .

action

Frank Agnew and Joe Geddes, two police officers in the city of Detroit , together murder a corrupt colleague. The two consider their act to be the perfect crime. However, this also sets in motion a process that changes your life forever.

Cast and dubbing

The German synchronization of the series was done by Antares Film in Berlin, directed by Erik Paulsen .

Main cast

  • Mark Strong plays Frank Agnew

  • Lennie James plays Joe Geddes

  • Sprague Grayden plays Maya Callis

  • Ruben Santiago-Hudson plays Charles Dawson

actor Role name Voice actor
Mark Strong Frank Agnew Ingo Albrecht
Lennie James Joe Geddes Tim Moeseritz
James Ransone Damon Callis Julien Haggége
Sprague Grayden Maya Callis Julia Horvath
Athena Karkanis Dani Kahlil Damineh Hojat
Ruben Santiago-Hudson Charles Dawson Erich Rauker
David Costabile Simon Boyd Uwe Büschken
Billy Lush Nick Paflas Julius Jellinek

Supporting cast

actor Role name
Alon Moni Abutbul Alexander Skelos
Erika Alexander Louise "LC" Cullen
Ron Cephas Jones Reverend Lowdown
Trevor Long Sean Foster
Michael McGrady Brendan McCann

Production and broadcast

United States

AMC began developing the series in October 2011 . The station ordered the pilot episode for the series in May 2012. Chris Mundy was hired as showrunner and executive producer, and Ernest Dickerson as director. As in the British original, the role of Frank Agnew was cast with Mark Strong and the role of Damon Callis with James Ransone . After these commitments in July 2012 Ruben Santiago-Hudson , Athena Karkanis and Lennie James were committed in August , as well as Sprague Grayden and David Costabile . In September 2012 Erika Alexander was cast for a recurring role. In the same month filming of the pilot episode began in Detroit . In December, AMC ordered nine more episodes of the series, which were filmed in spring 2013.

The series began airing on August 11, 2013, following an episode of Breaking Bad . The episode was seen by 2.51 million viewers. The ratings of the series fell from week to week, so that the first season finale, which aired on October 6, 2013, was only seen by 0.63 million viewers. In December 2013 it was announced that the broadcaster AMC had discontinued the series after the first season.

German-speaking area

In German-speaking countries, the series was first broadcast on the pay TV channel FOX from January 16 to March 20, 2014. On free TV, ZDFneo showed the series from February 4 to April 13, 2015, shortly after midnight.

Episode list

No. German title Original title First broadcast in the USA German language first broadcast (D) Director script US odds
1 24 long hours pilot Aug 11, 2013 Jan. 16, 2014 Ernest Dickerson Chris Mundy 2.51 million
2 no mans land The Goat Rodeo Aug 18, 2013 Jan. 23, 2014 Ernest Dickerson Chris Mundy 1.47 million
3 dead Souls No rounds 25 Aug 2013 Jan. 30, 2014 Andrew Bernstein Dave Erickson 1.23 million
4th Green eyes Catacombs Sep 1 2013 Feb 6, 2014 Rosemary Rodriguez Brett C. Leonard 1.18 million
5 Death on wheels Cake on the way 8 Sep 2013 Feb 13, 2014 Sam Miller Damione Macedon & Raphael Jackson, Jr. 1.06 million
6th My name is not Katia The Way Things Are Sep 15 2013 Feb. 20, 2014 Stefan Schwartz Ryan Farley 1.05 million
7th Pact with the devil There was a girl 22 Sep 2013 Feb. 27, 2014 Catherine Hardwicke Melanie Marnich 1.33 million
8th A new life Revelations 29 Sep 2013 6th Mar 2014 Adam Davidson Dave Erickson 0.87 million
9 You are death Ann Arbor Oct 6, 2013 13 Mar 2014 Anthony Hemingway Rolin Jones 0.63 million
10 Truth is truth Surrender Oct 6, 2013 20 Mar 2014 Sam Miller Chris Mundy 0.63 million

reception

At Metacritic , the series was rated with a Metascore of 59/100 based on 27 reviews.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ AMC Announces Series Pick-Up, Projects in Development, Overall Deal, Programming Premiere Dates and Series Renewals on Day of Network Upfront . In: thefutoncritic.com . April 17, 2013. Retrieved October 25, 2013.
  2. ↑ Low Winter Sun. In: synchronkartei.de. German synchronous index , accessed on January 28, 2014 .
  3. ^ Lesley Goldberg: AMC Developing Diamond Drama From Ridley and Tony Scott (Exclusive) . In: hollywoodreporter.com . October 13, 2011. Retrieved October 25, 2013.
  4. ↑ AMC Greenlights Pilots for "Low Winter Sun" and "Untitled LaGravenese & Goldwyn Project" . In: thefutoncritic.com . May 3, 2012. Retrieved October 25, 2013.
  5. ↑ a b Nellie Andreeva: Sprague Grayden & David Costabile Join AMC Pilot 'Low Winter Sun' . In: deadline.com . August 22, 2012. Retrieved October 25, 2013.
  6. ↑ Nellie Andreeva: Mark Strong In Talks For Lead In AMC Pilot 'Low Winter Sun', James Ransone co-stars . In: deadline.com . July 25, 2012. Retrieved October 25, 2013.
  7. ^ Nellie Andreeva: Duo Cast In AMC Pilot 'Low Winter Sun'; Ernest Dickerson In Negotiations To Direct . In: deadline.com . August 1, 2012. Retrieved October 25, 2013.
  8. ↑ Nellie Andreeva: Lennie James, Joe Anderson In AMC Pilots . In: deadline.com . August 14, 2012. Retrieved October 25, 2013.
  9. ↑ Nellie Andreeva: 'Black Sails', '666 Park Ave' Add To Casts . In: deadline.com . September 11, 2012. Retrieved October 25, 2013.
  10. ↑ a b Michelle Begnoche: AMC's Original Scripted Drama Series Low Winter Sun Approved for Film Incentives . In: michiganfilmoffice.org . February 11, 2013. Archived from the original on October 1, 2013. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved October 25, 2013. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.michiganfilmoffice.org
  11. ↑ Nellie Andreeva: AMC Picks Up 'Low Winter Sun' To Series . In: deadline.com . December 14, 2012. Retrieved October 25, 2013.
  12. ↑ Lenka Hladikova: Play By Day: Low Winter Sun starts at AMC . In: Serienjunkies.de . August 11, 2013. Retrieved October 25, 2013.
  13. ↑ a b Sara Bible: Sunday Cable Ratings: 'Breaking Bad' Wins Night, 'True Blood', 'Low Winter Sun', 'Devious Maids', 'Dexter', 'The Newsroom' & More . In: TV by the Numbers . August 13, 2013. Retrieved October 25, 2013.
  14. ↑ a b c d Low Winter Sun: Season One Ratings . In: tvseriesfinale.com . 2013-10-108. Retrieved October 25, 2013.
  15. ↑ Bernd Michael Krannich: Low Winter Sun: AMC has discontinued the series . In: Serienjunkies.de . December 7, 2013. Retrieved December 7, 2013.
  16. ↑ Broadcast dates for the television series on ZDFneo . In: Fernsehserien.de . Retrieved April 9, 2015.
  17. ↑ Amanda Kondolojy: Sunday Cable Ratings: 'Breaking Bad' Wins Night + 'True Blood', 'Keeping Up With the Kardashians', NASCAR, 'Real Housewives of New Jersey' & More . In: TV by the Numbers . August 20, 2013. Retrieved October 25, 2013.
  18. ^ Sunday's Cable Ratings: MTV Overshadows Competition with "Video Music Awards" . In: thefutoncritic.com . August 27, 2013. Retrieved October 25, 2013.
  19. ^ Sara Bible: Sunday Cable Ratings: 'Breaking Bad' Wins Night, NASCAR, 'Keeping Up With the Kardashians', 'Total Divas', 'Sister Wives' & More . In: TV by the Numbers . September 4, 2013. Retrieved October 25, 2013.
  20. ↑ Amanda Kondolojy: Sunday Cable Ratings: 'Breaking Bad' Wins Night + 'NFL Countdown' 'Dexter', 'Real Housewives of New Jersey' & More . In: TV by the Numbers . September 10, 2013. Retrieved October 25, 2013.
  21. ^ Sunday's Cable Ratings: "Breaking Bad" Continues Victory March . In: thefutoncritic.com . September 17, 2013. Retrieved October 25, 2013.
  22. ↑ Amanda Kondolojy: Sunday Cable Ratings: 'Breaking Bad' Wins Night + 'Dexter' Series Finale, 'Devious Maids', 'Real Housewives of New Jersey' & More . In: TV by the Numbers . September 24, 2013. Retrieved October 25, 2013.
  23. ↑ Low Winter Sun: Season 1 . In: metacritic.com . Retrieved October 25, 2013.