Show me a hero
| Television series | |
|---|---|
| German title | Show me a hero |
| Original title | Show me a hero |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| year | 2015 |
| length | 55-71 minutes |
| Episodes | 6 in 1 season ( list ) |
| genre | drama |
| idea |
David Simon , William F. Zorzi |
| production | Blown Deadline Productions, HBO Miniseries, Pretty Pictures |
| music | Nathan Larson |
| First broadcast | August 16, 2015 (USA) on HBO |
| German-language first broadcast |
January 18, 2016 on Sky Atlantic HD |
| occupation | |
Show Me a Hero is a six-part US miniseries that aired on HBO from August 16 to August 30, 2015 . The German premiere was from January 18 to February 22, 2016 on Sky Atlantic HD .
The series was based on the non-fiction book Show Me a Hero by Lisa Belkin, published in 2000 and based on true events. The script was written by David Simon and William F. Zorzi and Paul Haggis directed .
action
The focus of the action, which takes place from 1987 to 1993, is the social and political events of the Westchester County town of Yonkers in north New York City .
When the US federal judge Leonard B. Sand decreed the desegregation of the city of Yonkers in 1987 , there was an outcry from the predominantly white population, which quickly affected the political climate of the offices in the town hall. The ruling provides for the construction of several new social houses in the city, which means that the white middle class, who have previously been separated from the black and Latin American residents, worries about their security, real estate and land prices. In the mayoral election campaign, the young city councilor Nicholas "Nick" Wasicsko, a former police officer, took up the topic and was then surprisingly elected as the successor to the long-established mayor Angelo Martinelli.
However, the new mayor has to relent quickly when it turns out that an appeal against the order in the Supreme Court would be unlikely to succeed, and the court would impose heavy fines on the city if the order were not implemented. The situation is made more difficult by a majority in the city council, which votes against the ruling. City councilor Henry "Hank" Spallone in particular uses the mood in the white population for his populist purposes, which means that from now on every city council meeting is accompanied by angry and angry demonstrations.
Background and production
According to screenwriter William F. Zorzi work on started Show Me a Hero in 2002, shortly after his job as editor of the Baltimore Sun had quit. He previously received Lisa Belkin's book of the same name from David Simon , his former work colleague at the newspaper. The series became a long-term project on which both worked for over a decade, as both Simon and Zorzi were involved in other projects such as The Wire (2002-2008) or Treme (2009-2013) during this time . HBO already held the filming rights to the book at that time .
For David Simon, telling Nick Wasicsko's story is what drives a writer. At the same time, however, he saw the series fail if the character drawing of the figure did not fit. For this reason, Simon hired Oscar Isaac , who has already received awards for his acting performances in Inside Llewyn Davis (2013) and A Most Violent Year (2014).
Director Paul Haggis already agreed without reading the script first and took over the direction of all six episodes. For Haggis it was the first time that he only directed, as he usually also writes the scripts. The reason he cited was that it was important for him to work with David Simon.
Filming for the series began on October 1, 2014 and ended on January 25, 2015. Show Me a Hero was filmed on location in Yonkers .
The title of the series comes from the quote “Show me a hero and I'll write you a tragedy” by the American writer Francis Scott Fitzgerald .
Charisma
The pay-TV broadcaster HBO showed the US premiere on three Sundays, each with a double episode from August 16 to 30, 2015. The German-language premiere was from January 18 to February 22, 2016 on Sky Atlantic HD .
Cast and dubbing
The German dubbing was done at Hermes Synchron GmbH in Potsdam, directed by Dorette Hugo and Ursula Hugo , the dialogue book is by Inez Günther .
| Role name | actor | Voice actor | Role description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nicholas "Nick" Wasicsko | Oscar Isaac | Tim Knauer | City councilor and successor to Angelo Martinelli as mayor |
| Nay Noe Wasicsko | Carla Quevedo | Marie Christin Morgenstern | Wasicsko's wife and employee in the town hall |
| Oscar Newman | Peter Riegert | Lutz Riedel | Architect and urban planner |
| Angelo R. Martinelli | James Belushi | Joachim Tennstedt | former Mayor of Yonkers |
| Henry "Hank" Spallone | Alfred Molina | Bernd Rumpf | City council member and Wasicsko's successor in the mayor's office |
| Michael H. Sussman | Jon Bernthal | Ingo Hülsmann | Lawyer for the civil rights movement NAACP |
| Leonard B. Sand | Bob Balaban | Wolfgang number | US federal judge |
| James Surdoval | Michael Stahl-David | Roman Wolko | Political advisor to Nick Wasicsko |
| Mary Dorman | Catherine Keener | Arianne Borbach | Home owner and part of the "Save Yonkers" initiative |
| Norma O'Neal | LaTanya Richardson | Cornelia Meinhardt | Tenant in the social housing |
| Carmen "Alma" Febles | Ilfenesh Hadera | Marie Bierstedt | Single mother from the Dominican Republic |
| Vincenza "Vinni" Restiano | Winona Ryder | Dorette Hugo | President of the City Council |
| Robert Mayhawk | Clarke Peters | Housing Education Relocation Enterprise (HERE) consultant |
reception
The reviews of Show Me a Hero were extremely positive. For Metacritic 85% of 33 reviews are positive, for Rotten Tomatoes it is 96% of 68 reviews.
The conclusion of the German press is also positive. For Lars Weisbrod from Zeit Online , Show Me a Hero is “the compulsory series of the summer” because David Simon “shows again why we need him as a narrator” and the “story fits current events here with us”. Andreas Busche from Spiegel Online also praises the script, which for him is “thematically and formally a return to the concentrated, almost journalistic quality of The Wire ”. Ursula Scheer from Faz.net judges that Show Me a Hero should not be "read solely as a parable on xenophobia", rather the series shows the "ineffectiveness of political processes, not as a show of intrigue [...] as in House of Cards , but in musty little-small of a medium-sized town [...] ”.
Episode list
| No. ( total ) |
No. ( St. ) |
German title | Original title | First broadcast in the USA | German language first broadcast (D) | Director | script | Odds (USA) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Surprise winner | Part 1 | 16 Aug 2015 | Jan. 18, 2016 | Paul Haggis | David Simon & William F. Zorzi | 0.44 million |
| 2 | 2 | Constraints | Part 2 | 16 Aug 2015 | Jan. 25, 2016 | Paul Haggis | David Simon & William F. Zorzi | 0.44 million |
| 3 | 3 | image damage | Part 3 | 23 Aug 2015 | Feb. 1, 2016 | Paul Haggis | David Simon & William F. Zorzi Idea: William F. Zorzi |
0.40 million |
| 4th | 4th | New courage | Part 4 | 23 Aug 2015 | Feb 8, 2016 | Paul Haggis | David Simon & William F. Zorzi Idea: William F. Zorzi |
0.40 million |
| 5 | 5 | resignation | Part 5 | Aug 30, 2015 | Feb. 15, 2016 | Paul Haggis | David Simon & William F. Zorzi | 0.43 million |
| 6th | 6th | The end | Part 6 | Aug 30, 2015 | Feb. 22, 2016 | Paul Haggis | David Simon & William F. Zorzi | 0.43 million |
Awards
| Year (s) | price | category | People) | result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Golden Globe Awards | Best Actor - Miniseries or TV Movie | Oscar Isaac | Won |
| Writers Guild of America Awards | Long Form - Adapted | David Simon and William F. Zorzi | Nominated | |
| Critics' Choice Television Awards | Best TV movie or best miniseries | Nominated | ||
| Best Actor in a TV Movie or Miniseries | Oscar Isaac | Nominated | ||
| Best Supporting Actress in a TV Movie or Miniseries | Winona Ryder | Nominated | ||
| Directors Guild of America Awards | Outstanding Directing - Television Film | Paul Haggis | Nominated | |
| Satellite Awards | Best miniseries | Nominated | ||
| Best Actor in a Miniseries or a TV Movie | Oscar Isaac | Nominated | ||
| Best Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or a TV Movie | Catherine Keener | Nominated | ||
| USC Scripter Award | USC Scripter Award for Best Television Adapted Screenplay | David Simon, William F. Zorzi, Lisa Belkin | Won | |
| Television Critics Association Award | Outstanding Achievement in Movies, Miniseries and Specials | Nominated | ||
Web links
- Show Me a Hero in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Show Me a Hero at Fernsehserien.de
Individual evidence
- ^ A b Henning Harder: Play By Day: Premiere of Show Me a Hero on HBO. Serienjunkies.de , August 16, 2015, accessed April 2, 2017 .
- ↑ a b Mario Giglio: Show Me a Hero: David Simons new series from January on Sky. Serienjunkies.de, December 3, 2015, accessed April 2, 2017 .
- ↑ David Zurawik: David Simon's HBO miniseries 'Show Me a Hero' is heroic TV. The Baltimore Sun, August 14, 2015, accessed April 2, 2017 .
- ↑ Christina Radish, 'Show Me a Hero' Writers David Simon and William F. Zorzi on Lengthy Development, HBO, and More. Collider, August 15, 2015, accessed April 2, 2017 .
- ↑ Lisa Belkin: 'Show Me a Hero': The Long (But Surprisingly Painless!) Trip From Page to Screen. In: Yahoo. August 13, 2015, accessed September 20, 2017 .
- ↑ 'Show Me a Hero' Interview with David Simon and Oscar Isaac. Charlie Rose, August 12, 2015, accessed April 2, 2017 .
- ↑ Liz Shannon Miller: 'Show Me A Hero': David Simon and Paul Haggis Might Have Made This Year's Most Important Miniseries. IndiwWire, August 12, 2015, accessed April 2, 2017 .
- ^ Alan Sepinwall: 'Show Me a Hero' director Paul Haggis on Oscars, TV, and his love of 'The Wire'. Upprox, August 11, 2015, accessed April 2, 2017 .
- ↑ David Zurawik: HBO picks up six-hour miniseries on race from David Simon. The Baltimore Sun, July 30, 2014, accessed April 2, 2017 .
- ↑ Pamela Stern: 'Show Me A Hero' Wraps Up Filming In Yonkers. Yonkers Daily Voice, January 26, 2015, accessed April 2, 2017 .
- ^ Jeanne Muchnick: Yonkers Is Locale For New HBO Series, 'Show Me A Hero'. Yonkers Daily Voice, August 5, 2015, accessed April 2, 2017 .
- ^ Hezi Aris: Yonkers Public Library to be Featured in HBO Series. Yonkers Tribune, December 10, 2014, accessed April 2, 2017 .
- ↑ Jorge Fitz-Gibbon: HBO filmmakers transform Yonkers for series on '80s deseg case. The Journal News, October 1, 2014, accessed April 2, 2017 .
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- ^ Lars Weisbrod: From Yonkers to Freital. Zeit Online, August 15, 2015, accessed April 2, 2017 .
- ↑ Andreas Busche: Masterpiece in six hours. Spiegel Online, August 14, 2015, accessed April 2, 2017 .
- ↑ Ursula Scheer: Mayor of the city of the homeless. Faz.net, August 22, 2015, accessed April 2, 2017 .
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- ↑ a b Top 100 Sunday Cable Originals (& Network Update): 8.23.2015. Showbuzz Daily, August 23, 2015, accessed April 2, 2017 .
- ↑ a b Top 100 Sunday Cable Originals (& Network Update): 8.30.2015. Showbuzz Daily, August 30, 2015; accessed April 2, 2017 .
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- ^ Dave McNary, WGA Awards: Updating Winners List for Writers Guild of America Awards. Variet, February 13, 2016, accessed April 2, 2017 .
- ^ Matt Webb Mitovich: Critics' Choice Television Award Winners Full List. TVLine, January 17, 2016, accessed April 2, 2017 .
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- ^ David Robb, 'The Big Short' Wins USC Scripter Award For Adapted Screenplay; 'Show Me A Hero' Nabs TV Honor. Deadline, February 20, 2016, accessed April 2, 2017 .
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