The District - deployment in Washington
| Television series | |
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| German title | The District - deployment in Washington |
| Original title | The District |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Year (s) | 2000-2004 |
| length | 44 minutes |
| Episodes | 89 in 4 seasons |
| genre | Drama , crime thriller |
| idea | Terry George , Jack Maple |
| music | Michael Hoenig |
| First broadcast | October 7, 2000 (USA) on CBS |
| German-language first broadcast |
September 5, 2001 on VOX |
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The District is an American crime series that was produced by the American broadcaster CBS from 2000 to 2004 . The main actor is Craig T. Nelson in the role of the charismatic and unconventional Washington police chief Jack Mannion. In Germany, the first season of the series has been broadcast several times at VOX since September 2001 . Furthermore, all four seasons were broadcast until mid-2008.
action
Washington, DC is in crisis: the capital of the United States is increasingly becoming the capital of crime. The crime statistics is increasing continuously, the detection rate is catastrophic, and since the city will not be granted the full rights in Congress, are Mayor Ethan Baker's hands are tied in many ways.
In this situation, Vice Mayor Mitchell has the saving idea: she brings the unconventional police officer Jack Mannion to the capital as the new "chief". He claims to be able to reduce the crime rate in every city by half and immediately gets to work with his press spokesman and confidante Nick Pierce: full of energy and always with a suitable film quote on his lips, he turns the police inside out. especially his Deputy Chief, Joe Noland, stepping on the feet ...
background
- The concept of the series is loosely based on the experiences of former NYPD Deputy Chief Jack Maple . Together with the then police chief Bill Bratton, he had reorganized the New York police - from 1994 this also included the CompStat program (comparative statistics) for comparative data collection, as it is similarly shown in the film, and which has also been adapted in reality from other American cities . However, after his success in the police force, Jack Maple himself began to publish his experiences in various forms, for example he wrote a book with Chris Mitchell ("The Crime Fighter" was published in 2000) and worked with Terry George on the concept of the TV series at hand. He was denied a major part of the script - he died on August 4, 2001 of appendic cancer.
- The District was filmed in Los Angeles , with only the intermediate actors and a few exterior shots filmed in Washington.
- Actress Lynne Thigpen , who played the female lead in the series as Ella Farmer, died unexpectedly on March 12, 2003 at the age of only 54 from a cerebral hemorrhage. She had previously suffered from a headache for several days, but paid little attention to it because she was never seriously ill. The makers of The District then also let their character in the series die a surprising death.
Awards
The District was nominated for a variety of television awards, including the Emmy and Golden Satellite Awards, but never actually won an award.
Web links
- The District - Use in Washington in the Internet Movie Database (English)