Crime Story (TV series)

Crime Story is a American television series that originally aired by NBC from 1986 to 1988. The show was created by Gustave Reininger and Chuck Adamson. Michael Mann was executive producer and pressed as his mark on the series. It stars Dennis Farina and Anthony Denison.

Crime Story consists of two seasons that were preceded by a television film of the same name, which can be considered as the pilot of the series.

The series was nominated for three Emmy Awards.



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[hide] *1 Story  ==Story[ Edit] == It is 1963 when police officer Mike Torello the mobster Ray Luca on the heels is. They both try to eliminate each other. When Ray Luca in the Chicago Outfit has worked up, he moves to Las Vegas where he the control of some casinos. Torello, which is part of a special police department in the fight against crime, follows the gangster to Las Vegas. ==Division Of Roles[ Edit] == ==Episodes[ Edit] == ==Production<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] == <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">Michael Mann middle 1980s NBC got the creative freedom to create a new television series. This he had due to the success of the series Miami Vice (1984-1990).<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Baker_1-0" len="186" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"> [1]  Mann wanted to see how changing the lives of some crime fighters because they suddenly in another city and in other circumstances should proceed. He relied for the series on the experience of former police officer Chuck Adamson and the NBC series Police Story(1985).<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Davis_2-0" len="186" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"> [2]  at the request of Mann wrote Adamson along with Gustave Reininger a pilot. Cleaner did research for Crime Story and came into contact with undercover agents, who then took him to secret meetings with dangerous figures from the criminal circles. Cleaner wore during such a meeting once listening devices, but decided to stop his research after he the crime scene of a brutal mafia murder had visited.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Baker_1-1" len="186" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"> [1]
 * 2 Cast
 * 3 Episodes
 * 4 Production
 * 5 End season 1
 * 6 Influence
 * 7 Nominations
 * 7.1 Emmy Awards
 * 8 Famous guest stars
 * 9 Trivia
 * Dennis Farina - Lt. Mike Torello
 * Anthony Denison - Ray Luca
 * John Santucci - Pauli Taglia
 * Stephen Long - David Abrams
 * Bill Smitrovich - Sgt. Danny Krychek
 * Bill Campbell - Det. Joey Indelli
 * Paul Butler - Det. Walter Clemmons
 * Steve Ryan - Det. Nate Grossman
 * Ted Levine - Frank Holman
 * Andrew Dice Clay - Max Goldman
 * Jon Polito - Phil Bartoli
 * Joseph Wiseman - Manny Weisbord
 * Among Others - Julie Torello
 * Jay O. Sanders - Steven Kordo

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">The series was originally playing 1963 to 1980. The characters in the series would undergo an evolution and the big story line would be spread over the entire series. Crime Story was approached as a series, but as a film that lasted more than 20 hours. That idea got Mann and Cleaner after seeing Berlin Alexanderplatz by Rainer Werner Fassbinder.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Anderson_3-0" len="189" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"> [3]  at first, Mann that the series five seasons would go along.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Anderson_3-1" len="189" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"> [3]  The two eventually were, mainly for budgetary reasons.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">Brandon Tartikoff, the former head of NBC, gave permission for a film version of Crime Story.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Anderson_3-2" len="189" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"> [3]  he Then make 22 episodes. In those episodes, the characters and the storyline of Adamson and Cleaner the chance to further explore. The budget quickly ran on, because an episode cost more than $ 1 million. This was mainly due to the extensive film crew on location, the recordings that took place and the fact that the series was going on in the 1960s.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">When Crime Story first aired in the United States, the viewing figures were not overwhelming. However, the series was broadcast immediately after the gun viewership in Miami Vice. TIME Magazine called the series one of the most realistic police series Crime Story ever and later to one of the best series from the 80 's.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-4" len="180" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"> [4] ==End season 1<span class="mw-editsection" len="350" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] == Read warning: text below contains details about the content and/or the end of the story.<p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">When the makers of Crime Story wrote the end of the first season, they did not know if there is a sequel came. Therefore, they decided to let the first season end with a large explosion. The gangsters Ray Luca and Pauli Taglia must go into hiding because Torello has them almost to unwind. The two hide in a barn in the desert of Nevada. The place where they are located, however, is used for testing nuclear weapons. Then there is an atomic bomb explodes and ends the season.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">The viewers did not or Luca and Taglia were still alive or not. That corresponded to how the creators felt, for they did not know whether the series was still alive or not.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-5" len="180" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"> [5]  The comic series ''[http://www.microsofttranslator.com/bv.aspx?from=nl&to=en&a=http%3A%2F%2Fnl.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FSledge_Hammer! Sledge Hammer!] (1986-1998) was broadcast during the same period as Crime Story'' and ended his first season also with a large explosion. Read warning: ends here.==Influence<span class="mw-editsection" len="342" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] == <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">Crime Story, together with the similar series Wiseguy (1987-1990) considered as one of the first television series in which the story line spread over all the episodes of one season. That means that each episode verderbouwt on the previous, and not each time with a new story begins. This affected later series as 24 (2001-2010) and The Sopranos (1999-2007). ==Nominations<span class="mw-editsection" len="345" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] == ===Emmy Awards<span class="mw-editsection" len="346" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] ===
 * 1987
 * Outstanding Cinematography for a Series -James a. Contner
 * Outstanding Achievement in Hairstyling for a Series -Bunny Parker
 * 1988
 * Outstanding Achievement in Hairstyling for a Series -Bunny Parker

==Famous guest stars<span class="mw-editsection" len="354" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] == ==Trivia<span class="mw-editsection" len="342" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] ==
 * One of the aliens from the science fiction miniseries Something Is Out There (1988) looked at Crime Story.