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.llillflxllillfi, /I\.l73f;lé: lV .rll'V‘l, n a flu-iv i.” With its two hour pilot directed by Abel Ferrara debuting in a prime time mmr. 'liliflrllHZé ti Iii-11w.) vv yu- slot in 1986, Crime Story was The Sopranos before The Sopranos. As such Al is;tr;i£i;i'r; m-xrr. iv 7 '3 .« ,t w; Hutu m the show, conceived by filmmaker Michael Mann (Heat, Collateral) and rmmmxi: tn Jillillr TM- « w ,' 4‘. mi? «2‘ m. legendary former Chicago cop Chuck Adamson as a 22-hour movie for :5". x try: '; M' Ir: ‘3 n / my mg: .mp- m. l ,1 television, was way ahead of its time - and thus doomed to failure. 8M yi ,. .21:in «r‘ ’_ .2 a: n, z. :"m; .‘zrt’l
Described by Mann as ‘police story as soap‘, Crime Story came fitted l,":;",'l"’- .2" «itwrvmw .: ’2‘ mm l / ' w.- ' vi, 7" with retro 60$ styling, grim Chicago and glitzy Las Vegas settings, morally l"‘.*f.'l‘.(>l"~"i’ ,v: «'i"’l f' . (ll? - win- m .w- 1’}, ambiguous twin protagonists - hard-boiled cop Mike Torello (played by HM»;- w {M >; W: w,- » i'“; i Adamson’s former colleague-turned-actor, the awesome Dennis Farina) MINA-i 333.711; Haw: w, A. ’l_ {.1sz r:. um» , and visionary wiseguy Ray Luca (Anthony Denison playing a part modelled new; .'i ‘.‘.‘:ir.it.ir‘ MW E :r' nit/I‘m." :nw ': .r: w; on mob enforcer Tony Spilotro, who later turned up in the guise of Joe Nzil'i’llizi; mm. .lwr". 1'7»: , ,r. , Mew: 4-,- era'
Pesci in Casino) and plenty of violence. The story pits the protagonists x; mm, illtflli win. a, against one another against the backdrop of the rise of organised crime in l .3.) (Helium/i git i'w UNNAMABLE/ ;:' f Vegas. It was scripted by Gus Reiniger whose ‘method writer's’ research l’rmm. Sam-u: ire/.3. a THE UNNAMABLE " “"" l)“ ‘”"""" came to an abrupt end when a Chicago bookie he’d befriended was tum mm; rtr‘, RETURNS my ~ u. tortured to death. With these credentials, Crime Story was the antithesis of .m‘: n, :uvrri‘f' rm iv (18) 182mm 1;: .‘l new 5: 11"“)
Mann’s phenomenally successful, but now laughably glam Miami Vice. .-.:t'~i gutting. A“ ' fin, l. W's: v '1' am» 3: a auxtlwrv; After being on air for less than two months, Crime Story became NBC’s ll»;- ‘§,'_(.",i.r‘.":‘, (w: 0. tn r, ' armii'l U: :: lowest rated show, suffering by being scheduled against the upbeat fluff of “Ugygiritmx m; git tmwn .'.’l m; :x/w: W; m rim/y.
Moonlighting. Moreover, the American Federation of Police condemned it .rY‘::";iai§:il it: i, it httw V. E34413“) 1:, u :: «gm Minna? for its portrayal of ‘cops as killers with badges’, and music composer Todd in«;;z.:ai;i:: gif; ’ in < °I z,, N” Cm! r.- czii' mu 3: :21 r Rundgren left after four episodes, criticising it for ‘random acts of ‘vm‘uw. "(Magi :; . a " t,- »c- 'w'i" n ma‘, fuzz/1m. violence’. ems. 1w; 1w; 'I:" Via-13'; era-at, m 1: xiv/i,
Still, Crime Story was shifted to a late slot, doubled its viewing figures ’It’l A”) way. :fw: ‘:.'."“:’>’: :,r,-'..-.r.«-';' .l.”",{)l’i"’ a, , and was renewed for a second and final season. Today, it stands the test of 0f exam-w f'v; . I;I,-',-': 2‘ :z'lmmpt; or "new time. The language might not be foul enough (because it aired on a cu“: in r‘ g: aga":;;:"';c_ ‘ww " -’,-' :y 1 "tr; um-zz/r: pear/Ir,- .-,»m .w, commercial station), but the sizzling dialogue is delivered with shocking 0.5:". t. 4‘ it " '; en; a" calf—1:900" :1' I: w,- relish by the terrific cast and guest stars include Michael Madsen, Pam So (2’: ‘ v a ‘w: ‘ “ r' a ';(3'/:51"l '.-’:‘ ' M". Grier, Lorraine Bracco, Deborah Harry, Vincent Gallo and Julia Roberts. ’2 s;;::,:x, "1w: 7' “My ' p'w: a mgr,- Mn.” :1. mine.
It’s the best television show you’ve never seen. (Miles Fielder) met ~,-' “32-”. » ’1' r ' g: r22»: W, m; szc' E't'wr‘
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