Story line: This episode deconstructs one evening�in the life of Don Draper and Peggy Olson,�weaving the fictional events with a real-life May�1965 World Heavyweight boxing match. Don forces�Peggy to work all night on her birthday, Duck Phillips�has a drunken fistfight with Don, and Peggy�comforts Don when he learns of Anna?s death. ?The Suitcase? is generating buzz not only�for the drama series but also for Jon Hamm and�Elisabeth Moss to strut their Emmy stuff. ?It?s�about two lost souls who, through the course of�one alcohol-infused evening together, slowly shed�their protective veneers to reveal their raw, messy�cores,? says Jennifer Getzinger, who directed the�episode written by show creator Matthew Weiner.�?The beauty ... Read More »
Friday, June 24, 2011
EMMYS: 10 Dramas Pick Best Episodes
Drama series producers agonize over their selection of up�to six episodes for 2011 Emmy nomination consideration.�Here?s insight from Deadline TV Contributor Diane Haithman into why these particular�episodes were thought to impress Emmy voters: BOARDWALK EMPIRE ? PILOT EPISODE Story line: It is January 1920, on the eve of�Prohibition. Atlantic City?s treasurer Enoch�?Nucky?Thompson (played by Steve Buscemi and�based on a real-life crime boss) publicly condemns�alcohol while plotting to make a tidy profit selling�bootleg liquor. The period drama entered the 75-minute pilot�episode because it was directed by Martin Scorsese�and reportedly cost $50 million (which would make�it the most expensive pilot episode ever produced).�About the selection of this and the other episodes,�creator Terence Winter explains, ?We wanted to�make sure we gave a representative selection of the�show and be sure that the narrative arc didn?t leave�voters completely confused.? MAD MEN ? ?THE SUITCASE? 
Story line: This episode deconstructs one evening�in the life of Don Draper and Peggy Olson,�weaving the fictional events with a real-life May�1965 World Heavyweight boxing match. Don forces�Peggy to work all night on her birthday, Duck Phillips�has a drunken fistfight with Don, and Peggy�comforts Don when he learns of Anna?s death. ?The Suitcase? is generating buzz not only�for the drama series but also for Jon Hamm and�Elisabeth Moss to strut their Emmy stuff. ?It?s�about two lost souls who, through the course of�one alcohol-infused evening together, slowly shed�their protective veneers to reveal their raw, messy�cores,? says Jennifer Getzinger, who directed the�episode written by show creator Matthew Weiner.�?The beauty ... Read More »
Story line: This episode deconstructs one evening�in the life of Don Draper and Peggy Olson,�weaving the fictional events with a real-life May�1965 World Heavyweight boxing match. Don forces�Peggy to work all night on her birthday, Duck Phillips�has a drunken fistfight with Don, and Peggy�comforts Don when he learns of Anna?s death. ?The Suitcase? is generating buzz not only�for the drama series but also for Jon Hamm and�Elisabeth Moss to strut their Emmy stuff. ?It?s�about two lost souls who, through the course of�one alcohol-infused evening together, slowly shed�their protective veneers to reveal their raw, messy�cores,? says Jennifer Getzinger, who directed the�episode written by show creator Matthew Weiner.�?The beauty ... Read More »
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