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Release Date:
23 January 1983 (USA)
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Tagline:
Heroes for hire.
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Four Vietnam vets, framed for a crime they didn't commit, help the innocent while on the run from the military. full summary
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Nominated for 3 Primetime Emmys.
Another 2 wins
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1 nomination
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(218 articles)
Sharlto Copley’s A-Team Birthday Cake
(From Slash Film. 28 November 2009, 2:54 PM, PST)
Another Original 'A-Team' Member Confirms Cameo
(From Get The Big Picture. 28 November 2009, 12:39 AM, PST)
(From Slash Film. 28 November 2009, 2:54 PM, PST)
Another Original 'A-Team' Member Confirms Cameo
(From Get The Big Picture. 28 November 2009, 12:39 AM, PST)
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Great fun – then and now!
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Cast
(Series Cast Summary - 5 of 163) | George Peppard | ... | John 'Hannibal' Smith / ... (97 episodes, 1983-1987) |
 | Dwight Schultz | ... | 'Howling Mad' Murdock (97 episodes, 1983-1987) |
 | Mr. T | ... | B.A. Baracus (97 episodes, 1983-1987) |
 | Dirk Benedict | ... | Templeton 'Faceman' Peck (96 episodes, 1983-1987) |
| John Ashley | ... | Narrator / ... (84 episodes, 1983-1986) |
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60 min (98 episodes) | Argentina:60 min | Israel:45 min
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Color (Technicolor)
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1.33 : 1 more
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USA:TV-PG |
Australia:M (some episodes) |
Netherlands:6 (DVD rating) |
Argentina:Atp |
Australia:PG (DVD rating) |
Singapore:PG
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The remaining cast members have not made it a secret that Mr. T and George Peppard did not get along very well on the set. Arguments were fed by the fact that Mr. T became the real star of the show, despite Peppard's being a 'proper movie actor'. Things got even worse when Peppard learned that Mr. T was paid more than he was.
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Plot holes: In order to have become a Green Beret BA Baracus would have to have undergone Airborne Training and completed a number of parachute jumps. Yet according to his mother he was afraid of flying even from an early age.
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Referenced in "EastEnders: (2004-10-25)" (2004)
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After the Vietnam war a ream of commandos are framed for a crime they didn't commit. While on the run from the military police they act as hired hands to help put right wrongs where the police etc have proved powerless.
Many TV shows from the 80's are looked fondly upon by those of us who were in our childhood at the time, even if they were really pretty poor – e.g. Manimal, Street Hawk etc. However many deserve their place in our hearts and I think the A Team is one such show. The basic plot is always the same – the group get involved in a mission and it always ends in some sort of gunfight and the group construct a machine out of odds and sods they find in a shed!
It contains the same elements every week, whether it be Hannibal's disguises, Murdock's bickering or the usual trickery to get BA to get on a plane. However it's all delivered with a certain amount of tongue in cheek. Why – even the title music is tongue in cheek, witness `Face" (Benedict) pause when a Cylon from Battlestar Galactica walks past him! How many other shows put the in-jokes so far to the front (Benedict having starred in that show!). This gave it a bit more freedom to be silly as it wasn't even taking itself too seriously.
Add to this a bunch of great catchphrases, running themes and of course a great title theme and you've got a hit my friends. It's hard to imagine anyone else playing their roles. Peppard will always be Hannibal to me ,no matter how many times I see earlier films. Likewise with Benedict and Schultz. Mr T is famous in his own right but I'll always mistakenly call him BA – to me that's who he is! The basic 4 always had good interaction and worked very well together. The support cast throws up the odd name – LQ Jones, Tia Carrera, Divoff, Hulk hogan, David McCallum, Boy George – but really the supporting cast didn't matter when the leads were on form.
Overall this may have been silly but it was great fun. All these years later and I'm approaching my thirties and I still enjoy it when I find it on a rerun somewhere. Somethings are just fun no matter what!