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2 December 2002 (USA)
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Three families. Four generations. Fifty years of secrets. more
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Taken spans five decades and four generations, centering on three families: the Keys, Crawfords, and Clarkes...
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Nominated for Golden Globe.
Another 7 wins
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18 nominations
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(35 articles)
The Point Radio: Joel Gretsch On 'V'
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Alien Encounters – Television's Memorable Extra-Terrestrials
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Overall a very good thing. Many great sequences. Little kid Dakota Fanning was astoundingly brilliant!
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Cast
(Series Cast Summary - 6 of 83)| Dakota Fanning | ... | Allie Keys (10 episodes, 2002) | |
| Matt Frewer | ... | Dr. Chet Wakeman (6 episodes, 2002) | |
| Heather Donahue | ... | Mary Crawford - Adult (5 episodes, 2002) | |
| Emily Bergl | ... | Lisa Clarke - Adult (5 episodes, 2002) | |
| Adam Kaufman | ... | Charlie Keys - Adult (5 episodes, 2002) | |
| Camille Sullivan | ... | Nina Toth - Adult / ... (5 episodes, 2002) |
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Steven Spielberg Presents Taken (USA) (complete title)
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877 min (10 parts) | Finland:842 min (DVD)
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Germany:12 (cut tv version) |
Germany:16 (DVD rating) |
Argentina:13 |
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Finland:K-15 (DVD rating) |
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The WW2 bombing sequence in episode one was created using NewTek's "Lightwave 3D". The image of Germany was actually a spy photo taken from WW2.
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Anachronisms: In the Episode "The Acid Test", some children are shown playing with a type of football (soccer ball) not available until the mid-'90s.
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Allison Clarke:
People say that when we grow up, we kick at everything we've been told, we rebel against the world our parents worked so hard to bring us into, that part of growing of is kicking at the ties that bind. But I don't think that's why we kick at all. I think we kick when we find out that our parents don't know much more about the world than we do. They don't have all the answers. We rebel when we find out that they've been lying to us all along, that there isn't any Santa Claus at all.
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References "The Dukes of Hazzard" (1979)
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There is more than one dimension upon which "Taken" must be judged. It's a movie, a TV mini-series, a large collection of "theatrical moments," it's somewhat of a social/political commentary, it's a diary for all the old (and young) hippies, and it's a "message" flick about possible new frontiers, etc. It's all of those things at once. It performs differently on all of those dimensions.
Without boring the reader with my opinions regarding each dimension, permit me to summarize by merely saying that yes, it is great in places, it works very well in others. It is a bit "TV-y" and trite on a small few. Also, the ending smacked of a corporate-marketing mentality. It almost said, "Stay tuned for a thin and overly drawn-out clunker of a TV series and/or series of never-as-good-as-the-original and frustratingly exploitative and hideous sequels." I really hope I'm not right about that--- but sadly, I fear that I am.
Overall, though, "Taken" it is a very good thing. Watch it, dig it, enjoy it! Oh--- and what's the deal with the little girl who played Allie? Dakota Fanning was her name? Wow! She was cute and perky, all right. But dang--- she went WAY beyond cute clear through to amazing. What a major find that little actor is! Think about it--- the producers needed a kid who could embody a cosmic wisdom that transcended all the earthly adults, AND still have the "little kid" vulnerability and cuteness of a real child. Fanning was a marvel at accomplishing all of those things at once.