"Over There" (2005) TV series

User Rating:

8.1/10   

Creators:

Steven Bochco
Chris Gerolmo

Seasons:

1

Release Date:

27 July 2005 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Drama | War

Plot:

A dramatized take on war in Iraq.

Plot Keywords:

Iraq | Controversial | U.S. Army | Beheading | Soldier

Awards:

Nominated for Primetime Emmy.

Cast

Josh Henderson	...	Pfc. Bo Rider (13 episodes, 2005)
Luke Macfarlane	...	Pvt. Frank 'Dim' Dumphy (13 episodes, 2005)
Erik Palladino	...	Sgt. Chris "Scream" Silas (13 episodes, 2005)
Keith Robinson	...	Pvt. Avery "Angel" King (13 episodes, 2005)
Sticky Fingaz	...	Pvt. Maurice 'Smoke' Williams (13 episodes, 2005)
Omid Abtahi	...	Tariq Nassiri (12 episodes, 2005)
Sprague Grayden	...	Terry Rider (11 episodes, 2005)
Brigid Brannagh	...	Vanessa Dumphy (11 episodes, 2005)
Lizette Carrion	...	Pfc. Esmeralda "Doublewide" Del Rio / ... (10 episodes, 2005)
Nicki Aycox	...	Pvt. Brenda 'Mrs. B.' Mitchell (10 episodes, 2005)
Lombardo Boyar	...	Sergio Del Rio (9 episodes, 2005)
Jimmy 'Jax' Pinchak	...	Eddy (7 episodes, 2005)
Ana Ortiz	...	Anna (7 episodes, 2005)
Adam Storke	...	Captain Jonathan Baron (7 episodes, 2005)

Runtime:

60 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English | Arabic

Color:

Color

Certification:

USA:TV-MA | Australia:MA | Singapore:M18 | Finland:K-15 (DVD) (2006)

Filming Locations:

Chatsworth, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

20th Century Fox Television

Trivia:

Josh Henderson's body double for all the amputation and prosthetic shots was played by his cousin, Clint Mabry. Clint lost his leg as the result of a fatal car accident in 2001. Clint Mabry also served as a disability advisor and consultant for the show.

Quotes:

Sgt. "Scream" Silas: We didn't come for your oil! We came to kick your ass!

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Tour of Duty: Filming Over There (2006) (V)

Potential

To quote the critically acclaimed Vietnam vetern turned author Tim O'Brien, "A true story that never happened." Or at least that's what Over There looks to be attempting to be. Sure it won't be 100% factually or technically accurate (c'mon like a test season of a TV show can afford to get a UH Blackhawk rather than a UH-1 Huey etc etc) The pilot episode is enough to catch interest. While the dialogue treads familiar "war movie cliché" group, the visual presentation is excellent. The show does an excellent job in depicting the dirt, grundge, heat, and freezing nights of the desert. The most effective scenes are the ones with the barest dialogue and everything is shown.

Whatever your feelings on the war, the show is worth checking out if only for the fact has rengaged the public to think about the war again (which seems to have been relagated to the back of the collective consciousness). Hopefully it'll live up to the hype. Hopefully it will become the TV analog to the documentary Gunner Palace.