"The Brink" (2015) TV series 2015-2015

Popularity:

Down 3% in popularity this week. See why on IMDbPro.

Writers:

Roberto Benabib (created by)
Kim Benabib (created by)

Seasons:

1

Genre:

Comedy

Plot:

Top U.S. government and military scramble to prevent World War 3 from happening amidst the chaos of a geopolitical crisis.

Awards:

1 win

Cast

Jack Black	...	Alex Talbot (10 episodes, 2015)
Tim Robbins	...	Walter Larson (10 episodes, 2015)
Pablo Schreiber	...	Zeke Tilson (10 episodes, 2015)
Aasif Mandvi	...	Rafiq Massoud (10 episodes, 2015)
Maribeth Monroe	...	Kendra Peterson (10 episodes, 2015)
Eric Ladin	...	Glenn Taylor (10 episodes, 2015)
Geoff Pierson	...	Pierce Grey (10 episodes, 2015)
Esai Morales	...	President Julian Navarro (10 episodes, 2015)
Iqbal Theba	...	General Umair Zaman (9 episodes, 2015)
Erick Avari	...	Hasan (7 episodes, 2015)
John Larroquette	...	Robert Kittredge (7 episodes, 2015)
Melanie Chandra	...	Fareeda (7 episodes, 2015)
Carla Gugino	...	Joanne Larson (6 episodes, 2015)
Lamont Thompson	...	Dougan (6 episodes, 2015)
Ryan Cutrona	...	James Donaldson (5 episodes, 2015)
Marshall Manesh	...	Rafiq Massoud Sr. (5 episodes, 2015)
Meera Syal	...	Naeema (5 episodes, 2015)
Leslie Awender	...	Aide to CIA Director (5 episodes, 2015)
Beth Horne	...	Embassy Staff (5 episodes, 2015)
Mark Parrish	...	Secret Service Agent (5 episodes, 2015)

Series Directed by
Michael Lehmann		(4 episodes, 2015)

Series Writing credits
Kim Benabib		(10 episodes, 2015)
Roberto Benabib		(10 episodes, 2015)
Dave Holstein		(3 episodes, 2015)

Series Produced by
Roberto Benabib	....	executive producer (10 episodes, 2015)
Jack Black	....	producer (10 episodes, 2015)
Michelle Graham	....	associate producer (10 episodes, 2015)
Robert Lloyd Lewis	....	producer (10 episodes, 2015)
Jay Roach	....	executive producer (10 episodes, 2015)
Tim Robbins	....	producer (10 episodes, 2015)
Jerry Weintraub	....	executive producer (10 episodes, 2015)
Kim Benabib	....	co-executive producer (9 episodes, 2015)
Sam Forman	....	executive story editor (9 episodes, 2015)
Dave Holstein	....	producer (9 episodes, 2015)
Derek E. Johansen	....	co-producer (9 episodes, 2015)
Aasif Mandvi	....	co-producer (9 episodes, 2015)
Jon Poll	....	co-producer (9 episodes, 2015)

Series Original Music by
David Robbins		(10 episodes, 2015)

Series Cinematography by
James M. Muro		(6 episodes, 2015)
Todd Dos Reis		(2 episodes, 2015)

Series Film Editing by
Jon Poll		(5 episodes, 2014-2015)
David Helfand		(5 episodes, 2015)

Series Casting by
David Rubin		(1 episode, 2014-2015)

Series Production Design by
Jessica Kender		(9 episodes, 2015)
Michael Corenblith		(unknown episodes)

Series Art Direction by
Samantha Avila		(unknown episodes)

Series Set Decoration by
Jeffrey Kushon		(9 episodes, 2015)
Hernan Camacho		(2 episodes, 2015)
Susan Benjamin		(unknown episodes)

Series Costume Design by
Mary E. Vogt		(8 episodes, 2015)
Daniel Orlandi		(unknown episodes, 2014)

Series Makeup Department
Jed Dornoff	....	makeup artist (10 episodes, 2015)
Prescilla Jean Olay	....	hair stylist (10 episodes, 2015)
Solina Tabrizi	....	department head hair stylist (10 episodes, 2015)
Kristin Durante	....	makeup artist (8 episodes, 2015)
James Dunham	....	key hair stylist (6 episodes, 2015)
Michelle Radow	....	key makeup artist (unknown episodes)

Series Production Management
Derek E. Johansen	....	Unit Production Manager (10 episodes, 2015)

Series Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Derek E. Johansen	....	second unit director (10 episodes, 2015)
Aaron C. Fitzgerald	....	second assistant director (9 episodes, 2015)
Amber Koehler	....	dga trainee (9 episodes, 2015)
Julie Cummings	....	second second assistant director (6 episodes, 2015)
Jon Recher	....	second second assistant director (6 episodes, 2015)
Warren Gray	....	first assistant director (4 episodes, 2015)
Dillon Neaman	....	second second assistant director / additional second assistant director (3 episodes, 2015)
Josh King	....	first assistant director (unknown episodes)
Tara Nicole Tjahjadi	....	trainee assistant director (unknown episodes)

Series Art Department
Duff Miller	....	assistant property master (10 episodes, 2015)
Victoria Tam	....	art deptartment pa (10 episodes, 2015)
Kory Goetzman	....	prop buyer (9 episodes, 2015)
Bart C. Hubenthal	....	on-set dresser (9 episodes, 2015)
Trevor Larkin	....	set dresser: dresser (9 episodes, 2015)
Pola Shreiber	....	property master (9 episodes, 2015)
Maya Levy	....	set decoration coordinator (5 episodes, 2015)
Lisa Baddeley Parker	....	set decoration coordinator (5 episodes, 2015)
David Moreau	....	set designer (3 episodes, 2015)
Jaime Beebe	....	set decoration buyer (2 episodes, 2015)
Greg Apperson	....	general foreman (unknown episodes)
Susannah Carradine	....	art department coordinator (unknown episodes)
Colin De Rouin	....	set designer (unknown episodes)
Julien Pougnier	....	set designer (unknown episodes)
Emma Verdugo	....	art department assistant (unknown episodes)

Series Sound Department
Damiano Marchese	....	dialogue editor (10 episodes, 2015)
Kevin Nanaumi	....	first assistant sound editor (10 episodes, 2015)
Elmo Ponsdomenech	....	sound re-recording mixer (10 episodes, 2015)
Geoffrey G. Rubay	....	supervising sound editor (10 episodes, 2015)
Todd Beckett	....	sound re-recording mixer (9 episodes, 2015)
Patrick Christensen	....	adr mixer (9 episodes, 2015)
Iden Kamishin	....	sound recordist (9 episodes, 2015)
James Morioka	....	dialogue editor (7 episodes, 2015)
Mike Anderson	....	boom operator (unknown episodes)
James Clark	....	sound mixer (unknown episodes)
Kim Podzimek	....	utility sound (unknown episodes)

Series Visual Effects by
Ian Northrop	....	compositor: Pacific Vision (7 episodes, 2015)

Series Stunts
Wally Crowder	....	stunt coordinator (9 episodes, 2015)
Joe Don Harris	....	stunt double / stunt performer (3 episodes, 2015)
Nick Hermz	....	stunt performer / utility stunts (2 episodes, 2015)
Shawn Crowder	....	stunt driver (1 episode, 2015)
Ibrahim Elkest	....	stunt performer (unknown episodes)
Omid Zader	....	stunts (unknown episodes)

Series Camera and Electrical Department
Todd Avery	....	first assistant camera / first assistant camera: "a" camera (10 episodes, 2015)
Erik A. Erichsen	....	lighting technician (10 episodes, 2015)
Jesse Rushton	....	best boy / electric (10 episodes, 2015)
Keith Sorrell	....	lighting technician (10 episodes, 2015)
Adam Achiardi	....	dimmer board op (9 episodes, 2015)
Dominic Bartolone	....	"b" camera operator / camera operator: "b" camera (9 episodes, 2015)
Brook Willard	....	director of photography: second unit (9 episodes, 2015)
Chris Cavanaugh	....	digital imaging technician (8 episodes, 2015)
Glen Landry	....	digital loader (8 episodes, 2015)
Scott Oneil	....	second assistant camera: "b camera" (8 episodes, 2015)
Arturo Rojas	....	second assistant camera: "a camera" (8 episodes, 2015)
Alex Scott	....	first assistant camera: "b camera" (8 episodes, 2015)
Fred Lopez	....	rigging grip (6 episodes, 2015)
Dana Morris	....	a-camera / steadicam operator (6 episodes, 2015)
John P. Fleenor	....	still photographer (4 episodes, 2015)
Peter Hutchison	....	camera operator: camera operator (2 episodes, 2015)

Series Casting Department
Alexis Allen	....	extras casting (10 episodes, 2015)
Ranjani Brow	....	adr voice casting (10 episodes, 2015)
Jeffrey M. Paal	....	extras casting (10 episodes, 2015)
Melissa Pryor	....	casting associate (10 episodes, 2015)

Series Costume and Wardrobe Department
Laura Frecon	....	assistant costume designer (10 episodes, 2015)
Mitchell Ray Kenney	....	costume supervisor (10 episodes, 2015)

Series Editorial Department
Joshua Alan Baca	....	on-line editor (10 episodes, 2015)
Amy Libowsky	....	post-production coordinator (10 episodes, 2015)
Jon Rocke	....	colorist: dailies (10 episodes, 2015)
Randy Starnes	....	final colorist (10 episodes, 2015)
Gordon Antell	....	assistant editor / Additional Editor (5 episodes, 2015)
Christos Voutsinas	....	assistant editor (2 episodes, 2015)
Julian Carvalho	....	post-production coordinator (unknown episodes)

Series Location Management
Mike Barry	....	key assistant location manager (10 episodes, 2015)
Jason Kaplon	....	location manager (10 episodes, 2015)
Tom Lackey	....	location scout (unknown episodes, 2014)

Series Music Department
Jordan Lewis	....	orchestrator (10 episodes, 2015)

Series Transportation Department
Duke Foster	....	transportation captain (1 episode, 2015)

Series Other crew
Akbar Allana	....	Pakistani Unit (10 episodes, 2015)
Len Anderson IV	....	military advisor (10 episodes, 2015)
James Chestnut	....	set production assistant (10 episodes, 2015)
Frank J. Ellison	....	production accountant (10 episodes, 2015)
Eric Ladd	....	title designer (10 episodes, 2015)
Haya Salim	....	Pakistani Unit (10 episodes, 2015)
Zahra Zahid	....	Pakistani Unit (10 episodes, 2015)
Tommy Armour IV	....	production assistant (9 episodes, 2015)
Alix Bannon	....	post production accountant (9 episodes, 2015)
Vanessa Grayson	....	utility stand-in for maribeth monroe & carla gugino / stand-in: Carla Gugino & Maribeth Monroe utility (9 episodes, 2015)
Tyler Ridge	....	2nd assistant production accountant (9 episodes, 2015)
Lisa A. Blair	....	crafts service (8 episodes, 2015)
Joel Burnham	....	production assistant (7 episodes, 2015)
Emily Rice	....	post-production accountant (6 episodes, 2015)
Barbara Biddle	....	broadcast producer (5 episodes, 2015)
Fahim Fazli	....	voice over (5 episodes, 2015)
Greg Knapp	....	construction medic (4 episodes, 2015)
Colin Louro	....	production secretary (3 episodes, 2015)
Matthew P. Higgins	....	production assistant (2 episodes, 2015)
Patrick McKernan	....	ground safety pilot (2 episodes, 2015)
Peter McKernan	....	aerial coordinator (2 episodes, 2015)
Jasmine Barcelo	....	assistant production coordinator (unknown episodes)
Paul Conti	....	computer/video playback supervisor (unknown episodes)
Scott Peterson	....	script supervisor (unknown episodes)
Jeff Winn	....	key craft service (unknown episodes)

Production Companies

• Everyman Pictures
• Home Box Office (HBO)
• Jerry Weintraub Productions

Distributors

• Home Box Office (HBO) (2015) (USA) (TV)
• HBO Hungary (2015) (Hungary) (TV)
• Home Box Office (HBO) (2015) (Netherlands) (TV) (limited)
• Sky Atlantic HD (2015) (Germany) (TV)
• Star Channel (2015) (Japan) (TV)

Other Companies

• Allan Padelford Camera Cars  camera equipment: Porsche Camera Car with EDGE Crane System
• Armytrucks  military vehicles
• BT Industrial Supply  expendables
• Central Casting  extras casting
• Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment  camera cranes (uncredited)
• Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment  camera dollies (uncredited)
• Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment  hydrascope telescoping crane arm (uncredited)
• Designer Wardrobe Trailers  wardrobe trailer
• Keslow Camera  camera equipment provided by
• Ohana Camera Expendables  camera expendables
• Rice Gorton Pictures Ltd.  post-production accountants

Also Known As:

Runtime:

30 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Netherlands:12 | USA:TV-MA

Company:

Everyman Pictures

Trivia:

Eric Ladin previously starred in another military role on an HBO show, as Cpl. James Chaffin in mini-series "Generation Kill" (2008).

Goofs:

Incorrectly regarded as goofs: Though the F/A-18 is primarily known as a single seat fighter/attack aircraft the use of the two seat model in front line combat is well known. The current model F/A-18F Super Hornet is a two seat aircraft with the second seat occupied by a Weapon Systems Officer (WSO). Therefore Glenn is a necessary partner to Zeke on the aircraft.

Quotes:

Vanessa:[to husband, Martin, on both being kidnapped by fake Taliban] Oh, God. It's a bloody mess! They're going to lock us in a room and throw away the room.

Movie Connections:

Featured in "Late Night with Seth Meyers: Amy Schumer/Pablo Schreiber/Anderson East (#2.143)" (2015)

~~Show starts off strong and is funny in almost every scene, highly recommend~~

HBO's new show "The Brink" tells the story of the U.S. government and their attempts at foreign affair through dark comedy and satire. Without spoiling anything, the show brings you around the world as you follow characters like Alex Talbot (Jack Black), Walter Larson (Tim Robbins), and Zeke Tilson (Pablo Schreiber) through U.S. government and military scramble to prevent World War 3 from happening.

It's been a long time since I actually found a TV show this funny. The cast in this show are fantastic; Jack Black, Tim Robbins, and Pablo Schreiber really sell the show for me along with many other supporting actors. When I first saw Jack Black, I thought his performance was going to be over the top with crazy expressions and hand gestures, but I'm glad that he toned it down. Don't get me wrong, I love Jack Black. I just didn't think that his performance in Tenacious D was going to work in here. Compared to the movies he usually does, The Brink combines a serious, suspenseful, and playful tone at the same time.

In conclusion, the pacing in this movie is really good, this is not the type of show that has a lot of background story in character development. They are more concerned with the present and fast paced movie that gives you suspense and a good laugh. Overall, I'm really impressed with this show and I hope it goes on for many more seasons!