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Big Love (TV Series)

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Original title

Big Love

Year

2006

Running time

60 min.

Country

United States

Director

Mark V. Olsen (Creator), Will Scheffer (Creator), Daniel Attias, David Petrarca, Michael Lehmann, Julian Farino, Adam Davidson, Jim McKay, David Knoller, Alan Poul, Charles McDougall, Michael Spiller, Burr Steers, Mary HarronSee 6 More

Screenwriter

Mark V. Olsen, Will Scheffer, Eileen Myers, Dustin Lance Black, Jeanette Collins, Mimi Friedman, Doug Stockstill

Cast

Music

Mark Mothersbaugh, David Byrne, Anton Sanko

Cinematography

Anette Haellmigk, James Glennon, M. David Mullen, Russ T. Alsobrook, Alan Caso, William Wages, Alex Nepomniaschy

Producer

HBO, Anima Sola Productions, Playtone

Genre

TV Series. Drama | Religion

Synopsis

TV Series (2006-2011). 5 seasons. 53 episodes. Think having three wives is a dream come true? Meet Bill Henrickson (Bill Paxton), a modern-day Utah polygamist who lives in suburban Salt Lake City with his three wives, seven children, and a mounting avalanche of debt and demands. The owner of a growing chain of home improvement stores, Bill struggles to balance the financial and emotional needs of Barb, Nicki and Margene (Jeanne Tripplehorn, TV Chloë Sevigny and Ginnifer Goodwin), who live in separate, adjacent houses and take turns sharing their husband each night. While managing the household finances together and routinely sharing "family home nights," they try to keep simmering jealousies in check and their arrangement a secret — polygamy is illegal in Utah and banned by the mainstream Mormon Church. Adding to Bill's woes are a series of crises affecting his parents (Bruce Dern and Grace Zabriskie), who live on a fundamentalist compound in rural Utah, and his ruthless father-in-law, Roman (Harry Dean Stanton), the powerful head of the polygamist commune where his parents live. Bold, funny and wholly original, Big Love explores the evolving institution of marriage through a typical atypical family.

Awards: 2011: Emmy: Nominated for Best Guest Actor in Drama Series (Bruce Dern)

2010: Emmy: 3 Nominations, Including Best Casting

2009: Emmy: Nominated for Best Drama Series

2008: Emmy: Nominated for Best Guest Actress in Drama Series (Ellen Burstyn)

2006: Emmy: 3 Nominations, Including Best Casting for Drama Series

2009: Golden Globe: Actress Series TV - Drama (Chloë Sevigny). 3 Nominations

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Big Love (TV Series)

2006

Mark V. Olsen (Creator) ...

6.5

(1,559)