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Sleeper Cell (TV Miniseries)

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Original title

Sleeper Cell (Sleeper Cell: American Terror)

Year

2005

Running time

60 min.

Country

United States

Director

Ethan Reiff (Creator), Cyrus Voris (Creator), Nick Gomez, Guy Ferland, Charles S. Dutton, Clark Johnson, Leslie Libman, Ziad Doueiri

Screenwriter

Ethan Reiff, Cyrus Voris, Kamran Pasha, Alexander Woo

Cast

Music

Paul Haslinger, Gary Meister

Cinematography

Matthew Jensen, Robert Primes

Producer

Showtime

Genre

TV Series. Thriller. Drama | TV Miniseries

Synopsis

Sleeper Cell is a one-hour drama on the Showtime network that began airing on December 4, 2005. The tagline for the first season was "Friends. Neighbors. Husbands. Terrorists." and the tagline for the second season was "Cities. Suburbs. Airports. Targets." The series was nominated for an Emmy award for Outstanding Miniseries. The eight-episode second season of the series, titled Sleeper Cell: American Terror, premiered on December 10, 2006. Both seasons of Sleeper Cell were originally aired in an unusual fashion, by filming the entire season ahead of time and then airing the episodes on consecutive nights, such that each brand new season was aired for the first time over a period of less than two weeks.

There are currently (as of August 2009) no definite plans for a continuation of the series. However, Robert Greenblatt, President of Entertainment for Showtime, was reported in July 2007 to have publicly mentioned the possibility of creating a new installment of the series every few years, similar to the structuring of the British television series Prime Suspect, in that there might be an entirely new cast of characters for each new season. In this way, the series could become a way to examine the current state of terrorism, and its evolution over time.

As extra material on the first season DVDs reveal, the show was originally known simply as "The Cell."

Awards: 2006: Emmy: 5 Nominations, Including Best Miniseries and Cinematography

2006: Directors Guild of America (DGA): Nominated for Best Director (Miniseries/TV Movie)

2005: Golden Globes: Nominated for Best miniserie or TV movie

2005: American Film Institute (AFI): Top 10 - TV Programs of the Year

2006: Golden Globes Awards: nominated to Best Performance by an Actor in a Mini-series or Motion Picture Made for TV.

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Sleeper Cell (TV Miniseries)

2005

Ethan Reiff (Creator) ...

6.8

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