Post by JCriquet on Mar 17, 2004 16:12:58 GMT 10
Who's heard of this show? It screened on HBO last year and I'm really hoping it'll screen here at some stage soon.
The show is set in 1934, in the Steinbeckian world of America's " Dustbowl". It stars Nick Stahl (Bully, Disturbing Behaviour) as a fugitive who is given refuge by a travelling carnival. The series also stars Clancy Brown (Starship Troopers, ER) as a righteous preacher. The story revolves mainly around these two characters, leading towards a battle of good and evil. Or so I've read.
Now, I haven't seen a single episode of this show, so I know I shouldn't be selling it like this, but I've heard a lot of good things. I first heard of it while looking into stuff that other cast members of Undeclared had done since; this show features Carla Gallo in a smaller role (she plays a dancer or somesuch). I know some of you will be interested to hear that it also features Michael J. Anderson, the legendary "man from another place" in Twin Peaks. As a matter of fact, I've heard this show compared to Twin Peaks in terms of high mystery and excitement.
I'm guessing that, should it make it here, Channel 9 (d'oh!) will be the ones to screen it: they've screened just about all of HBO's big shows in the last five or six years (Sex and the City, The Sopranos, Six Feet Under), but no sign yet. Let's hope its big enough. Fingers crossed.
www.imdb.com/title/tt0319969/
www.hbo.com/carnivale
The show is set in 1934, in the Steinbeckian world of America's " Dustbowl". It stars Nick Stahl (Bully, Disturbing Behaviour) as a fugitive who is given refuge by a travelling carnival. The series also stars Clancy Brown (Starship Troopers, ER) as a righteous preacher. The story revolves mainly around these two characters, leading towards a battle of good and evil. Or so I've read.
Now, I haven't seen a single episode of this show, so I know I shouldn't be selling it like this, but I've heard a lot of good things. I first heard of it while looking into stuff that other cast members of Undeclared had done since; this show features Carla Gallo in a smaller role (she plays a dancer or somesuch). I know some of you will be interested to hear that it also features Michael J. Anderson, the legendary "man from another place" in Twin Peaks. As a matter of fact, I've heard this show compared to Twin Peaks in terms of high mystery and excitement.
I'm guessing that, should it make it here, Channel 9 (d'oh!) will be the ones to screen it: they've screened just about all of HBO's big shows in the last five or six years (Sex and the City, The Sopranos, Six Feet Under), but no sign yet. Let's hope its big enough. Fingers crossed.
www.imdb.com/title/tt0319969/
www.hbo.com/carnivale
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