AncalagonTheBlack Posted April 19, 2016 Share Posted April 19, 2016 Premiere: 10 PM, July 10 Quote An HBO limited series created by Steven Zaillian and Richard Price, starring John Turturro and Riz Ahmed in the eight-parter, based on Peter Moffat’s Criminal Justice drama series that aired on the BBC in 2008-2009. Created by Steven Zaillian and Richard Price, The Night Of is an eight-episode drama about a complex NYC murder case with cultural and political overtones. It follows the police investigation, the legal proceedings, the criminal justice system and the feral purgatory of Rikers Island, where the accused await trial for felony crimes. John Turturro and Riz Ahmed star. Turturro took over the role of Jack Stone, a downtrodden jailhouse attorney who frequents police stations for clients, initially to be played by Gandolfini, in 2014. Robert De Niro committed to succeeding the Sopranos star in the role shortly after Gandolfini’s death, but had to pull out because of scheduling reasons in fall 2013. Gandolfini has a posthumous executive producer credit on the series. Filmed in and around Manhattan, the series delves into the intricacies of a complex New York City murder case with cultural and political overtones. The story examines the police investigation, the legal proceedings, the criminal justice system and “the feral purgatory of Rikers Island,” per HBO, where the accused await trial for felony crimes. Zaillian directs parts 1-3 and 5-8 from teleplays co-written with Price. They executive produce with Jane Tranter and Moffat. James Marsh directs part 4. Cast John Turturro as Jack Stone, a lawyer Riz Ahmed as Nasir Khan, a Pakistani client of Stone's accused of murdering a girl on the Upper West Side Frank L. Ridley as Jerry Bill Camp Peyman Moaadi Poorna Jagannathan Glenne Headly as Alison Jeannie Berlin as Helen Amara Karan as Chandra Michael K. Williams as Freddy Jeff Wincott as Detective Lucas Ariya Ghahramani as Amir Farik Syam Lafi as Hasan Khan J. D. Williams Max Casella Paul Sparks Chip Zien Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Antony Posted April 19, 2016 Share Posted April 19, 2016 Gods I miss Gandolfini. Will watch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Astromech Posted April 19, 2016 Share Posted April 19, 2016 Looks good. Plus, Michael K. Williams Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Writhen Posted April 19, 2016 Share Posted April 19, 2016 Price is immensely talented. I read Lush Life, Clockers and Bloodbrothers and they were poppin. I saw Gandolfini IRL once. I made a huuuuuge arc around him so I didn't get whacked. I saw 9mm too ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red snow Posted April 20, 2016 Share Posted April 20, 2016 I'm trying to recall whether I watched the original BBC show. Need to see if have otherwise I'll get that weird feeling of deja vu and may unkowingly spoilthings with predictions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AncalagonTheBlack Posted May 10, 2016 Author Share Posted May 10, 2016 Teaser #2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Bauer 24 Posted May 10, 2016 Share Posted May 10, 2016 Looking forward to this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AncalagonTheBlack Posted June 13, 2016 Author Share Posted June 13, 2016 The Night Of: Trailer #1 (HBO) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Antony Posted June 25, 2016 Share Posted June 25, 2016 First ep is on hbogo, gonna watch it tmmrw. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commodore Posted June 26, 2016 Share Posted June 26, 2016 watched the first episode, good setup hopefully it doesn't turn into a heavy handed lecture on how Americans and cops are all sadist Islamophobes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Astromech Posted June 26, 2016 Share Posted June 26, 2016 The first episode was excellent. I now have even higher expectations for this series. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Antony Posted June 29, 2016 Share Posted June 29, 2016 Really good pilot but damn that was hard to watch. Probably took me two hours to get through it. Gandolfini would have nailed the role of the lawyer but Turturro is such a good replacement. Can't wait to see more of him. Nas was such an idiot with pretty much every action after waking up but I still felt really sorry for him. For being the "battle of Gettysburg" there really wasn't much blood on him so hopefully that works in his favor along with the witness lying about being alone. Also saw someone on another site point out that Nas was left handed in the opening scene when he was taking notes. Would be willing to bet the killer was a righty. The girls comments ("I can't be alone tonight") definitely made it seem like she knew someone was coming for her. Can't wait to see it all play out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Astromech Posted June 29, 2016 Share Posted June 29, 2016 17 minutes ago, Mark Antony said: Really good pilot but damn that was hard to watch. Probably took me two hours to get through it. Gandolfini would have nailed the role of the lawyer but Turturro is such a good replacement. Can't wait to see more of him. Reveal hidden contents Nas was such an idiot with pretty much every action after waking up but I still felt really sorry for him. For being the "battle of Gettysburg" there really wasn't much blood on him so hopefully that works in his favor along with the witness lying about being alone. Also saw someone on another site point out that Nas was left handed in the opening scene when he was taking notes. Would be willing to bet the killer was a righty. The girls comments ("I can't be alone tonight") definitely made it seem like she knew someone was coming for her. Can't wait to see it all play out. It really was. Nas was making entirely understandable and realistic mistakes that most people in that situation would. I love how the writers kept introducing information forcing viewers to repeatedly second guess their previous notions. That pilot was very well done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
briantw Posted June 29, 2016 Share Posted June 29, 2016 On 4/19/2016 at 4:43 PM, Astromech said: Looks good. Plus, Michael K. Williams I keep waiting for him to show up on Game of Thrones. Needs to happen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mexal Posted June 29, 2016 Share Posted June 29, 2016 Thought it was excellent. Can't wait to watch more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Astromech Posted June 30, 2016 Share Posted June 30, 2016 19 hours ago, briantw said: I keep waiting for him to show up on Game of Thrones. Needs to happen. He does seem to be a sort of studio actor fro HBO. Him and a number of The Wire alum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AncalagonTheBlack Posted July 11, 2016 Author Share Posted July 11, 2016 First episode was very good and had me hooked within minutes.Too bad this is a weekly broadcast,would have made for some great binge watching. It seems HBO sent out all the episodes except the finale to the critics and it's a big hit with them. http://www.metacritic.com/tv/the-night-of/critic-reviews?dist=positive Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freshwater Spartan Posted July 11, 2016 Share Posted July 11, 2016 Loved the pilot. I enjoy the twist in that Nasir himself maybe unsure if he is guilty or not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbunting Posted July 11, 2016 Share Posted July 11, 2016 On 6/29/2016 at 9:38 PM, Astromech said: He does seem to be a sort of studio actor fro HBO. Him and a number of The Wire alum. And Dead Wood actors Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbunting Posted July 11, 2016 Share Posted July 11, 2016 Can we keep stuff in spoilers for a little bit? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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