The Equalizer is an American crime television drama series, originally aired on CBS from the fall of 1985 until late spring 1989. The film stars Edward Woodward as a retired intelligence agent with a past that mysterious. , who used the skills of his previous career to demand justice on behalf of innocent people who are trapped in dangerous situations. This series incorporates spy elements, private investigators/police procedural, and vigilante genres.
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The series features British actor Edward Woodward as Robert McCall, a former secret service officer from the unnamed US government intelligence organization, often referred to simply as "The Agency" or "The Company", who tries to redeem his past by offering, usually free, his services as a troubleshooter, patron, and investigator. People in need find it through newspaper ads: "There's a problem? Odds to you? Contact Equalizer 212 555 4200." When he started the business in the pilot episode, it was revealed that his nickname "Equalizer" was given to him by another operative under the name "Brahms", played by Jerry Stiller.
Aided by a group of sometimes mysterious contacts, some of whom come from his surveillance days, McCall crosses the streets of New York City, giving justice to corrupt bullies, police and politicians, thugs, mobsters, rapists, racists, murderers , kidnappers, drug dealers, and other "truly worthy" people. His contacts are also vulnerable to human weakness, ranging from egoism to domestic problems.
Many episodes focus on McCall interacting with "Control" (played by Robert Lansing), the unnamed head of Manhattan's secret organization McCall used to work. As a general rule, however, the person who answered the newspaper ad was unremarkable, average, and unknown.
The show has quite a number of famous guest stars, many of whom have become major stars in their years. The eight-year-old Macaulay Culkin appeared in one episode as a kidnap victim. Melissa Joan Hart, nine years old, appears as a young girl protected by McCall from his former father. Christian Slater emerged as a high school student in the episode "Joyride". Kevin Spacey plays a corrupt police officer. Ed O'Neill plays a doctor in the first season episode "The Children's Song". John Goodman plays a single father who was duped by co-worker Joe Morton to take part in the robbery. The star of a movie that is often watched by Goodman Steve Buscemi appears in the same episode, which marks the first time the two have performed together.
Stewart Copeland, who composed the theme song of the show and much of his music, made a cameo as a pickpocket. Vincent D'Onofrio performed twice in the series, portraying a mafia-burning boy in his first appearance, and a mentally challenged man accused of fake killing in the second. Adam Ant plays a villain in an episode that also features J.T. Walsh, David Alan Grier, Lori Petty, and Luis Guzman. Adam Horovitz of Beastie Boys made a rare acting appearance in an episode with Alex Winter. Bradley Whitford emerged as a brutal young thug who terrorized him from a young hitch-hiking couple leading to the unarmed McCall siege and his son who was away on a father-daughter weekend. Melissa Sue Anderson plays McCall's daughter (unnoticed by herself) by an old boyfriend; in real life, Anderson is, and is the wife of the co-creator of the Michael Sloan series. Frank Whaley, Sam Rockwell, and Jerry O'Connell appeared in the same episode with the gang of teenage robbers. Shelby Anderson lends her singing skills as a lounge singer in an episode that also involves her pant, ZhenZhen. The Vitamin C singer appeared in two episodes with her real name, Colleen Ann Fitzpatrick.
Bintang terkenal lainnya pada saat itu, serta bintang masa depan, yang muncul di acara itu termasuk Robert Mitchum, Telly Savalas, Maureen Stapleton, E.G. Marshall, Laurence Fishburne, Jane Kaczmarek, Lauren Tom, Patricia Clarkson, Jennifer Gray, Reginald VelJohnson, Quentin Crisp, Laurie Metcalf, Frances Fisher, Oliver Platt, Patricia Richardson, William H. Macy, Robin Curtis, Roma Maffia, Olympia Dukakis, Michael Moriarty, Chris Cooper, Michael Rooker, David Strathairn, Charles S. Dutton, Cynthia Nixon, Bruce Payne, Laura San Giacomo, Kasi Lemmons, Al Leong, Ving Rhames, Amanda Plummer, Daniel Davis, Jon Polito, Jasmine Guy, Mark Linn- Baker, Meat Loaf, Lori Loughlin, Michael Wincott, Tony Shalhoub, Anthony Zerbe, Michael Cerveris, dan duo nyanyian Ashford dan Simpson.
The series also made use of the filming location of New York City by hiring actors who appeared on Broadway in the late 1980s as guest stars. These include Terrence Mann, Frances Ruffelle, Kevin Conway, J. Smith-Cameron, Philip Bosco, Caitlin Clarke, Josef Sommer, Jim Dale, Christine Baranski and Anne Twomey.
In addition, some ex-stage, and co-star screen Edward Woodward appeared on the show. These include Brian Bedford, Tammy Grimes (mother of Mother Plummer), Gwen Verdon, Sandy Dennis, Jenny Agutter, Shirley Knight, and Sylvia Sidney. The Harvard-educated Shakespeare Theater, Broadway stage, screen and actor Richard Jordan appear as a Harley Gage character in 10 episodes.
Woodward's second wife, Michele Dotrice, emerged as the central figure in the season 2 episode, "Heartstrings". His father, Roy Dotrice, also guested on the show at the "Trial By Trial" of the fourth season. Edward Woodward's son, actor Tim Woodward, appeared as McCall's father in a flashback scene in the episode "Prisoners of Conscience", also in season 4.
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Music
The theme song of the event is made by composer/player Stewart Copeland.
Six episodes in the 1988 season were printed by Joseph Conlan.
List of episodes
The show lasts for four seasons of 22 episodes each. It was originally updated for the fifth season (causing Keith Szarabajka to deny the role in Midnight Caller). But the show was later canceled due to a dispute between CBS and Universal Studios over the murder renewal She Wrote.
In The Story of The Equalizer , created for the DVD box, Executive Producer Coleman Luck also stated that Universal requested scripts for crossover episodes with Magnum, PI despite crew objections because of the tone which is very different from the two performances. Finally the crossover did not happen and the episode was rewritten as "Beyond Control".
DVD release
On February 12, 2008, Universal Studios Home Entertainment released Season 1 of The Equalizer on DVD in Region 1 (US only).
On May 15, 2013, it was announced that Visual Entertainment had secured rights to the series in Region 1. They then released season 2 on DVD on August 26, 2014. Season 3 was released on October 25, 2014, followed by season 4 on November 24, 2014.
Visual Entertainment also released a full series of limited editions set on DVD on August 19, 2014. The Equalizer Collection Complete Collection Limited Edition contains all 88 episodes plus 12 hours of bonus content including CI5: The New Professional ; the last film ever done by Edward Woodward, A Congregation of Ghosts ; and The Story of The Equalizer featuring interviews with players and crew.
In Region 2, Universal Playback UK released season 1 on DVD on April 21, 2008. At the end of 2011, Fabulous Films announced that they had earned the rights to the series. They then release season 2-4. On May 27, 2013, Fabulous Films released The Equalizer: The Complete Collection on the DVD. This 24-disc box set contains all 88 series episodes as well as bonus content including an all-new documentary featuring interviews with players and crew.
Many fans have noted that the Region 1 version has some songs that were originally used replaced. In reality almost 50 percent of all music is independent of the theme, and the judgment by Stewart Copeland has been replaced by a "blanket" due to an outdated music license agreement, and fees to be incurred in the United States for licensing updates. Instead, the Region 2 version contains all the original music intact.
In Region 4, Umbrella Entertainment has released all four seasons on DVD in Australia.
Movie adaptation
A film starring Denzel Washington in the title role, very loosely based on the series, was released in September 2014.
In other media
- The short Saturday morning TV series Flip! showing Get-Even Guy , a series of fake short films The Equalizer . Each movie starred in a teenage boy dressed in a trench coat, whose hair was clearly painted, and his accented English accent; he would lend assistance to poor young people who were treated unfairly by various adults... including a high school gym teacher and a video shop clerk. The Get-Even Guy has never used a real weapon or injured anyone serious, but used whatever was in his hands to embarrass his opponent... like a normal videotape, a tape used to ushering the useless helpers in despair. li>
- The 2013 film The Wolf of Wall Street shows the credit opening for The Equalizer and the scene with Steve Buscemi in the flashback scene where Jordan Belfort (Leonardo DiCaprio) calls him father < i> Mad Max (Rob Reiner), invited him to his company. Mad Max is angry because he is a big fan of the show.
See also
- Callan - a TV spy series in which Woodward plays a character similar to The Equalizer ' s Robert McCall.
- Man in a Suitcase - another television series about a former spy
- Person of Interest - a television show in which former Special Forces soldiers and billionaires tried to stop the crime before it happened. Shared many similarities with The Equalizer , including New York settings and recurring characters known simply as Control .
- T.H.E. Cat - a pioneer of "expert help (s) people in the" genre problem
References
External links
- Equalizer on IMDb
Source of the article : Wikipedia
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