document_title: Better Call Saul

question_text: when does better call saul come out on netflix

text: Better Call Saul

text: Premise[edit]

text: Better Call Saul follows the life of the character Saul Goodman some years prior to the events of Breaking Bad.[3] Goodman, born as James "Jimmy" McGill, is a former con artist now trying to follow a more lawful career as an aspiring lawyer in Albuquerque, New Mexico. He seeks to become a partner in the law firm in which his older brother Charles "Chuck" McGill is a senior partner. However, Jimmy's work is frequently overshadowed by Chuck's past reputation, and he struggles to find a way to prove himself, even with the help of another associate in the firm, Kim Wexler, with whom he also becomes romantically involved. At the same time, Jimmy frequently takes care of Chuck, who claims to have electromagnetic hypersensitivity, a condition that makes him physically ill in the presence of anything with an electronic component and has caused him to take an extended leave from his firm and regular law work. Interspersed among Jimmy's activities are the prior histories of other Breaking Bad characters, including Mike Ehrmantraut, a former police officer who becomes involved in illegal drug trafficking schemes, and drug kingpins Hector Salamanca and Gus Fring, who help distribute drugs illegally brought to the area from Mexico.

text: The series also provides brief glimpses of Saul's fate after the events of Breaking Bad: he has taken on a new identity in Omaha, Nebraska as a Cinnabon manager and goes by the name Gene.

text: Production[edit]

text: Conception[edit]

text: In July 2012, Breaking Bad creator Vince Gilligan hinted at a possible spin-off about Saul Goodman.[4] In a July 2012 interview, Gilligan said he liked "the idea of a lawyer show in which the main lawyer will do anything it takes to stay out of a court of law", including settling on the courthouse steps.[5]

text: In April 2013, the series was confirmed to be in development by Gilligan and Gould; the latter wrote the Breaking Bad episode that introduced the character.[6][7]

text: Casting[edit]

text: Bob Odenkirk stars as lawyer Jimmy McGill (known as Saul Goodman in Breaking Bad). In January 2014, it was announced that Jonathan Banks would reprise his Breaking Bad role as Mike Ehrmantraut and be a series regular.[8]

text: Among new cast members include Michael McKean as McGill's elder brother Chuck, having previously guest-starred in an episode of Odenkirk's Mr. Show and Gilligan's X-Files episode "Dreamland".[9][10] The cast also includes Patrick Fabian as Howard Hamlin, Rhea Seehorn as Kimberly "Kim" Wexler, and Michael Mando as Ignacio "Nacho" Varga.[11] In October 2014, Kerry Condon was cast[12] as Stacey Ehrmantraut, Mike's daughter-in-law. In November 2014, it was announced that Julie Ann Emery and Jeremy Shamos had been cast as Betsy and Craig Kettleman, described as "the world's squarest outlaws."[13]

text: Going into Season 3, it was announced that Giancarlo Esposito would return to play Gus Fring.[14]

text: The showrunners have teased that "familiar faces" from Breaking Bad will make appearances during Season 4. They will also cast an actor for the character "Lalo", mentioned only by name in the episode "Better Call Saul" episode of Breaking Bad.[15] Both Bryan Cranston and Aaron Paul said, as of Season 3, they are both open to reappearing on the show as Walter White and Jesse Pinkman, respectively, if asked, believing that Gilligan would have a sufficiently good reason to bring them in.[16] Paul had previously mentioned the possibility of a cameo during Season 1 but this fell through.[17][18] Anna Gunn also mentioned a "talk" with Gilligan over possible guest appearances as Skyler White.[19] Dean Norris, another Breaking Bad alumnus, stated he could not be part of the earlier seasons, partly due to his involvement in the CBS series Under the Dome.[20] Gilligan said that by Season 3 that show had been on long enough that any reuse of Breaking Bad characters would be more than "just a cameo or an Alfred Hitchcock walkthrough", and that their appearances would be necessary for the story.[16]

text: Development history[edit]

text: By July 2013, the series had yet to be green-lighted.[21] Netflix was one of many interested distributors, but ultimately a deal was made between AMC and Breaking Bad production company Sony Pictures Television.[22] Gilligan and Gould serve as co-showrunners and Gilligan directed the pilot.[23] Former Breaking Bad writers Thomas Schnauz and Gennifer Hutchison joined the writing staff, with Schnauz serving as co-executive producer and Hutchison as supervising producer.[24] Also on the writing staff are Bradley Paul, and Gordon Smith, who was a writer's assistant on Breaking Bad.[23]

text: In developing the series, the producers considered making the show a half-hour comedy,[6] but ultimately chose an hour-long format more typical of a drama.[5] In October 2014, Odenkirk called the show "85 percent drama, 15 percent comedy."[25] During his appearance on Talking Bad, Odenkirk noted that Saul was one of the most popular characters on the show, speculating that the audience likes the character because he is the program's least hypocritical figure, and is good at his job.[26] Better Call Saul also employs Breaking Bad's signature time jumps.[27]

text: As filming began on June 2, 2014,[28] Gilligan expressed some concern regarding the possible disappointment from the series' turnout, in terms of audience reception.[29][30]

text: The first teaser trailer debuted on AMC on August 10, 2014, and confirmed its premiere date of February 2015.[31] In November 2014, AMC announced the series would have a two-night premiere; the first episode aired on Sunday, February 8, 2015, at 10:00 pm (ET), and then moved into its regular time slot the following night, airing Mondays at 10:00 pm.[32] In May 2015, Gilligan confirmed that more of the prominent characters from Breaking Bad would be making guest appearances in season 2, but remained vague on which characters were likely to be seen.[33]

text: In June 2014, prior to the series' launch, AMC had renewed the series for a second season of 13 episodes to premiere in early 2016;[23] however, it was later reduced to 10 episodes.[34] The second season premiered on February 15, 2016.[35]

text: In March 2016, AMC announced that Better Call Saul was renewed for a 10-episode third season  which premiered April 10, 2017.[36][37] AMC renewed the series for a 10-episode fourth season in June 2017, and is scheduled to premiere on August 6, 2018.[38][39]

text: Like its predecessor, Better Call Saul is set and filmed in Albuquerque, New Mexico.[40]

text: Cast and characters[edit]

text: Main cast[edit]

text:
Bob Odenkirk as James Morgan "Jimmy" McGill, a lawyer and a former scam artist, who becomes involved with the criminal world
Jonathan Banks as Mike Ehrmantraut, a former Philadelphia police officer working independently as a parking lot attendant, and later a private investigator, bodyguard and "cleaner"
Rhea Seehorn as Kimberly "Kim" Wexler, a lawyer formerly working at the Hamlin, Hamlin & McGill (HHM) law firm, now running her own law firm, who is Jimmy's close friend and love interest[41][42]
Patrick Fabian as Howard Hamlin, a name partner at Hamlin, Hamlin & McGill, first appearing as Jimmy's nemesis, until it becomes clear that he acts under Charles McGill's orders
Michael Mando as Ignacio "Nacho" Varga, an upholstery shop worker who is also an intelligent, ambitious member of Tuco Salamanca's gang
Michael McKean as Charles L. "Chuck" McGill, Jr., Jimmy's elder brother and a named partner at HHM who is confined to his home by electromagnetic hypersensitivity, expressing disdain and hostility toward his brother whom he considers to be a disgrace to the law practice (seasons 1–3)
Giancarlo Esposito as Gus Fring, a methamphetamine distributor who uses his fast food restaurant chain Los Pollos Hermanos as a front (seasons 3–present)

text: Recurring cast[edit]

text: Introduced in season 1[edit]

text:
Kerry Condon as Stacey Ehrmantraut, Mike's daughter-in-law and the mother of Kaylee Ehrmantraut
Faith Healey (season 1) and Abigail Zoe Lewis (season 2) as Kaylee Ehrmantraut, Mike's granddaughter
Eileen Fogarty as Mrs. Nguyen, owner of a nail salon which houses Jimmy's law office (and home) in its back room
Peter Diseth as Bill Oakley, a deputy district attorney
Joe DeRosa as Dr. Caldera, a veterinarian who serves as Mike Ehrmantraut's liaison to the criminal underworld
Dennis Boutsikaris as Rick Schweikart, the attorney for Sandpiper Crossing
Mark Proksch as Daniel "Pryce" Wormald, a small-time drug dealer who hires Mike as security
Brandon K. Hampton as Ernesto, Chuck's assistant who works at HHM
Josh Fadem and Julian Bonfiglio as Joey Dixon and Sound Guy, film students who help Jimmy film various projects
Jeremy Shamos and Julie Ann Emery as Craig and Betsy Kettleman, a county treasurer and his wife, accused of embezzlement
Steven Levine and Daniel Spenser Levine as Lars and Cal Lindholm, twin skateboarders and small-time scam artists
Míriam Colón as Abuelita, Tuco's grandmother and Hector's mother
Barry Shabaka Henley as Detective Sanders, a Philadelphia cop who was formerly partnered with Mike on the force
Mel Rodriguez as Marco Pasternak, Jimmy's best friend and partner-in-crime in Cicero, Illinois
Clea DuVall as Dr. Cruz, a doctor who treats Chuck and suspects his condition is psychosomatic
Jean Effron as Irene Landry, an elderly client of Jimmy McGill overcharged by the Sandpiper Crossing

text: Introduced in season 2[edit]

text:
Ed Begley, Jr. as Clifford Main, law partner of Davis & Main
Omar Maskati as Omar, Jimmy's assistant at Davis & Main
Jessie Ennis as Erin Brill, a lawyer at Davis & Main who is ordered to shadow Jimmy
Vincent Fuentes as Arturo, a criminal associate of Hector Salamanca
Rex Linn as Kevin Wachtell, chairman of Mesa Verde Bank and Trust and a client of HHM and Kim
Cara Pifko as Paige Novick, senior legal counsel for Mesa Verde Bank and Trust and a friend of Kim
Ann Cusack as Rebecca Bois, Chuck's ex-wife
Manuel Uriza as Ximenez Lecerda, an associate of Hector Salamanca
Hayley Holmes as Drama Girl, a film student who helps Jimmy on various projects

text: Introduced in season 3[edit]

text:
Bonnie Bartlett as Helen
Kimberly Hebert Gregory as ADA Kyra Hay
Tamara Tunie as Anita, a member of Mike and Stacey's support group

text: Breaking Bad characters[edit]

text:
Raymond Cruz as Tuco Salamanca, a ruthless, psychotic drug distributor in the South Valley (seasons 1–2)
Cesar García as No-Doze, Tuco's henchman (season 1)
Jesús Payán Jr. as Gonzo, Tuco's henchman (season 1)
Kyle Bornheimer as Ken ("Ken Wins"), an arrogant, self-absorbed stockbroker (season 2)
Stoney Westmoreland as Officer Saxton, an Albuquerque Police Department officer (season 2)
Jim Beaver as Lawson, a local weapons dealer in Albuquerque (season 2)
Maximino Arciniega as Domingo "Krazy-8" Molina, one of Tuco's distributors (seasons 2–present)
Mark Margolis as Hector Salamanca, Tuco's uncle and high-ranking member of the cartel (seasons 2–present)
Debrianna Mansini as Fran, a waitress at Loyola's Diner (season 2)
Daniel and Luis Moncada as Leonel and Marco Salamanca, Tuco's cousins and Hector's nephews who are hitmen for the cartel (season 2, 4–present)
Jennifer Hasty as Stephanie Doswell, a real estate agent (season 2)
Tina Parker as Francesca Liddy, Jimmy's receptionist (season 3)
Jeremiah Bitsui as Victor, Gus' henchman (season 3–present)
Ray Campbell as Tyrus Kitt, a henchman on Gus Fring's payroll (season 3–present)
JB Blanc as Dr. Barry Goodman, a doctor on Gus Fring's payroll (season 3)
Steven Bauer as Don Eladio Vuente, the head of the Juarez drug cartel (season 3)
Javier Grajeda as Juan Bolsa, a high-level member of the Juárez drug cartel (season 3)
Lavell Crawford as Huell Babineaux, a professional pickpocket hired by Jimmy (season 3)
Laura Fraser as Lydia Rodarte-Quayle, a Madrigal Electromotive executive and associate of Gus Fring (season 3–present)

text: Episodes[edit]

text: Season 1 (2015)[edit]

text: Jimmy, serving as a public defender, inadvertently becomes entangled in an embezzlement case involving the Kettleman family, currently being represented by Chuck's firm Hamlin Hamlin & McGill. Jimmy schemes to become the Kettleman's lawyer, which causes Kim, the associate at HHM overseeing the case, to be demoted. Jimmy gains attention from the case, finding himself taking up several elder law cases, and discovers that Sandpiper Retirement Homes have been mishandling their residents' funds, leading to a potential multi-million class action lawsuit. Jimmy tries to offer this suit to HHM and to hire him, but Chuck secretly blocks this. Jimmy discovers Chuck's involvement and instead ends up turning the case over to HHM for counsel's fees and requiring Howard Hamlin to take over caring for Chuck. Later, Jimmy learns that the Sandpiper case has gotten too big and HHM is portioning part of the work to a second firm, Davis & Main, who want to hire Jimmy due to his knowledge of the case.

text: Season 2 (2016)[edit]

text: Jimmy is put in charge of outreach for the Sandpiper case, but there are very few responses from potential class members from traditional mailings. Jimmy does improper face-to-face solicitation to draw in class members, but Chuck points out this runs afoul of state law. Instead, Jimmy creates his own ad targeted to seniors and airs it without getting its approval by his senior partners. While the ad draws in many clients, Jimmy is reprimanded, and Kim, who was aware Jimmy was making the ad, is further shunned and demoted down to document review at HHM. To try to regain her position, Kim runs through her old contacts, and eventually is able to arrange a meeting between HHM and Mesa Verde, a large regional bank. Though HHM secures the deal, Howard denies Kim any of the credit. Jimmy, who has quit out of Davis & Main, leads Kim to quit HHM and establish her own firm co-located with his as to share the overhead costs. She nearly resecures the Mesa Verde deal herself but Chuck interjects to block her. In revenge, Jimmy makes falsified copies of all the deal papers with an incorrect address, which, when HHM and Mesa Verde present to the government, are forced to put the deal on hold; Chuck becomes paranoid and is convinced Jimmy fakes it, while Kim is able to come in and take back Mesa Verde for herself. When Jimmy next visits Chuck, Chuck feigns illness to bring Jimmy to confess falsifying the documents, which he records on tape.

text: Season 3 (2017)[edit]

text: Chuck plots for Jimmy to learn of the existence of the taped conversation through Kim. Jimmy breaks open Chuck's door and breaks the tape, but Chuck has Howard and a private investigator hiding nearby to witness this, allowing him to issue a criminal offence against Jimmy, which can include having his license to practice law pulled. At the hearing, Jimmy creates a situation where Chuck's electromagnetic hypersensitivity was tested, putting his sanity into question; Jimmy is only blocked from practicing law for a year. To try to cover his part of the shared office, Jimmy turns to producing commercials for local businesses under the name "Saul Goodman", but Kim still is forced to take on extra clients to fully cover expenses, leading to sleep deprivation and causing her to crash her car and break her arm. HHM's insurance learns of Chuck's condition from the trial and threatens to raise their rates as a result, and while Chuck tries to work with a doctor to avoid his hypersensitivity symptoms, Howard ultimately buys Chuck out of his share of HHM, terminating him from the firm. Jimmy tries to make amends, but Chuck refuses to listen, and his hypersensitivity symptoms return. After a fit of tearing out the wiring from his home, Chuck purposely knocks a gas lantern over and starts a fire.

text: Talking Saul[edit]

text: Talking Saul is a live aftershow hosted by Chris Hardwick, which features guests discussing episodes of Better Call Saul. The show uses the same format as Talking Dead, Talking Bad, and other similar aftershows also hosted by Hardwick. AMC announced that Talking Saul would air after the second season Better Call Saul premiere on February 15, 2016, and again after the second-season finale on April 18, 2016.[46] It returned following the season 3 premiere and finale.[47]

text: Season 1 (2016)[edit]

text: These episodes discuss season two of Better Call Saul.

text:
No.overallNo. inseasonEpisode discussedGuestsOriginal air dateUS viewers(millions)11"Switch"Vince Gilligan, Peter Gould, Bob Odenkirk and Rhea SeehornFebruary 15, 2016 (2016-02-15)0.744[48]
22"Klick"Jonathan Banks, Vince Gilligan and Peter GouldApril 18, 2016 (2016-04-18)0.641[49]

text: Season 2 (2017)[edit]

text: These episodes discuss season three of Better Call Saul.

text:
No.overallNo. inseasonEpisode discussedGuestsOriginal air dateUS viewers(millions)31"Mabel"Vince Gilligan, Peter Gould, Jonathan Banks and Rhea SeehornApril 10, 2017 (2017-04-10)0.545[50]
42"Lantern"Peter Gould, Patrick Fabian and Michael Mando; Michael McKean via satelliteJune 19, 2017 (2017-06-19)0.589[51]

text: Broadcast[edit]

text: In December 2013, Netflix announced that the entire first season would be available for streaming in the U.S. after the airing of the first-season finale, and in Latin America and Europe each episode would be available a few days after the episode airs in the U.S.[52] However, the first season was not released on Netflix in the U.S. until February 1, 2016.[53]

text: Netflix is the exclusive video-on-demand provider for the series and makes the content available in all its territories, except for Australia and New Zealand.[52] In Australia, Better Call Saul premiered on the streaming service Stan[54] on February 9, 2015, acting as the service's flagship program.[55] In New Zealand, the show is exclusive to the New Zealand-based subscription video-on-demand service, Lightbox.[56] The episodes were available for viewing within three days of broadcast in the U.S.[57]

text: In the United Kingdom and Ireland, the series was acquired by Netflix on December 16, 2013,[58] and the first episode premiered on February 9, 2015, with the second episode released the following day. Every subsequent episode was released each week thereafter.[59] In India, the series is broadcast on Colors Infinity within 24 hours of the U.S. broadcast.[60]

text: The series premiere drew in 4.4 million and 4 million in the 18–49 and 25–54 demographics, respectively, and received an overall viewership of 6.9 million.[61] This was the record for the highest-rated scripted series premiere in basic cable history, until it was surpassed later the same year by another AMC series, Fear the Walking Dead.[62]

text: Reception[edit]

text: Critical response[edit]

text: Better Call Saul has received a very favorable response from critics.

text:
Season

Critical response

Rotten Tomatoes

Metacritic

1

98% (59 reviews)

78 (43 reviews)

2

97% (29 reviews)

85 (18 reviews)

3

97% (35 reviews)

87 (18 reviews)

text: Season 1[edit]

text: On Rotten Tomatoes, the first season has a rating of 98%, based on 59 reviews, with an average rating of 8.2/10. The site's critical consensus reads, "Better Call Saul is a quirky, dark character study that manages to stand on its own without being overshadowed by the series that spawned it."[63] On the review aggregator website Metacritic, the first season has a score of 78 out of 100, based on 43 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[64]

text: Season 2[edit]

text: On Rotten Tomatoes, the second season has a score of 97%, based on 29 reviews, with an average rating of 8.7/10. The site's critical consensus reads, "Better Call Saul continues to tighten its hold on viewers with a batch of episodes that inject a surge of dramatic energy while showcasing the charms of its talented lead."[65] On the review aggregator website Metacritic, the second season has a score of 85 out of 100, based on 18 critics, indicating "universal acclaim".[66]

text: Season 3[edit]

text: On Rotten Tomatoes, the third season has an approval rating of 97% based on 35 reviews, with an average rating of 8.82/10. The site's critical consensus is, "Better Call Saul shows no signs of slipping in season 3, as the introduction of more familiar faces causes the inevitable transformation of its lead to pick up exciting speed."[67] On the review aggregator website Metacritic, the season has a score of 87 out of 100, based on 18 critics, indicating "universal acclaim".[68]

text: Awards and accolades[edit]

text:
Year

Ceremony

Category

Recipients

Result

2015

2015 American Film Institute Awards[69]

Television Programs of the Year

Better Call Saul

Won

5th Critics' Choice Television Awards[70]

Best Actor in a Drama Series

Bob Odenkirk

Won

Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series

Jonathan Banks

Won

31st TCA Awards[71]

Outstanding New Program

Better Call Saul

Won

Individual Achievement in Drama

Bob Odenkirk

Nominated

67th Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards[72]

Outstanding Single-Camera Picture Editing for a Drama Series

Kelley Dixon ("Five-O")

Nominated

Kelley Dixon and Chris McCaleb ("Marco")

Nominated

Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Comedy or Drama Series

Phillip W. Palmer, Larry Benjamin, Kevin Valentine ("Marco")

Nominated

67th Primetime Emmy Awards[72]

Outstanding Drama Series

Better Call Saul

Nominated

Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series

Bob Odenkirk

Nominated

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series

Jonathan Banks

Nominated

Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series

Gordon Smith ("Five-O")

Nominated

2016

73rd Golden Globe Awards[73]

Best Actor – Television Series Drama

Bob Odenkirk

Nominated

22nd Screen Actors Guild Awards[74]

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series

Bob Odenkirk

Nominated

68th Writers Guild of America Awards[75]

Drama Series

Better Call Saul

Nominated

New Series

Better Call Saul

Nominated

Episodic Drama

Vince Gilligan and Peter Gould ("Uno")

Won

20th Satellite Awards[76]

Best Drama Series

Better Call Saul

Won

Best Actor in a Drama Series

Bob Odenkirk

Nominated

Best Supporting Actor in a Series, Miniseries or TV Film

Jonathan Banks

Nominated

Best Supporting Actress in a Series, Miniseries or TV Film

Rhea Seehorn

Won

32nd TCA Awards[77]

Outstanding Achievement in Drama

Better Call Saul

Nominated

Individual Achievement in Drama

Bob Odenkirk

Nominated

68th Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards[72]

Outstanding Single-Camera Picture Editing for a Drama Series

Kelley Dixon ("Rebecca")

Nominated

Kelley Dixon and Chris McCaleb ("Nailed")

Nominated

Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Comedy or Drama Series

Phillip W. Palmer, Larry Benjamin, Kevin Valentine ("Klick")

Nominated

Outstanding Special Visual Effects in a Supporting Role

For the episode "Fifi"

Nominated

68th Primetime Emmy Awards[78]

Outstanding Drama Series

Better Call Saul

Nominated

Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series

Bob Odenkirk

Nominated

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series

Jonathan Banks

Nominated

7th Critics' Choice Television Awards[79]

Best Drama Series

Better Call Saul

Nominated

Best Actor in a Drama Series

Bob Odenkirk

Won

Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series

Michael McKean

Nominated

2016 American Film Institute Awards[80]

Television Programs of the Year

Better Call Saul

Won

2017

74th Golden Globe Awards[81]

Best Actor – Television Series Drama

Bob Odenkirk

Nominated

21st Satellite Awards[82][83]

Best Drama Series

Better Call Saul

Nominated

Best Actor in a Drama Series

Bob Odenkirk

Nominated

Best Supporting Actor in a Series, Miniseries or TV Film

Jonathan Banks

Nominated

Best Supporting Actress in a Series, Miniseries or TV Film

Rhea Seehorn

Won

53rd Cinema Audio Society Awards[84]

Outstanding Achievement in Sound Mixing for Television Series – One Hour

Phillip W. Palmer, Larry B. Benjamin, Kevin Valentine, Matt Hovland and David Michael Torres ("Klick")

Nominated

69th Writers Guild of America Awards[85]

Drama Series

Better Call Saul

Nominated

Episodic Drama

Gordon Smith ("Gloves-Off")

Nominated

Heather Marion and Vince Gilligan ("Klick")

Nominated

Thomas Schnauz ("Switch")

Nominated

Location Managers Guild Awards[86]

Outstanding Locations in a Contemporary TV Series

Christian Diaz de Bedoya

Nominated

33rd TCA Awards[87]

Outstanding Achievement in Drama

Better Call Saul

Nominated

69th Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards[88]

Outstanding Music Supervision

Thomas Golubić ("Sunk Costs")

Nominated

Outstanding Single-Camera Picture Editing for a Drama Series

Skip Macdonald ("Chicanery")

Nominated

Kelley Dixon and Skip Macdonald ("Witness")

Nominated

Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Comedy or Drama Series (One Hour)

Phillip W. Palmer, Larry Benjamin, Kevin Valentine ("Witness")

Nominated

69th Primetime Emmy Awards[89][90]

Outstanding Drama Series

Better Call Saul

Nominated

Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series

Bob Odenkirk

Nominated

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series

Jonathan Banks

Nominated

Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series

Vince Gilligan ("Witness")

Nominated

Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series

Gordon Smith ("Chicanery")

Nominated

2018

75th Golden Globe Awards[91]

Best Actor – Television Series Drama

Bob Odenkirk

Nominated

24th Screen Actors Guild Awards[92]

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series

Bob Odenkirk

Nominated

70th Writers Guild of America Awards[93]

Drama Series

Better Call Saul

Nominated

Episodic Drama

Gordon Smith ("Chicanery")

Won

Heather Marion ("Slip")

Nominated

22nd Satellite Awards[94]

Best Supporting Actor in a Series, Miniseries or TV Film

Michael McKean

Won

54th Cinema Audio Society Awards[95]

Outstanding Achievement in Sound Mixing for Television Series – One Hour

Phillip W. Palmer, Larry B. Benjamin, Kevin Valentine, Matt Hovland and David Michael Torres ("Lantern")

Nominated

44th Saturn Awards[96]

Best Action-Thriller Television Series

Better Call Saul

Won

Best Supporting Actor on Television

Michael McKean

Won

Best Supporting Actress on Television

Rhea Seehorn

Won

text: Ratings[edit]

text:
Season
Timeslot (ET)

Episodes

First aired

Last aired
Avg. viewers(millions)

Date

Viewers(millions)

Date

Viewers(millions)

1
Monday 10:00 pm

10

February 8, 2015

6.88[97]

April 6, 2015

2.53[98]
3.21[99]

2

10

February 15, 2016

2.57[48]

April 18, 2016

2.26[100]
2.16[101]

3

10

April 10, 2017

1.81[102]

June 19, 2017

1.85[103]
1.64[104]

text: SeasonEp. 1Ep. 2Ep. 3Ep. 4Ep. 5Ep. 6Ep. 7Ep. 8Ep. 9Ep. 1016.883.423.232.872.712.572.672.872.382.5322.572.232.202.201.992.112.031.932.062.2631.811.461.521.561.761.721.651.631.471.85

text: Home media[edit]

text: The first season was released on Blu-ray and DVD in region 1 on November 10, 2015. The set contains all 10 episodes, plus audio commentaries for every episode, uncensored episodes, deleted scenes, gag reel, and several behind-the-scenes featurettes. A limited edition Blu-ray set was also released with 3D packaging and a postcard vinyl of the Better Call Saul theme song by Junior Brown.[105] The second season was released on Blu-ray and DVD in region 1 on November 15, 2016. The set contains all 10 episodes, plus audio commentaries for every episode and several behind-the-scenes featurettes.[106] The third season was released on Blu-ray and DVD in region 1 on January 16, 2018. The set contains all 10 episodes, plus audio commentaries for every episode and several behind-the-scenes featurettes.[107]

text: Comics[edit]

text: AMC has released two digital comic books for Better Call Saul. The first, titled Better Call Saul: Client Development, released in February 2015, in advance of the series premiere, details the history of Saul and Mike, acting as a spin-off of the Breaking Bad episode that introduced Saul.[108] In February 2016, in advance of the second-season premiere, AMC released Better Call Saul: Saul Goodman and the Justice Consortium in the Clutches of the Judgernaut![109]


document_title: Halloween (1978 film)

question_text: who played young michael myers in halloween 1978

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text: Halloween (1978 film)

text: Plot[edit]

text: In 1963, on Halloween night in the Midwestern United States town of Haddonfield, Illinois, Michael Myers, dressed in a clown costume and mask, inexplicably stabs his older sister Judith to death with a kitchen knife in their home.  He is subsequently hospitalized at Warren County's Smith's Grove Sanitarium. Fifteen years later, on October 30, 1978, Michael's child psychiatrist, Dr. Sam Loomis, and his colleague, Marion Chambers, arrive at Smith's Grove Sanitarium to take Michael to court. Michael escapes from the sanitarium, stealing Loomis’ car. Returning home to Haddonfield, Michael kills a mechanic for his uniform and steals a white mask, a couple of knives, and some rope from a local store.

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text: The next day, on Halloween, Michael stalks high school student Laurie Strode after she and Tommy Doyle drop off a key at his former house, so her father can sell it. Throughout the day, Laurie notices Michael following her, but her friends Annie Brackett and Lynda Van der Klok dismiss her concerns. Loomis arrives in Haddonfield in search of Michael, knowing his intentions. After discovering that Judith Myers' headstone has been stolen from the local cemetery, Loomis meets with Annie's father, Sheriff Leigh Brackett. The two begin their search at Michael's house, where Loomis tries to warn the skeptical sheriff about the danger Michael poses, explaining that Michael is pure evil and capable of further violence, despite years of catatonia. Sheriff Brackett patrols the streets while Loomis waits and watches the house, expecting Michael to return there.

text: Later that night, Laurie goes over to babysit Tommy, while Annie babysits Lindsey Wallace just across the street, unaware that Michael is watching them. When Annie's boyfriend, Paul, calls her to come and pick him up, she takes Lindsey over to the Doyle house to spend the night with Laurie and Tommy. Annie is just about to leave in her car when Michael, who stowed away in the back seat, strangles her before slitting her throat, killing her.

text: Soon after, Lynda and her boyfriend Bob Simms arrive at the Wallace house. After having sex, Bob goes downstairs to get a beer for Lynda, but Michael stabs him with a knife which pins him to the wall, killing him. Michael then poses as Bob in a ghost costume and confronts Lynda, who teases him, having no effect. Lynda calls Laurie; just as Laurie picks up, Michael strangles Lynda to death with the telephone cord. Meanwhile, Loomis discovers the stolen car and begins combing the streets.

text: Suspicious, Laurie goes over to the Wallace house. There, she finds the corpses of Annie, Bob, and Lynda in an upstairs bedroom, as well as Judith Myers' headstone.[11] Horrified, Laurie cowers in the hallway, when Michael suddenly appears and attacks her, slashing her arm. Barely escaping, Laurie races back to the Doyle house. Michael gets in and attacks her again, but Laurie manages to fend him off long enough for Tommy and Lindsey to escape. Laurie defends herself by stabbing him with a knitting needle, a metal hanger, and his own knife, but Michael re-animates and attacks Laurie. Loomis sees the two children fleeing the house, and goes to investigate, finding Michael and Laurie fighting upstairs. Loomis shoots Michael six times, knocking him off the balcony; when Loomis goes to check Michael's body, he finds it missing. Unsurprised, Loomis stares off into the night, while Laurie begins sobbing in terror. Places where Michael had previously been are shown as his breathing is heard, indicating he could be anywhere.

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Donald Pleasence as Dr. Sam Loomis
Jamie Lee Curtis as Laurie Strode
Nick Castle as Michael Myers / The Shape
Tony Moran as Michael Myers (unmasked)
Will Sandin as Michael Myers (age 6)
P. J. Soles as Lynda Van Der Klok
Nancy Kyes as Annie Brackett
Charles Cyphers as Sheriff Leigh Brackett
Kyle Richards as Lindsey Wallace
Brian Andrews as Tommy Doyle
John Michael Graham as Bob Simms
Nancy Stephens as Marion Chambers
Arthur Malet as Graveyard Keeper
Mickey Yablans as Richie
Brent Le Page as Lonnie
Adam Hollander as Keith
Sandy Johnson as Judith Margaret Myers
David Kyle as Judith's Boyfriend
Peter Griffith as Laurie's Father
Robert Phalen as Dr. Terence Wynn

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text: Production[edit]

text: After viewing Carpenter's film Assault on Precinct 13 (1976) at the Milan Film Festival, independent film producer Irwin Yablans and financier Moustapha Akkad sought out Carpenter to direct a film for them about a psychotic killer that stalked babysitters.[12] In an interview with Fangoria magazine, Yablans stated, "I was thinking what would make sense in the horror genre, and what I wanted to do was make a picture that had the same impact as The Exorcist."[13] Carpenter and his then-girlfriend Debra Hill began drafting a story originally titled The Babysitter Murders, but, as Carpenter told Entertainment Weekly, Yablans suggested setting the movie on Halloween night and naming it Halloween instead.[14]

text: Akkad agreed to put up $300,000 for the film's budget, which was considered low at the time[12] (Carpenter's previous film, Assault on Precinct 13, had an estimated budget of $100,000). Akkad worried over the tight, four-week schedule, low budget, and Carpenter's limited experience as a filmmaker, but told Fangoria, "Two things made me decide. One, Carpenter told me the story verbally and in a suspenseful way, almost frame for frame. Second, he told me he didn't want to take any fees, and that showed he had confidence in the project". Carpenter received $10,000 for directing, writing, and composing the music, retaining rights to 10 percent of the film's profits.[15]

text: Because of the low budget, wardrobe and props were often crafted from items on hand or that could be purchased inexpensively. Carpenter hired Tommy Lee Wallace as production designer, art director, location scout and co-editor. Wallace created the trademark mask worn by Michael Myers throughout the film from a Captain Kirk mask purchased for $1.98.[12] Carpenter recalled how Wallace "widened the eye holes and spray-painted the flesh a bluish white. In the script it said Michael Myers's mask had 'the pale features of a human face' and it truly was spooky looking. I can only imagine the result if they hadn't painted the mask white. Children would be checking their closet for William Shatner after Tommy got through with it."[14] Hill adds that the "idea was to make him almost humorless, faceless—this sort of pale visage that could resemble a human or not."[16] Many of the actors wore their own clothes, and Curtis' wardrobe was purchased at J. C. Penney for around a hundred dollars.[12]

text: The limited budget also dictated the filming location and time schedule. Halloween was filmed in 20 days in the spring of 1978 in South Pasadena, California, Garfield Elementary School in Alhambra, and the cemetery at Sierra Madre, California. An abandoned house owned by a church stood in as the Myers house. Two homes on Orange Grove Avenue (near Sunset Boulevard) in Hollywood were used for the film's climax.[17] The crew had difficulty finding pumpkins in the spring, and artificial fall leaves had to be reused for multiple scenes. Local families dressed their children in Halloween costumes for trick-or-treat scenes.[12]

text: In August 2006, Fangoria reported that Synapse Films had discovered boxes of negatives containing footage cut from the film. One was labeled "1981" suggesting that it was additional footage for the television version of the film. Synapse owner Don May, Jr. said, "What we've got is pretty much all the unused original camera negative from Carpenter's original Halloween. Luckily, Billy [Kirkus] was able to find this material before it was destroyed. The story on how we got the negative is a long one, but we'll save it for when we're able to showcase the materials in some way. Kirkus should be commended for pretty much saving the Holy Grail of horror films."[18] It was later reported, "We just learned from Sean Clark, long time Halloween genius, that the footage found is just that: footage. There is no sound in any of the reels so far, since none of it was used in the final edit."[19]

text: Writing[edit]

text: It  took approximately 10 days to write the script. Yablans and Akkad ceded most of the creative control to writers Carpenter and Hill (whom Carpenter wanted as producer), but Yablans did offer several suggestions. According to a Fangoria interview with Hill, "Yablans wanted the script written like a radio show, with 'boos' every 10 minutes."[16] Hill explained that the script took three weeks to write and much of the inspiration behind the plot came from Celtic traditions of Halloween such as the festival of Samhain. Although Samhain is not mentioned in the plot of the first film, Hill asserts that:

text: ...the idea was that you couldn't kill evil, and that was how we came about the story. We went back to the old idea of Samhain, that Halloween was the night where all the souls are let out to wreak havoc on the living, and then came up with the story about the most evil kid who ever lived. And when John came up with this fable of a town with a dark secret of someone who once lived there, and now that evil has come back, that's what made Halloween work.[16]

text: Hill wrote most of the female characters' dialogue,[9] while Carpenter drafted Loomis' speeches on the soullessness of Michael Myers. Many script details were drawn from Carpenter's and Hill's adolescence and early careers. The fictional town of Haddonfield, Illinois was derived from Haddonfield, New Jersey, where Hill grew up, and most of the street names were taken from Carpenter's hometown of Bowling Green, Kentucky. Laurie Strode was the name of one of Carpenter's old girlfriends and Michael Myers was the name of an English producer who had previously entered, with Yablans, Assault on Precinct 13 in various European film festivals.[12] In Halloween, Carpenter pays homage to Alfred Hitchcock with two characters' names: Tommy Doyle is named after Lt. Det. Thomas J. Doyle (Wendell Corey) from Rear Window (1954), and Dr. Loomis' name was taken from Sam Loomis (John Gavin) from Psycho, the boyfriend of Marion Crane (Janet Leigh, who is the real-life mother of Jamie Lee Curtis). Sheriff Leigh Brackett shared the name of a Hollywood screenwriter.

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"I met this six year old child with this blank, pale, emotionless face, and the blackest eyes; the devil's eyes [...] I realized what was living behind that boy's eyes was purely and simply...evil."
— Loomis' description of a young Michael was inspired by John Carpenter's experience with a real life mental patient.[9]

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text: Carpenter's inspiration for the "evil" that Michael would embody came when he was in college. While on a class trip at a mental institution in Kentucky, Carpenter visited "the most serious, mentally ill patients". Among those patients was a young boy around twelve to thirteen years-old. The boy gave this "schizophrenic stare", "a real evil stare", which Carpenter found "unsettling", "creepy", and "completely insane". Carpenter's experience would inspire the characterization that Loomis would give of Michael to Sheriff Brackett in the film.[9]

text: Casting[edit]

text: The cast of Halloween included veteran actor Donald Pleasence and then-unknown actress Jamie Lee Curtis. The low budget limited the number of big names that Carpenter could attract, and most of the actors received very little compensation for their roles. Pleasence was paid the highest amount at $20,000, Curtis received $8,000, and Nick Castle earned $25 a day.[12] The role of Dr. Loomis was originally intended for Peter Cushing, who had recently appeared as Grand Moff Tarkin in Star Wars (1977); Cushing's agent rejected Carpenter's offer due to the low salary. Christopher Lee was also approached for the role; he too turned it down, although the actor would later tell Carpenter and Hill that declining the role was the biggest mistake he made during his career. Yablans then suggested Pleasence, who agreed to star because his daughter Lucy, a guitarist, had enjoyed Assault on Precinct 13 for Carpenter's score.[9] American audiences were primarily acquainted with Pleasence due to his portrayal of the villain Ernst Stavro Blofeld in the James Bond film You Only Live Twice (1967).[20]

text: In an interview, Carpenter admits that "Jamie Lee wasn't the first choice for Laurie. I had no idea who she was. She was 19 and in a TV show at the time, but I didn't watch TV." He originally wanted to cast Anne Lockhart, the daughter of June Lockhart from Lassie, as Laurie Strode. However, Lockhart had commitments to several other film and television projects.[14] Hill says of learning that Jamie Lee was the daughter of Psycho actress Janet Leigh, "I knew casting Jamie Lee would be great publicity for the film because her mother was in Psycho."[16] Halloween was Curtis' feature film debut and launched her career as a "scream queen" horror star. Another relatively unknown actress, Nancy Kyes (credited in the film as Nancy Loomis), was cast as Laurie's friend Annie Brackett, daughter of Haddonfield sheriff Leigh Brackett (Charles Cyphers). Kyes had previously starred in Assault on Precinct 13 (as had Cyphers) and happened to be dating Halloween's art director Tommy Lee Wallace when filming began.[21] Carpenter chose P. J. Soles to play Lynda Van Der Klok, another friend of Laurie's, best remembered in the film for dialogue peppered with the word "totally." Soles was an actress known for her supporting role in Carrie (1976) and her minor part in The Boy in the Plastic Bubble (1976). According to one source, "Carpenter realized she had captured the aura of a happy go lucky teenage girl in the 70s."[22]

text: The role of "The Shape" — as the masked Michael Myers character was billed in the end credits — was played by Nick Castle, who befriended Carpenter while they attended the University of Southern California. After Halloween, Castle became a director, taking the helm of films such as The Last Starfighter (1984), The Boy Who Could Fly (1986), Dennis the Menace (1993), and Major Payne (1995).[23]

text: Direction[edit]

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Historian Nicholas Rogers notes that film critics contend that Carpenter's direction and camera work made Halloween a "resounding success".[24] Roger Ebert remarks, "It's easy to create violence on the screen, but it's hard to do it well. Carpenter is uncannily skilled, for example, at the use of foregrounds in his compositions, and everyone who likes thrillers knows that foregrounds are crucial ...."[25]
The opening title, featuring a jack-o'-lantern placed against a black backdrop, sets the mood for the entire film. The camera slowly moves toward the jack-o'-lantern's left eye as the main title theme plays. After the camera fully closes in, the jack-o'-lantern's light dims and goes out. Film historian J.P. Telotte says that this scene "clearly announces that [the film's] primary concern will be with the way in which we see ourselves and others and the consequences that often attend our usual manner of perception".[26] During the conception of the plot, Yablans instructed "that the audience shouldn't see anything. It should be what they thought they saw that frightens them".[16] Carpenter seemingly took Yablans' advice literally, filming many of the scenes from Michael Myers's point-of-view that allowed audience participation. Carpenter is not the first director to employ this method or use of a steadicam; for instance, the first scene of Psycho offers a voyeuristic look at lovers in a seedy hotel. Telotte argues, "As a result of this shift in perspective from a disembodied, narrative camera to an actual character's eye ... we are forced into a deeper sense of participation in the ensuing action".[27] Along with the 1974 Canadian horror film Black Christmas, Halloween made use of seeing events through the killer's eyes.[citation needed]

text: The first scene of the young Michael's voyeurism is followed by the murder of Judith seen through the eye holes of Michael's clown costume mask. According to one commentator, Carpenter's "frequent use of the unmounted first-person camera to represent the killer's point of view ... invited [viewers] to adopt the murderer's assaultive gaze and to hear his heavy breathing and plodding footsteps as he stalked his prey".[28] Another technique that Carpenter adapted from Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho (1960) was suspense with minimal blood and gore. Hill comments, "We didn't want it to be gory. We wanted it to be like a jack-in-the box."[16] Film analysts refer to this as the "false startle" or "the old tap-on-the-shoulder routine" in which the stalkers, murderers, or monsters "lunge into our field of vision or creep up on a person."[29] Carpenter worked with the cast to create the desired effect of terror and suspense. According to Curtis, Carpenter created a "fear meter" because the film was shot out-of-sequence and she was not sure what her character's level of terror should be in certain scenes. "Here's about a 7, here's about a 6, and the scene we're going to shoot tonight is about a 9½", remembered Curtis. She had different facial expressions and scream volumes for each level on the meter.[30]

text: Carpenter's direction for Castle in his role as Myers was minimal. For example, when Castle asked what Myers' motivation was for a particular scene, Carpenter replied that his motivation was to walk from one set marker to another.[9] The documentary titled Halloween Un-masked, featured in the 22nd anniversary DVD of Halloween, John Carpenter states he also instructed Castle to tilt his head a couple of times as if he was observing the corpse, particularly in the scene when Myers impaled one of his victims against a wall.[9]

text: Music[edit]

text: Another major reason for the success of Halloween is the moody musical score, particularly the main theme. Lacking a symphonic soundtrack, the film's score consists of a piano melody played in a 10/8 or "complex 5/4" meter composed and performed by director John Carpenter. It took Carpenter three days to compose the entire score for the film. Critic James Berardinelli calls the score "relatively simple and unsophisticated", but admits that "Halloween's music is one of its strongest assets".[31] Carpenter stated in an interview, "I can play just about any keyboard, but I can't read or write a note."[14] In the end credits, Carpenter bills himself as the "Bowling Green Philharmonic Orchestra" for performing the film's score, but he did receive assistance from composer Dan Wyman, a music professor at San José State University.[12][32]

text: Some songs can be heard in the film, one being an untitled song performed by Carpenter and a group of his friends who formed a band called The Coupe De Villes. The song is heard as Laurie steps into Annie's car on her way to babysit Tommy Doyle.[12] Another song, "(Don't Fear) The Reaper" by classic rock band Blue Öyster Cult, appears in the film.[33]

text: The soundtrack was first released in the United States in October 1983, by Varèse Sarabande/MCA.[citation needed] It was subsequently released on Compact Disc in 1985, re-released in 1990, and again in 2000.[citation needed] On the film's 40th anniversary, coinciding with the release of Anthology: Movie Themes 1974–1998, a remix of the theme by Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross was released.[34]

text: Release[edit]

text: Theatrical run[edit]

text: Halloween premiered on October 25, 1978 in Kansas City, Missouri (at the AMC Midland/Empire) and sometime afterward in Chicago, Illinois, and in New York City. It had its Los Angeles debut October 27, 1978.[35][36] It opened in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on November 22, 1978.[37] The film grossed $47 million in the United States[4] and an additional $23 million internationally, making the theatrical total $70 million.[3]

text: On September 7, 2012, the official Halloween Movies Facebook page announced that the original Halloween would be theatrically re-released starting October 25, 2013 in celebration of the film's 35th anniversary in 2013. A new documentary was screened before the film at all locations, entitled, You Can't Kill the Boogeyman: 35 Years of Halloween, written and directed by HalloweenMovies.com webmaster Justin Beahm.[38][39]

text: Television rights[edit]

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text: In 1980, the television rights to Halloween were sold to the National Broadcasting Company (NBC) for $4 million. After a debate among Carpenter, Hill and NBC's Standards and Practices over censoring of certain scenes, Halloween appeared on television for the first time in October 1981.[16] To fill the two-hour time slot, Carpenter filmed twelve minutes of additional material during the production of Halloween II. The newly filmed scenes include Dr. Loomis at a hospital board review of Michael Myers and Dr. Loomis talking to a then-6-year-old Michael at Smith's Grove, telling him, "You've fooled them, haven't you, Michael? But not me." Another extra scene features Dr. Loomis at Smith's Grove examining Michael's abandoned cell after his escape and seeing the word "Sister" scratched into the door. Finally, a scene was added in which Lynda comes over to Laurie's house to borrow a silk blouse before Laurie leaves to babysit, just as Annie telephones asking to borrow the same blouse. The new scene had Laurie's hair hidden by a towel, since Curtis was by then wearing a much shorter hairstyle than she had worn in 1978.[citation needed]

text: Home video releases[edit]

text: Since Halloween's premiere, it has been released in several home video formats, including VHS, LaserDisc, DVD, UMD and Blu-ray.  Early VHS versions were released by Media Home Entertainment and Blockbuster Video issued a commemorative edition in August 3, 1995. Anchor Bay Entertainment (succeder in-interest to Media Home Entertainment and Video Treasures) has released several restored editions of Halloween on VHS and DVD, including "Halloween: Unmasked"; a documentary produced and directed by Mark Cerulli which featured an array of interviews with original Halloween cast and crew including Jamie Lee Curtis, Debra Hill, John Carpenter, Nick Castle and others.  The most recent release of the film is the 2007 single-disc restored version, with improved picture and sound quality.[40] Anchor Bay has also released an "extended edition" of Halloween that features the original theatrical release with the scenes that were shot for the broadcast TV version edited in at their proper places.[41] In 2003, the film was released on a two-disc "25th Anniversary edition" with improved DiviMax picture and audio, along with an audio commentary by John Carpenter, Jamie Lee Curtis and Debra Hill, the A Cut Above The Rest documentary, On Location: 25 Years Later featurette, the trailer, TV spots, radio spots, poster and still gallery, and DVD-ROM content. In 2007, the movie was released on Blu-ray as well, marking the film's first ever Blu-ray release.  The Blu-ray features a commentary track by Carpenter, Hill and Curtis, the trailer, TV spots, radio spots, fast film facts and the documentary Halloween: A Cut Above the Rest.[36] In 2008, a "30th Anniversary commemorative set" was released, containing the film on DVD and Blu-ray along with the "extended edition", disc one of the 25 Years of Terror documentary DVD and the sequels: Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers and Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers, including a replica Michael Myers mask. The DVD release was THX certified. The film has made $18,500,000 in home video rentals.[citation needed]

text: On June 6, 2013, it was announced that a second, 35th anniversary, Blu-ray release for Halloween is in the works and that John Carpenter and Jamie Lee Curtis have recorded a new commentary.[42] On June 11, it was announced that Dean Cundey is supervising a new high-definition transfer.[43] On July 22, the official cover art for the 35th anniversary Blu-ray release was revealed including the new special features such as the all-new high definition transfer by Cundey, the new commentary track by Carpenter and Curtis as well as a new 7.1 audio mix, the original mono audio mix, a new featurette with Curtis titled "The Night She Came Home", an "On-Location" featurette, the trailer, television and radio spots and the additional scenes from the extended television version. The 35th-anniversary release earned a Saturn Award for Best Classic Film Release.[44]

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text: Critical response[edit]

text: Upon its initial release, Halloween performed well with little advertising—relying mostly on word-of-mouth, but many critics seemed uninterested or dismissive of the film. Pauline Kael wrote a scathing review in The New Yorker suggesting that "Carpenter doesn't seem to have had any life outside the movies: one can trace almost every idea on the screen to directors such as Hitchcock and Brian De Palma and to the Val Lewton productions" and claiming that "Maybe when a horror film is stripped of everything but dumb scariness—when it isn't ashamed to revive the stalest device of the genre (the escaped lunatic)—it satisfies part of the audience in a more basic, childish way than sophisticated horror pictures do."[45] The first glowing review by a prominent film critic came from Tom Allen of The Village Voice in November 1978. Allen noted that the film was sociologically irrelevant but ceded that the Hitchcock-like technique was effective and "the most honest way to make a good schlock film". Allen pointed out the stylistic similarities to Psycho and George A. Romero's Night of the Living Dead (1968).[35][46] The following month,  Voice lead critic Andrew Sarris wrote a follow-up feature on cult films, citing Allen's appraisal of Halloween and saying in the lead sentence that the film "bids fair to become the cult discovery of 1978. Audiences have been heard screaming at its horrifying climaxes".[47] Roger Ebert gave the film similar praise in his 1979 review in the Chicago Sun-Times[48] and selected it as one of his top ten films of 1978.[49] Once-dismissive critics were impressed by Carpenter's choice of camera angles and simple music, and surprised by the lack of blood and graphic violence.[31] On review aggregate website Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 93% based on 54 reviews, with an average rating of 8.5/10. The site's critical consensus reads, "Scary, suspenseful, and viscerally thrilling, Halloween set the standard for modern horror films."[50]

text: Many compared the film with the work of Alfred Hitchcock, although TV Guide calls comparisons made to Psycho "silly and groundless"[51] and critics in the late 1980s and early 1990s blame the film for spawning the slasher subgenre, which they felt had rapidly descended into sadism and misogyny.[52] Almost a decade after its premiere, Mick Martin and Marsha Porter critiqued the first-person camera shots that earlier film reviewers had praised and later slasher-film directors utilized for their own films (for example, 1980's Friday the 13th). Claiming it encouraged audience identification with the killer, Martin and Porter pointed to the way "the camera moves in on the screaming, pleading, victim, 'looks down' at the knife, and then plunges it into chest, ear, or eyeball. Now that's sick."[7]

text: Years after its debut, Halloween enjoys a reputation as a classic[50] and is considered by many as one of the best films of 1978.[49][53][54][55][56]

text: Themes and analysis[edit]

text: Many criticisms of Halloween and other slasher films come from postmodern academia. Some feminist critics, according to historian Nicholas Rogers, "have seen the slasher movies since Halloween as debasing women in as decisive a manner as hard-core pornography."[52] Critics such as John Kenneth Muir state that female characters such as Laurie Strode survive not because of "any good planning" or their own resourcefulness, but sheer luck. Although she manages to repel the killer several times, in the end, Strode is rescued in Halloween and Halloween II only when Dr. Loomis arrives to shoot Myers.[57]

text: On the other hand, other feminist scholars such as Carol J. Clover argue that despite the violence against women, slasher films turned women into heroines. In many pre-Halloween horror films, women are depicted as helpless victims and are not safe until they are rescued by a strong masculine hero. Despite the fact that Loomis saves Strode, Clover asserts that Halloween initiates the role of the "final girl" who ultimately triumphs in the end. Strode fights back against Myers and severely wounds him. Had Myers been a normal man, Strode's attacks would have killed him; even Loomis, the male hero of the story, who shoots Michael repeatedly at near point blank range with a large caliber handgun, cannot kill him.[58]

text: Aviva Briefel argued that moments such as when Michael's face was temporarily revealed are meant to give pleasure to the male viewer. Briefel further argues that these moments are masochistic in nature and give pleasure to men because they are willingly submitting themselves to the women of the film; they submit themselves temporarily because it will make their return to authority even more powerful.[59] Critics, such as Pat Gill, see Halloween as a critique of American social values. She remarks that parental figures are almost entirely absent throughout the film, noting that when Laurie is attacked by Michael while babysitting, "No parents, either of the teenagers or of the children left in their charge, call to check on their children or arrive to keen over them."[60]

text: Another major theme found in the film is the dangers of pre-marital sex. Clover believes that killers in slasher films are fueled by a "psychosexual fury"[61] and that all the killings are sexual in nature. She reinforces this idea by saying that "guns have no place in slasher films" and when examining the film I Spit on Your Grave she notes that "a hands-on killing answers a hands-on rape in a way that a shooting, even a shooting preceded by a humiliation, does not."[62] Equating sex with violence is important in Halloween and the slasher genre according to Pat Gill, who made a note of this in her essay "The Monstrous Years: Teens, Slasher Films, and the Family". She remarks that Laurie's friends "think of their babysitting jobs as opportunities to share drinks and beds with their boyfriends. One by one they are killed... by Michael Myers an asylum escapee who years ago at the age of six murdered his sister for preferring sex to taking care of him."[60]

text: The danger of suburbia is another major theme that runs throughout the movie and the slasher genre itself, Pat Gill states that slasher films "seem to mock white flight to gated communities, in particular the attempts of parents to shield their children from the dangerous influences represented by the city".[63] Halloween and slasher films, generally, are supposed to represent the underside of suburbia. Michael Myers was raised in a suburban household and after he escapes the mental hospital he returns to his hometown to kill again; Myers is a product of the suburban environment.[63]

text: Carpenter himself dismisses the notion that Halloween is a morality play, regarding it as merely a horror movie. According to Carpenter, critics "completely missed the point there". He explains, "The one girl who is the most sexually uptight just keeps stabbing this guy with a long knife. She's the most sexually frustrated. She's the one that's killed him. Not because she's a virgin but because all that sexually repressed energy starts coming out. She uses all those phallic symbols on the guy."[9][10]

text: Awards[edit]

text: Halloween was nominated for the Saturn Award for Best Horror Film by the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films in 1979, but lost to The Wicker Man (1973).[64] In 2001, Halloween ranked #68 on the American Film Institute TV program 100 Years...100 Thrills.[65] The film was #14 on Bravo's The 100 Scariest Movie Moments (2004).[66] Similarly, the Chicago Film Critics Association named it the 3rd scariest film ever made.[67] In 2006, Halloween was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".[68] In 2007, the AOL 31 Days of Horror countdown named Halloween the greatest horror movie.[69] In 2008, the film was selected by Empire magazine as one of The 500 Greatest Movies of All Time.[70] In 2010, Total Film selected the film as one of The 100 Greatest Movies of All Time.[71]

text: American Film Institute lists

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AFI's 100 Years...100 Thrills – #68
AFI's 100 Years...100 Heroes & Villains:
Michael Myers – Nominated Villain
AFI's 100 Years...100 Movies (10th Anniversary Edition) – Nominated

text: Influence[edit]

text: Halloween is a widely influential film within the horror genre; it was largely responsible for the popularization of slasher films in the 1980s. Halloween popularized many tropes that have become completely synonymous with the slasher genre. Halloween helped to popularize the final girl trope, the killing off of characters who are substance abusers or sexually promiscuous, and the use of a theme song for the killer. Carpenter also shot many scenes from the perspective of the killer in order to build tension. These elements have become so established that many historians argue that Halloween is responsible for the new wave of horror that emerged during the 1980s.[72][73] Due to its popularity, Halloween became a blueprint for success that many other horror films, such as Friday the 13th and A Nightmare on Elm Street, would follow, and that others like Scream would satirise.[citation needed]

text: The major themes present in Halloween would also become common in the slasher films it inspired. Film scholar Pat Gill notes that in Halloween, there is a theme of absentee parents[60] but films such as A Nightmare on Elm Street and Friday the 13th feature the parents becoming directly responsible for the creation of the killer.[74]

text: There are slasher films that predated Halloween, such as The Texas Chain Saw Massacre and Black Christmas which contained prominent elements of the slasher genre; both involving a group of teenagers being murdered by a stranger as well having the final girl trope. Halloween, however, is seen by historians as being responsible for the new wave of horror films because it not only used these tropes but also pioneered many others.[72][73]

text: A mass market paperback novelization of the same name, written by Curtis Richards (a pseudonym that was used by author Richard Curtis), was published by Bantam Books in 1979. It was reissued in 1982; it later went out of print. The novelization adds aspects not featured in the film, such as the origins of the curse of Samhain and Michael Myers' life in Smith's Grove Sanatorium, which contradict its source material. For example, the novel's version of Michael speaks during his time at the sanitarium;[75] in the film, Dr. Loomis states, "He hasn't spoken a word in fifteen years." In 1983, Halloween was adapted as a video game for the Atari 2600 by Wizard Video. None of the main characters in the game were named. Players take on the role of a teenage babysitter who tries to save as many children from an unnamed, knife-wielding killer as possible. The game was not popular with parents or players and the graphics were simple, as was typical in Atari 2600 games. In another effort to save money, most versions of the game did not even have a label on the cartridge. It was simply a piece of tape with "Halloween" written in marker. The game contained more gore than the film, however. When the babysitter is killed, her head disappears and is replaced by blood pulsating from the neck as she runs around exaggeratedly. The game's primary similarity to the film is the theme music that plays when the killer appears onscreen.[76][77]

text: Sequels and remake[edit]

text: Halloween spawned seven sequels, a 2007 remake directed by Rob Zombie, and a 2009 sequel to the remake,  which is unrelated to the sequel of the original.[78] Of these films, only the first sequel was written by Carpenter and Hill. It begins exactly where Halloween ends and was intended to finish the story of Michael Myers and Laurie Strode. Halloween II was a box office success, becoming the second-highest grossing horror film of 1981 behind An American Werewolf in London. Carpenter did not direct any of the subsequent films in the Halloween series, although he did produce Halloween III: Season of the Witch (1982), the plot of which is unrelated to the other films in the series due to the absence of Michael Myers.[79] He, along with Alan Howarth, also composed the music for the second and third films. After the negative critical and commercial reception for Season of the Witch, the filmmakers brought back Michael Myers in Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers (1988), which was successful enough to warrant its own direct sequel with Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers (1989), as well as Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers (1995).[citation needed]

text: The sequels feature more explicit violence and blood and are generally dismissed by mainstream film critics, excluding Halloween II (1981) and Halloween H20: 20 Years Later (1998), which did receive better reviews than most of the other sequels in the franchise, yet still paled in comparison to the original film. They were filmed on larger budgets than the original: in contrast to Halloween's modest budget of $300,000, Halloween II's budget was around $2.5 million,[80] while the final sequel to the original, Halloween: Resurrection (2002), boasted a budget of $15 million.[81] Financier Moustapha Akkad continued to work closely with the Halloween franchise, acting as executive producer of every sequel until his death in the 2005 Amman bombings.[82]

text: With the exception of Halloween III, the sequels further develop the character of Michael Myers and the Samhain theme. Even without considering the third film, the Halloween series contains continuity issues, which some sources attribute to the different writers and directors involved in each film.[83] The 10 Halloween films, including the 2007 remake and its sequel, have had eight directors. Only Rick Rosenthal and Rob Zombie directed more than one: Rosenthal directed the first sequel as well as Halloween: Resurrection, while Zombie directed the remake of the original film and its sequel.[citation needed]

text: On February 9, 2017, Carpenter announced that a new Halloween film was going to be written by David Gordon Green and Danny McBride and will be directed by Green.[84] It will be a direct sequel to the original film and will ignore all the sequels.[85][86] In September 2017, Jamie Lee Curtis confirmed that she would reprise her role as Laurie Strode.[87] In October, Judy Greer entered negotiations to play Laurie's daughter Karen Strode.[88] In December 2017, it was announced Andi Matichak had signed on to play Karen Strode's daughter and Laurie's granddaughter.[89] The film will be distributed by Universal Pictures, their first involvement in the franchise since distributing 1982's Halloween III: Season of the Witch. On October 17, 2017, Carpenter announced that he would be returning to score the upcoming film, saying  "I'll be consulting with the director to see what he feels. I could create a new score, we could update the old score and amplify it, or we could combine those two things. I'll have to see the movie to see what it requires."[90] On December 20, 2017, it was announced that Nick Castle would be reprising his role as Michael Myers.[91] Filming began on January 13, 2018,[92] concluding on February 19, 2018.[93] The film will be released on October 19, 2018.

text: An independent documentary titled The Shape Lives: 40 Years of Halloween was announced on April 4, 2018, which plans to look at Halloween and its many sequels in-depth. A teaser trailer was released on the same day. [94]


document_title: Pitch Perfect 2

question_text: who plays the record producer in pitch perfect 2

text: Pitch Perfect 2

text: Plot[edit]

text: Three years after winning the previous competition, the Barden Bellas are now led by Beca Mitchell and three-time super senior Chloe Beale. The Bellas have become ICCA champions each of these three years. However, the group becomes involved in a national scandal, dubbed Muffgate, when a wardrobe malfunction causes Fat Amy's pants to rip in front of President Barack Obama, as well as showing her vagina to the public since she did not wear underwear, leading to the Bellas' suspension from the ICCAs. Beca makes a deal to allow the Bellas to be reinstated should they win the World Championship of a cappella.

text: Freshman Emily Junk begins her college career, hoping to follow in her mother Katherine's footsteps by being a Bella. At orientation, she watches an a cappella performance by the Treblemakers, now led by Beca's boyfriend Jesse Swanson. Benjamin "Benji" Applebaum, Jesse's best friend, overhears Emily, leading to a crush on her.

text: The Bellas learn that German a cappella group, Das Sound Machine, have replaced the Bellas on their victory tour. Additionally, Beca has started an internship at a recording studio, Residual Heat, something only Jesse knows.

text: Emily goes to the Bellas' sorority house to audition for them because of their absence from the auditions. When she sings her unfinished song "Flashlight," she succeeds in joining the Bellas.

text: At a car show where the ICCA winners are due to perform, the Bellas scout their replacements, German powerhouse "Das Sound Machine" (DSM) - led by intimidating duo Pieter Krämer and Kommissar, who take delight in mocking the all-girl group. Later, the Bellas are invited to an exclusive riff-off, but end up losing to DSM in the final round when a nervous Emily flubs an attempt to sing "Flashlight," her original song not from the right category ("90's Hip-Hop Jamz").

text: The next day at the warmups, the Bellas' chance of winning end in disaster when the performance makes John and Gail question the Bellas' identity and sets Cynthia-Rose's hair on fire by pyrotechnics. In order to regain harmony and sync, Chloe takes them to a retreat led by former leader Aubrey Posen. Beca starts a heated debate with Chloe over herself being the only one thinking about life beyond the Bellas and Chloe's obsession with winning Worlds.

text: To prove to her boss that she can produce music well, Beca offers Emily to produce "Flashlight" at the studio. The group realizes that they will no longer be together and may go their separate ways after graduation, and regain harmony by singing "Cups (When I'm Gone)." At the studio, Emily and Beca present their song to Beca's boss, in which he demonstrates envy for their talent and looks forward to producing with them.

text: The senior Bellas graduate and they all head off to Copenhagen for the World Finals, with Jesse and Benji to cheer them on. They perform a harmonized version of "Flashlight" with Aubrey, Katherine, and other past Bellas joining in. The Bellas win the championship and repair their damaged legacy. As the senior Bellas leave Barden, they give Emily a belated proper initiation with Fat Amy showing her how to do the last tradition: christening the house by sliding down the staircase.

text: In a mid-credits scene, Bumper performs on The Voice, he chooses Christina Aguilera as his coach and makes her uncomfortable when he gives her an oddly lengthy hug.

text: Cast[edit]

text: The Barden Bellas[edit]

text:
Anna Kendrick as Beca Mitchell, the senior leader of the Bellas, known for creating the unique modern-day sound of the Bellas. She is an aspiring record producer and is now an intern at Residual Heat, a record label.
Brittany Snow as Chloe Beale, the three-time super senior with a Type A personality who is the co-leader of the Bellas.
Rebel Wilson as Patricia "Fat Amy", a senior Bella from Australia and Bumper's love interest.
Alexis Knapp as Stacie Conrad, a senior Bella known for being overly sexual.
Ester Dean as Cynthia-Rose Adams, a lesbian senior Bella known for her strong urban vocal skills.
Hana Mae Lee as Lilly Onakurama, a senior Bella known for her quiet speaking voice, odd remarks, and beat-boxing.
Hailee Steinfeld as Emily Junk, a freshman legacy Bella who is an aspiring songwriter, and Benji's love interest. Her mother was also a Barden Bella.
Chrissie Fit as Florencia "Flo" Fuentes, a senior Bella who joined the group her sophomore year when she came to Barden University from Guatemala.
Kelley Jakle as Jessica, a senior Bella.
Shelley Regner as Ashley, a senior Bella.

text: Additional characters[edit]

text:
Skylar Astin as Jesse Swanson, the leader of the Treblemakers and Beca's boyfriend.
Adam DeVine as Bumper Allen, Fat Amy's love interest, former leader of the Treblemakers and current member of the Tone Hangers. After working for John Mayer, he returns to Barden University as a security guard.
Anna Camp as Aubrey Posen, former leader of the Bellas, now runs the Lodge of Fallen Leaves.
Ben Platt as Benjamin "Benji" Applebaum, a senior Treblemaker, Jesse's best friend, and Emily's love interest.
Birgitte Hjort Sørensen as Kommissar, Das Sound Machine's leader.
Flula Borg as Pieter Krämer, Das Sound Machine's 'second in command'
Katey Sagal as Katherine Junk, Emily's mother and a former Bella.
John Michael Higgins as John Smith, an a cappella competition commentator.
Elizabeth Banks as Gail Abernathy-McKadden-Feinberger, an a cappella competition commentator.
Keegan-Michael Key as Sammy, Beca's boss at Residual Heat, a rude but successful producer.
Shawn Carter Peterson as Dax, an intern at Residual Heat.
David Cross as the Riff-Off host.
Reggie Watts, John Hodgman, Jason Jones, and Joe Lo Truglio as Tone Hanger singers.
Pentatonix as Team Canada
Penn Masala as Team India

text: Green Bay Packers players Clay Matthews, David Bakhtiari, Don Barclay, Josh Sitton, and T. J. Lang play themselves in cameo appearances. Also appearing as themselves are Snoop Dogg, Natalie Morales, Jake Tapper, Joe Scarborough, Mika Brzezinski, Jimmy Kimmel, Rosie O'Donnell, Rosie Perez, Nicolle Wallace, Jordan Rodgers, Christina Aguilera, Adam Levine, Blake Shelton, and Pharrell Williams. Robin Roberts, C.J. Perry, and Kether Donohue appear as Legacy Bellas during the finale. Additionally, President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama briefly appear via archive footage.

text: Production[edit]

text: In December 2012, Skylar Astin revealed that he and Rebel Wilson had had meetings with Universal Studios about the potential sequel.[7] In April 2013, it was confirmed that a sequel would be released in 2015.[8] Elizabeth Banks directed the sequel, and Kay Cannon returned as screenwriter.[9] Paul Brooks produced for Gold Circle Films, alongside Banks and Max Handelman.[9] Deke Sharon returned as vocal producer, and has a brief cameo as a German reporter.[10] As in the first movie, they ran a month of "a cappella boot camp" before filming.[11]

text: Casting[edit]

text: Anna Kendrick and Wilson returned to the cast early in 2014 to play the characters they originated in the first film.[12] Brittany Snow reprised her character.[13] On April 24, Chrissie Fit was added to the cast.[14] On May 1, Hailee Steinfeld was added to the cast, playing a new member of the Barden Bellas.[15] On May 5, Adam DeVine was reported to return in the film.[16] On May 14, Katey Sagal was added to the cast, playing Steinfeld's character's mother.[17] On May 29, Flula Borg was added to the cast.[18] He played the leader of a European a cappella group, Das Sound Machine, that competed with the Bellas.[19] It was confirmed on June 18, 2014 that Christopher Shepard was added to the cast.[20] It was confirmed on June 19, 2014 that Pentatonix would play the role of a rival group to the Barden Bellas.[21] It was later confirmed that The Filharmonic from season 4 of The Sing Off would make a cameo appearance as a rival group from the Philippines.[22] On August 24, 2014 it was announced that Penn Masala,[23] the all-male Hindi a cappella group from director Elizabeth Banks's and producer Max Handelman's alma mater The University of Pennsylvania, would be featured as a team from Southeast Asia.[24] On June 25, Birgitte Hjort Sørensen was confirmed added to the cast.[25]

text: Filming[edit]

text: On May 21, 2014, principal photography began at Louisiana State University (LSU) campus in Baton Rouge.[26]

text: Music[edit]

text: On December 3, 2014, Mark Mothersbaugh was hired to compose the music for the film.[27] The official soundtrack was released on May 12, 2015.[28] The special edition soundtrack was later released on August 8, 2015.[29]

text: The original album debuted at number one on the Billboard 200, earning 107,000 album-equivalent units (92,000 copies of traditional sales) in the week ending May 17, 2015.[30]

text:
No.
Title
Music
Length

1.
"Universal Fanfare"

Elizabeth Banks
John Michael Higgins

0:33

2.
"Kennedy Center Performance (We Got the World/Timber/America The Beautiful/Wrecking Ball)"
The Barden Bellas
2:27

3.
"Lollipop"
The Treblemakers
2:43

4.
"Car Show (Uprising/Tsunami)"
Das Sound Machine
1:47

5.
"Winter Wonderland/Here Comes Santa Claus"

Snoop Dogg
Anna Kendrick

3:04

6.
"Riff Off (Thong Song/(Shake, Shake, Shake) Shake Your Booty/Low/Bootylicious/Baby Got Back/Live Like You Were Dying/Before He Cheats/A Thousand Miles/We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together/What's Love Got to Do with It/This Is How We Do It/Doo Wop (That Thing)/Poison/Scenario/Insane in the Brain/Flashlight)"

Das Sound Machine
Tone Hangers
The Barden Bellas
Green Bay Packers
The Treblemakers

4:24

7.
"Jump"

Das Sound Machine
Tone Hanger
The Treblemakers
Green Bay Packers

1:16

8.
"Convention Performance (Promises/Problem)"
The Barden Bellas
1:41

9.
"Back to Basics (Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy/You Can't Hurry Love/Lady Marmalade/MMMBop/My Lovin' (You're Never Gonna Get It))"
The Barden Bellas
1:30

10.
"Cups ("When I'm Gone") [Campfire Version]"
The Barden Bellas
0:45

11.
"We Belong"

Rebel Wilson
Adam DeVine

3:34

12.
"Any Way You Want It (World Championship Medley)"

Pentatonix
Filharmonic
The Cantasticos
The Singboks
Penn Masala

1:56

13.
"World Championship Finale 1 (My Songs Know What You Did in the Dark (Light Em Up)/All I Do Is Win)"
Das Sound Machine
2:01

14.
"World Championship Finale 2 (Run the World (Girls)/Where Them Girls At/Lady Marmalade/We Belong/Timber/Flashlight)"
The Barden Bellas
4:16

15.
"Crazy Youngsters"
Ester Dean
3:39

16.
"Pitch Perfect 2 End Credit Medley"
Mark Mothersbaugh
3:00

17.
"Flashlight"
Jessie J
3:29

18.
"All of Me (Bumper's Audition)"
Adam DeVine
1:27

Total length:
43:32[28][31]

text:
[show]Special edition

No.
Title
Music
Length

1.
"Universal Fanfare"

Elizabeth Banks
John Michael Higgins

0:33

2.
"Kennedy Center Performance (We Got the World/Timber/America The Beautiful/Wrecking Ball)"
The Barden Bellas
2:27

3.
"Bang Bang"

Jessie J
Ariana Grande
Nicki Minaj

3:19

4.
"Lollipop"
The Treblemakers
2:43

5.
"Change Your Life"
Iggy Azalea (feat. T.I.)
3:41

6.
"Sunshine"
Teddybears
3:20

7.
"Car Show (Uprising/Tsunami)"
Das Sound Machine
1:47

8.
"A Different Beat"
Little Mix
3:27

9.
"Winter Wonderland/Here Comes Santa Claus"

Snoop Dogg
Anna Kendrick

3:04

10.
"Riff Off (Thong Song/(Shake, Shake, Shake) Shake Your Booty/Low/Bootylicious/Baby Got Back/Live Like You Were Dying/Before He Cheats/A Thousand Miles/We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together/What's Love Got to Do with It/This Is How We Do It/Doo Wop (That Thing)/Poison/Scenario/Insane in the Brain/Flashlight)"

Das Sound Machine
Tone Hangers
The Barden Bellas
Green Bay Packers
The Treblemakers

4:24

11.
"Jump"

Das Sound Machine
Tone Hanger
The Treblemakers
Green Bay Packers

1:16

12.
"Convention Performance (Promises/Problem)"
The Barden Bellas
1:41

13.
"Back to Basics (Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy/You Can't Hurry Love/Lady Marmalade/MMMBop/My Lovin' (You're Never Gonna Get It))"
The Barden Bellas
1:30

14.
"Cups ("When I'm Gone") [Campfire Version]"
The Barden Bellas
0:45

15.
"We Belong"

Rebel Wilson
Adam Devine

3:34

16.
"Any Way You Want It (World Championship Medley)"

Pentatonix
Filharmonic
The Cantasticos
The Singboks
Penn Masala

1:56

17.
"World Championship Finale 1 (My Songs Know What You Did in the Dark (Light Em Up)/All I Do Is Win)"
Das Sound Machine
2:01

18.
"World Championship Finale 2 (Run the World (Girls)/Where Them Girls At/Lady Marmalade/We Belong/Timber/Flashlight)"
The Barden Bellas
4:16

19.
"Crazy Youngsters"
Ester Dean
3:39

20.
"Heartbreak Dream"
Betty Who
3:38

21.
"Pitch Perfect 2 End Credit Medley"
Mark Mothersbaugh
3:00

22.
"Flashlight"
Jessie J
3:29

23.
"All of Me (Bumper's Audition)"
Adam DeVine
1:27

24.
"Flashlight (Sweet Life Mix)"
Hailee Steinfeld
2:58

25.
"Any Way You Want It"
Pentatonix
2:30

26.
"Flashlight (Rebel Mix)"
Jessie J
3:41

27.
"Jungle"
The Barden Bellas
0:32

Total length:
70:38[29]

text:
Chart (2015)
Peak
position

Australian Albums (ARIA)[32]
3

Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[33]
11

Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[34]
144

Canadian Albums (Billboard)[35]
3

German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[36]
12

New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[37]
8

Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[38]
26

Taiwanese Albums (Five Music)[39]
1

US Digital Albums (Billboard)[40]
1

US Billboard 200[41]
1

US Vinyl Albums (Billboard)[42]
1

text:
Chart (2015)
Position

Australian Albums (ARIA)[43]
27

US Billboard 200[44]
52

text: Release[edit]

text: The film was released on May 7, 2015 in Australia and New Zealand, and May 15 in the United States and Canada.[45]

text: Marketing[edit]

text: A still from the rehearsals for the film was revealed on May 16, 2014.[46] The poster was released on November 18, 2014 and the trailer came out the following day. A second trailer was aired during the Super Bowl on February 1, 2015.[47]

text: Home media[edit]

text: Director Elizabeth Banks stated an additional performance by the Treblemakers was filmed specifically for the DVD release. Also included on the DVD will be deleted scenes.[48] On May 20, 2015, it was announced that FX Networks had acquired U.S. television broadcasting rights to the film.[49]

text: The Blu-ray and DVD editions of Pitch Perfect 2 were released on September 22, 2015 in the U.S.[50] with a Target-exclusive edition containing additional bonus features being released the same day.[51]

text: Reception[edit]

text: Box office[edit]

text: Pitch Perfect 2 grossed $184.2 million in North America and $103.2 million in other territories for a worldwide total of $287.5 million, against a budget of $29 million.[3] In its first five days, the film surpassed the total gross of the original ($115.4 million), and also overtook School of Rock ($131.3 million) for the highest grossing musical-comedy of all-time and the second greatest musical debut ever (behind Beauty and the Beast's $174.8 million in 2017).[4] Deadline.com calculated the net profit of the film to be $139.6 million, when factoring together all expenses and revenues for the film.[52]

text: In the United States and Canada, Pitch Perfect 2 grossed $4.6 million from Thursday night showings and $27.8 million on its opening day, increasing the opening weekend projections from $40 million to $64 million.[53] In its opening weekend, the film grossed $69.2 million, finishing first at the box office.[54] The opening weekend gross was more than the entire North American total gross of the first film ($65 million), is the third biggest PG-13 comedy opening of all-time (behind The Simpsons Movie's $74 million in 2007 and Austin Powers in Goldmember's $73 million in 2002) and the highest grossing opening ever for a musical.[55]

text: Outside North America, the film opened at number one in Australia and New Zealand, earning $7.6 million and $1.2 million respectively.[56] The film grossed $22.1 million in Australia, $27.3 million in the United Kingdom and $2.7 million in New Zealand.[citation needed]

text: Critical response[edit]

text: Pitch Perfect 2 received positive reviews from critics. On Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 66% based on 183 reviews, with an average rating of 6/10. The site's critical consensus reads, "Pitch Perfect 2 sings in sweet comedic harmony, even if it doesn't hit quite as many high notes as its predecessor."[57] On Metacritic, the film holds score of 63 out of 100, based on 39 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[58] In CinemaScore polls conducted during the opening weekend, cinema audiences gave Pitch Perfect 2 an average grade of "A–" on an A+ to F scale.[59]

text: Accolades[edit]

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text: Billboard Music Awards[edit]

text: 2016 Top Soundtrack (won)

text: Teen Choice Awards[edit]

text:
2015 Choice Movie: Comedy (won)
2015 Choice Movie Actor: Comedy (Skylar Astin, won)
2015 Choice Movie Actress: Comedy (Anna Kendrick, won)
2015 Choice Movie Actress: Comedy (Rebel Wilson, nominated)
2015 Choice Movie: Chemistry (Anna Kendrick and Brittany Snow, won)
2015 Choice Movie: Liplock (Rebel Wilson and Adam DeVine, nominated)
2015 Choice Movie: Hissy Fit (Anna Kendrick, won)
2015 Choice Movie: Scene Stealer (Adam DeVine, nominated)
2015 Choice Movie: Scene Stealer (Green Bay Packers, nominated)
2015 Choice Movie: Scene Stealer (Hailee Steinfeld, nominated)

text: People's Choice Awards[edit]

text:
Favorite Movie (lost to Furious 7)
Favorite Comedic Movie (won)
Favorite Comedic Movie Actress (Anna Kendrick, Rebel Wilson, both lost to Melissa McCarthy)

text: Kids Choice Awards[edit]

text:
Favorite Movie (lost to Star Wars: The Force Awakens)
Favorite Movie Actress (Anna Kendrick, Rebel Wilson, lost to Jennifer Lawrence)

text: MTV Movie Awards[edit]

text:
Best Female Performance (Anna Kendrick, nominated)
Best Comedic Performance (Rebel Wilson, nominated)
Best Kiss (Rebel Wilson and Adam DeVine, won)
Best Ensemble Cast (won)

text: Sequel[edit]

text: On April 11, 2015, a month before the release of the film, it was announced that Rebel Wilson would return for a third film, although she stated that she did not know if Anna Kendrick or any of the other cast members would also be reprising their roles. She added that she would be "up for a Fat Amy spin-off," although nothing has been confirmed.[60]

text: Director, star, and producer Elizabeth Banks acknowledged the possibility of a third film, saying, "I will say, it would be disingenuous to say that no one's talking about a Pitch Perfect 3; the possibility of it. We are really focused on getting as many butts in seats for this one. If fans embrace it, we are going to seriously think about what the continuing journey would look like, but we don’t know what that is yet".[61]

text: On June 10, 2015, a third film was officially confirmed, with Kay Cannon returning to write the script.[62] Several days later it was announced both Kendrick and Wilson would reprise their roles, and later Brittany Snow was also confirmed to return.[5] Banks will also return to produce, but in June 2016 it was announced she would not be directing the film.[63]

text: The film was originally slated for a July 21, 2017 release, and was later pushed back to August 4, 2017 before moving back to the July 21 slot.[6] In May 2016 it was moved again, this time being pushed back to December 22, 2017.[64]

text: As of January 2, 2017, Anna Kendrick, Rebel Wilson, Anna Camp, Brittany Snow, Ester Dean, Alexis Knapp, Hana Mae Lee, Kelley Jakle, Shelley Regner, Hailee Steinfeld, Chrissie Fit, and Elizabeth Banks have been confirmed to be reprising their roles.[65][66]


document_title: What's Wrong with Secretary Kim

question_text: when does episode 5 of what's wrong with secretary kim come out

question_tokens: when does episode 5 of what 's wrong with secretary kim come out

text: What's Wrong with Secretary Kim

text: Synopsis[edit]

text: Revolves around the narcissistic Vice Chairman of a major corporation, Lee Young-joon, and his highly capable secretary, Kim Mi-so. Misunderstandings arise when she announces that she will resign from her position, after working for Lee Young-joon for nine years.

text: Cast[edit]

text: Main[edit]

text:
Park Seo-joon as Lee Young-joon[5][6]
Moon Woo-jin as 9-year-old Lee Young-joon[7]

text:
Park Min-young as Kim Mi-so[8][9]
Kim Ji-yoo as 5-year-old Kim Mi-so

text: Recurring[edit]

text: People around Lee Young-joon[edit]

text:
Lee Tae-hwan as Lee Sung-yeon/Morpheus[10]
Bae Gang-yoo as young Lee Sung-yeon

text:
Kim Byeong-ok as Chairman Lee[11]
Go Se-won as young Chairman Lee[12]

text:
Kim Hye-ok as Madame Choi[11]
Lee Soo-kyung as young Madame Choi[12]

text: Mi-so's Family[edit]

text:
Baek Eun-hye as Kim Pil-nam, Mi-so's oldest sister
Heo Sun-mi as Kim Mal-hee, Mi-so's second oldest sister[13]
Jo Deok-hyun as Mi-so's father

text: Yoomyung Group[edit]

text: Kang Ki-young as Park Yoo-sik[14]

text: Hwang Chan-sung as Go Gwi-nam[14]

text: Pyo Ye-jin as Kim Ji-a[14]

text: Kim Ye-won as Sul Ma-eum[14]

text:
Hwang Bo-ra as Bong Se-ra[15]
Lee Yoo-joon as Jung Chi-in[16]
Lee Jung-min as Lee Young-ok[16]
Kim Jung-woon as Park Joon-hwan[16]
Kang Hong-suk as Yang Cheol[16]
Bae Hyun-sung as Intern Staff

text: Others[edit]

text:
Hong Ji-yoon as Oh Ji-ran[17]
Choi Na-mu as woman at the Spanish Embassy party (Ep. 1)
Shin Joo-yeon as Kim Mi-so's friend (Ep. 1)
Kim Hyun-joo as woman who Lee Sung-yeon gave a hat to at airplane (Ep. 3)
Lee Do-yeon as a reporter who interviewed Morpheus (Ep. 4)
Lee Chang as center director of the Art Center (Ep. 4)
Jung Soo-young as agency staff (Ep. 9)
Choi Hyun-woo as Magician (Ep. 10)

text: Special appearance[edit]

text:
Park Byung-eun as Park Byung-eun, the man who Kim Mi-so met in a blind date (Ep. 3)[18]
Seo Hyo-rim as Choi Seo-jin, Park Yoo-sik's ex-wife (Ep. 9, 11, 12 & 16)[19]
Lee Min-ki as young Mi-so's father (Ep. 10)[20]
Jung So-min as young Mi-so's mother (Ep. 10)[20]
Son Sung-yoon as kidnapper (Ep. 11 & 12)
Jung Yu-mi as Jung Yu-mi, a friend of Lee Young-joon (Ep. 14)[21]
Lee Byung-joon as wedding dress' designer (Ep. 16)

text: Production[edit]

text: Much of the visual styling of the series protagonists have referenced the comic version's cues, including clothing designs and reenacting the comic cover for the drama's promotional stills and images.[22]

text: The first script reading was held on April 10, 2018 at Studio Dragon in Sangam-dong, Seoul, South Korea.[23]

text: The press conference for the drama was held on May 30, 2018 at the Times Square in Seoul with the attendance of the main cast and crew.[24][25][26]

text: Original soundtrack[edit]

text:
What's Wrong with Secretary KimOSTSoundtrack album by Various artistsReleased
2018Genre
K-popSoundtrackLanguage
KoreanEnglishLabel
Bon Factory Worldwide, kakao MProducer
Moon Seok-hwan, Oh Kwang-hee

text: OST Part 1[edit]

text: Released on June 14, 2018 (2018-06-14)No.TitleLyricsMusicArtistLength1."Love Virus"ZigZag Note, Kim Myeong-shinZigZag Note, Kim Myeong-shinKihyun (Monsta X), SeolA (Cosmic Girls)03:272."Love Virus (Inst.)" ZigZag Note, Kim Myeong-shin 03:27Total length:06:54

text: OST Part 2[edit]

text: Released on June 20, 2018 (2018-06-20)No.TitleLyricsMusicArtistLength1."It's You"Good Choice, YodaKim Se-jin, MidnightJeong Se-woon03:392."It's You (Inst.)" Kim Se-jin, Midnight 03:39Total length:07:18

text: OST Part 3[edit]

text: Released on June 21, 2018 (2018-06-21)No.TitleLyricsMusicArtistLength1."Wanna Be"ZigZag NoteZigZag NoteGFriend03:092."Wanna Be (Inst.)" ZigZag Note 03:09Total length:06:18

text: OST Part 4[edit]

text: Released on June 27, 2018 (2018-06-27)No.TitleLyricsMusicArtistLength1."Just A Little Bit More" (조금만 더)ZigZag Note, Kim Young-sung, Good ChoiceZigZag Note, Kim Young-sungJinho (Pentagon), Rothy03:252."Just A Little Bit More (Inst.)" (조금만 더 (Inst.)) ZigZag Note, Kim Young-sung 03:25Total length:06:50

text: OST Part 5[edit]

text: Released on June 28, 2018 (2018-06-28)No.TitleLyricsMusicArtistLength1."Because I Only See You" (그대만 보여서)Good Choice, Red SocksRed SocksKim Na-young03:402."Because I Only See You (Inst.)" (그대만 보여서 (Inst.)) Red Socks 03:40Total length:07:20

text: OST Part 6[edit]

text: Released on July 4, 2018 (2018-07-04)No.TitleLyricsMusicArtistLength1."Why Am I Like This" (왜 이럴까)Moon Sung-nam, Im Joo-yeonMoon Sung-nam, Im Joo-yeonLee Da-yeon02:402."Why Am I Like This (Inst.)" (왜 이럴까 (Inst.)) Moon Sung-nam, Im Joo-yeon 02:40Total length:05:20

text: OST Part 7[edit]

text: Released on July 5, 2018 (2018-07-05)No.TitleLyricsMusicArtistLength1."In The End" (토로)Kang Myeong-shin, ZigZag Note, Noh Eun-jongZigZag Note, Noh Eun-jongYun Ddan Ddan04:252."In The End (Inst.)" (토로 (Inst.)) ZigZag Note, Noh Eun-jong 04:25Total length:08:50

text: OST Part 8[edit]

text: Released on July 12, 2018 (2018-07-12)No.TitleLyricsMusicArtistLength1."Words Being Said For The First Time" (처음 하는 말)Good ChoiceKim Se-jin, MidnightSong Yuvin (Myteen)03:562."Words Being Said For The First Time (Inst.)" (처음 하는 말 (Inst.)) Kim Se-jin, Midnight 03:56Total length:07:52

text: Ratings[edit]

text: In the table below, the blue numbers represent the lowest ratings and the red numbers represent the highest ratings.

text:
Episode #

Original broadcast date

Average audience share

AGB Nielsen Ratings[27]

TNmS Ratings

Nationwide

Seoul

1

June 6, 2018

5.757%

6.446%

6.3%

2

June 7, 2018

5.403%

5.529%

5.6%

3

June 13, 2018

6.950%

8.252%

8.3%

4

June 14, 2018

6.379%

6.945%

6.3%

5

June 20, 2018

6.855%

7.500%

7.0%

6

June 21, 2018

7.687%

8.554%

7.7%

7

June 27, 2018

7.281%

8.201%

8.5%

8

June 28, 2018

8.120%

9.326%

8.3%

9

July 4, 2018

7.767%

9.428%

8.8%

10

July 5, 2018

8.403%

9.545%

9.2%

11

July 11, 2018

8.665%

10.565%

10.6%

12

July 12, 2018

8.393%

10.052%

9.7%

13

July 18, 2018

7.673%

8.717%

8.7%

14

July 19, 2018

8.100%

9.506%

9.2%

15

July 25, 2018

7.107%

7.725%

8.0%

16

July 26, 2018

8.602%

10.001%

9.8%

Average

7.446%

8.518%

8.3%

text: This drama airs on a cable channel/pay TV which normally has a relatively smaller audience compared to free-to-air TV/public broadcasters (KBS, SBS, MBC and EBS).

text: International broadcast[edit]

text:
Sri Lanka: The drama is available to stream on-demand on Iflix. During its original run, each episode of the drama was available to stream 24 hours after its original South Korean broadcast with subtitles.[28]
 Malaysia,  Singapore,  Indonesia: The drama was broadcast on tvN Asia in Malaysia, Singapore and Indonesia with subtitles.[29]
 Philippines: The drama will be broadcast on ABS-CBN.[30]