"Deadwood" Deadwood (2004)

User Rating:

8.3/10   

Director:

Walter Hill

Writers:

David Milch (creator)
David Milch (writer)

TV Series:

"Deadwood" (2004)

Original Air Date:

21 March 2004 (Season 1, Episode 1)

Genre:

Crime | Drama | History | Western

Plot:

After executing his last act of justice as a Montana Marshall, Seth Bullock relocates to a gold-mining camp known as Deadwood...

Plot Keywords:

Title Spoken By Character | South Dakota | Saloon | Vigilante | Greed

Cast

Timothy Olyphant	...	Seth Bullock
Ian McShane	...	Al Swearengen
Molly Parker	...	Alma Garret
Jim Beaver	...	Whitney Ellsworth
Brad Dourif	...	Doc Cochran
John Hawkes	...	Sol Star
Paula Malcomson	...	Trixie
Leon Rippy	...	Tom Nuttall
William Sanderson	...	E.B. Farnum
Robin Weigert	...	Calamity Jane
W. Earl Brown	...	Dan Dority
Dayton Callie	...	Charlie Utter
Keith Carradine	...	Wild Bill Hickock
Jeffrey Jones	...	A.W. Merrick
Timothy Omundson	...	Brom Garret

Runtime:

62 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Colour:

Colour

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

USA:TV-MA

Filming Locations:

Melody Ranch - 24715 Oak Creek Avenue, Newhall, California, USA

Company:

Home Box Office (HBO)

Trivia:

In this hour long pilot episode the word "fuck" is heard 51 times.

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: In the overhead shot of the street, just before Bullock and Hitchcock's shootout with the guy on the horse, the section of street where the stunt man and horse are going to fall is visibly different from the street surface around it, apparently torn up by one or more previous takes.

Introduced the show quite nicely

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The first episode of 'Deadwood'.

Most of it's purpose was to introduce the characters.

The episode begins with a man being executed by Sheriff Seth Bullock and his partner Sol Star before they depart to this new town called 'Deadwood', where there is no law.

Also new in town, a well-known man called Wild Bill Hickok. He immediately makes many friends and foes.

Bullock and Hickok get to know each other after being informed that there had been an entire family killed. Once they get there, Bullock finds the youngest member of the family to be still alive. The killer turned out to be the informer, and Seth and Bill gun him down.

Also in Deadwood, we meet Al Swearengen, who runs a gem saloon. He and his henchmen try to con this wealthy man called Brom Garret into buying a gold claim.

The Pilot episode works very well as the introduction of the series. The costume design and sets are realistic and the performances are memorable.

Although nothing truly stands out, it was a well-written and produced Pilot episode that introduced the show quite nicely.