The Red Road (TV series)
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Genre | Drama |
Created by | Aaron Guzikowski |
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Composer(s) | Daniel Licht |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language(s) | English |
No. of seasons | 2 |
No. of episodes | 12 (list of episodes) |
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Producer(s) | James Bigwood |
Production location(s) | Cartersville, Georgia |
Cinematography | Ivan Strasburg |
Editor(s) | Kristina Boden |
Running time | 42–45 minutes |
Production company(s) | Fair Harbor Productions Shady Cat Productions |
Distributor | Sundance Channel |
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Original network | SundanceTV |
Picture format | 1080i (16:9 HDTV) |
Original release | February 27, 2014 May 7, 2015 |
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The Red Road is a drama series that aired on SundanceTV from February 27, 2014 to May 7, 2015.[1] This was SundanceTV's second fully owned scripted original series; the first was Rectify. The Red Road was canceled after its second season, confirmed by Jason Momoa, who played Phillip Kopus in the series.[2]
Contents
Plot
The main protagonist is Police Officer Harold Jensen, who is trying to keep his family together after a cover-up involving his mentally unstable wife, who is a recovering alcoholic. She had self-medicated her undiagnosed schizophrenia with alcohol. Jensen comes into conflict with Phillip Kopus, a member of the Ramapough Mountain people. His state-recognized tribe lives in the Ramapo Mountains in a border area of New York and New Jersey in the fictitious small town of Walpole, New Jersey, across the Hudson River from New York City.[3][4][5]
Production
The working title for the series was originally The Descendants.[6] Production for both seasons were in Atlanta, Georgia, in 2013 and 2014.[7][8]
Cast
Main cast
- Martin Henderson as Harold Jensen
- Jason Momoa as Phillip Kopus
- Julianne Nicholson as Jean Jensen
- Allie Gonino as Rachel Jensen
- Tamara Tunie as Marie Van Der Veen
- Kiowa Gordon as Junior Van Der Veen
- Annalise Basso as Kate Jensen
- Tom Sizemore as Jack Kopus
Recurring cast
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Episodes
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1 | 6 | February 27, 2014 | April 3, 2014 | |
2 | 6 | April 2, 2015 | May 7, 2015 |
Reception
The Red Road has received mostly favorable reviews. Review aggregator site Metacritic has given the season a "generally favorable" score of 66 out of 100, based on 25 critics.[9] On another review aggregator site, Rotten Tomatoes, it holds a 65% rating with an average rating of 6.9 out of 10, based on 26 reviews.[10]
Graphic novel
In 2015, Sundance released The Red Road 1990: A Graphic Novel to be read online.[11]
See also
- The red road (definition)
- Out of the Furnace
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External links
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- Sundance Channel shows