Overview
Plot:
The adventures of the vice squad detectives of the Miami Police Department.
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Awards:
Won 2 Golden Globes.
Another 5 wins
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25 nominations
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User Comments:
Friday Night Action Series from the mid-1980's!
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| John Nicolella | | (9 episodes, 1985-1987) |
| Richard Compton | | (7 episodes, 1987-1990) |
| Vern Gillum | | (5 episodes, 1987-1989) |
| Don Johnson | | (4 episodes, 1985-1988) |
| Jim Johnston | | (4 episodes, 1985-1988) |
| David Jackson | | (4 episodes, 1986-1987) |
| Colin Bucksey | | (4 episodes, 1987-1989) |
| Virgil W. Vogel | | (4 episodes, 1987-1988) |
| Paul Michael Glaser | | (3 episodes, 1984-1985) |
| Rob Cohen | | (3 episodes, 1985-1986) |
| Leon Ichaso | | (3 episodes, 1986-1987) |
| James Quinn | | (3 episodes, 1987) |
| Georg Stanford Brown | | (2 episodes, 1984-1985) |
| Lee H. Katzin | | (2 episodes, 1984) |
| David Anspaugh | | (2 episodes, 1985) |
| Abel Ferrara | | (2 episodes, 1985) |
| Mario DiLeo | | (2 episodes, 1986) |
| Aaron Lipstadt | | (2 episodes, 1986) |
| Jan Eliasberg | | (2 episodes, 1987) |
| Paul Krasny | | (2 episodes, 1988) |
| George Mendeluk | | (2 episodes, 1988) |
| Russ Mayberry | | (2 episodes, 1989) |
| Alan Myerson | | (2 episodes, 1989) |
| Harry Mastrogeorge | | (1 episode, 1985) |
| Michael O'Herlihy | | (1 episode, 1985) |
| Edward James Olmos | | (1 episode, 1985) |
| Craig Bolotin | | (1 episode, 1986) |
| Christopher Crowe | | (1 episode, 1986) |
| Dick Miller | | (1 episode, 1986) |
| Gabrielle Beaumont | | (1 episode, 1987) |
| Ate de Jong | | (1 episode, 1987) |
| John Wharmby | | (1 episode, 1987) |
| Bill Duke | | (1 episode, 1988) |
| Donald L. Gold | | (1 episode, 1988) |
| Randy Roberts | | (1 episode, 1988) |
| James A. Contner | | (1 episode, 1989) |
| Eugene Corr | | (1 episode, 1989) |
| Michael B. Hoggan | | (1 episode, 1989) |
| Robert Iscove | | (1 episode, 1989) |
| Michelle Manning | | (1 episode, 1989) |
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| Stan Leither | | (unknown episodes) |
| Fred Walter | | (unknown episodes) |
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| Dick Wolf | | (15 episodes, 1986-1988) |
| Michael Duggan | | (9 episodes, 1986-1988) |
| Daniel Pyne | | (7 episodes, 1984-1986) |
| Joel Surnow | | (7 episodes, 1984-1985) |
| John Schulian | | (7 episodes, 1987-1988) |
| Robert Palm | | (6 episodes, 1987-1988) |
| Robert Ward | | (6 episodes, 1988-1989) |
| Anthony Yerkovich | | (5 episodes, 1984-1988) |
| Maurice Hurley | | (5 episodes, 1984-1985) |
| Dennis Cooper | | (5 episodes, 1985-1987) |
| Chuck Adamson | | (4 episodes, 1984-1986) |
| David Black | | (4 episodes, 1987-1988) |
| Peter Lance | | (4 episodes, 1987-1988) |
| Scott Shepherd | | (4 episodes, 1988-1989) |
| Marvin Kupfer | | (3 episodes, 1985-1987) |
| Peter McCabe | | (3 episodes, 1987-1989) |
| Jack Richardson | | (3 episodes, 1988-1990) |
| Ken Solarz | | (3 episodes, 1988-1989) |
| Allan Weisbecker | | (2 episodes, 1984-1985) |
| Alfonse Ruggiero | | (2 episodes, 1984) |
| John Leekley | | (2 episodes, 1985-1986) |
| Frank Military | | (2 episodes, 1985-1986) |
| Jim Trombetta | | (2 episodes, 1985-1986) |
| Paul Diamond | | (2 episodes, 1985) |
| Robert Crais | | (2 episodes, 1986-1988) |
| David Jackson | | (2 episodes, 1986-1987) |
| Raymond Hartung | | (2 episodes, 1988-1989) |
| William Conway | | (2 episodes, 1989) |
| Philip Reed | | (1 episode, 1984) |
| Craig Bolotin | | (1 episode, 1986) |
| Wilton Crawley | | (1 episode, 1986) |
| W.K. Scott Meyer | | (1 episode, 1986) |
| Harold Rosenthal | | (1 episode, 1986) |
| Jaron Summers | | (1 episode, 1986) |
| Michael Berlin | | (1 episode, 1987) |
| Joseph DeBlasi | | (1 episode, 1987) |
| Thomas M. Disch | | (1 episode, 1987) |
| Eric Estrin | | (1 episode, 1987) |
| John Milius | | (1 episode, 1987) |
| Pamela Norris | | (1 episode, 1987) |
| Edward Tivnan | | (1 episode, 1987) |
| James Becket | | (1 episode, 1988) |
| Daniel Sackheim | | (1 episode, 1988) |
| Vladislavo Stepankutza | | (1 episode, 1988) |
| Rob Bragin | | (1 episode, 1989) |
| Robert Goethals | | (1 episode, 1989) |
| Richard Lourie | | (1 episode, 1989) |
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| Michael Ahnemann | | (unknown episodes) |
| Elvis Cole | | (unknown episodes) |
| Jeremy Lew | | (unknown episodes) |
| Ted Mann | | (unknown episodes) |
| Douglas Lloyd McIntosh | | (unknown episodes) |
| Alan Moskowitz | | (unknown episodes) |
| Gustave Reininger | | (unknown episodes) |
| Jack Thibeau | | (unknown episodes) |
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| Richard Brams | .... | producer / co-producer / ... (111 episodes, 1984-1990) |
| Michael Mann | .... | executive producer (110 episodes, 1984-1990) |
| John Nicolella | .... | producer (7 episodes, 1984-1986) |
| Liam O'Brien | .... | consulting producer / supervising producer (5 episodes, 1985-1986) |
| Donald L. Gold | .... | co-producer / co-producer: Miami (4 episodes, 1986-1990) |
| Michael Attanasio | .... | co-producer (3 episodes, 1986-1990) |
| Scott Shepherd | .... | supervising producer (3 episodes, 1988-1990) |
| Patti Kent | .... | associate producer (2 episodes, 1985-1986) |
| Daniel Sackheim | .... | associate producer (2 episodes, 1986-1988) |
| Thomas Cajka | .... | associate producer (2 episodes, 1988-1989) |
| Diane Isaacs | .... | associate producer (2 episodes, 1988-1989) |
| Robert Ward | .... | co-executive producer (2 episodes, 1988-1989) |
| Michael A. Cherubino | .... | producer (1 episode, 1984) |
| Anthony Yerkovich | .... | executive producer (1 episode, 1984) |
| Dick Wolf | .... | co-executive producer (1 episode, 1988-1989) |
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| Michael Duggan | .... | producer (unknown episodes, 1986-1989) |
| Michael Piller | .... | co-producer (unknown episodes, 1987) |
| Dennis Cooper | .... | co-producer (unknown episodes) |
| George E. Crosby | .... | co-producer (unknown episodes) |
| George Geiger | .... | executive producer (unknown episodes) |
| Christopher Morgan | .... | producer (unknown episodes) |
| Mel Swope | .... | producer (unknown episodes) |
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| Vince Nuccio | .... | sound (43 episodes, 1987-1990) |
| Joe Foglia | .... | sound (4 episodes, 1986-1989) |
| John A. Larsen | .... | supervising sound effect editor / sound editor (3 episodes, 1985-1986) |
| Michael R. Tromer | .... | sound (2 episodes, 1985-1986) |
| Mark P. Stoeckinger | .... | supervising sound effects editor (2 episodes, 1988-1989) |
| Bruce Bell | .... | sound editor (1 episode, 1984) |
| Barney Cabral | .... | adr editor (1 episode, 1984) |
| Victor B. Lackey | .... | sound editor (1 episode, 1984) |
| Ian MacGregor-Scott | .... | sound editor (1 episode, 1984) |
| Carl Mahakian | .... | sound editor (1 episode, 1984) |
| Charles E. Moran | .... | supervising sound editor (1 episode, 1984) |
| John Oettinger | .... | sound editor (1 episode, 1984) |
| Bernard F. Pincus | .... | sound editor (1 episode, 1984) |
| Warren Smith | .... | sound editor (1 episode, 1984) |
| Bruce Stambler | .... | sound editor (1 episode, 1984) |
| Michael D. Wilhoit | .... | sound editor (1 episode, 1984) |
| Paul Wittenberg | .... | adr editor (1 episode, 1984) |
| Kyle Wright | .... | sound editor (1 episode, 1984) |
| Scott Hecker | .... | supervising sound effect editor (1 episode, 1988) |
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| Gary Alexander | .... | sound re-recording mixer (unknown episodes) |
| Ed Callahan | .... | sound editor (unknown episodes) |
| Joseph D. Citarella | .... | sound mixer (unknown episodes) |
| Simon Coke | .... | sound editor (unknown episodes) |
| Craig Harris | .... | special surround sound design: sweeps week show (unknown episodes) |
| Grover B. Helsley | .... | sound mixer (unknown episodes) |
| Harry B. Miller III | .... | sound editor (unknown episodes) |
| Glenn T. Morgan | .... | sound effects editor (unknown episodes) |
| Bob Newlan | .... | sound editor (unknown episodes) |
| Robert R. Rutledge | .... | sound editor (unknown episodes) |
| Ron Scelza | .... | sound (unknown episodes) |
| Norto Sepulveda | .... | sound editor (unknown episodes) |
| Gary Vaughan | .... | sound editor (unknown episodes) |
| Mark Weber | .... | boom operator (unknown episodes) |
| Ray West | .... | sound mixer (unknown episodes) |
| Jay Wilkinson | .... | sound editor (unknown episodes) |
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| Kevin Williams | .... | production assistant (35 episodes, 1987-1990) |
| Victoria Tarazi | .... | assistant to producers (11 episodes, 1984) |
| Dennis Cooper | .... | executive script consultant / story editor (2 episodes, 1985-1986) |
| Raymond Hartung | .... | story editor (2 episodes, 1988-1989) |
| Peter McCabe | .... | executive story editor (2 episodes, 1988-1989) |
| Ken Solarz | .... | executive story consultant (2 episodes, 1988-1989) |
| Maria K. Chavez | .... | location manager (1 episode, 1984) |
| Simi Wein | .... | assistant production coordinator / assistant to producers (1 episode, 1984) |
| Peter Lance | .... | story editor (1 episode, 1988-1989) |
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| Fabio M. Arber | .... | key production assistant / location manager (unknown episodes, 1984-1989) |
| Dean Taucher | .... | visual consultant (unknown episodes, 1986-1987) |
| Mayo Sanchez | .... | location manager (unknown episodes, 1988-1989) |
| Betty Bennett | .... | script supervisor (unknown episodes) |
| Tom Brocato | .... | publicist (unknown episodes) |
| Tim Dinan | .... | assistant production office coordinator (unknown episodes) |
| Daniel Kellison | .... | production assistant (unknown episodes) |
| Nick Sloan | .... | stand-in (unknown episodes) |
| Sam Tedesco | .... | location manager (unknown episodes) |
| Sherry Thorup | .... | location manager (unknown episodes) |
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Additional Details
Also Known As:
Gold Coast (USA) (working title)
Miami Unworthiness (USA) (working title)
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Runtime:
USA:60 min (including commercials) (111 episodes) | Argentina:60 min (including commercials)
Color:
Color (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
1.33 : 1
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Trivia:
The idea for the look and tone of the show originated from NBC Exec
Brandon Tartikoff whom, after seeing the success of the cable music network MTV, pitched an idea of cops who looked like they'd just walked out of an MTV video. "Miami" Vice" was the result.
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Goofs:
Errors made by characters (possibly deliberate errors by the filmmakers): In the beginning of the episode "Calderon's Return, Part 1", a hired assassin, supposedly one of the best in the world, is seen putting on surgical gloves to keep his fingerprints off the gun he is about to use. However, before he puts on the gloves, he moves the gun off of them by touching the gun butt with his fingertips.
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Quotes:
Sonny Crockett:
You just got to learn to go with the heat, Rico. It's just like life. You just gotta keep telling yourself, no matter how hot it gets, sooner or later there's a cool breeze coming in.
Det. Ricardo Tubbs:
Should I write that down?
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Soundtrack:
In The Air Tonight
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"MIAMI VICE"-A Crime Drama Series Produced by Universal Television. Produced by Michael Mann. Number of Episodes Produced: 114 for NBC-TV. First Telecast of the Series: September 16,1984. Last Telecast of the Series: July 26, 1989.
NOTE: Michael Mann was also the show's creator as well as executive producer and sometimes head writer for several episodes,which he also directed. The series was filmed on location in Miami,Florida.
This show was one of NBC's Biggest Hits of the mid-1980's and it continued to remained so until the end of the decade. This show was a Friday Night Institution for five years of its run(1984-1989)and it went up against some tough competition including several shows that consisted of "Dallas","Falcon Crest",and others not to mention the newsmagazine "20/20",which was the prime-time lineup for Friday nights. The pulse and rhythm of a glamorous resort city of Miami,Florida was the juxtaposed against the seamy haunts of the drug underworld in this gritty action series,which made heavy use of rock music backgrounds and music video effects,not to mention some of the most violent content ever conceived for television happened on this show since it was shown later on Friday nights at the 10:00 hour. Sonny Crockett(Don Johnson)was a rough-edged Miami vice detective who lived on a sailboat called "St. Vitus' Dance",that was guarded by his dyspeptic pet alligator,Elvis,named after the singer Elvis Presley. Ricardo Tubbs(Philip Micheal-Thomas)was a black ex-New York street cop who had to come South to find the drug dealer who murdered his brother. They were an unlikely but effective team,working undercover on the flashy Gold Coast and down the seedy alleyways that made the city of Miami such a city of contrasts. Often they sped around town in Sonny's black Ferrari-Spider sports car(which was later upgraded to a state-of-the-art Ferrari Testarossa,custom-made just for the show). Lt. Castillo(Edward James-Olmos)was their moody superior,and Gina(Saundra Santiago)and her partner detective Trudy(Olivia Brown)were a hip female undercover team,while the other team consisted of Stan(Michael Talbott)and Larry(John Diehl)became the conventional backup.
The stylish,MTV-influenced series(music by rock composer Jan Hammer)was a smash hit that the show itself was one of the top-ten shows in the Nielsens for the first three seasons of its five year run,and was Emmy nominated twice,and transformed struggling actor Don Johnson into a major sex symbol,and made Philip Micheal-Thomas,who was an unknown actor at the time with several movies to his credit,became the heartthrob of fans.especially the women during the mid-1980's. It was also around the time the show was on the air,the soundtrack to the television series,Miami Vice,composed by Jan Hammer became a huge hit,and it was from the album that the show's theme song went on to win both the AMA(American Music Awards),and the Grammy for best instrumental score.
Getting to the character of Sonny Crockett,played by Don Johnson was an rough looking but cool as a cucumber with his expensive pastel sports jacket worn over a T-shirt,with stubbly beard,no socks,and an angry scowl started a fashion trend for those who were into the macho/grubbly look. Female characters on the show fawned over him-and usually got blown up or shot for their trouble. His partner,Ricardo Tubbs was the opposite,a clean cut individual who was always armed with weapons for any situation that came up and usually sometimes to bail Crockett outta a tight problem with some vicious murderer or ruthless drug lord. As for Crockett himself,he was a divorce widow who estranged wife and son were rarely seen,and later a quickie bride player by singer Sheena Easton appeared in several infrequently segments,occasionally as Caitlin Davies(for that one season during the 1987-1988 season)in the show's third season.
This hip-series attracted many famous celebrities,who were normally seen in TV acting roles to do cameos roles. This show had singers from the 1950's(Little Richard,Chuck Berry),the 1960's(James Brown,Eric Clapton),the 1970's(Patti LaBelle),the 1980's-a lot of music from that decade(Phil Collins,Tina Turner,Journey,Ted Nugent,Neil Young,Peter Gabriel,Gloria Esteban to rap groups like The Fat Boys and others)that really influenced this show. Other special guest stars included Watergate felon G. Gordon Liddy,who made quite an impression in the role of a sneaky Real Estate broker;also seen fleetingly were such special guest stars as boxing promoter Don King,boxing champ Roberto Duran,comedian Tommy Chong,the chairmen of Chrysler corporation,Lee Iacocca,and the President of NBC-TV,Brandon Tarkioff,as a bartender!