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"Profit" (1996): :  -- US Home Video Trailer from Anchor Bay Entertainment

Overview

User Rating:
8.7/10   805 votes
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Release Date:
8 April 1996 (USA) more
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Plot:
Jim Profit works for a multinational company, and isn't above using any means necessary to get ahead... more
Awards:
1 nomination more
User Reviews:
If it had been on HBO it would have buried anything on TV more (46 total)

Cast

 (Series Cast Summary - 8 of 18)

Adrian Pasdar ... Jim Profit (8 episodes, 1996-1997)

Lisa Darr ... Gail Koner (8 episodes, 1996-1997)
Lisa Blount ... Bobbi Stakowski (8 episodes, 1996-1997)

Jack Gwaltney ... Pete Gracen (8 episodes, 1996-1997)
Allison Hossack ... Nora Gracen (8 episodes, 1996-1997)

Keith Szarabajka ... Charles Henry "Chaz" Gracen (8 episodes, 1996-1997)

Lisa Zane ... Joanne Meltzer (8 episodes, 1996-1997)

Sherman Augustus ... Jeffrey Sykes (7 episodes, 1996-1997)
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Series Directed by
Robert Iscove (4 episodes, 1996-1997)
 
Series Writing credits
David Greenwalt (4 episodes, 1996-1997)
John McNamara (3 episodes, 1996-1997)

Series Produced by
Stephen J. Cannell .... executive producer / producer (8 episodes, 1996-1997)
David Greenwalt .... executive producer (8 episodes, 1996-1997)
Robert Iscove .... co-executive producer / producer (8 episodes, 1996-1997)
John McNamara .... executive producer (8 episodes, 1996-1997)
Connie Dolphin .... associate producer (7 episodes, 1996-1997)
Fiona Duncanson .... associate producer (7 episodes, 1996-1997)
W.K. Scott Meyer .... co-producer (7 episodes, 1996-1997)
John B. Moranville .... producer (7 episodes, 1996-1997)
 
Series Original Music by
Walter Murphy (7 episodes, 1996-1997)
Mike Post (2 episodes, 1996)
 
Series Cinematography by
Peter F. Woeste (5 episodes, 1996-1997)
Rodney Charters (3 episodes, 1996)
 
Series Film Editing by
Alan L. Shefland (4 episodes, 1996-1997)
Casey O. Rohrs (3 episodes, 1996-1997)
 
Series Casting by
Simon Ayer (7 episodes, 1996-1997)
 
Series Production Design by
Richard Hudolin (1 episode, 1996)
 
Series Art Direction by
Glen W. Pearson (7 episodes, 1996-1997)

Bridget McGuire (unknown episodes)
 
Series Set Decoration by
Michael Bethune (8 episodes, 1996-1997)
Lesley Beale (7 episodes, 1996-1997)
 
Series Costume Design by
Gregory Mah (7 episodes, 1996-1997)
 
Series Makeup Department
Dianne Pelletier .... makeup artist (8 episodes, 1996-1997)
Michael Pachal .... hair stylist (7 episodes, 1996-1997)

Debra Regnier .... assistant makeup artist (unknown episodes)
 
Series Production Management
Hugh Spencer-Phillips .... production manager (7 episodes, 1996-1997)
 
Series Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Sheila Carpenter .... second assistant director (7 episodes, 1996-1997)
John Mavrogeorge .... third assistant director (7 episodes, 1996-1997)
Richard Coleman .... first assistant director (4 episodes, 1996-1997)
Tim Sereda .... first assistant director (4 episodes, 1996-1997)

Andy Mikita .... first assistant director (unknown episodes)
 
Series Art Department
Frank Haddad .... head greensman (8 episodes, 1996-1997)
Brent Lane .... property master (7 episodes, 1996-1997)

Chris Claridge .... construction coordinator (unknown episodes)
Barry Kootchin .... head scenic artist (unknown episodes)
Kimberley Regent .... property buyer (unknown episodes)
Chris Sneddon .... construction foreman (unknown episodes)
 
Series Sound Department
Ken Biehl .... sound re-recording mixer (8 episodes, 1996-1997)
Michael Keeping .... foley artist (8 episodes, 1996-1997)
Greg Stewart .... sound re-recording mixer (8 episodes, 1996-1997)
David Husby .... sound mixer (7 episodes, 1996-1997)

Stephen Cheung .... adr mixer / dialogue editor (unknown episodes)
 
Series Special Effects by
Andrew Chamberlayne .... special effects coordinator (8 episodes, 1996-1997)
 
Series Visual Effects by
Michelle Comens .... visual effects coordinator (8 episodes, 1996-1997)
Marusha Xeros .... visual effects coordinator (6 episodes, 1996-1997)

Eric Alba .... visual effects supervisor: Northwest Imaging & FX (unknown episodes)
Steward Burris .... computer graphic artist: North West Imaging & FX (unknown episodes)
Paul Patrick Quinn .... visual effects producer (unknown episodes)
 
Series Stunts
Kirk Jarrett .... stunt coordinator (3 episodes, 1996-1997)
Danny Virtue .... stunt coordinator (2 episodes, 1996-1997)

Scott Nicholson .... stunts (unknown episodes)
 
Series Camera and Electrical Department
Andrew Mulkani .... key grip (7 episodes, 1996-1997)
Paul Slatter .... gaffer (7 episodes, 1996-1997)
Julian Chojnacki .... camera operator (4 episodes, 1996)
David Crone .... camera operator (4 episodes, 1997)
Lecily Corbett .... assistant camera (2 episodes, 1996)
 
Series Casting Department
Stacey Levy .... casting associate: Los Angeles (7 episodes, 1996-1997)
Lindsay Walker .... casting: Vancouver (7 episodes, 1996-1997)
 
Series Music Department
Libby Pedersen .... music editor (7 episodes, 1996-1997)
Mike Post .... composer: theme music (6 episodes, 1996-1997)

David Sibley .... music supervisor (unknown episodes)
 
Series Transportation Department
Allan Morgan .... transportation coordinator (7 episodes, 1996-1997)

James Perenseff .... transportation manager: Cannell (unknown episodes)
 
Series Other crew
Kim Cowan .... unit publicist (8 episodes, 1996-1997)
Grace Curcio .... assistant: Stephen J. Cannell (8 episodes, 1996-1997)
Bruce L. Brownstein .... location manager (7 episodes, 1996-1997)
Candice Field .... script supervisor (7 episodes, 1996-1997)
Kyle Ham .... assistant: Chris Thompson / assistant to executive producer (7 episodes, 1996-1997)
Shana Fischer Huber .... assistant to executive producer (7 episodes, 1996-1997)
Erica Maletz .... production coordinator (7 episodes, 1996-1997)
Scott Steyns .... playback coordinator (6 episodes, 1996-1997)
Jacqueline Lovejoy .... publicist (4 episodes, 1996)

Danny Ho .... computer playback operator (unknown episodes)
Susan Murray .... assistant production coordinator (unknown episodes)
Darren Robertson .... playback coordinator (unknown episodes)
 

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Additional Details

Runtime:
45 min (7 episodes) | 90 min (pilot)
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Aspect Ratio:
1.33 : 1 more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Was inspired by the touring stage version of "Richard III". more
Quotes:
Charles Henry "Chaz" Gracen: Gee is that all? I mean, after this comes out, I might still be able to get a job... wearing a hair net and asking "Would you like fries with that?" more
Movie Connections:
Referenced in Cement (1999) more

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13 out of 14 people found the following review useful.
If it had been on HBO it would have buried anything on TV, 26 August 2005
Author: Marc from Toronto, Canada

People often go on about the death of network television and wonder why networks like HBO are simply crushing network TV, and I can point to Profit and say here is a primary example of why Networks can't compete.

This show is simply shocking, revolving around perhaps one of the most evil main characters to grace network TV, with a very dark past, and an even darker present. Fox simply got cold feet because it was just too much for 1996 and the majority of the Bible Belt went nuts over the concepts in this show and just crushed it. It was too smart for Fox which is really unfortunate, but if it had been on HBO two or three years later and they would have been allowed to truly get into the dark angle of this show that only cable networks seem to be able to do, we would be discussing how many Emmy's Adrian Pasdar had won.

I never watched it on TV, and the DVD was my first chance to really get a look at it, and it was simply light years ahead of its time.

-Z

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