"The Lone Gunmen" (2001) TV series

Creators:

Chris Carter
Vince Gilligan
John Shiban
(more)

Seasons:

1

Release Date:

4 March 2001 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | Thriller | Comedy | Sci-Fi

Tagline:

Their missions aren't impossible... they just make them look that way.

Plot:

Spin-off of The X-Files featuring the trio of computer-hacking conspiracy geeks popularly known as The Lone Gunmen...

Plot Keywords:

Spin Off

Awards:

1 win

Cast

Bruce Harwood	...	John Fitzgerald Byers (13 episodes, 2001)
Tom Braidwood	...	Melvin Frohike (13 episodes, 2001)
Dean Haglund	...	Richard 'Ringo' Langly (13 episodes, 2001)
Zuleikha Robinson	...	Yves Adele Harlow (13 episodes, 2001)
Stephen Snedden	...	Jimmy Bond (12 episodes, 2001)

Series Directed by
Bryan Spicer		(6 episodes, 2001)
Richard Compton		(2 episodes, 2001)

Series Writing credits
Chris Carter		(13 episodes, 2001)
Vince Gilligan		(13 episodes, 2001)
John Shiban		(13 episodes, 2001)
Frank Spotnitz		(13 episodes, 2001)
Thomas Schnauz		(2 episodes, 2001)

Series Produced by
Chris Carter	....	executive producer (13 episodes, 2001)
Gigi Coello-Bannon	....	co-producer (13 episodes, 2001)
Vince Gilligan	....	executive producer (13 episodes, 2001)
John Peter Kousakis	....	co-executive producer (13 episodes, 2001)
John Shiban	....	executive producer (13 episodes, 2001)
Frank Spotnitz	....	executive producer (13 episodes, 2001)
Bryan Spicer	....	producer (12 episodes, 2001)

Series Original Music by
Mark Snow		(13 episodes, 2001)

Series Cinematography by
Robert McLachlan		(1 episode, 2001)
Barry Donlevy		(unknown episodes)

Series Film Editing by
Nina Gilberti		(4 episodes, 2001)
M. Edward Salier		(4 episodes, 2001)
Jimmy Sandoval		(unknown episodes)

Series Casting by
Heike Brandstatter		(1 episode, 2001)
Elizabeth Greenberg		(1 episode, 2001)
Coreen Mayrs		(1 episode, 2001)
April Webster		(1 episode, 2001)

Series Production Design by
Michael S. Bolton		(1 episode, 2001)
Mark S. Freeborn		(unknown episodes)

Series Art Direction by
James Steuart		(1 episode, 2001)
Catherine Ircha		(unknown episodes)

Series Set Decoration by
Louise Roper		(1 episode, 2001)
Mark Lane		(unknown episodes)

Series Costume Design by
Diane Widas		(1 episode, 2001)

Series Makeup Department
Joan Isaacson	....	makeup artist (1 episode, 2001)
Gina Sherritt	....	hair stylist (1 episode, 2001)
Kathleen P. Campbell	....	assistant hair stylist (unknown episodes)
Rachel Griffin	....	special makeup effects artist (unknown episodes)

Series Production Management
Kathy Gilroy-Sereda	....	production manager (1 episode, 2001)

Series Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Jack Hardy	....	first assistant director (9 episodes, 2001)
Akram Fakhfakh	....	second assistant director (unknown episodes)
Eddy Hardy	....	second assistant director: second unit (unknown episodes)
Jordan Roberts	....	third assistant director (unknown episodes)
Roger Scott Russell	....	second assistant director (unknown episodes)

Series Art Department
Frank Haddad	....	head greensman (13 episodes, 2001)
Michael Love	....	prop buyer (13 episodes, 2001)
David Perun	....	property master (12 episodes, 2001)
Douglas W. Beard	....	model maker (unknown episodes)
Grey Hill	....	sculptor (unknown episodes)

Series Sound Department
Daryl Powell	....	sound mixer (2 episodes, 2001)

Series Special Effects by
Bob Comer	....	special effects coordinator (1 episode, 2001)
Chris Sturges	....	special effects assistant (1 episode, 2001)
Dan Keeler	....	special effects first assistant (unknown episodes)
Harry Tomsic	....	fabricator (unknown episodes)

Series Visual Effects by
Michael Vaglienty	....	flame artist (13 episodes, 2001)
Brian Bell	....	digital artist (unknown episodes)
Corey Bramall	....	digital artist (unknown episodes)
Dan Brittain	....	digital artist (unknown episodes)
Trey Freeman	....	digital compositor: Encore Visual Effects (unknown episodes)
Craig Kuehne	....	visual effects (unknown episodes)
Sean Mullen	....	digital compositor: Encore Visual Effects (unknown episodes)
Ryan Thompson	....	visual effects producer (unknown episodes)

Series Stunts
Jim Dunn	....	stunts (1 episode, 2001)
Tony Morelli	....	stunt coordinator (1 episode, 2001)
Rick Morwick	....	stunt performer (1 episode, 2001)
Nick Allen	....	stunts (unknown episodes)
Lou Bollo	....	stunt coordinator (unknown episodes)
Janina Dall	....	stunt double: Zuleikha Robinson (unknown episodes)
Mike Desabrais	....	stunt double: Stephen Tobolowsky (unknown episodes)
Dave Hospes	....	stunts (unknown episodes)
Dave Lane	....	stunt rigger (unknown episodes)
Jovan Nenadic	....	stunt double: Tom Braidwood (unknown episodes)
Scott Nicholson	....	stunt skier (unknown episodes)
John Wardlow	....	stunt double: Tom Braidwood (unknown episodes)

Series Camera and Electrical Department
Richard Buckmaster	....	gaffer (13 episodes, 2001)
Gilbert Jamault	....	generator operator (13 episodes, 2001)
Dean Reca	....	dolly grip: "b" camera (13 episodes, 2001)
Stefan von Bjorn	....	Steadicam operator: "b" camera (11 episodes, 2001)
Chris Helcermanas-Benge	....	still photographer (3 episodes, 2001)
Terry Calhoun	....	gaffer / gaffer: second unit / ... (unknown episodes)
Garnet Durham	....	24 frame video operator (unknown episodes)
Lance Fisher	....	additional camera operator (unknown episodes)
Junichi Hosoi	....	Steadicam operator / camera operator: "b" camera (unknown episodes)
Mark Hryma	....	camera operator: Wescam camera (unknown episodes)
David Insley	....	director of photography: aerial unit (unknown episodes)
Klaus Melchior	....	video playback coordinator (unknown episodes)

Series Casting Department
Heike Brandstatter	....	casting: Vancouver (1 episode, 2001)
Errin Clutton	....	casting assistant: Canada (1 episode, 2001)
Elizabeth Greenberg	....	casting: Los Angeles (1 episode, 2001)
Coreen Mayrs	....	casting: Vancouver (1 episode, 2001)
Lisa Ratke	....	extras casting (1 episode, 2001)
April Webster	....	casting: Los Angeles (1 episode, 2001)

Series Costume and Wardrobe Department
Frances Sweeney	....	second unit set supervisor (12 episodes, 2001)

Series Editorial Department
Christopher J. Ray	....	post-production coordinator (9 episodes, 2001)

Series Music Department
Jeff Charbonneau	....	music editor (1 episode, 2001)
Larold Rebhun	....	scoring mixer (1 episode, 2001)
Barklie K. Griggs	....	music supervisor (unknown episodes)

Series Transportation Department
James Perenseff	....	transportation coordinator (2 episodes, 2001)

Series Other crew
Katie Forss	....	assistant accountant (13 episodes, 2001)
Scott Steyns	....	playback coordinator / computer playback (13 episodes, 2001)
Catherine Gordon	....	accounting clerk (12 episodes, 2001)
Darren Kaliciak	....	assistant to producers (12 episodes, 2001)
Donald Munro	....	assistant to producers (7 episodes, 2001)
Nick Marcou	....	production assistant (2 episodes, 2001)
Kurt A. Langenhahn	....	script coordinator (unknown episodes, 2000-2001)
Ron Blecker	....	technical advisor: military (unknown episodes)
Lisa M. Cairns	....	production assistant (unknown episodes)
Michael Chmara	....	production office assistant (unknown episodes)
Gennifer Hutchison	....	assistant to producers (unknown episodes)
Jedrzej Kowalski	....	assistant location manager (unknown episodes)
Nathan Lomax	....	production assistant (unknown episodes)
Ray McCort	....	aerial coordinator / helicopter pilot (unknown episodes)
Susan Nestibo	....	location scout (unknown episodes)
Jamie Payton	....	head wrangler (unknown episodes)
Andrew Simpson	....	animal coordinator (unknown episodes)
Geoff Teoli	....	location manager (unknown episodes)

Production Companies

• 20th Century Fox Television
• Millennium Canadian Productions Ltd.
• Ten Thirteen Productions

Distributors

• Fox Network (2001) (USA) (TV)
• 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment (2005) (USA) (DVD) (complete series)
• CanWest Global Communications
• Fox Television
• Fox (????) (Japan) (TV)
• RTL (2003) (Germany) (TV)

Special Effects

• Pixel Envy

Other Companies

• Aerial Cinema Productions  helicopters
• Alliance of Motion Picture & Television Producers (AMPTP)  acknowledgment (as AMPTP)
• Camera Shop, The  cameras by
• Entertainment Clearances  rights and clearances
• Hamagami/Carroll & Associates  logo design
• I.A.T.S.E. Local 669  acknowledgment (as I.A.T.S.E. 669 International Photographers Canada)
• Rainmaker Digital Pictures  dailies telecine
• Todd-AO Hollywood Digital  electronic assembly
• Wescam USA  camera equipment provided by

Runtime:

45 min

Country:

Canada | USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby (presented in Dolby Surround)

Certification:

Singapore:PG | New Zealand:M | Australia:M

Filming Locations:

New York City, New York, USA

Company:

20th Century Fox Television

Trivia:

After the series was canceled following the first season finale, an episode of "The X Files" (1993) was dedicated to wrapping up dangling plot lines from the series. In addition to featuring the Gunmen, who made their debut on The X-Files in 1994, the episode featured the return of Jimmy Bond (Stephen Snedden), Morris Fletcher ('Michael McKean'), Yves Adele Harlow (Zuleikha Robinson), and Kimmy the Geek (Jim Fyfe).

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "The X Files: Jump the Shark (#9.15)" (2002)

Soundtrack:

The Lone Gunmen

A television tour-de-force, good characters

I thought that the 2000-2001 TV season would be a blah year for science fiction after watching the pilot of James Cameron's "Dark Angel." I now see the error of my ways thanks to the Johnny-come-lately superhit "The Lone Gunmen." If I had to sum this show up in a few words, they would be "a futuristic version of 'The A-Team.'" I say that not only because the series follows the extraordinary adventures of four men and one woman who drive around in a van, but also due to the artful mix of adventure, humor, and intrigue that one can look forward to every Friday night with this show. A lot of the pleasure of watching "The Lone Gunmen" derives from the entertaining chemistry among the five main characters (four journalists and a secret agent), all of whom have distinct personalities that transcend stereotype and reveal the best and worst of human nature.

Byers - The straight man. Psychologically, he's the least developed of the five. Cool and professional, he pretty much runs things in the Gunmen's underground newspaper office. Like Fox Mulder from "The X-Files" (the show from which this one was spun off), he wants the truth and nothing but. He's convinced that the U.S. government has countless skeletons in its closet, and he wants to see justice done on behalf of his fellow citizenry. All very admirable, but he doesn't exactly get a lot of yuks.

Frohike - My favorite character on the show. Short, balding, and homely, he nevertheless displays the most humanity of all of them. He's not perfect, and he's often the butt of jokes. Yet even as you laugh at him, you feel for him. He's always ready for action, but his courage is tempered by a somewhat painful realization of the fact that he's hardly flashy and dynamic. Perhaps it's this lack of cockiness that guides Frohike's moral compass; he never fails to help anyone in need. Funny, decent, and eternally sympathetic, Frohike truly is a nice guy who finishes last - but he'll always be first in my book.

Langley - The smarty-pants of the bunch. Nothing out of the ordinary can ever happen without Langley making some sardonic comment about it. With his greasy blond hair, elitist spectacles, and superciliously aquiline nose, Langley would be pretty hard to like if his withering remarks weren't so darn funny. I'd say that roughly 50 percent of the laughs on "The Lone Gunmen" come from Langley's bon mots.

Jimmy - All you really need to know about Jimmy Bond is that he was formerly the coach of a football team composed entirely of blind players. Jimmy is a robust idealist, his eyes so full of stars that one could almost call them galaxies. He can be mind-numbingly naive at times, but his sense of integrity never lets him rest when injustice is done. Don't be fooled by his valley-boy, surfer-dude inflection; Jimmy's more than just another dumb blond.

Eve - This shadowy operative looks and dresses like a grown-up version of Jessica Alba's character from "Angel," and has much of her attitude to boot. Though a casual acquaintance of The Lone Gunmen, Eve is ultimately a tough loner whose penchant for amorality is backed up by a British accent that fairly drips with condescension. Not somebody you'd want to cross, she is. And yet, like all of us, deep down inside all she probably really wants is a few friends. She does manage to help the Gunmen out of many a scrape, and there have been hints that her relationship with Jimmy is not as platonic as it first appears; stay tuned.

Five personalities, all of them strikingly different. Yet when they get together, magic inevitably accompanies the fireworks. It's brilliant ensemble playing like this that puts "The Lone Gunmen" a few notches above the other run-of-the-mill sci-fi shows. On second thought, maybe it's unfair to call it a sci-fi show. I enjoy it simply because it's a humorous, thought-provoking exploration of human nature.