"Mad Men" (2007) TV series 2007-????

User Rating:

8.9/10   

Creator:

Matthew Weiner

Seasons:

1 | 2 | 3

Release Date:

July 2007 (USA)

Genre:

Drama

Tagline:

Where The Truth Lies ...

Plot:

A drama about one of New York's most prestigious ad agencies at the beginning of the 1960s, focusing on one of the firm's most mysterious but extremely talented ad executives, Donald Draper.

Plot Keywords:

1960s | Secretary | New York City | Advertising | Marriage

Awards:

Won 3 Golden Globes. Another 30 wins & 47 nominations

US TV Schedule:

Sun. Nov. 8	10:00 PM	AMC	Shut the Door. Have a Seat	#3.13
Sun. Nov. 8	11:00 PM	AMC	Shut the Door. Have a Seat	#3.13

Cast

Jon Hamm	...	Don Draper (39 episodes, 2007-2009)
Elisabeth Moss	...	Peggy Olson (39 episodes, 2007-2009)
Vincent Kartheiser	...	Pete Campbell / ... (39 episodes, 2007-2009)
Christina Hendricks	...	Joan Holloway / ... (39 episodes, 2007-2009)
Bryan Batt	...	Salvatore Romano (39 episodes, 2007-2009)
January Jones	...	Betty Draper / ... (39 episodes, 2007-2009)
Michael Gladis	...	Paul Kinsey (39 episodes, 2007-2009)
Aaron Staton	...	Ken Cosgrove (39 episodes, 2007-2009)
Rich Sommer	...	Harry Crane (39 episodes, 2007-2009)
John Slattery	...	Roger Sterling (36 episodes, 2007-2009)
Kiernan Shipka	...	Sally Draper (35 episodes, 2007-2009)
Robert Morse	...	Bertram Cooper (26 episodes, 2007-2009)
Emelle	...	Secretary (25 episodes, 2007-2009)
Julie McNiven	...	Hildy (20 episodes, 2007-2009)
Alison Brie	...	Trudy Campbell (19 episodes, 2007-2009)
Eve Curtis	...	Secretary / ... (19 episodes, 2007-2009)
Mark Moses	...	Herman 'Duck' Phillips (16 episodes, 2007-2009)
Alexa Alemanni	...	Allison (16 episodes, 2007-2009)

Runtime:

Israel:45 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Certification:

USA:TV-14 | Australia:M | Australia:PG (some episodes)

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles Center Studios - 450 S. Bixel Street, Downtown, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

American Movie Classics (AMC)

Trivia:

Sally's teacher is first introduced on the show dancing around a maypole with her students. The teacher character is named Suzanne Farrell, after one of the most famous American ballerinas of the 1960s, '70s, and '80s.

Quotes:

Don Draper: I want you to do something for me Pete. I want you to get a cardboard box, and put all your stuff in it.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "The Jay Leno Show: (#1.5)" (2009)

Magnum Opus of the medium TV, Mad Men are terrific and genius.

I must admit I'm more likely to be shocked how many users find this drama dull.I remember the night I had the chance to gaze at one of episodes for couple of minutes.Betty posing for a coke ad didn't seem charming or appealing to me at all, I changed the channel...

Long after the series won the Emmies, beautiful tunes of David Carnobora buzzed into my ear via commercials and I thought I might have to get the complete DVD.

HBO absolutely made their worst business move maybe in their history by dissing this show.Cos Made Men is clever, cool, charismatic, sexy but more over it's targeting the audience HBO has created over years.Not random Americans who switch between Idol, a weirdo doctors unpleasant patients who will recover thanks to him or ugly police officers digging a carpet for a strand to discover a guy who you already know committed a homicide.

OK lemme tell you about why I adore this show.Mad Men is ultimately written by people who has a giant caliber of creativity and talent.This show demands the audience to be careful, tedious, curious about what they are watching.This show is not to be figured out in a single episode.After I completed season one I had some feeling towards what Weiner had in his mind while pitching the series to channel executives.Do not let the name fool you, Mad Men is not about ad- business or copywriters, show merely talks about ads, even when they are doing an ad.It is about America, how America transferred itself -and the world which depended on it- through out the sixties.In which manners capitalism can market itself with big lies.

By showing us the differences between 60's and 2000's series easily projects ideas about our time during a past decade.Characters in the show are so real, then I mean not just protagonist Don Draper, every other big, tiny or one time characters gets his/her time on screen and therefore show builds up a magnificent universe which you believe it exits and roam safely.Mad Men is not show yelling or speaking out loud, it politely whispers...We the audience witness a group of peoples lives in NYC, Matthew Weiner cleverly puts mile stone political, social events of USA balanced with everyday life of people as well, balanced fastidiously.The one biggest disappointing down side of Mad Men is that there are almost zero on-location shootings.We never get to see the - city- or anything else.This gives the feeling of being locked in sometimes for the viewer.Cast is totally cool and sexy with their superb retro wardrobe.Jon Hamm is the perfect choice for a lead, January Jones is so sexy that you can't get her out of your mind.Smokey, brownish production design is sweet and elegant.Also soundtrack selecting is so much joyful.

I can't say Mad Men is an easy chew.You have to be patient also alert.As I sad you can get a clear feeling only after watching an entire season.Do you want to watch the same TV shows over seasons or want some fun, intelligent brain gymnastics ? The codes of Mad Men are there to decode for your own sake.Do not miss it...