Series 7: The Contenders

2001
R
1h 26min

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Agrega una trama en tu idiomaA TV program selects people at random to kill one another for fame and their freedom.A TV program selects people at random to kill one another for fame and their freedom.A TV program selects people at random to kill one another for fame and their freedom.

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Premios
- 3 premios ganados y 4 nominaciones en total

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Series 7: The Contenders

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Trivia
Writer/Director Daniel Minahan's childhood friend, Dawn Lagarto, is given a "Special Thanks" credit. He originally wrote the story using her name for the main character. When it came time to start filming the producers had legal concerns regarding the use of a real person's name, but actress Brooke Smith felt an affinity for the name and wanted to retain it for her character. Minahan called the real Dawn Lagarto and got her blessing to use the name. The real Dawn Lagarto is not an unwed mother, has never participated in a reality TV series, and has never killed anyone.

Errores
The truck Tony drives off with the baby in is a Ford Ranger (a mid-size truck). The stock footage of a chase from a helicopter shows a truck that is supposed to be Tony's, but is now a full-sized Chevy. Back in the close-ups, it's a Ford Ranger again.

Citas
[After taking a movie audience hostage]
Dawn Lagarto: Bring my baby here or else innocent people are gonna die!
[Audience members applaud and cheer.]
Dawn Lagarto: That means YOU, ASSHOLES!
[Audience shuts up.]

Créditos curiosos
After the title credits, a warning appears "Due to the graphic nature of this program, viewer discretion is advised."

Versiones alternativas
The DVD version includes deleted scenes that are viewed seperately. They include:
The reunion with Dawn's family is extended.
A scene of Franklin refusing the radio/GPS rig and explaining why he lives in a lead-lined shack.
A scene where Franklin is looking in the mirror and mentally preparing himself before he receives the note.
Franklin's speech in the mall is extended.
A scene with Connie's priest, where he explains in an interview that he's a fan of the show, that he recognized Connie's voice in the confessional, and that he hopes that she confesses for the two murders before she herself dies.
'Man-on-the-street' interviews.
The 'real' ending, which we are told in the film that the footage was destroyed and then are presented a dramatization of the events. The 'real' ending is, when presented with the choice of killing one another, Jeff and Dawn put the guns down, run out of the theatre, were they meet a crowd of disgruntled fans. The fans give chase after them and, after catching them entering their SUV, begin beating them, presumably to death. This explains why, at the end of the film, Doria is proclaiming that she's been framed and why Jeff survived.
An interview with Laura with Dawn's baby, where she renames the baby Dawn and says she's proud of her sister.
A PSA from Doria about checking for testicular cancer.

Conexiones
Featured in Siskel & Ebert & the Movies: The Million Dollar Hotel/The Invisible Circus/Head Over Heels (2001)

Bandas sonoras
Meet The Contenders
Written and Performed by Girls Against Boys
Published by Action Collar Music/EMI/Blackwood Music/BMI
Copyright 2000 Geffen Records;
Girls Against Boys appears courtesy of Geffen Records

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7/10

The Ultimate Reality Show

This is the ultimate show of its kind - six people play a 'Survivor' game, but this is real survival - they will kill one another until only one survives. They are selected by chance, we have no clue why, and there seems to be no price. The only thing the winner earns is getting enrolled in another mortal round.

The formula works pretty well for the first half. Good, fast filming, credible acting, interesting characters. The problem is that by the second half the needed development of the characters does not happen, and for lack of anything else the script falls into previsible melodrama. It's a miss, but still the film is worth viewing, and it really says something about our sensation thirsty society.