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SOME REASONS WHY SUCCESS WAS LOST TO THIS TELEVISION PILOT., 7 May 2004
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rsoonsa (rsoonsa@bandbbooks.com) from Mountain Mesa, California
After Carroll O'Connor's television tenure as Archie Bunker was peremptorily
ended, he immediately moved to develop a pair of concepts as means of
continuing his weekly serial television career; IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT was
successful whereas BRASS was not, and for sufficient reason. BRASS shows
effects from its TV pedigree stamped liberally upon it, including such as
freeze frames during its opening and closing moments, surges of unsubtle
music as commercial interruptions apparently near, in addition to other
integral elements, in particular distinctly deferred resolutions for some
scenes and characters. O'Connor is Frank Nolan, Chief of Detectives for the
New York Police Department, tasked to solve two separate crimes, one
concerning murders of geriatric victims in Penn Station and the other a
multiple homicide in the CBS parking structure, with Nolan not realistically
being given the assignment by the Police Commissioner who has opted to bank
upon his top-ranked investigator to personally apprehend the killers.
Together with his sleuthing, Nolan offers his opinions to nearly everyone
upon him upon a wide range of subjects and also lobbies to save the police
pension of a boyhood friend who has been discovered associating with known
criminals and is at risk of being fired as a result. Co-scriptor O'Connor,
an excellent actor, contributes polished timing and some clever business but
at no time convinces as a Chief of Detectives, this being the film's most
glaring drawback, although it is as well riddled with incongruities and
continuity failings. Paul Shenar wins the acting laurels - he portrays the
principal villain - while good turns are contributed by supporting players
Richard Bright and Al Mancini, also answering to the Forces of Evil.
Direction by Corey Allen is not routine, and he utilizes the camera to
fashion a mise-en-scene that includes a good deal of invention, while
Robert Gundlach's appropriate design should not be overlooked.
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