Klondike (miniseries)
| Klondike | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Historical drama |
| Based on |
Gold Diggers: Striking It Rich in the Klondike by Charlotte Gray |
| Screenplay by | Paul Scheuring Josh Goldin Rachel Abramowitz |
| Directed by | Simon Cellan Jones |
| Starring |
Richard Madden Abbie Cornish Marton Csokas Ian Hart Greg Lawson Conor Leslie Tim Blake Nelson Augustus Prew Johnny Simmons Tim Roth Sam Shepard |
| Theme music composer | Adrian Johnston |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of episodes | 3 |
| Production | |
| Producer(s) |
Ridley Scott Paul Scheuring David W. Zucker John Morayniss Michael Rosenberg Eileen O'Neill Dolores Gavin Chad Oakes Mike Frislev Clara George Josh Goldin Rachel Abramowitz |
| Cinematography | Mike Eley |
| Editor(s) | Oral Norrie Ottey Kristina Hetherington |
| Running time | 272 minutes |
| Production company(s) |
Scott Free Productions Discovery Channel Entertainment One Nomadic Pictures |
| Release | |
| Original network | Discovery Channel |
| Original release | January 20 – January 22, 2014 |
| External links | |
| Website | |
Klondike is a three-part mini-series by the Discovery Channel that was broadcast on January 20–22, 2014. It was the network's first-ever scripted miniseries and was directed by Simon Cellan Jones and executive produced by Ridley Scott. Klondike stars Richard Madden and Augustus Prew as two adventurers who travel to the Yukon, Canada, in the late 1890s during the Klondike Gold Rush.
The story centers on the friendship of two adventurers, Bill Haskell and Byron Epstein, as they travel Northwest during the Klondike Gold Rush. Along the way they "must navigate harsh conditions, unpredictable weather and desperate, dangerous characters", yet supported by mill owner Belinda Mulrooney and aspiring writer Jack London.
Klondike was green-lit by the Discovery Channel in December 2012. The network believed the miniseries would complement their other offerings, such as the reality series Gold Rush and Jungle Gold. Executive producer Dolores Gavin stated, "Our audience loves the idea of the frontier spirit. That whole thing about man versus nature, man versus man, man versus self—those are themes we talk about everyday on Discovery. There was really no difference when we started talking about this project because there were those similarities." It is the network's first-ever scripted miniseries, and contains six parts.
Set in the late 1890s, it is based upon Charlotte Gray's book Gold Diggers: Striking It Rich in the Klondike and follows a variety of individuals as they flood into the Klondike in search of gold.Ridley Scott is serving as executive producer, and said "Klondike was the last great gold rush; one which triggered a flood of prospectors ill-equipped, emotionally or otherwise, for the extreme and grueling conditions of the remote Yukon wilderness. The personal adventures are as epic as the landscape, where ambition, greed, sex and murder, as well as their extraordinary efforts to literally strike it rich, are all chronicled by a young Jack London himself."Paul Scheuring, Josh Goldin and Rachel Abramowitz are penning the script.
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