Texas Rising
| Texas Rising | |
|---|---|
| Written by |
Leslie Greif Darrell Fetty George Nihil |
| Directed by | Roland Joffé |
| Starring |
Bill Paxton Jeffrey Dean Morgan Olivier Martinez Thomas Jane Crispin Glover Jeremy Davies Rhys Coiro Christopher McDonald Max Thieriot Cynthia Addai-Robinson Robert Knepper Chad Michael Murray Jeff Fahey Sarah Jones Joe Egender Robert Baker Stephen Monroe Taylor Trevor Donovan Special Appearance by Rob Morrow Kris Kristofferson as 'Andrew Jackson' with Brendan Fraser and Ray Liotta |
| Theme music composer |
Bruce Broughton John Debney José Feliciano (featured guitar soloist) |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of episodes | 5 (list of episodes) |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | Leslie Greif |
| Producer(s) | Roland Joffé Batán Silva Joanne Rubino Herb Nanas Darrell Fetty |
| Cinematography | Arthur Reinhart |
| Editor(s) | Don Cassidy |
| Running time | 600 minutes |
| Production company(s) |
A+E Studios ITV Studios America ThinkFactory Media |
| Distributor | History Channel |
| Release | |
| Original network | History |
| Original release | May 25 – June 15, 2015 |
| External links | |
| Website | |
Texas Rising is a 2015 History Channel 10-hour television miniseries based on the Texas Revolution against Mexico and how the Texas Rangers were created. It is directed by Roland Joffé and premiered on May 25, 2015. The series stars Bill Paxton, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Ray Liotta, Brendan Fraser, Olivier Martinez and Cynthia Addai-Robinson.
Opening Introduction: (narrator):
Filming began around June 2014 in Durango, Mexico. The series is from A+E Studios and ITV Studios America, produced by Thinkfactory Media with Leslie Greif as executive producer. Actor Jeffrey Dean Morgan ate a can of tuna a day to lose 40 pounds for his role as Deaf Smith.
The first teaser trailer was released on January 25, 2015, during Sons of Liberty, which revealed a "Memorial Day" release date and featured the tagline, "The Alamo wasn't the end. It was the beginning."
The series premiered in Australia on 19 August 2015 on FX Australia.
The media coverage about the series was somewhat negative, with some debate over if the right blend between historical accuracy and poetic license had been reached - with some sources saying that a channel calling itself "History" invited greater scrutiny on the question:
Review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes gives the miniseries a rating of 13% based on 15 reviews, with an average rating of 5.1/10. The site's consensus states, "Tedious and forgettable, Texas Rising is full of offensive stereotypes and a messy multitude of unfocused characters and narratives."Metacritic gives the miniseries a score of 52 out of 100, based on 12 reviews, indicating "mixed reviews".
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