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Poster for Klondike

Klondike

2014 · 1 season

A rugged, snowbound slog through mud and greed, handsome but grim, with frontier hardship pressing down on every scene.

Created by
Simon Cellan Jones, Paul T. Scheuring
Genres
Drama, Western
Starring
Richard Madden, Augustus Prew, Abbie Cornish
Overview
The lives of two childhood best friends, Bill and Epstein, in the late 1890s as they flock to the gold rush capital in the untamed Yukon Territory. This man-versus-nature tale places our heroes in a land full of undiscovered wealth, but ravaged by harsh conditions, unpredictable weather and desperate, dangerous characters including greedy businessmen, seductive courtesans and native tribes witnessing the destruction of their people and land by opportunistic entrepreneurs.

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Created by
Simon Cellan Jones, Paul T. Scheuring
Genres
Drama, Western
Starring
Richard Madden, Augustus Prew, Abbie Cornish
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Tone
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • bleakstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • greed
  • survival
  • friendship
  • ambition
  • corruption
Places
  • wilderness
  • small town
  • countryside
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • serialised
  • true story
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence strong
  • Sex mild
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action5
Horror3
Humour2
Realism7
Romance3
Tension6
Darkness6
Complexity5
Emotional weight6

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Details

Genres
drama, western
Created by
Simon Cellan Jones, Paul T. Scheuring, Rachel Abramowitz
Written by
Joshua Goldin, Rachel Abramowitz, Paul T. Scheuring
Starring
Richard Madden, Augustus Prew, Abbie Cornish, Conor Leslie, Marton Csokas, Ian Hart, Greg Lawson, Tim Blake Nelson
Music
Adrian Johnston
Cinematography
Mike Eley
Length
1 seasons, 3 episodes, 120 min each
Network
Discovery
Country
Canada, United States of America
Languages
English

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