"Breaking Bad" (2008) TV series

Creator:

Vince Gilligan
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Seasons:

1 | 2 | 3

Release Date:

January 2008 (USA)

Genre:

Crime | Drama

Tagline:

The end justifies the extreme.

Plot:

A drama about a high school chemistry teacher who's suffering from the world's worst case of mid-life crisis and becomes a criminal.

Plot Keywords:

Pregnancy | Motor Home | Controversy | Camper | Marital Relations

Awards:

Won 4 Primetime Emmys. Another 6 wins & 15 nominations

Cast

Bryan Cranston	...	Walter H. White (20 episodes, 2008-2009)
Anna Gunn	...	Skyler White (20 episodes, 2008-2009)
Aaron Paul	...	Jesse Pinkman (20 episodes, 2008-2009)
Dean Norris	...	Hank (20 episodes, 2008-2009)
Betsy Brandt	...	Marie (20 episodes, 2008-2009)
RJ Mitte	...	Walter White Jr. / ... (20 episodes, 2008-2009)
Steven Michael Quezada	...	Gomez / ... (11 episodes, 2008-2009)

Series Directed by
Adam Bernstein		(3 episodes, 2008-2009)
Bryan Cranston		(2 episodes, 2009)
Terry McDonough		(2 episodes, 2009)

Series Writing credits
Vince Gilligan		(18 episodes, 2008-2009)
Peter Gould		(3 episodes, 2008-2009)
George Mastras		(3 episodes, 2008-2009)
John Shiban		(2 episodes, 2009)

Series Produced by
Vince Gilligan	....	executive producer (20 episodes, 2008-2009)
Diane Mercer	....	associate producer (13 episodes, 2009)
Melissa Bernstein	....	co-producer / producer (8 episodes, 2008)
Mark Johnson	....	executive producer (7 episodes, 2008)
Karen Moore	....	producer (7 episodes, 2008)
Patty Lin	....	producer (6 episodes, 2008)
Stewart Lyons	....	co-producer (6 episodes, 2008)
Gina Scheerer	....	associate producer (2 episodes, 2008)

Series Original Music by
Dave Porter		(20 episodes, 2008-2009)

Series Cinematography by
Michael Slovis		(13 episodes, 2009)
Reynaldo Villalobos		(6 episodes, 2008)

Series Film Editing by
Lynne Willingham		(9 episodes, 2008-2009)
Kelley Dixon		(6 episodes, 2008-2009)
Skip MacDonald		(5 episodes, 2008-2009)

Series Casting by
Sharon Bialy		(9 episodes, 2008-2009)
Sherry Thomas		(7 episodes, 2008)

Series Production Design by
Robb Wilson King		(8 episodes, 2008-2009)

Series Art Direction by
Marisa Frantz		(13 episodes, 2008-2009)
Bjarne Sletteland		(7 episodes, 2009)

Series Set Decoration by
Brenda Meyers-Ballard		(13 episodes, 2009)
Susan Magestro		(7 episodes, 2008-2009)

Series Costume Design by
Kathleen Detoro		(20 episodes, 2008-2009)

Series Makeup Department
Frieda Valenzuela	....	makeup department head / makeup artist (17 episodes, 2008-2009)
Corey Welk	....	key makeup artist / assistant makeup artist (17 episodes, 2008-2009)
Lori Ann Baker	....	department head hair / hair stylist / ... (8 episodes, 2008-2009)
Jennifer Jane	....	assistant hair stylist (5 episodes, 2008)
Georgia Allen	....	assistant makeup artist (5 episodes, 2009)
Catherine Conrad	....	assistant makeup artist / hair stylist (2 episodes, 2008-2009)
Sara Roybal	....	assistant makeup artist (2 episodes, 2008-2009)
Debra Clair	....	assistant hair stylist / hair stylist (2 episodes, 2008)
Patricia Greer	....	additional makeup artist (2 episodes, 2008)
Anthony Grow	....	assistant makeup artist (2 episodes, 2008)

Series Production Management
Cynthia Stegner	....	post-production executive (20 episodes, 2008-2009)
Stewart Lyons	....	unit production manager (7 episodes, 2008)
Andrew Ortner	....	post-production supervisor (4 episodes, 2008)

Series Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Stephen Dudycha	....	additional second assistant director (6 episodes, 2008)
Michael Slovis	....	second unit director (5 episodes, 2009)
Polly Ann Mattson	....	first assistant director (4 episodes, 2008)
Sean Hobin	....	first assistant director (3 episodes, 2008)

Series Art Department
Steve Brown	....	mill foreman / propmaker / ... (20 episodes, 2008-2009)
Ram Goradia	....	gang boss / swing gang / ... (20 episodes, 2008-2009)
Steven Maes	....	lead graphic designer / graphic designer (19 episodes, 2008-2009)
Ester Kim	....	buyer / set decoration buyer (14 episodes, 2009)
Vicki M. McWilliams	....	art department coordinator (14 episodes, 2009)
Mark Bankins	....	on-set dresser (13 episodes, 2009)
Christian Di Salvo	....	set dresser (13 episodes, 2009)
Michael Flowers	....	leadman (13 episodes, 2009)
Mark Hansen	....	property master (13 episodes, 2009)
Trina E. Siopy	....	assistant property master (13 episodes, 2009)
Dennis Riewerts	....	draper (11 episodes, 2008-2009)
Orlando R. Montoya	....	set dresser (9 episodes, 2009)
Amy Giedraitis	....	assistant property master / props (8 episodes, 2008-2009)
Juan Souter	....	leadperson / leadman (7 episodes, 2008-2009)
Jodi Nichols	....	art department coordinator / construction auditor (7 episodes, 2008)
Michael Chochol	....	props assistant (6 episodes, 2008)
Celeste Cole	....	on-set dresser (6 episodes, 2008)
William 'W' Gilpin	....	construction coordinator (6 episodes, 2008)
Lawrence Tolle	....	props (6 episodes, 2008)
Jeffri Welsh	....	property master (6 episodes, 2008)
Robin Scala	....	art department assistant (6 episodes, 2009)
Leandro Di Salvo	....	set dresser (5 episodes, 2009)
Robbie Mueller	....	set dresser (4 episodes, 2008-2009)
Andy Linderkamp	....	construction gangboss / propmaker (3 episodes, 2008-2009)
Greg Davidson	....	set dresser (3 episodes, 2009)
Jill Dupont	....	buyer (2 episodes, 2008)
Erik Torrez	....	swing gang (2 episodes, 2008)
Fagan O'Reilly	....	art department / art department assistant (2 episodes, 2009)

Series Sound Department
Gregg Barbanell	....	foley artist (20 episodes, 2008-2009)
Jeffrey Perkins	....	sound re-recording mixer (20 episodes, 2008-2009)
Edmond J. Coblentz Jr.	....	sound designer / sound editor (19 episodes, 2008-2009)
Misty Conn	....	boom operator (19 episodes, 2008-2009)
Douglas Tourtelot	....	sound mixer (19 episodes, 2008-2009)
Tim Boggs	....	co-sound supervisor (13 episodes, 2009)
Tor McAfee Kingdon	....	adr mixer (11 episodes, 2008-2009)
Kathleen Edwards	....	adr assistant mixer / additional adr assistant (9 episodes, 2008-2009)
Dominique Decaudain	....	foley artist (7 episodes, 2008)
Andreas Drost	....	dubbing recordist (7 episodes, 2008)
Kurt Nicholas Forshager	....	supervising sound editor / sound supervisor (7 episodes, 2008)
Alan Freedman	....	adr mixer (6 episodes, 2008)
Lucy Sustar	....	foley mixer (6 episodes, 2008)
Ryland Witten-Smith	....	cable sound (6 episodes, 2008)
Darryl L. Frank	....	production sound mixer / sound mixer (2 episodes, 2008)
Eric Justen	....	sound re-recording mixer (2 episodes, 2008)

Series Special Effects by
Daniel Holt	....	special effects technician (10 episodes, 2009)
Amy Giedraitis	....	special effects technician (8 episodes, 2009)
Jack Brunacini Jr.	....	special effects technician (5 episodes, 2008-2009)
Anthony Julio	....	special effects makeup (2 episodes, 2008)
Dennis Petersen	....	special effects (2 episodes, 2008)

Series Visual Effects by
Kristen Branan	....	head of production: Zoic Studios (1 episode, 2009)
William Powloski	....	visual effects producer / visual effects supervisor (1 episode, 2009)

Series Stunts
Eddie L. Watkins	....	stunt coordinator (7 episodes, 2008)
Edward A. Duran	....	stunt double / stunt performer / ... (5 episodes, 2008-2009)
Nathan Siebring	....	stunt double (5 episodes, 2008-2009)
Laurence Chavez	....	stunts (3 episodes, 2009)
Kevin L. Jackson	....	stunt coordinator / stunts (2 episodes, 2008)
Tomas Sanchez	....	stunt performer / stunts (2 episodes, 2008)
Bill Leaman	....	stunt double / stunt rigger (2 episodes, 2009)
Al Goto	....	stunt coordinator (1 episode, 2007-2008)
Michael S. Walter	....	stunt performer (unknown episodes, 2008)

Series Camera and Electrical Department
Eric Steinig	....	dolly grip / dolly grip: "b" camera / ... (20 episodes, 2008-2009)
Peter Clarson	....	gaffer (19 episodes, 2008-2009)
Tom Hutchinson	....	second assistant camera (19 episodes, 2008-2009)
Clayton Null	....	key grip (18 episodes, 2008-2009)
Chip Huntington	....	grip (17 episodes, 2008-2009)
Andrew Voegeli	....	camera operator: "a" camera (13 episodes, 2009)
Paul Willis	....	key rigging grip (13 episodes, 2009)
Jessica Ramos	....	second assistant camera (8 episodes, 2009)
Alejandro Snodgrass	....	grip / best boy grip (8 episodes, 2009)
Phil Abeyta	....	lighting technician (6 episodes, 2008)
Mark Sheets	....	key rigger (6 episodes, 2008)
Tony Villalobos	....	first assistant camera (6 episodes, 2008)
Ryan Eustis	....	second assistant camera: "b" camera (6 episodes, 2009)
Ursula Coyote	....	still photographer (5 episodes, 2008-2009)
Ian Hanna	....	grip (5 episodes, 2008)
John Sneesby	....	grip (5 episodes, 2008)
Mark Steinig	....	best boy rigging grip (5 episodes, 2008)
Troy Anderson	....	rigging gaffer (5 episodes, 2009)
Cody West	....	grip (4 episodes, 2008)
Ezra Venetos	....	grip (3 episodes, 2008)
Atom Vyvial	....	dolly grip: "a" camera / dolly grip (3 episodes, 2008)
Sean Maxwell	....	additional camera operator (3 episodes, 2009)
Kenneth Coblentz	....	grip (2 episodes, 2008-2009)
Dom Zanghi	....	time-lapse photography (2 episodes, 2008-2009)
Michael A. Chavez	....	camera operator: "a" camera (2 episodes, 2008)
Betty Chow	....	second assistant camera (2 episodes, 2008)
Shane Duckworth	....	second assistant camera (2 episodes, 2008)
David R. Kohn	....	chief lighting technician (2 episodes, 2008)
Bobby Powell	....	rigging gaffer (2 episodes, 2008)
Peter Weidenfeller	....	key grip (2 episodes, 2008)

Series Casting Department
Sally Allen	....	location casting associate (20 episodes, 2008-2009)
Gwyn Savage	....	extras casting (20 episodes, 2008-2009)
Sharon Bialy	....	casting (14 episodes, 2009)
Russell Scott	....	casting associate (13 episodes, 2009)
Toni Cobb Brock	....	location casting (7 episodes, 2008)
Kiira Arai	....	casting associate / casting assistant (6 episodes, 2008)
Kathy Kaplan	....	casting assistant / casting associate (6 episodes, 2008)
Judith Sunga	....	casting associate (6 episodes, 2008)
Gohar Gazazyan	....	casting assistant (3 episodes, 2008)
Shari Rhodes	....	location casting (2 episodes, 2008)

Series Costume and Wardrobe Department
Michelle M. Pershing	....	costume supervisor (20 episodes, 2008-2009)
Katherine L. Murphy	....	costumer (14 episodes, 2009)
Danielle Baker	....	key costumer (12 episodes, 2008-2009)
Roberta Bilé	....	key costumer (7 episodes, 2009)
Blanca Garcia	....	costumer (7 episodes, 2009)
Janet Marie Ross	....	set costumer (6 episodes, 2009)
Cherlyn Schaefer	....	costumer / set costumer (6 episodes, 2009)
Jennifer Gingery	....	set costumer (5 episodes, 2008)

Series Editorial Department
Curtis Thurber	....	post-production assistant (13 episodes, 2009)
Jesse Averna	....	editor: recaps (4 episodes, 2008)
Jack Paulson	....	assistant editor (4 episodes, 2008)
Ione Soyangco	....	assistant editor (3 episodes, 2008)

Series Music Department
Thomas Golubic	....	music supervisor (20 episodes, 2008-2009)
Tom Villano	....	music editor (20 episodes, 2008-2009)
Yvette Metoyer	....	music coordinator (13 episodes, 2009)

Series Transportation Department
Greg Bronner	....	transportation captain (18 episodes, 2008-2009)
Paul Salard III	....	production van driver (7 episodes, 2008)
Dennis Milliken	....	transportation coordinator / transportation captain (5 episodes, 2008)
Rita Lundin	....	driver (4 episodes, 2008)

Series Other crew
Jason Hariton	....	studio stage manager (20 episodes, 2008-2009)
Lynn Ambrosino	....	production assistant (19 episodes, 2008-2009)
Peter Gould	....	executive story editor / story editor (19 episodes, 2008-2009)
Brian G. Lax	....	set medic / key medic / ... (19 episodes, 2008-2009)
George Mastras	....	executive story editor / story editor (19 episodes, 2008-2009)
Scott Clark	....	location manager (18 episodes, 2008-2009)
Dionne Lotivio	....	payroll accountant / accounting clerk (18 episodes, 2008-2009)
Christopher Walsh	....	production assistant (16 episodes, 2008-2009)
Winter Cantagallo	....	production assistant (13 episodes, 2009)
Joann Connolly	....	set production assistant (13 episodes, 2009)
Francisco A. Fernandez	....	assistant to executive producer (13 episodes, 2009)
Matthew Garcia	....	production assistant (13 episodes, 2009)
Carol Kravetz	....	production coordinator (13 episodes, 2009)
Cyndy McCrossen	....	key assistant location manager (13 episodes, 2009)
Rick W. Tucker	....	production accountant (13 episodes, 2009)
Paul Zepeda	....	key assistant location manager (13 episodes, 2009)
Fagan O'Reilly	....	production assistant (10 episodes, 2008-2009)
Elissa Kannon	....	assistant production coordinator (10 episodes, 2009)
Michael Feldman	....	key set production assistant / production assistant (7 episodes, 2008)
Andy House	....	production executive (7 episodes, 2008)
Delia Circelli	....	production coordinator (6 episodes, 2008)
Mindy Jones	....	assistant location manager (6 episodes, 2008)
Laura Keck	....	production secretary (6 episodes, 2008)
Jan Rudolph	....	script supervisor (6 episodes, 2008)
Andrea Vestrand	....	assistant production coordinator (6 episodes, 2008)
Jason Wetter	....	location assistant (6 episodes, 2008)
Roderick Peyketewa	....	assistant location manager (5 episodes, 2009)
Bryan Chacon	....	daily set production assistant (2 episodes, 2009)
Nathan Helm	....	additional set production assistant (2 episodes, 2009)
Holly Roach	....	key assistant location manager (2 episodes, 2009)

Series Thanks
Martin Chavez	....	thanks (2 episodes, 2008)

Production Companies

• Sony Pictures Television

Distributors

• American Movie Classics (AMC) (2008) (USA) (TV)
• AXN (2009) (Germany) (TV)
• AXN (2008) (Italy) (TV)
• FX (2008-) (UK) (TV)
• Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2009) (USA) (DVD) (season 1)

Special Effects

• Velocity Visuals (visual effects)

Other Companies

• Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment  camera dollies
• Clairmont Camera  camera equipment provided by
• Hear Kitty  additional adr
• Keep Me Posted  post-production facilities
• LCW Props  set equipment
• Pigfactory  music provided by
• ReadySetMedic.com  first aid/medic
• Rockbottom Rentals  cell phone rentals
• Rockbottom Rentals  junxion box rentals
• Rockbottom Rentals  walkie rentals
• Serious Grippage & Light  dollies
• Sony Pictures Stock Footage  stock footage

Runtime:

45 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Certification:

USA:TV-14 | New Zealand:R16 (season 1) | Australia:MA

Filming Locations:

Albuquerque Studios - 5650 University Boulevard SE, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA

Company:

Sony Pictures Television

Trivia:

The actor who portrays Walter Jr. in the series (RJ Mitte), actually has cerebral palsy like his character on the show.

Movie Connections:

Spoofed in "The Soup: (2009-03-13)" (2009)

Give it a try!!!!!

This show is one of the bright spots of this train wreck of a 2008 television season. Bryan Cranston has to be IMHO one of the best acting talents out there. Just compare and contrast his portrayal of the clueless father on "Malcolm in the Middle". On "Breaking Bad" his character light years different. That's not to say that his roll of Hal on "MITM" was inferior to the character of Walter White here. However he shows his "range" here VS. there. There is going to be the inevitable comparisons to "Weeds" and unfair or not there are parallels. Both center on basically good people forced to make due in order to survive or keep their families solvent--bottom line give "Breaking Bad" a chance I'm betting you will be pleasantly surprised. My only problem with this show is the incessant bleeping of the "colorful language". Either don't include it or don't bleep it, it gets very annoying after two or three bleeps.