"Mad Men" Babylon (2007)

User Rating:

7.9/10   

Director:

Andrew Bernstein

Writers:

Matthew Weiner (creator)
André Jacquemetton (written by) ...

TV Series:

"Mad Men" (2007)

Original Air Date:

23 August 2007 (Season 1, Episode 6)

Genre:

Drama

Plot:

The Agency is looking to land an advertising contract to promote tourism to Israel. Don and his team...

Plot Keywords:

1960s | Secretary | New York City | Advertising | Marriage

Cast

Jon Hamm	...	Don Draper
Elisabeth Moss	...	Peggy Olson
Vincent Kartheiser	...	Pete Campbell
January Jones	...	Betty Draper
Christina Hendricks	...	Joan Holloway
Bryan Batt	...	Salvatore Romano
Michael Gladis	...	Paul Kinsey
Aaron Staton	...	Ken Cosgrove
Rich Sommer	...	Harry Crane
Maggie Siff	...	Rachel Menken
Rosemarie DeWitt	...	Midge Daniels
John Slattery	...	Roger Sterling
Talia Balsam	...	Mona Sterling
Ian Bohen	...	Roy Hazelitt
Rebecca Creskoff	...	Barbara Katz

Runtime:

Netherlands:50 min (including commercials)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

Netherlands:12

Filming Locations:

Downtown, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Lionsgate Television

Trivia:

The book that the Israeli tourism representatives show Don, and which various characters discuss throughout the episode, is the novel Exodus by Leon Uris, which was published in 1958.

Goofs:

Anachronisms: Earlier in the episode, the year is mentioned to be 1960. Later in the episode, Joan Halloway uses the phrase "The medium is the message." This phrase was coined by Marshall McLuhan in Understanding Media: The Extensions of Man, published in 1964.

Quotes:

Roger Sterling: I bet there were people walking around in the Bible complaining about kids today.

Movie Connections:

References The Best of Everything (1959)