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The Show
The Show
Directed by	Giancarlo Esposito
Written by	Kenny Yakkel ; Noah Pink
Produced by	Christopher D'Elia ; Giancarlo Esposito ; Lawreen Kayl ; Michael Klein
Starring	Josh Duhamel ; Famke Janssen ; Giancarlo Esposito ; Sarah Wayne Callies ; Caitlin FitzGerald
Cinematography	Paul Mitchnick
Edited by	Jamie Alain
Music by	Rich Walters
Production; company	Dobre Films
Distributed by	Grindstone Entertainment Group
Release dates	March 11, 2017 (South by Southwest); September 15, 2017 (United States);
Running time	104 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

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The Show (originally titled This Is Your Death^[1]) is a 2017 American satirical drama film directed by Giancarlo Esposito and written by Kenny Yakkel and Noah Pink. The film stars Josh Duhamel, Famke Janssen, Esposito, Sarah Wayne Callies, and Caitlin FitzGerald.

Plot

During the final scene of a live reality TV show in Seattle, Married to a Millionaire, the jilted bride shoots dead the millionaire who rejected her. She then takes aim at the bride he chose, but the show's host, Adam Rogers (Duhamel), throws himself in front of her, saving her life. Her attempt thwarted, the jilted bride places the gun barrel in her mouth and pulls the trigger. Adam is then hailed as a hero.

On the same station's morning show the following day, Adam, still stunned from the previous day's events, insists he is not a hero, and rants that the horrific outcome is his fault, the fault of the network, and that of all those who indulge in such entertainment. He is summoned to a meeting of the network execs, headed by Ilana Katzenberg (Janssen), President of programming. Believing his outburst has put his job at risk, he is shocked to find that, instead of being fired, he is asked to host a new show, during which contestants will commit suicide in a live broadcast. Adamant against promoting death, he refuses the offer and walks out. The next day, he decides to accept the offer, but only on the condition that this platform is used to encourage viewers to appreciate life, as he feels a higher purpose is involved. His producer, Sylvia Rowland (FitzGerald), doesn't wish to be a part of the show in any form, but is under contract and has no other option.

Mason Washington (Esposito), a janitor working in the studio offices, has a wife, daughter, and disabled son. After requesting more hours so as to qualify for medical benefits, he loses his job, worsening his struggle to make ends meet. Upon learning of his dismissal, and that their mortgage payments are in arrears, Mason's wife, Rebecca (Walters), tells him that if they lose their home, she will have no choice but to leave him and take the children. He promises to find more work.

The new show has been titled This Is Your Death, and as the first episode opens, Adam touts his idealistic principles, telling the audience that his intention is to promote the appreciation of life and that one person's death can improve the life of another. Viewers are asked to donate toward each contestant's specific needs. His first contestant is a battered wife at the end of her rope, who hopes to give her daughter a better life through her death. She electrocutes herself in a bathtub on stage after revealing she had murdered her abusive husband. Adam's sister, Karina (Callies), is a pediatric oncology nurse in a local hospital and is tending to her patient, Elliott (Grüter-Andrew), when she sees Adam's show on Elliott's TV. She is disgusted by such a concept that so conflicts with her sensibilities and caring nature.

As the show grows in popularity, Adam starts to lose his idealistic views and becomes more concerned with ratings and sensationalism. When a woman's carbon monoxide asphyxiation takes longer than expected, the crew decides to fake the death for the audience, and let her die off-stage. When she partially revives and frantically tries to escape her car, Adam forces her back inside, unaware that the camera inside the car is still filming. Sylvia witnesses the murder and makes a copy of the footage. Talk gets around that the death was faked, and the FBI takes notice.

Karina feels Adam is losing his way and tries to confront him, but he only distances himself from her. After their parents' death years earlier, Adam had supported Karina through her depression and drug addiction and recovery. Now experiencing a breakdown over the loss of his support, and feeling judged because of their connection, she relapses and is caught pilfering drugs from the hospital.

As a last resort, Mason auditions for the season finale of This Is Your Death, where one of three chosen contestants will earn a million dollars. He gets a spot on the show but tells his family he has gotten a wonderful new job and must go take a training course when he is actually heading to the studio to be the third scheduled suicide.

After the first suicide by hara-kiri, Adam is horrified to see that Karina is to be the second contestant. Distraught over the distance between them, it is her last attempt to get through to him and make him end his involvement in the show and make others see the awful reality of it. She is lying on a gurney, holding a syringe to her arm. Adam races to stop her, but arrives at her side only to have her die in his arms. He follows as her body is taken away, and collapses, sobbing, on the street outside the studio.

Wired with explosives and gripping a detonator button, Mason takes the stage as the final contestant. He begins to cry and refuses to press the button. Hearing about his life story, the audience begins to cheer as Mason leaves the stage to go home.

As Mason and Sylvia leave the building, she hands the copy of the incriminating film clip to the FBI agents as they are about to collect Adam, who yells wildly at the gawking crowd as he is led away to turn off their cameras.

Cast

Josh Duhamel as Adam Rogers, a game show host.^[2]
Famke Janssen as Ilana Katzenberg, a network executive.^[2]
Giancarlo Esposito as Mason Washington, a man struggling to keep his family afloat.^[2]
Sarah Wayne Callies as Karina
Caitlin FitzGerald as Sylvia Rowland
Lucia Walters as Rebecca Washington
Cory Grüter-Andrew as Elliott
Chelah Horsdal as Elliott's Mom
Chris Ellis as Keller
Scott Lyster as Zack
James Franco as Morning Show Host

Production

On October 29, 2015, it was announced that Giancarlo Esposito would next direct a drama film This Is Your Death based on the script by Kenny Yakkel and Noah Pink.^[2] Great Point Media would fully finance the film and would also produce along with Esposito, Lawreen Yakkel, and Dobre Films' Christopher D'Elia and Michael Klein.^[2]

Principal photography on the film began on November 15, 2015 in Vancouver, British Columbia, and it wrapped up on December 11, 2015.^[3]^[4]

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Nominee(s)	Result
2017	19th Leo Awards	Best Supporting Performance by a Female in a Motion Picture	Sarah Wayne Callies	Nominated
		Best Cinematography in a Motion Picture	Paul Mitchnick	Nominated
		Best Picture Editing in a Motion Picture	Jamie Alain	Nominated
		Best Sound in a Motion Picture	Kelly Cole, Bill Mellow, Hugh Wielenga, Matt Dawson, and Sandra Portman	Nominated

References

^ https://www.movieinsider.com/m15797/the-show/updates#Sat., Aug. 19, 2017
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Ford, Rebecca (October 29, 2015). "Josh Duhamel, Famke Janssen to Star in Giancarlo Esposito's Film (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved December 30, 2015.
^ "Filming in Vancouver and British Columbia This Week". What's Filming. November 16, 2015. Retrieved December 30, 2015.
^ "On the Set 12/11/15: James Franco and Seth Rogen Start 'The Disaster Artist', Owen Wilson & Ed Helms Wrap 'Bastards'". SSN Insider. December 11, 2015. Archived from the original on December 13, 2015. Retrieved December 30, 2015.

External links

The Show at IMDb
The Show at Rotten Tomatoes

[1] ttps://www.movieinsider.com/m15797/the-show/updates#Sat., Aug. 19, 2017

[Oct2015THR-2] Ford, Rebecca (October 29, 2015). "Josh Duhamel, Famke Janssen to Star in Giancarlo Esposito's Film (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved December 30, 2015.

[3] "Filming in Vancouver and British Columbia This Week". What's Filming. November 16, 2015. Retrieved December 30, 2015.

[4] "On the Set 12/11/15: James Franco and Seth Rogen Start 'The Disaster Artist', Owen Wilson & Ed Helms Wrap 'Bastards'". SSN Insider. December 11, 2015. Archived from the original on December 13, 2015. Retrieved December 30, 2015.

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+| writer         = Kenny Yakkel <br> Noah Pink
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+| music          = Rich Walters
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+| cinematography = Paul Mitchnick
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-'''''The Show''''' (originally titled '''''This Is Your Death'''''<ref>https://www.movieinsider.com/m15797/the-show/updates#Sat., Aug. 19, 2017</ref>) is a 2017 American [[Satirical film|satirical]] [[drama film|drama]] film directed by [[Giancarlo Esposito]] and written by Kenny Yakkel and Noah Pink. The film stars [[Josh Duhamel]], [[Famke Janssen]], [[Giancarlo Esposito]], [[Sarah Wayne Callies]], and [[Caitlin FitzGerald]].
+'''''The Show''''' (originally titled '''''This Is Your Death'''''<ref>https://www.movieinsider.com/m15797/the-show/updates#Sat., Aug. 19, 2017</ref>) is a 2017 American [[Satirical film|satirical]] [[drama film|drama]] film directed by [[Giancarlo Esposito]] and written by Kenny Yakkel and Noah Pink. The film stars [[Josh Duhamel]], [[Famke Janssen]], Esposito, [[Sarah Wayne Callies]], and [[Caitlin FitzGerald]].
+== Plot ==
+During the final scene of a live [[Reality television|reality TV show]] in [[Seattle]], ''Married to a Millionaire'', the jilted bride shoots dead the millionaire who rejected her. She then takes aim at the bride he chose, but the show's host, Adam Rogers ([[Josh Duhamel|Duhamel]]), throws himself in front of her, saving her life. Her attempt thwarted, the jilted bride places the gun barrel in her mouth and pulls the trigger. Adam is then hailed as a hero.
+On the same station's morning show the following day, Adam, still stunned from the previous day's events, insists he is not a hero, and rants that the horrific outcome is his fault, the fault of the network, and that of all those who indulge in such entertainment. He is summoned to a meeting of the network execs, headed by Ilana Katzenberg ([[Famke Janssen|Janssen]]), President of programming. Believing his outburst has put his job at risk, he is shocked to find that, instead of being fired, he is asked to host a new show, during which contestants will commit [[suicide]] in a [[Live television|live broadcast]]. Adamant against promoting death, he refuses the offer and walks out. The next day, he decides to accept the offer, but only on the condition that this platform is used to encourage viewers to appreciate life, as he feels a higher purpose is involved. His producer, Sylvia Rowland ([[Caitlin FitzGerald|FitzGerald]]), doesn't wish to be a part of the show in any form, but is under contract and has no other option.
+Mason Washington ([[Giancarlo Esposito|Esposito]]), a janitor working in the studio offices, has a wife, daughter, and disabled son. After requesting more hours so as to qualify for medical benefits, he loses his job, worsening his struggle to make ends meet. Upon learning of his dismissal, and that their mortgage payments are in arrears, Mason's wife, Rebecca (Walters), tells him that if they lose their home, she will have no choice but to leave him and take the children. He promises to find more work.
+The new show has been titled ''This Is Your Death'', and as the first episode opens, Adam touts his idealistic principles, telling the audience that his intention is to promote the appreciation of life and that one person's death can improve the life of another. Viewers are asked to donate toward each contestant's specific needs. His first contestant is a battered wife at the end of her rope, who hopes to give her daughter a better life through her death. She electrocutes herself in a bathtub on stage after revealing she had murdered her abusive husband. Adam's sister, Karina ([[Sarah Wayne Callies|Callies]]), is a pediatric [[oncology]] nurse in a local hospital and is tending to her patient, Elliott (Grüter-Andrew), when she sees Adam's show on Elliott's TV. She is disgusted by such a concept that so conflicts with her sensibilities and caring nature.
+As the show grows in popularity, Adam starts to lose his idealistic views and becomes more concerned with ratings and [[sensationalism]]. When a woman's carbon monoxide asphyxiation takes longer than expected, the crew decides to fake the death for the audience, and let her die off-stage. When she partially revives and frantically tries to escape her car, Adam forces her back inside, unaware that the camera inside the car is still filming. Sylvia witnesses the murder and makes a copy of the footage. Talk gets around that the death was faked, and the [[Federal Bureau of Investigation|FBI]] takes notice.
+Karina feels Adam is losing his way and tries to confront him, but he only distances himself from her. After their parents' death years earlier, Adam had supported Karina through her depression and drug addiction and recovery. Now experiencing a breakdown over the loss of his support, and feeling judged because of their connection, she relapses and is caught pilfering drugs from the hospital.
+As a last resort, Mason auditions for the season finale of ''This Is Your Death'', where one of three chosen contestants will earn a million dollars. He gets a spot on the show but tells his family he has gotten a wonderful new job and must go take a training course when he is actually heading to the studio to be the third scheduled suicide.
+After the first suicide by [[hara-kiri]], Adam is horrified to see that Karina is to be the second contestant. Distraught over the distance between them, it is her last attempt to get through to him and make him end his involvement in the show and make others see the awful reality of it. She is lying on a gurney, holding a syringe to her arm. Adam races to stop her, but arrives at her side only to have her die in his arms. He follows as her body is taken away, and collapses, sobbing, on the street outside the studio.
+Wired with explosives and gripping a detonator button, Mason takes the stage as the final contestant. He begins to cry and refuses to press the button. Hearing about his life story, the audience begins to cheer as Mason leaves the stage to go home.
+As Mason and Sylvia leave the building, she hands the copy of the incriminating film clip to the FBI agents as they are about to collect Adam, who yells wildly at the gawking crowd as he is led away to turn off their cameras.
 == Cast ==
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 * [[Cory Grüter-Andrew]] as Elliott
 * [[Chelah Horsdal]] as Elliott's Mom
-* [[Chris Ellis]] as Keller
+* [[Chris Ellis (actor)|Chris Ellis]] as Keller
 * [[Scott Lyster]] as Zack
-* [[James Franco]] as Male Host
+* [[James Franco]] as Morning Show Host
-== Plot ==
-During the final scene of a live reality TV show in Seattle, "Married to a Millionaire", the jilted bride shoots dead the millionaire who rejected her.  She then takes aim at the bride he chose, but the show's host, Adam Rogers (Duhamel), throws himself in front of her, saving her life.  Her attempt thwarted, the jilted bride places the gun barrel in her mouth and pulls the trigger.  Adam is then hailed as a hero.
-On the same station's morning show the following day, Adam, still stunned from the previous day's events, insists he is not a hero, and rants that the horrific outcome is his fault, the fault of the network, and that of all those who indulge in such entertainment.  He is summoned to a meeting of the network execs, headed by Ilana Katzenberg (Janssen), President of programming.  Believing his outburst has put his job at risk, he is shocked to find that, instead of being fired, he is asked to host a new show, during which contestants will commit suicide in a live broadcast.  Adamant against promoting death, he refuses the offer and walks out.  The next day, he decides to accept the offer, but only on the condition that this platform be used to encourage viewers to appreciate life, as he feels a higher purpose is involved.  His producer, Sylvia Rowland (FitzGerald), doesn't wish to be a part of the show in any form, but is under contract and has no other option.
-Mason Washington (Esposito), a janitor working in the studio offices, has a wife, daughter and disabled son.  After requesting more hours so as to qualify for medical benefits, he loses his job, worsening his struggle to make ends meet.  Upon learning of his dismissal, and that their mortgage payments are in arrears, Mason's wife, Rebecca (Walters), tells him that if they lose their home, she will have no choice but to leave him and take the children.  He promises to find more work.
-The new show has been titled, "This Is Your Death", and as the first episode opens, Adam touts his idealistic principles, telling the audience that his intention is to promote the appreciation of life, and that one person's death can improve the life of another.  Viewers are asked to donate toward each contestant's specific needs.  His first contestant is a battered wife at the end of her rope, who hopes to give her daughter a better life through her death.  She then electrocutes herself in a bathtub on stage after revealing she had murdered her abusive husband.  Adam's sister, Karina (Callies), is a pediatric oncology nurse in a local hospital and is tending to her patient, Elliott (Grüter-Andrew), when she sees Adam's show on Elliott's TV.  She is disgusted by such a concept that so conflicts with her sensibilities and caring nature.
-As the show grows in popularity, Adam starts to lose his idealistic views and becomes more concerned with ratings and sensationalism.  When a woman's carbon monoxide asphyxiation takes too long, the crew decides to fake the death for the audience, and let her die off-stage.  When she partially revives and frantically tries to escape her car, Adam forces her back inside, unaware that the camera inside the car is still filming.  Sylvia witnesses the murder and makes a copy of the footage.  Talk gets around that the death was faked, and the FBI takes notice.
-Karina feels Adam is losing his way and tries to confront him, but he only distances himself from her.  After their parents' death years earlier, Adam had supported Karina through her depression and drug addiction and recovery.  Now experiencing a breakdown over the loss of his support, and feeling judged because of their connection, she relapses and is caught pilfering drugs from the hospital.
-Still jobless, Mason has even had to sell the family car.  As a last resort, he auditions for the season finale of This Is Your Death, where one of three chosen contestants will earn a million dollars.  He gets a spot on the show, but tells his family he has gotten a wonderful new job and must go take a training course, but is actually heading to the studio to be the third scheduled suicide.
-After the first suicide by hara-kiri, Adam is horrified to see that Karina is to be the second contestant.  Distraught over the distance between them, it is her last attempt to reason with him and try to end his involvement in the show and make others see the true reality of it all.  She is lying on a gurney, holding a syringe to her arm.  Adam races to stop her, but arrives at her side only to have her die in his arms.  He follows as her body is taken away, and collapses, sobbing, on the street outside the studio.
-Wired with explosives and gripping the detonator button, Mason takes the stage, weeping.  After a pause, he pushes the button and appears to die in a burst of red, but we see him still standing alone on the stage.  It was his thought of what could be his end.  He cries and says, "I can't do it.  I don't want your money.  I love my family.  I love my life!"  The audience cheers as he leaves the stage to go home.
-As Mason and Sylvia leave the building, she hands the copy of the incriminating film clip to the FBI agents as they are about to collect Adam, who yells wildly at the gawking crowd as he is led away, "What's wrong with you?  You're animals!  Shut off your cameras!"
 == Production ==
 On October 29, 2015, it was announced that [[Giancarlo Esposito]] would next direct a drama film ''This Is Your Death'' based on the script by Kenny Yakkel and Noah Pink.<ref name=Oct2015THR>{{cite news|last1=Ford|first1=Rebecca|title=Josh Duhamel, Famke Janssen to Star in Giancarlo Esposito's Film (Exclusive)|url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/josh-duhamel-famke-janssen-star-835298|accessdate=December 30, 2015|work=The Hollywood Reporter|date=October 29, 2015}}</ref> Great Point Media would fully finance the film and would also produce along with Esposito, Lawreen Yakkel, and Dobre Films' Christopher D'Elia and Michael Klein.<ref name="Oct2015THR" />
-[[Principal photography]] on the film began on November 15, 2015 in [[Vancouver]], [[British Columbia]], and it wrapped up on December 11, 2015.<ref>{{cite news|title=Filming in Vancouver and British Columbia This Week|url=http://www.whatsfilming.ca/2015/11/16/filming-in-vancouver-and-british-columbia-this-week-4/|accessdate=December 30, 2015|work=What's Filming|date=November 16, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=On the Set 12/11/15: James Franco and Seth Rogen Start ‘The Disaster Artist’, Owen Wilson & Ed Helms Wrap ‘Bastards’|url=http://www.ssninsider.com/on-the-set-121115-james-franco-and-seth-rogen-start-the-disaster-artist-owen-wilson-ed-helms-wrap-bastards/|accessdate=December 30, 2015|work=SSN Insider|date=December 11, 2015|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20151213213620/http://www.ssninsider.com/on-the-set-121115-james-franco-and-seth-rogen-start-the-disaster-artist-owen-wilson-ed-helms-wrap-bastards/|archivedate=December 13, 2015|df=}}</ref>
+[[Principal photography]] on the film began on November 15, 2015 in [[Vancouver]], [[British Columbia]], and it wrapped up on December 11, 2015.<ref>{{cite news|title=Filming in Vancouver and British Columbia This Week|url=http://www.whatsfilming.ca/2015/11/16/filming-in-vancouver-and-british-columbia-this-week-4/|accessdate=December 30, 2015|work=What's Filming|date=November 16, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=On the Set 12/11/15: James Franco and Seth Rogen Start 'The Disaster Artist', Owen Wilson & Ed Helms Wrap 'Bastards'|url=http://www.ssninsider.com/on-the-set-121115-james-franco-and-seth-rogen-start-the-disaster-artist-owen-wilson-ed-helms-wrap-bastards/|accessdate=December 30, 2015|work=SSN Insider|date=December 11, 2015|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20151213213620/http://www.ssninsider.com/on-the-set-121115-james-franco-and-seth-rogen-start-the-disaster-artist-owen-wilson-ed-helms-wrap-bastards/|archivedate=December 13, 2015}}</ref>
-==Reception==
-{{expand-section|date=November 2017}}
-''The Show'' received mixed reviews.<ref>http://www.metacritic.com/movie/the-show?ftag=MCD-06-10aaa1c</ref>
-If there is a message "The Show" wishes to impose upon viewers, its intentions are unknown. What does resonate long after the film are the fine performances from all the cast, and a script that is powerful. One may wonder why movies like "The Show" are being made, but at the same time, glad that it was. - writer Keith Creel
 ==Awards and nominations==
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 | Best Supporting Performance by a Female in a Motion Picture
-| <center>[[Sarah Wayne Callies]]
+| {{center|[[Sarah Wayne Callies]]}}
 | {{Nom}}
 |-
 | Best Cinematography in a Motion Picture
-| <center>Paul Mitchnick
+| {{center|Paul Mitchnick}}
 | {{Nom}}
 |-
 | Best Picture Editing in a Motion Picture
-| <center>Jamie Alain
+| {{center|Jamie Alain}}
 | {{Nom}}
 |-
 | Best Sound in a Motion Picture
-| <center>Kelly Cole, Bill Mellow, Hugh Wielenga, Matt Dawson, and Sandra Portman
+| {{center|Kelly Cole, Bill Mellow, Hugh Wielenga, Matt Dawson, and Sandra Portman}}
 | {{Nom}}
 |-
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