Prison Break
American serial drama television series / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Prison Break is an American television serial crime drama series. Created by Paul Scheuring, the series is shown on Fox. The first run of the show had four seasons, with 81 episodes from August 29, 2005 to May 15, 2009. A fifth season which aired nine episodes from April 4 to May 30, 2017.[1] As of March 2019, a sixth season is being made, but was not shown.
Prison Break | |
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Genre | Serial drama Crime drama Action thriller |
Created by | Paul Scheuring |
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Composer | Ramin Djawadi |
Country of origin | United States |
Original languages | English Spanish Arabic |
No. of seasons | 5 |
No. of episodes | 90 (list of episodes) |
Production | |
Executive producers | Marty Adelstein Neal H. Moritz Dawn Parouse Brett Ratner Paul Scheuring Matt Olmstead Kevin Hooks Michael Pavone Dawn Olmstead Vaun Wilmott Michael Horowitz Nelson McCormick |
Production locations | United States: Chicago, Illinois Joliet, Illinois Dallas, Texas Pensacola, Florida Los Angeles, California Canada: Toronto, Ontario Vancouver, British Columbia Other countries: Panama City, Panama Rabat, Morocco Casablanca, Morocco Ouarzazate, Morocco |
Cinematography | Fernando Argüelles Jeffrey C. Mygatt Robert LaBonge Chris Manley Robbie Greenberg |
Editors | Etienne Des Lauriers Scott Eilers Eric Seaburn Warren Bowman Kaja Fehr James Coblentz |
Running time | 42 minutes |
Production companies | Original Film Adelstein/Parouse Productions 20th Century Fox Television |
Original release | |
Network | Fox |
Release | Original series: August 29, 2005 (2005-08-29) – May 15, 2009 (2009-05-15) Revival: April 4, 2017 (2017-04-04) – May 30, 2017 (2017-05-30) |
Related | |
Breakout Kings |
The series is about two brothers, Lincoln Burrows (Dominic Purcell) and Michael Scofield (Wentworth Miller). Burrows has been sentenced to death for a crime he did not commit, and Scofield creates a detailed plan to help his brother escape prison and clear his name. Robin Tunney, Robert Knepper, Amaury Nolasco, Sarah Wayne Callies, Peter Stormare, Marshall Allman, Wade Williams, Paul Adelstein and Rockmond Dunbar also star, along with many others.