K Street

2003

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6.5| 0h30m| TV-MA| en| More Info
Released: 14 September 2003 Ended
Producted By: Section Eight
Country: United States of America
Budget: 0
Revenue: 0
Official Website: http://www.hbo.com/kstreet/
Synopsis

An experimental fusion of reality and fiction--a fly-on-the-wall look at government, filmed in and around the corridors of power in Washington. The series ventures inside the world of powerful political consultants--a world that few people ever experience first-hand. Produced on location in Washington, D.C., the largely improvised ten-episode series combines fictional characters with appearances by real-life political figures, all centered around the biggest political news of the week.

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Hellen I like the storyline of this show,it attract me so much
Afouotos Although it has its amusing moments, in eneral the plot does not convince.
Myron Clemons A film of deceptively outspoken contemporary relevance, this is cinema at its most alert, alarming and alive.
Phillipa Strong acting helps the film overcome an uncertain premise and create characters that hold our attention absolutely.
Greatornot This show is fusion... Curb Your Enthusiasm meets The West Wing. I think this was well done , but 10 episodes clearly enough. Basically ,this is a fictionalized account of DC , playing as the political version of Curb. What Larry David is to Curb, James Carville is to this show. Very intelligent though not quite as funny as Curb, the show is a fine depiction of how The inner circle of DC uses the media to get their message to the masses. I do feel the show could have used more humor but it is more of a fictionalized documentary , with roots of truth . I liked this show and ,surprisingly, I thought James Carville is a fine actor. Hmmmm , maybe that is telling in itself when it comes to our beloved public servants, but I shall digress. The material here is real and I like that the issues are more of light nature. One can easily enjoy this without taking on the somberness of the state of the world. The show is nonpartisan , so no side of the political aisle needs to be offended. Give this a watch and you will probably agree that it is a nice show and that 10 eps are just enough.
bruce-129 I may have a skewed perspective on "K Street" because I rented it from the local video store who had filed it as a documentary. I started watching it and immediately thought "West Wing" from a different point of view.The gritty and realistic surface aspects of this movie are engaging. The girl who is seduced by a lesbian woman and then dropped hard with no explanation and socked with a restraining order. The man whose father divorces his mother and re-marries with a prostitute what later sleeps with him (the son) and commits suicide in the motel room under FBU surveillance. The real life events of life in a lobbying agency on K street itself run by James Carville and Mary Matalin.This movie seemed to me to be marketing some inside view of the government, how it really is from people who know. Clooney's name was on it, lots of politicians were in it, and the surface drama of the participants was heavy and sort of realistic.Unfortunately, the whole movie revolved and resolved around the eccentricities of Elliot Gould's character who was a mad as any of them and whose main points where that he used to bring fake lottery tickets into his work and leave then around and then laugh when someone thought that they had won the lottery. So the whole plot revolved around hiding Bergstrom's/Gould's enjoyment of torturing the employees of his own company in Washington.Seems to me if there might be more direct ways to express that Washington and the world is run by capricious madmen and madwomen that forcing us to sit through all of this very slick realistic and engaging melodrama because in the end I just felt as engaging as it was it was only a highly polished turd. A waste of time with nothing to say from people who ought to have some responsibility to use their money, power and celebrity for some positive outcome.
rickyowei **SPOILER** **SPOILER** **SPOILER** **SPOILER** **SPOILER** **SPOILER** Did anyone understand the ending? At first it seems simple enough: the firm was investigated by the authorities for a shady transaction and the firm's clients took off. This happens all the time and it's a pretty solid ending since it portrays adequately how many people are negatively effected by such a closing. But then there is a surprise ending in that Bergstrom shows up at the airport/train station and is picked up by a chauffeur. He is very well dressed and looks to be completely in control of his faculties (unlike before when he was dressed shabbily and watching old movies in his rundown Brooklyn apartment). Why was Bergstrom picked up at the airport under the name of Pierce? Was it a setup on his part to bring the firm down?Also, were all 10 episodes shown on HBO? Thanks, Ricky
Michael Casagrande The series has progressed to the point that the Carville-Matalin lobby firm has become the target of a Federal investigation. This story line brings immediate relevance to every show.D. C. has long been the home of investigations that also have a political component. Art and reality meld perfectly here.The form of the dialogue underlines the reality. The professional actors (and some real-world actors) speak as real people do every day ... stumbles, searching for the right word, umm, uh ....I don't know about the numbers of viewers necessary to be successful on cable, but HBO has an aesthetic and stylistic winner here. I agree that following Beltway events is a big plus for viewers, but I would bet that the realistic dialogue patterns alone produce a breakthrough.

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