American Crime Story 2016
Created by Larry Karaszewski, Scott Alexander, Tom Rob Smith, Sarah Burgess
- Crime, Drama
- 3 seasons
- 29 episodes
- Ended
- TV-MA
You don’t know the whole story.
An anthology series centered around some of history's most famous criminal investigations.
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Grave, earnest, bleak and overwhelming.
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- Stephen Campbellon TMDB · Apr 20198/10
**_Thoughts on 'The Assassination of Gianni Versace'_** > _There has been so much written and said about the murder, and thousands of suppositions, but not a trace of reality._ - Antonio D'Amico; ""My life was torn in two when Gianni was shot": Versace's lover breaks silence" (Angela Giuffrida); _The Observer_ (July 30, 2017) Telling the story of the murder of Gianni Versace (Edgar Ramírez) at the hands of Andrew Cunanan (Darren Criss), what's especially interesting about this season of American Crime Story is the narrative structure. The opening scene of the first episode sees the murder, and the show then goes backwards, with each episode set earlier than the previous one, an achronological structure that unifies form and content; this isn't about a murder, it's about how Cunanan became a serial killer. Within this, the show deals with two interrelated issues; 1) the concept that one must work hard to be successful, and 2) the desire to be remembered. Cunanan is obsessed with the second, but unwilling to acknowledge the first, despite his conviction of his own greatness. His attitude is nicely critiqued by Versace himself ("_Life isn't about convincing people you can do great thi
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Cast
- Sarah PaulsonLinda Tripp
- Beanie FeldsteinMonica Lewinsky
- Annaleigh AshfordPaula Jones
- Margo MartindaleLucianne Goldberg
- Edie FalcoHillary Clinton
- Clive OwenBill Clinton
Crew
- Larry KaraszewskiCreator
- Scott AlexanderCreator
- Tom Rob SmithCreator
- Sarah BurgessCreator
- Mac QuayleOriginal Music Composer
- Jemima KhanProducer
- Flora BirnbaumProducer
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Seasons
- The People v. O.J. Simpson10 eps · 2016
- The Assassination of Gianni Versace9 eps · 2018
- Impeachment10 eps · 2021
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