Show Me a Hero

*Show Me a Hero*
Show Me a Hero
Genre	Drama
Based on	Show Me a Hero; by Lisa Belkin
Written by	David Simon; William F. Zorzi;
Directed by	Paul Haggis
Starring	Oscar Isaac; Bob Balaban; Jim Belushi; Jon Bernthal; Dominique Fishback; Ilfenesh Hadera; LaTanya Richardson Jackson; Catherine Keener; Terry Kinney; Alfred Molina; Natalie Paul; Peter Riegert; Carla Quevedo; Winona Ryder;
Ending theme	"When the People Find Out" by Steve Earle
Composer	Nathan Larson
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of episodes	6 (list of episodes) Preview warning: Page using Template:Infobox television with "list_episodes" parameter using self-link. See Infobox instructions and MOS:INFOBOXPURPOSE.
Production
Executive producers	David Simon; William F. Zorzi; Paul Haggis; Nina Kostroff Noble; Gail Mutrux;
Production locations	Yonkers, New York; Puerto Rico
Cinematography	Andrij Parekh
Editors	Jo Francis; Kate Sanford
Camera setup	Single-camera
Running time	56–71 minutes
Production companies	Blown Deadline Productions; Pretty Pictures; HBO Miniseries
Original release
Network	HBO
Release	August 16 –; August 30, 2015
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Show Me a Hero is a 2015 American miniseries based on the 1999 nonfiction book of the same name by former New York Times writer Lisa Belkin about Yonkers mayor (1987–89) Nick Wasicsko.^[1]^[2] Like the book, the miniseries details a white middle-class neighborhood's resistance to a federally mandated scattered-site public housing development in Yonkers, New York, and how the tension of the situation affected the city as a whole.^[3]^[4]

The miniseries was written by David Simon and journalist William F. Zorzi, with whom Simon worked at The Baltimore Sun and on the HBO series The Wire. It was directed by Paul Haggis.^[1] Six episodes were ordered by HBO;^[1] the miniseries premiered on August 16, 2015.^[5]

^ ^a ^b ^c Andreeva, Nellie (July 30, 2014). "HBO Greenlights David Simon Miniseries Starring Oscar Isaac & Catherine Keener". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved August 10, 2014.
^ Mulholland, John (September 28, 2014). "The Wire creator David Simon: why American politics no longer works". The Guardian. Retrieved July 15, 2015.
^ Travers, Ben (July 13, 2015). "Watch: 'Show Me a Hero' Trailer Brings Oscar Isaac to 'The Wire' in David Simon's HBO Miniseries". Indiewire. Retrieved July 15, 2015.
^ Williams, Patricia J. (March 10, 1999). "Books of The Times; A City Divided by a Judge's Desegregation Order". The New York Times. Retrieved July 15, 2015.
^ Kondolojy, Amanda (May 20, 2015). "'Show me a Hero' to Premiere on HBO Sunday August 16th at 9PM". TV by the Numbers. Archived from the original on May 24, 2015. Retrieved May 20, 2015.

[Deadline-Greenlight-2014-1] Andreeva, Nellie (July 30, 2014). "HBO Greenlights David Simon Miniseries Starring Oscar Isaac & Catherine Keener". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved August 10, 2014.

[Guardian-AmericanPolitics-2014-2] Mulholland, John (September 28, 2014). "The Wire creator David Simon: why American politics no longer works". The Guardian. Retrieved July 15, 2015.

[Indiewire-Trailer-2015-3] Travers, Ben (July 13, 2015). "Watch: 'Show Me a Hero' Trailer Brings Oscar Isaac to 'The Wire' in David Simon's HBO Miniseries". Indiewire. Retrieved July 15, 2015.

[NYTimes-SMAH-Review-1999-4] Williams, Patricia J. (March 10, 1999). "Books of The Times; A City Divided by a Judge's Desegregation Order". The New York Times. Retrieved July 15, 2015.

[TVbytheNum-Premiere-2015-5] Kondolojy, Amanda (May 20, 2015). "'Show me a Hero' to Premiere on HBO Sunday August 16th at 9PM". TV by the Numbers. Archived from the original on May 24, 2015. Retrieved May 20, 2015.

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