100 Centre Street
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Oscar-winning director Sidney Lumet, who began his career during the "golden age" of live television, returned to his TV roots as creator, writer, and director of the gritty, one-hour drama series 100 Centre Street. The title refers to the address of New York's Criminal Court, presided over by such distinguished jurists as Judge Joe Rifkind (Alan Arkin and Judge Atallah Sims (LaTanya Richardson). Though diametrical opposites in terms of philosophy -- Rifkind tends towards lenient liberalism, while the by-the-book Sims is known far and wide as "Atallah the Hun" -- the two judges remain close friends. Many of the episodes deal with the ramifications of the judges' decisions: In the opener, for example, Rifkind had to wrestle with the fact that a defendant he set free immediately went out and committed a savage murder -- and the victim was the daughter of Rifkind's former law partner. Others in the cast are Joseph Lyle Taylor and Paula Devicq as Assistant DAs Bobby Esposito and Cynthia Bennington, Larry Pine as Cynthia's father Frank, Manny Perez as womanizing legal aide Ramon Rodriguez, Val Avery as Sal Gentile, and Armando Williams as Al Thompson. As realistic as possible within the strictures of basic cable, and doggedly refusing to take dramatic easy-outs or provide pat endings, 100 Centre Street is worthy of all the "hype" attending its January 15, 2001, debut on the A&E network. ~ Hal Erickson, RoviCast
- Alan Arkin - Joe Rifkind
- La Tanya Richardson - Attallah Sims
- Paula Devicq - Cynthia Bennington
- Joseph Lyle Taylor - Bobby Esposito
- Manny Perez - Ramon Rodriguez
Credit
Louis Di Giaimo - Casting, Sidney Lumet - Director, Ray Hubley - Editor, Tom Swartwout - Editor, Sidney Lumet - Executive Producer, Paul Chihara - Composer (Music Score), Christopher Nowak - Production Designer, Ron Fortunato - Cinematographer, Sidney Lumet - ScreenwriterRelated Videos:
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| Genre | Legal drama |
| Directed by | Sidney Lumet |
| Starring | Alan Arkin LaTanya Richardson |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 2 |
| No. of episodes | 35 [1] |
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| Executive producer(s) | Sidney Lumet |
| Production company(s) | Jaffe/Braunstein Films Ltd. and A&E Television Networks in association with Pearson Television International |
| Distributor | A&E Television Networks |
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| Original channel | A&E Network |
| Original run | January 15, 2001 – March 5, 2002 |
100 Centre Street is an American legal drama created by Sidney Lumet and starring Alan Arkin.
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Premise
The show takes its name for the street address of the criminal division of the New York Supreme Court for New York County. The show aired in the United States on the A&E Network cable television channel from 2001 to 2002. Some called it a more gritty and accurate version of Law & Order, although unlike Law & Order, 100 Centre Street focused more on the personal lives of its characters[citation needed]. Episodes focused on the friendship between Judge Rifkind, a liberal Jew, and Judge Sims, a conservative lesbian African American, as well as the romance between Bobby and Cynthia, Ramon's infidelity to his wife Cassandra, J.J.'s potentially corrupt mob ties, Fatima's drug addiction, Rebecca Rifkind's estrangement from her father, and Spiegelman and Byrnes' political scheming.
Main cast
- Alan Arkin as Judge Joe Rifkind
- Val Avery as Sal Gentile
- Bobby Cannavale as ADA Jeremiah "J.J." Jellinek
- Joel de la Fuente as ADA Peter Davies
- Paula Devicq as ADA/private attorney Cynthia Bennington
- Manny Perez as Legal Aid attorney Ramon Rodriguez
- LaTanya Richardson as Judge Atallah Sims
- Joseph Lyle Taylor as ADA/PI Bobby Esposito
- Michole White as Legal Aid attorney Fatima Kelly
Guest stars
- Sidney Armus as DA Spiegelman
- Dennis Boutsikaris as Executive ADA Gil Byrnes
- Paul Butler as Det. Willard Block
- Sarita Choudhury as ADA Julia Brooks
- Chuck Cooper as Charlie the Bridgeman (bailiff)
- Tawny Cypress as Cassandra Rodriguez
- Margo Martindale as Legal Aid supervisor Michelle Grange
- Phyllis Newman as Sarah Rifkind
- Amy Ryan as Rebecca Rifkind
Notable guest stars
- Matthew Arkin
- Jude Ciccolella
- Terry Serpico
- Anna Deavere Smith
- Roma Torre
- Floyd Vivino
- Kerry Washington
- Judy Reyes
- Eric Millegan
- Brian Scolaro
Main crew
- Sidney Lumet
- Steve Shill
- Don Scardino
- Jerry London
- John M. O'Connell
- Steven Schwartz
- David Black
- Siobhan Byrne
- Rudy Wurlitzer
- Lilith Jacobs
- Steve Rose
- Debbie Elbin
- Philip W. Hack
- Delia Fine
- Michael Jaffe
References
- ^ "100 Centre St episode list". Archived from the original on 2009-04-26. http://www.scribd.com/doc/2386437/100-Centre-St-episode-list. Retrieved 2009-03-27.
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