"Dirt"
Pilot (2007)

Director:

Matthew Carnahan

Writers:

Matthew Carnahan (creator) and
Matthew Carnahan (writer)

TV Series:

"Dirt" (2007)

Original Air Date:

2 January 2007 (Season 1, Episode 1)

Genre:

Drama

Plot:

Lucy Spiller is the ambitious, ruthless, cynical, and scheming editor of two Hollywood tabloid magazines...

Plot Keywords:

Photographer | Journalism | Drugs | Gossip | Hallucination

Cast

Courteney Cox	...	Lucy Spiller
Ian Hart	...	Don Konkey
Josh Stewart	...	Holt McLaren
Laura Allen	...	Julia Mallory
Jeffrey Nordling	...	Brent Barrow
Will McCormack	...	Leo Spiller (credit only)
Shannyn Sossamon	...	Kira Klay
Alexandra Breckenridge	...	Willa McPherson
Rick Fox	...	Prince Tyreese
Johann Urb	...	Johnny Gage
Julie Claire	...	Cheryl Steen
Bret Roberts	...	Cal
David Fincher	...	Himself
Demetrius Grosse	...	Kenny the Assistant
Channon Roe	...	Jeff Stagliano

Runtime:

55 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Certification:

Australia:MA | USA:TV-MA

Filming Locations:

Casbah Cafe - 3900 West Sunset Boulevard, Silver Lake, Los Angeles, California, USA

Quotes:

[first lines]
Reporter: [to Prince] Prince Tyreese with twenty six points and a triple double. How does it feel?

Quite interesting, but should not be listed as a Comedy by IMDb

It is a fairly dark edgy look at tabloid magazines and "celebs lives" in Hollywood. Courteney Cox's character Lucy is pretty good, but so far the star for me is Ian Hart who plays the schizophrenic photographer, Don. He is brilliant. A lot of drama and irony - but definitely not a comedy. I am guessing that the story line is taking "real life" up a few levels, but there seems a ring of truth throughout. Courteney Cox presumably knows Hollywood very well. The pilot was well written and a relief to watch as it was commercial free for this one time. Some of the scenes moved too quickly and at times it was confusing. But I will continue watching to see how it develops - it will be interesting to see if the writers can avoid repetition in this type of storyline.