The Spoils of Babylon (2012)
- Genre
- comedy
- Country
- United States
- Length
- 1 season, 6 episodes
- Rated
- M
- Rating
- 6.2 of 10 from 66 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this series is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
This miniseries is a parody of the overblown drama and cliches of 1970s and 1980s television event miniseries. It follows an epic family saga with exaggerated performances and deliberately cheesy storytelling.
campyabsurdnostalgicsatiricalmelodramaticover-the-topself-aware
What happens
The Spoils of Babylon is an American comedy miniseries written by Matt Piedmont and Harper Steele, directed by Piedmont, and starring Tobey Maguire, Kristen Wiig, Tim Robbins, Jessica Alba, Val Kilmer, Haley Joel Osment, Michael Sheen, and Will Ferrell. It is a spoof of the epic-scale "TV event" miniseries adapted from bestselling novels (such as Shogun, The Thorn Birds and Rich Man, Poor Man) prevalent on American network television in the 1970s and 1980s. The miniseries premiered on IFC on January 9, 2014. The series received generally positive reviews from critics. For her performance as Cynthia Morehouse, Wiig was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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