The Last Templar (miniseries)

The Last Templar is a three-hour Canadian television miniseries[1] based on the 2005 novel The Last Templar, which aired in the U.S. on January 25 and 26, 2009, starring Mira Sorvino, Scott Foley, Victor Garber, Anthony Lemke, Kenneth Welsh, Danny Blanco Hall and Omar Sharif.[2] The miniseries is produced by Muse Entertainment Enterprises. Emmy Award-winning Robert Halmi Sr. (who produced the Gulliver's Travels miniseries), along with Robert Halmi Jr. (The Poseidon Adventure), and Michael Prupas are the executive producers.

The Last Templar
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GenreAdventure, drama
Based onThe Last Templar
by Raymond Khoury
Written bySuzette Couture
Directed byPaolo Barzman
Starring
  • Mira Sorvino
  • Victor Garber
  • Scott Foley
  • Anthony Lemke
Theme music composerNormand Corbeil
Country of originCanada
Original languageEnglish
No. of episodes2
Production
ProducerIrene Litinsky
CinematographyThomas Burstyn
EditorArthur Tarnowski
Running time170 minutes
Production companyMuse Entertainment Enterprises
Original release
NetworkNBC
ReleaseJanuary 25 (2009-01-25) –
January 26, 2009 (2009-01-26)

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At the New York Metropolitan Museum, four horsemen dressed as 12th-century knights storm the gala opening of an exhibition of Vatican treasures and steal an arcane medieval decoder. Archaeologist Tess Chaykin (Mira Sorvino) and FBI agent Sean Daley (Scott Foley) engage in a chase across three continents in search of the enemy and the lost secret of the Knights Templar.[3]

Cast

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References

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  1. ^ "The Last Templar". Canwest Broadcasting. Retrieved 2009-01-25.
  2. ^ http://www.rhitv.com/InProduction.aspx
  3. ^ "The Last Templar". NBC. Archived from the original on 2009-01-18. Retrieved 2009-01-08.
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