The Pillars of the Earth
The Pillars of the Earth is an eight-part 2010 TV miniseries, adapted from Ken Follett's 1989 novel of the same name. It debuted in the U.S. on Starz and in Canada on The Movie Network/Movie Central on July 23, 2010. Its UK premiere was on Channel 4 in October 2010 at 9pm. In 2011, the series was nominated for 3 Golden Globes, including Best Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television, Ian McShane for Best Actor and Hayley Atwell for Best Actress at the 68th Annual Golden Globe Awards.
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| Original language | English
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| No. of episodes | 8 (List of episodes)
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| Running time | (Episodes) 45 minutes (Full running time) 428 minutes
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| Budget | $40 million
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| Original release | July 23 –
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- Sam Claflin and Ian McShane would later work together on Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides.
- Donald Sutherland and Rufus Sewell have both played Norse king Fortinbras, in Hamlet at Elsinore (1964) and Hamlet (1996), respectively.
- This is Donald Sutherland's second appearance in a Ken Follett adaptation. He previously appeared in Eye of the Needle (1981).
- Sam Claflin and Donald Sunderland would later work together in the movie Hunger Games Catching Fire.
- Ken Follett: The merchant who tells Jack about his father.
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