| Mandrake | |
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| Genre | Comedy drama |
| Created by | Rubem Fonseca (novel) José Henrique Fonseca |
| Starring | Marcos Palmeira Maria Luiza Mendonça Luis Carlos Miéle Marcelo Serrado and Érika Mader |
| Theme music composer | Dado Villa-Lobos |
| Opening theme | The Work Song |
| Composer | Charles Mingus |
| Country of origin | Brazil |
| Original language | Portuguese |
| No. of seasons | 2 |
| No. of episodes | 13 (list of episodes) |
| Production | |
| Executive producer | José Henrique Fonseca |
| Producers | Luis Peraza Pedro Buarque de Hollanda Leonardo Monteiro de Barros |
| Production locations | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
| Cinematography | Gustavo Hadba Paulo Souza |
| Camera setup | Multi-camera |
| Running time | ~50 minutes (no commercials) |
| Original release | |
| Network | HBO Latin America |
| Release | October 30, 2005 – December 16, 2007 |
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Mandrake is an original series created for the Brazilian branch of the HBO Latin America. The series was produced by HBO's local partner, Conspiração Filmes, with a budget of US$6.5 million. It first aired on October 30, 2005, being broadcast on Sundays at 11 O'clock pm (local Brazilian time: UTC -3).
The first ever HBO original series produced in Brazil, Mandrake was adapted from the character created by Brazilian novelist, Rubem Fonseca. Fonseca is known for his analysis of Rio de Janeiro's diverse society in his book A Grande Arte (The Great Art). Fonseca was actively involved in the adaptation of his work for TV, and the general direction of the project was entrusted to his own son, José Henrique Fonseca.
The series was met with great enthusiasm by critics. A second batch of five episodes was produced in mid-2007, and began airing on November 18, 2007. This is expected to complete a 13-episode first season. A second season was, at first, neither confirmed nor denied, with HBO quoted as saying they would be focusing on producing an international series immediately after the Mandrake first season ends.[1] Finally, on May 20, 2007, HBO announced that it was beginning production of a 5-episode second season of the show[2]
As part of a broader plan of distribution, the episodes were immediately dubbed in Spanish, so that HBO could distribute the show to its other Latin American branches.
- ^ Fioratti, Gustavo.Série "Mandrake" retorna mais distante da obra de Rubem Fonseca. Folha de S. Paulo. November 11, 2007. Retrieved November 19, 2007.
- ^ Teleséries HBO produz cinco novos episódios de Mandrake Archived 2007-11-21 at the Wayback Machine. Teleséries. May 20, 2007. Retrieved on November 21, 2007.