David Greenwalt
Director
Profit (1996)
Specials
Jim Profit works for a multinational company, and isn't above using any means necessary to get ahead, and that includes bribery, blackmail, intimidation, extortion, and even murder. Now everyone at the company, including the president, Charles Gracen are oblivious to his dark side, as a matter of fact, Gracen thinks of him as a golden boy. But when Joanne Meltzer, the company's security chief looks into his eyes, she sees something sinister.
Released April 8, 1996
Episode 47 min
None+
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Production Companies: McNamara Production
Network: FOX
Country: United States
Languages:
English
S0E1 - Greed Kills
A mix of show clips, archival materials, and interviews with Greenwalt, McNamara, Pasdar, executive producer Stephen J. Cannell, and actors Lisa Blount and Lisa Zane. This documentary covers the development of the McNamara\/Greenwalt partnership as well as the origins of Profit, its path to the screen, shooting the “Pilot” and attached controversies, casting, character issues and the approaches taken by the actors, the use of voiceovers, inspirations and related concepts, storylines, stretching boundaries and censorship, reactions to the show and its legacy.
Aug. 9, 2005, midnight
FOX
47 min/ep
378 min
April 8, 1996
Dec. 9, 2002, midnight
Canceled
16
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