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Phoenix is an Australian police drama television series. Phoenix screened as two thirteen-part series on Australian Broadcasting Corporation in 1992 and 1993.
The first series of Phoenix in 1992 recounted the investigation of the bombing of the Victorian state police headquarters, loosely based on a real case in the mid-1980s, the Russell Street Bombing. It was aided by extensive research into police techniques and was lauded as one of the most realistic depictions of police investigation techniques, including both surveillance and forensics, as well as having an involving storyline.
Notable for its dark visual tone and for its no-holds-barred attitude to violence and language (which was far, far earthier than supposedly dark police dramas from the United States at the time and since).
It spawned a second thirteen-part series, Phoenix II, in 1993 as well as a spin-off series, Janus, in 1994 devoted to the machinations of court cases.
The series was created and produced by Tony McDonald and Alison Nisselle and screened by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation .
Phoenix is an American crime film directed by Briton Danny Cannon in 1998.
Karl Williams, writing for the All Movie Guide, describes ‘Phoenix’ as a “noir crime drama set in Arizona and updated for post-modern sensibilities is similar in tone to other hip B-movie homages such as Bad Lieutenant (1992), Pulp Fiction (1994) and the previous year's award winning L.A. Confidential (1997)”.
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In Phoenix, Arizona, all is not well at the local police station as some of the colleagues are not good of heart. Superstitious cop Harry Collins (Ray Liotta) is on the take. He a compulsive gambler who is forced to plan a heist with fellow cops Mike (Anthony LaPaglia), James (Daniel Baldwin), and Fred (Jeremy Piven) to rip off local pimp and overall bad guy, Louie (Giancarlo Espsito), to pay off gambling debts run up with "bookie" Chicago (Tom Noonan). Things do not go exactly to plan, and tensions build up between Harry and the other cops. But Fred's unfaithful wife Katie (Kari Wuhrer) figures out their plans and relays them to their boss, Lt. Webber (Xander Berkely), who has other ideas. Romance and relief from violence is provided by Leila (Angelica Huston), a local bar manager and Harry's older, on-and-off girlfriend who is trying to raise her rebellious teenage daughter Veronica (Brittany Murphy). Written by Chris Foster







