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Five Days at Memorial is an American disaster medical drama miniseries based on the 2013 book of the same name by Sheri Fink. It was developed, written and directed by John Ridley and Carlton Cuse.
The miniseries premiered on August 12, 2022, on Apple TV+.
Premise
Depicts the difficulties a New Orleans hospital endures after Hurricane Katrina makes landfall on the city.
Cast and characters
= Main
=Vera Farmiga as Dr. Anna Pou
Cherry Jones as Susan Mulderick
Cornelius Smith Jr. as Dr. Bryant King
Robert Pine as Dr. Horace Baltz
Adepero Oduye as Karen Wynn
Julie Ann Emery as Diane Robichaux
Michael Gaston as Arthur "Butch" Schafer
Molly Hager as Virginia Rider
= Recurring
== Guest
=John Diehl as Frank Minyard
Tom Irwin as Walker Shaw
Ervin Ross as Rodney Scott
Natasha Mumba as Tiana Colburn
Philip Craig as Attorney General Charles Foti, Jr.
Ean Castellanos as Michael Morales
Episodes
Production
= Development
=In 2013, shortly after its release, Scott Rudin acquired the rights to adapt Five Days at Memorial: Life and Death in a Storm-Ravaged Hospital as a film to be produced with Eli Bush under Scott Rudin Productions.
By 2017, the film rights had reportedly lapsed, prompting Ryan Murphy to approach Scott Rudin about adapting Five Days at Memorial for television as the third season of the FX true crime anthology series American Crime Story, with Sarah Paulson set to star as Dr. Anna Pou. The adaptation, however, never came to fruition, and in 2019, Rudin started shopping the project elsewhere.
As part of his overall deal with ABC Signature, Carlton Cuse acquired the television rights, and then contacted John Ridley to collaborate. In September 2020, Apple ordered Five Days at Memorial as a limited series to be produced for Apple TV+. Both Cuse and Ridley serve as writers, directors, executive producers, and co-showrunners of the series.
= Casting
=Vera Farmiga was cast in March 2021, with Adepero Oduye, Cornelius Smith Jr. and Julie Ann Emery joining in April 2021, Cherry Jones and Molly Hager joining in May 2021, Michael Gaston joining in June 2021, and Joe Carroll joining in August 2021.
= Filming
=Production took place from May 25 to November 10, 2021, in Toronto and New Orleans.
Release
The series premiered on Apple TV+ on August 12, 2022, with its first three episodes. Each following episode was released weekly on Fridays.
Reception
The review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes reports an 86% approval rating with an average rating of 7.9/10, based on 35 critic reviews. The website's critics consensus reads, "Five Days at Memorial is unflinching to the point of punishing, thoroughly recounting an absolute calamity while giving due to those who tried their best to stanch the tragic fallout." Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned a score of 74 out of 100 based on 19 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".
= Accolades
=The episode "Day Two" won an Emmy award for Outstanding Special Visual Effects In A Single Episode at the 2024 Emmys. The show won for Outstanding Supporting Visual Effects in a Photoreal Episode at the 21st Visual Effects Society Awards.
References
External links
Official website
Five Days at Memorial at IMDb
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