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Empire Falls

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  • 2005-2005
  • 1 Season
  • HBO
  • Drama
  • TV-14
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A drama that swoops in on Empire Falls, an economically depressed mill town in Maine, and lifetime resident Miles Roby, who's run the town's top restaurant for some twenty years. Miles is surrounded by his newly thin wife, meddling father, and hostile boss.

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Ed Harris
Miles Roby
Philip Seymour Hoffman
Charlie Mayne
Helen Hunt
Janine Roby

Season 1 Episode Guide See All

Episode 1

Episode #1.1

Sat, May 28, 2005110 mins

A declining New England town is the setting for this humorous, poignant drama about local residents whose lives are inexorably connected by dying industry, class differences and ghosts of the past. Unable to escape, Miles learns to cope with his troubles while piecing together some surprising revelations from the past.

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Awards

  • 2006 - Golden Globe - Best Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television - winner
  • 2006 - Golden Globe - Best Performance by an Actor in a Miniseries or a Motion Picture Made for Television - nominated
  • 2006 - Golden Globe - Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Series, Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television - winner
  • 2006 - Golden Globe - Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series, Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television - nominated

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