The Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television has recognized The Pillars of the Earth with three Gemini Awards at last night's award ceremony in Toronto.

The ground breaking, eight-hour series took home the grand prize when it was named Best Dramatic Miniseries or Television Movie.

 
     
     
 

Rola Bauer

"Getting the recognition for The Pillars of the Earth that we're receiving in the awards season this year is a wonderful testament to the quality of Pillars," says Rola Bauer, Partner and Managing Director, TANDEM Communications and Executive Producer of the series. "We love Ken Follett's masterpiece novel, and we believed from the beginning it had all the magic needed to be adapted into wonderful Event programming for television.

As a Canadian, I am honoured to be receiving this prestigious award. Huge congratulations to Colleen Quinton for the work she and her team did on this enormous project with a very large cast. Kudos to our sound team whose work was a crucial component of the power of the finished series. And great thanks to the entire team for making a series that has been acknowledged as Best Dramatic Series in Canada. Great thanks to our Canadian coproduction partner, Muse Entertainment and to the entire Pillars team. With brilliant direction by Sergio Mimica-Gezzan, an extraordinary script adaptation from John Pielmeier, a haunting musical score from Trevor Morris and a cast of the highes quality, we always hoped the program would be acknowledged by viewers, as well as the entertainment community. Thank you to the Canadian Academy of Cinema and Television."
 
     
     
 

 

"The fundamental requirement of a good production is a good story," says Ridley Scott. "The Pillars of the Earth is a great book with a wonderful story. I have felt, from the beginning, this production was special. To see the series acknowledged with these awards is icing on the cake. This series has been a highlight for Scott Free and we're elated with this news."



Ridley Scott
Photo: Paul Rider
 
     
     
 

The Pillars of the Earth is directed by three-time DGA award-winner Sergio Mimica-Gezzan (Falling Skies, Heroes), teleplay is written by John Pielmeier (The Capture of the Green River Killer, The Memory Keeper's Daughter) and was shot on location in Hungary and Austria with a star-studded cast including: Ian McShane (Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides, Deadwood), Rufus Sewell (The Illusionist, A Knight's Tale), Matthew Macfadyen (The Three Musketeers, Robin Hood), Eddie Redmayne (The Yellow Handkerchief, My Weekend with Marilyn), Hayley Atwell (Captain America: The First Avenger, The Duchess), Sarah Parish (Mistresses), Natalia Woerner (Storm Tide, Miss Texas), Donald Sutherland (Dirty Sexy Money, The Italian Job), Alison Pill (Scott Pilgrim vs The World, Milk) and Gordon Pinsent (Away From Her, The Good Shepherd).

The series assembles a vast array of veteran executive producing talent in various functions, three-time Oscar® nominee Ridley Scott (Robin Hood, American Gangster), Tony Scott (Unstoppable, The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3), both Golden Globe® and Emmy® Award winners, Rola Bauer (Ring of the Nibelungs), David W. Zucker (The Good Wife), Michael Prupas (Human Trafficking), Emmy® Award-winner David A. Rosemont (Steven Spielberg's Into the West), Tim Halkin (Lost City Raiders) and Jonas Bauer (The Lost Future) and is produced by Emmy® nominated John Ryan (Hitler: The Rise of Evil).

 
     

 

     
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