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Painkiller 2023
Painkiller is an American drama television miniseries written by Micah Fitzerman-Blue and Noah Harpster. It adapts Patrick Radden Keefe's New Yorker article "The Family That Built an Empire of Pain" and Pain Killer: An Empire of Deceit and the Origin of America's Opioid Epidemic by Barry Meier, examining the origins of the opioid crisis through Purdue Pharma, a company controlled by Richard Sackler and his family. The series portrays Purdue's ruthless and unscrupulous promotional strategies for their 'blockbuster' medication OxyContin, a long-acting version of the opioid oxycodone. The Sackler family has been labeled the "most evil family in America", and "the worst drug dealers in history".
Painkiller debuted on Netflix on August 10, 2023.
Cast
- Uzo AdubaEdie Flowers
- Matthew BroderickRichard Sackler
- Sam AndersonRaymond Sackler
- Clark GreggArthur Sackler
- Taylor KitschGlen Kryger
- Carolina BartczakLily Kryger
- Tyler Ritter[[John L
- John AlesGregory Fitzgibbons
- Ron LeaBill Havens
- Ana Cruz KayneBrianna Ortiz
- West DuchovnyShannon Schaeffer
- Jack MulhernTyler Kryger
- Dina ShihabiBritt
- John RothmanMortimer Sackler
- John MurphyMichael Friedman
- Noah HarpsterCurtis Wright
- Trenna KeatingDeborah Marlowe
Crew
- Director
- Peter Berg
- Creator
- Micah Fitzerman-Blue, Noah Harpster
- Producer
- Chris Hatcher
- Executive producer
- Micah Fitzerman-Blue, Noah Harpster, Eric Newman, Alex Gibney
- Cinematography
- Brendan Steacy
- Music
- Matt Morton
Details
- Production
- Blue Harp, Film 44, Grand Electric, Jigsaw Productions
- Network
- Netflix
