Painkiller

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Painkiller is a drama miniseries that explores the origins and impact of the U.S. opioid crisis, focusing on the role of Purdue Pharma and OxyContin.

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Painkiller series 1

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instanceOf drama television series
television miniseries
authorOfSourceMaterial Barry Meier
Patrick Radden Keefe
basedOn Pain Killer: An Empire of Deceit and the Origin of America’s Opioid Epidemic
The Family That Built an Empire of Pain
countryOfOrigin United States
creator Micah Fitzerman-Blue
Noah Harpster
director Peter Berg
distributor Netflix
endTime 2023
executiveProducer Alex Gibney
Eric Newman
Micah Fitzerman-Blue
Noah Harpster
Peter Berg
genre biographical television series
docudrama
drama
hasFormat limited series
hasTheme addiction
public health crisis
regulatory failure
mainSubject OxyContin
Purdue Pharma
corporate malfeasance
opioid epidemic in the United States
pharmaceutical industry
numberOfEpisodes 6
numberOfSeasons 1
originalLanguage English
originallyAiredOn streaming television
originalNetwork Netflix
platform Netflix
portrays Sackler family
linked to: Sackler
producer Eric Newman
productionCompany Neon Black
Netflix
releaseDate 2023-08-10
setInPeriod early 21st century
late 20th century
starring Carolina Bartczak
Clark Gregg
Dina Shihabi
Jack Mulhern
John Rothman
Matthew Broderick
Sam Anderson
Taylor Kitsch
Tyler Ritter
Uzo Aduba
West Duchovny
startTime 2023

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Micah Fitzerman-Blue coWriterOf Painkiller
Micah Fitzerman-Blue notableWork Painkiller
DOOM series influenced Painkiller series
linked to: Painkiller