TV Series· 2019· Drama

Euphoria

by Sam Levinson

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Jurassic Park

Film · 1993

InfluenceLOW

Sam Levinson has said he wanted to emulate what Spielberg does in films like Jurassic Park, where each shot answers a question and poses a new one, the shot logic behind the show's restless, connecting camera.

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Real-world influenceHIGH
  • Addiction & recovery

Sam Levinson based Rue's addiction on his own drug addiction as a teenager.

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Euphoria

A group of teenagers experience the ups and downs of love and friendship in a world of social media, sex, drugs, and violence. Based on the Israeli miniseries of the same name created by Ron Leshem, the series stars Zendaya as drug-addicted teenager Rue Bennett, who also serves as an unreliable narrator. The ensemble cast includes Maude Apatow, Angus Cloud, Eric Dane, Alexa Demie, Jacob Elordi, Barbie Ferreira, Nika King, Storm Reid, Hunter Schafer, Algee Smith, Sydney Sweeney, Colman Domingo, Javon "Wanna" Walton, and Austin Abrams. Dominic Fike, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Martha Kelly, Chloe Cherry, and Toby Wallace join later in the series.

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