Nowhere Man

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"My name is Thomas Veil, or at least it was. I'm a photographer, I had it all: a wife, Alyson, friends, a career. And in one moment it was all taken away, all because of a single photograph. I have it; They want it; and they will do anything to get the negative. I'm keeping this diary as proof that these events are real. I know they are. They have to be." On August 28, 1995, Thomas Veil, a professional photographer, has his identity suddenly erased by a mysterious conspiracy. Nobody recognizes him, including his own wife. His studio is empty, his art show at a gallery has vanished. His entire past ceased to exist in a moment. People are chasing him, but he doesn't know why, except that it has something to do with "Hidden Agenda", a picture of a brutal execution he took a year earlier, now missing from his studio. He has the negative, "they" want it, and the hunt is on. Tom Veil is on the run, trying to find out the truth of what happened to him while at the same time evading his unknown pursuers.moreless
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S 1 :  Ep 25 Aired 5/20/96
S 1 :  Ep 24 Aired 5/13/96
S 1 :  Ep 23 Aired 5/6/96
S 1 :  Ep 22 Aired 4/29/96
S 1 :  Ep 21 Aired 4/15/96

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  • Excellent show with too short a life span.

    9.8
    "Superb"
    By wkgoddess, Nov 04, 2011
    This show was the beginning of the downfall of my faith in networks. This show was fantastic but was cancelled and left hundreds of unanswered questions. The show was based on the idea that this man had seen something he shouldn't have seen but being an innocent he did not realize the power of the pictures he had taken. The move the Net was a very similar concept. The government (or some other group) rips his life from him. Just the idea of going to the bathroom during dinner to return and find your wife, house and life gone was very well played off. I really hope writers of today will watch this series and find the magic that was within the story telling. In retrospect maybe Nowhere Man was too intelligent for TV. As is the case with Veronica Mars and Jericho the intelligent shows go the way of the dinosaur. Here is hoping writers will keep trying to create such shows and that eventually the world will catch up.moreless

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    8.5
    "Great"
    By sesshoth, Jul 25, 2010
    i found the series to be a great one with a lot of time skips and it wasn't long enough but it was so interesting and the episodes were long so i gotta say i loved the series. its about a guy that takes photos of an execution done by some group higher than the government and he gets them published, then he gets caught and they pretty much erase his life, so he goes out to get it back, but noone seems to know him and he gets into a lot of trouble to get what he thinks is the truth.moreless

  • Bruce Greenwood plays Thomas J. Veil, a photographer, who after taking a photograph of a covert government operation has his life taken away by the government.

    9.0
    "Superb"
    By marvelfan89, Jul 30, 2009
    Great show. A thinking man's show. It does have everything you can want in a show like this action, suspense, great acting. At its heart, this is clearly a thinking man's show. It's an analytical show that calls the viewer to think about the character and situations he is in. You are hooked from the very beginning and are always interested to see if Veil will uncover the conspiracy several shady and corrupt members of the government.

    The pilot sets up the tone of the show. Sure there are shows like this but Nowhere Man creates it's a bleak, dark atmosphere, where the truth ends up being put on the back burner.

    Bruce Greenwood is the star of the show. He really is an underrated actor. You might recognize in other shows and movie, but he was the best man for the role.

    This show also features by young upcoming talent like Carrie Anne Moss of the X-Files and proven talent like Megan Gallagher.

    Nowhere Man is a great show. It's a shame it lasted only one season. You might come away saying well it must have sucked because it lasted only one season but that isn't true.

    I remember when UPN was just starting out from syndication. Nowhere Man was in its lineup along with other shows like Robocop The Series and The Sentinel.

    Decent shows. I do miss the 90s.moreless

  • Unknown forces conspire to erase the identity of photographer Thomas Veil and without warning, every aspect of his life is unravelled during the course of one evening. In one way or another, his family and friends are silenced.moreless

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    By ndog007, Aug 08, 2007
    Image Entertainment Announces Premiere Home Video Release Of Critically Acclaimed Television Series Nowhere Man

    One of the Best Sci-Fi Thrillers of the '90s; Release to Coincide with 10th Anniversary of Show's First Broadcast

    CHATSWORTH, CA (October 27, 2005) -- Image Entertainment, Inc. (Nasdaq: DISK), a leading independent licensee, producer and distributor of home entertainment programming in North America, in association with Davis-Anderson Merchandising Corp., today announced the December 27, 2005, premiere home video release of the critically acclaimed television series Nowhere Man.

    Created by Lawrence Hertzog ("24", "La Femme Nikita", "The Profiler"), the show attracted a roster of who's who of film and television including Joel Surnow (creator of "24"), director Tobe Hooper (Poltergeist, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre), Bruce Greenwood, Carrie-Anne Moss, Bryan Cranston, Dean Stockwell, Dean Jones, Maria Bello, Cliff De Young, Hal Linden and many more!

    In Nowhere Man, unknown forces conspire to erase photographer Thomas Veil's (Bruce Greenwood, I, Robot) identity and without warning, every aspect of his life is unraveled during the course of one evening - his wife acts as if he's a stranger, his credit cards are suddenly invalid, his keys no longer fit the door to his home and in one way or another, his family and friends are silenced. Completely alone, Veil sets out on a desperate cross-country quest for an answer while eluding his powerful and unknown enemy. His only clue to the possible motivation behind the harrowing ordeal is the disappearance of one of his photographs, "Hidden Agenda," which depicts the execution of natives in a war-torn Third World country.

    Nowhere Man on DVD will be released as a 9-disc box set. The DVD is packed with audio and video commentaries (Larry Hertzog, Bruce Greenwood, Peter Dunne, Steve Rodman, Art Monterastelli, Ian Toynton), interviews (Larry Hertzog, Art Monterastelli, Guy Magar, Steve Rodman, Bruce Greenwood, Michael Levine, Megan Gallagher), deleted and extended scenes, promotional spots, outtakes, and two featurettes -- "Networking" (UPN executive Mike Sullivan and series creator Larry Hertzog reminisce) and "Fact or Fiction?" (an anonymous ex-CIA operative reveals real world government conspiracies, mind control techniques and how fragile our identity really is). For more information about the Nowhere Man DVD collection, go to www.nowheremandvd.com

    About Image Entertainment:

    Image Entertainment, Inc. is a leading independent licensee, producer and distributor of home entertainment programming in North America, with approximately 3,000 exclusive DVD titles and 175 exclusive CD titles in domestic release and approximately 300 programs internationally via sublicense agreements. For many of its titles, the Company has exclusive audio and broadcast rights and, through its subsidiary Egami Media, Inc., exclusive video on demand, streaming video and download rights. The Company is headquartered in Chatsworth, California, and has a domestic distribution facility in Las Vegas, Nevada. For more information about Image Entertainment, Inc., please go to www.image-entertainment.com.

    About Davis-Anderson Merchandising Corp:

    Davis-Anderson Merchandising Corp, located in West Hollywood, CA, is the multi-award winning product development, merchandising and marketing partner of Davis-Panzer Productions, Inc. Davis-Anderson promotes a variety of merchandise for properties such as: HIGHLANDER (Film and TV series), Xena: Warrior Princess, Hercules: The Legendary Journeys, The Lord of the Rings, Gladiator, Conan, Zorro, Alexander, and Marvel. For more details, please visit www.davisanderson.com

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    Nowhere Man - DVD
    Prebook Date: 11/29/05
    Street Date: 12/27/05
    Catalog #: ID2331VBDVD
    UPC#: 0014381233124
    DVD SRP: $49.99moreless

  • Great show full of mystery and suspence and action it had everything you could want in a action show like this one. To enjoyed this show you need to love MYSTERY soaps.It's a show you need to follow every week.To bad the show was off the air buy thmoreless

    9.1
    "Superb"
    By supperkat, Jun 11, 2007
    Bruce Greenwood,great actor in this series about a man's life that change at a party and nobody seem to remember him at all not his wife,friends,and son. A great mmystery for TV viewers,who like mystery like I do.It seems to be about a murder that toke place in South America in Columbia somewhere and that photo he'd take seems to be really in inportant to though who wish to cover this up.THE US goverments miss deed are really here and it makes it more interesting.Bruce Greenwood acting ability works well here because he's great.You just need to watch this show.moreless
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