Pablo Escobar, The Drug Lord
| Escobar: El Patrón del Mal | |
|---|---|
 Title card | |
| Genre |
Drama Historical series Telenovela |
| Created by |
Juana Uribe Camilo Cano Gabriel Klement |
| Written by | Juan Camilo Ferrand (loosely based on the novel La parábola de Pablo by Alonso Salazar)[1] |
| Directed by |
Carlos Moreno Laura Mora[1] |
| Starring |
Andrés Parra Angie Cepeda Cecilia Navia Vicky Hernández Christian Tappan Rodrigo Silva Tommy Vásquez Toto Vega Nicolás Montero Marcela Gallego Ernesto Benjumea Diana Hoyos Susana Torres César Mora Germán Quintero Helena Mallarino Juan Carlos Arango Alejandro Martínez Julio Pachón Anderson Ballesteros |
| Country of origin | Colombia |
| Original language(s) | Spanish |
| No. of episodes |
113 [2] (Caracol) 74 (international)[3] |
| Production | |
| Producer(s) |
Juana Uribe Camilo Cano Gabriel Klement |
| Production location(s) | Colombia |
| Camera setup | Multi-camera |
| Running time |
25 minutes 43 minutes (international) |
| Production company(s) | Caracol TV |
| Release | |
| Original network | Caracol TV |
| Picture format |
1080i (HDTV) 480p (SDTV) |
| Audio format | Stereo |
| Original release | May 28 – November 19, 2012 |
Escobar: El Patrón del Mal (international title: Pablo Escobar, The Drug Lord; also known as Pablo Escobar: El Patrón del Mal) is a 2012 Colombian telenovela produced and broadcast on Caracol TV, based on a true story about the life of Pablo Escobar – the notorious druglord. It is available only in Spanish. There is a version available with English subtitles.
History
From May 28 to November 1, 2012, Caracol TV aired Escobar: El Patrón del Mal weeknights at 9:30pm.[4][5] From July 9 to July 27, 2012, Telemundo aired one-hour episodes of Pablo Escobar weeknights at 10pm/9c, replacing Decisiones Extremas.[6][7] From July 30, 2012 to January 24, 2013, Telemundo aired half-hour episodes of Pablo Escobar and El Rostro de la Venganza weeknights, both sharing the 10pm time slot.[8][9] From January 25 onwards, one-hour episodes of El Rostro de la Venganza were broadcast.[10]
Plot
The series begins and ends with his dramatic last moments before being shot to death by agents of the Colombian National Police, while escaping from a relative's home, and later flashing back to his childood in Valle de Aburra, Colombia, where Pablo is teased by his cousin, Gonzalo, and older brother, Peluche, on a footbridge crossing a creek, eventually rescued by his mother, who scolds Pablo for crying. His mother's influence on Escobar's life choices is portrayed in the first episode and throughout the series, starting with her admonishment that if he is going to do something bad, he had better do it really well, after he is frustrated while trying to cheat on a test and starting a class rebellion to avoid the consequences. As he and Gonzalo became older, they began their lives of organized crime, becoming bodyguards to a well known smuggler and eventually his partners, after successfully standing off with police in what would become Escobar's trademark "Plata o Plomo" approach to dealing with law enforcement -- "accept our bribe or prepare for a shootout with us." After robbing a bank and being turned in by one of their neighbors, Pablo and his cousin start their careers as murderers by killing him. Thereafter, the series follows Pablo's adventures and misadventures in organized crime and eventually cocaine smuggling, building an empire of wealthy criminals who contest power, often violently, with the Colombian state, eventually leading to murders of prominent politicians, policemen, business associates, friends, lovers, and eventually common citizens. The plot focuses on Escobar's contradictory drives to be a good husband; a decent, upstanding, Colombian citizen; a left-wing politician; a supporter of the poor; and a wealthy, powerful "bandido" (an endearing term for criminal, like "rascal"), all while seeking ever more political power, wealth, and sexual exploits.
Cast
- Andrés Parra as Pablo Escobar
- Mauricio Mejía as Pablo Escobar (young)
- Angie Cepeda as Regina Parejo (Virginia Vallejo)
- Christian Tappan as Gonzalo Gaviria (Gustavo Gaviria)
- Juan Sebastian Calero as Gustavo Gaviria (young)
- Cecilia Navia as Paty Urreade Escobar (María Victoria Henao)
- Eileen Moreno as Paty de Escobar (young)
- Vicky Hernández as Enelia (Hermilda Gaviria, Escobar's mother)
- Linda Lucía Callejas as Enelia (young)
- Nicolás Montero as Luis Carlos Galán
- Marcela Gallego as Gloria Pachón de Galán
- Ernesto Benjumea as Rodrigo Lara Bonilla
- Diana Hoyos as Nancy Restrepo de Lara
- Germán Quintero as Guillermo Cano Isaza
- Helena Mallarino as Ana Maria Busquets de Cano
- Julio Pachón as Colonel Jairo Jimenez (Jaime Ramírez Gómez)
- Alejandro Martínez as Marcos Hérber (Carlos Lehder)
- Juan Carlos Arango as Gustavo Ramirez el Mariachi (Gonzalo Rodríguez Gacha el Mexicano)
- Hernán Méndez as Escobar's father (Abel de Jesus Escobar)
- Aldemar Correa as Julio Motoa (Fabio Ochoa Vásquez)
- Joavany Alvarez as Pedro Motoa (Jorge Luis Ochoa Vásquez)
- Alejandro Gutierrez as German Motoa (Juan David Ochoa Vásquez)
- Andrea Gomez as Irma Motoa (Martha Nieves Ochoa)
- Anderson Ballesteros as "El chilli) Jhon Jairo Arias Tascón alias Pinina
- Carlos Benjumea as Carlos Motoa "El Patriarca" (Fabio Ochoa Restrepo)
- César Mora as "El Alguacil"
- Toto Vega as Senator Alfonso Santorini (Alberto Santofimio)
- Carlos Mariño as "Marino" (John Jairo Velasquez Vasquez "Popeye")
- Luces Velasquez as "Graciela Rojas" (Griselda Blanco)
- Fabián Mendoza as César Gaviria Trujillo
- Susana Torres a Nikki Polanía (Maria Jimena Duzán)
- Tiberio Cruz as "Diego Pizano" (Carlos Pizarro Leongómez)
- Orlando Valenzuela as Bernardo Jaramillo Ossa
Colombia broadcast
- Release dates and episode names, based on Colombia's Caracol TV broadcast.
| Air Date | Rating | Episode Title | Episode |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 28, 2012 | 26.9 | "Enelia le da sus primeros consejos a Pablo"1 | 01 |
| May 29, 2012 | 26.7 | "Pablo comienza a jugar con candela"2 | 02 |
| May 30, 2012 | 23.0 | "Pablo Escobar huye de la cárcel" | 03 |
| May 31, 2012 | 23.5 | "Pablo se entrega a las autoridades" | 04 |
| June 1, 2012 | 21.4 | "Pablo y Gonzalo inauguran la hacienda 'Nápoles | 05 |
| June 4, 2012 | 24.1 | "Una nueva fuerza armada nace" | 06 |
| June 5, 2012 | 21.5 | "Pablo Escobar tiene su primer encuentro con la política" | 07 |
| June 6, 2012 | 22.3 | "Pablo Escobar quiere ser miembro del Congreso de la república" | 08 |
| June 7, 2012 | 23.4 | "Paty por poco descubre las andanzas de Pablo" | 09 |
| June 8, 2012 | 18.6 | "A Escobar se le facilita su incursión en la política" | 10 |
| June 12, 2012 | 21.6 | "Regina Parejo aparece en la vida de Pablo Escobar" | 11 |
| June 13, 2012 | 19.0 | "Escobar es elegido como 'honorable' representante a la Cámara" | 12 |
| June 14, 2012 | 19.3 | "Escobar busca ser el 'Robin Hood criollo | 13 |
| June 15, 2012 | 15.8 | "Un duro debate pone en jaque a Rodrigo Lara" | 14 |
| June 19, 2012 | 16.9 | "Galán le pide una explicación a Lara" | 15 |
| June 20, 2012 | 15.5 | "El Ministro sorprende al país con sus declaraciones" | 16 |
| June 21, 2012 | 17.3 | "La Policía desmantela Tranquilandia" | 17 |
| June 22, 2012 | 15.5 | "Pablo Escobar emprende su venganza" | 18 |
| June 25, 2012 | 16.8 | "Atentado acaba con la vida de Rodrigo Lara" | 19 |
| June 26, 2012 | 17.7 | "El magnicidio de Lara causa conmoción en el país" | 20 |
| June 27, 2012 | 16.1 | "Tras las huellas de los criminales" | 21 |
| June 28, 2012 | 15.7 | "Pablo y Gonzalo llegan a Panamá" | 22 |
| June 29, 2012 | 12.6 | "Escobar no se sale con la suya" | 23 |
| July 3, 2012 | 15.9 | "En busca de 'protección' y aliados" | 24 |
| July 4, 2012 | 13.8 | "A Escobar sus propios hombres lo empiezan a traicionar" | 25 |
| July 5, 2012 | 14.9 | "Prueba reina definiría la extradición" | 26 |
| July 6, 2012 | 13.5 | "El MR-2O ejecuta la Toma del Palacio de Justicia" | 27 |
| July 9, 2012 | 15.1 | "Ola de terror en contra de jueces" | 28 |
| July 10, 2012 | 15.2 | "La Policía, tras las huellas de Herber" | 29 |
| July 11, 2012 | 16.1 | "Asesinan al Magistrado Zuluaga" | 30 |
| July 12, 2012 | 17.8 | "Jiménez se protege ante las amenazas" | 31 |
| July 13, 2012 | 13.4 | "Declaran inexequible la extradición" | 32 |
| July 16, 2012 | 14.5 | Los extraditables' buscan la manera de ser juzgados en Colombia" | 32 |
| July 17, 2012 | 15.8 | "En busca de la prueba reina" | 34 |
| July 18, 2012 | 15.3 | "Atentan contra el corresponsal de El Espectador" | 35 |
| July 19, 2012 | 13.6 | "El Coronel Jiménez corre peligro" | 36 |
| July 23, 2012 | 14.2 | "Muere vilmente el Coronel Jiménez" | 37 |
| July 24, 2012 | 15.6 | "El país, horrorizado con la muerte del Coronel Jiménez" | 38 |
| July 25, 2012 | 14.0 | "La Policía inspecciona la Hacienda Nápoles" | 39 |
| July 26, 2012 | 14.1 | "La vida de Cano está en peligro" | 40 |
| July 27, 2012 | 13.8 | "Guillermo Cano es asesinado" | 41 |
| July 30, 2012 | 14.9 | "El país llora la muerte de Cano" | 42 |
| July 31, 2012 | 13.6 | "La prensa rechaza el asesinato de Cano" | 43 |
| August 1, 2012 | 13.7 | "La maldad de Escobar traspasa fronteras" | 44 |
| August 2, 2012 | 13.8 | "Escobar quiere asesinar a Herber" | 45 |
| August 3, 2012 | 11.5 | "A Escobar le conviene tener vivo a Herber" | 46 |
| August 6, 2012 | 11.8 | "Marcos Herber es capturado por la Policía" | 47 |
| August 8, 2012 | 13.2 | "Escobar burla a las autoridades" | 48 |
| August 9, 2012 | 13.0 | "Escobar 'vende' a sus propios hombres" | 49 |
| August 10, 2012 | 11.8 | "Mauricio, muy cerca de descubrir la traición de Pablo" | 50 |
| August 13, 2012 | 14.1 | "Escobar le entrega un 'falso positivo' a Pedregal" | 51 |
| August 14, 2012 | 13.5 | "Escobar anuncia una nueva guerra" | 52 |
| August 15, 2012 | 13.4 | "Explotan petardos en Drogas El Rebajón" | 53 |
| August 16, 2012 | 12.5 | "Pedro Motoa es detenido" | 54 |
| August 17, 2012 | 12.6 | "El Cartel de Cali prepara un atentado contra Escobar" | 55 |
| August 21, 2012 | 13.1 | "El 'Marino' asesina a Yesenia" | 56 |
| August 22, 2012 | 13.5 | "Motoa es dejado en libertad" | 57 |
| August 23, 2012 | 13.2 | "Atentan contra Pablo Escobar y su familia" | 58 |
| August 24, 2012 | 13.7 | "Escobar no deja que su cabeza tenga precio" | 59 |
| August 27, 2012 | 13.8 | "Secuestran a Andrés Pastrana" | 60 |
| August 28, 2012 | 13.9 | "Escobar le da la cara a Pastrana" | 61 |
| August 29, 2012 | 12.3 | "La guerra se recrudece entre el Estado y los narcos" | 62 |
| August 30, 2012 | 13.8 | "Anuncian el asesinato del Procurador General de la Nación" | 63 |
| August 31, 2012 | 12.4 | "La furia y los celos, los peores enemigos de Escobar" | 64 |
| September 3, 2012 | 14.1 | "Pablo Escobar desata toda su ira" | 65 |
| September 4, 2012 | 13.4 | "El 'Mariachi' prepara un plan siniestro" | 66 |
| September 5, 2012 | 12.9 | "Nuevas víctimas del terror de Pablo Escobar" | 67 |
| September 6, 2012 | 13.2 | "El Coronel Quintana no tiene salida" | 68 |
| September 7, 2012 | 11.6 | "El Coronel Quintana es asesinado" | 69 |
| September 10, 2012 | 13.7 | "Pese a las advertencias, Galán decide ir a Soacha" | 70 |
| September 12, 2012 | 13.0 | "El crimen que hizo reaccionar al país" | 71 |
| September 13, 2012 | 12.6 | "El país se conmociona con la pérdida de este valiente" | 72 |
| September 14, 2012 | 12.1 | "El Gobierno se compromete a dar con los asesinos" | 73 |
| September 17, 2012 | 12.7 | "Ana María Cano busca la seguridad de El Espectador" | 74 |
| September 18, 2012 | 13.5 | "Atentan contra El Espectador" | 75 |
| September 19, 2012 | 12.3 | "El Espectador sigue adelante" | 76 |
| September 20, 2012 | 14.3 | "Cae el primer miembro de la familia de Escobar" | 77 |
| September 21, 2012 | 12.4 | "Escobar ordena dos grandes atentados" | 78 |
| September 24, 2012 | 14.1 | "Peraza recibe un sobre bomba" | 79 |
| September 25, 2012 | 12.6 | "Un cruel y atroz atentado conmociona a Colombia" | 80 |
| September 26, 2012 | 13.4 | "Atentan contra el edificio del DAI" | 81 |
| September 27, 2012 | 12.6 | "El 'narcoterrorismo' no triunfará" | 82 |
| September 28, 2012 | 10.9 | "El grupo élite, tras las huellas del 'Mariachi | 83 |
| October 1, 2012 | 14.9 | "El Grupo élite y el 'Mariachi' se enfrentan" | 84 |
| October 2, 2012 | 15.9 | "Las autoridades dan de baja al 'Mariachi | 85 |
| October 3, 2012 | 13.2 | "Escobar envía un mensaje al Gobierno" | 86 |
| October 4, 2012 | 13.6 | Los extraditables' aceptan el llamado de paz" | 87 |
| October 5, 2012 | 12.0 | "Cancelan las negociaciones de paz" | 88 |
| October 8, 2012 | 13.9 | "Escobar le pone precio a los policías" | 89 |
| October 9, 2012 | 13.4 | "Cae otro candidato presidencial" | 90 |
| October 10, 2012 | 15.4 | "Escobar emprende la guerra contra Pabón" | 91 |
| October 11, 2012 | 13.9 | "Escobar revela las intenciones de las Autodefensas" | 92 |
| October 17, 2012 | 14.6 | "Atentan contra Pizano" | 93 |
| October 18, 2012 | 14.7 | "Pabón recibe una 'jugosa' propuesta" | 94 |
| October 19, 2012 | 14.2 | "Cae el 'Chili', la mano derecha de Escobar" | 95 |
| October 22, 2012 | 15.7 | "Las autoridades, cada vez más cerca de Escobar" | 96 |
| October 23, 2012 | 13.8 | "Escobar se enferma de paludismo" | 97 |
| October 24, 2012 | 12.7 | "Gonzalo Gaviria cae en enfrentamiento con el Grupo élite" | 98 |
| October 25, 2012 | 14.5 | "Diana Turbay cae en las garras de Pablo Escobar" | 99 |
| October 26, 2012 | 12.2 | "Turbay es secuestrada por orden de Escobar" | 100 |
| October 29, 2012 | 13.5 | "Maruja y Berenice, víctimas del 'patrón del mal'" | 101 |
| October 30, 2012 | 13.7 | "Los Motoa están pensando en entregarse" | 102 |
| October 31, 2012 | 12.2 | "Diana Turbay muere en su rescate" | 103 |
| November 1, 2012 | 11.9 | "Un sacerdote será intermediario para la paz" | 104 |
| November 2, 2012 | 11.5 | "Escobar planea entregarse" | 105 |
| November 6, 2012 | 12.0 | "Escobar se entrega a las autoridades" | 106 |
| November 7, 2012 | 13.3 | "El Cartel de Cali quiere 'negociar' con Escobar" | 107 |
| November 8, 2012 | 12.6 | "Escobar sigue delinquiendo desde La Catedral" | 108 |
| November 9, 2012 | 11.8 | "El Gobierno autoriza la creación de un Bloque de Búsqueda" | 109 |
| November 13, 2012 | 12.1 | "Muere 'Caín', otro hombre de Pablo Escobar" | 110 |
| November 15, 2012 | 12.6 | "Caen poco a poco los hombres de Pablo Escobar" | 111 |
| November 16, 2012 | 12.8 | "'Los pepes' atentan contra la familia Escobar" | 112 |
| November 19, 2012 | 17.0 | "La muerte de Pablo Escobar" | 113 |
Production
The series was created by Camilo Cano and Juana Uribe, vice president of Caracol TV and the series' producer. Cano's father, Guillermo Cano, who was publisher of newspaper El Espectador, was murdered by Escobar in December 1986. Uribe's mother, Maruja Pachón, was kidnapped on Escobar's orders, and her uncle, presidential candidate Luis Carlos Galán, was killed on Escobar's orders in August 1989.[11]
According to Caracol TV, the series features 1,300 actors and more than 450 locations; each episode cost COP 300 million (€131,000, £105,000 or US$164,000).[11]
Reception
After heavy promotion on Caracol TV and in El Espectador, Escobar premiered with high ratings.[12] However, some people have criticized the show,[13] wondering if the audience will eventually identify with the drug lord instead of the people who fought him.[14] A researcher told Medellín newspaper El Colombiano that the series does not add anything to TV "because its treatment is not a documentary" and it does not address "rigorous academic research. The model is fiction and the victims' participation won't be anything more than an anecdote. On the contrary, this kind of series eventually distorts knowledge about history in public opinion."[15]
Telemundo's July 9 broadcast of Pablo Escobar: El Patrón del Mal averaged nearly 2.2 million viewers.[16][17]
Awards
Confirmed on June 27, 2013.[18] The finalists were announced on July 31, 2013.[19] Winners were announced on August 15, 2013.[20]
| Category | Nominee | Result |
|---|---|---|
| Novela of the Year | Pablo Escobar, El Patrón del Mal | Nominated |
| Favorite Lead Actor | Andrés Parra | Nominated |
| Best Bad Luck Moment | Pablo is discovered | Nominated |
See also
References
- 1 2 ESCOBAR EL PATRON DEL MAL - LANZAMIENTO MAYO 28 DE 2012, Caracol TV (press department), accessed 27 May 2012
- ↑ "Escobar - Capítulo 29 - CaracolTV.com -". CaracolTV. Retrieved 15 March 2015.
- ↑ "pablo escobar, the drug lord". caracolinternacional.com. Retrieved 15 March 2015.
- ↑ La historia como nunca se había contado
- ↑ La serie más vista en Colombia llega a su fin esta noche
- ↑ Andres. "La historia oculta de Teresa Mendoza y Pablo Escobar". México Espectáculos. Retrieved 15 March 2015.
- ↑ "All Together. Different. NBCUniversal". telemundomediakit.com. Retrieved 15 March 2015.
- ↑ Andres. ""El rostro de la venganza" se estrena el 30 de julio - México Espectáculos". México Espectáculos. Retrieved 15 March 2015.
- ↑ "All Together. Different. NBCUniversal". telemundomediakit.com. Retrieved 15 March 2015.
- ↑ "Telemundo Video Hub". Telemundo. Retrieved 15 March 2015.
- 1 2 Daniela Franco G., Asesino en serie, El Espectador, 27 May 2012
- ↑ Pablo Escobar, capo del rating, Cosecha roja, Fundación Nuevo Periodismo Iberoamericano, 29 May 2012
- ↑ Jim Wyss, Colombia’s Escobar resurrected in new telenovela, The Miami Herald, 10 June 2012
- ↑ Armando Neira, ¿Se convertirá Pablo Escobar en bueno?, Revista Semana, 29 May 2012
- ↑ Mario A. Duque Cardozo, Con Escobar vuelve la polémica, El Colombiano, 22 May 2012
- ↑ "Telemundo Media's 'Pablo Escobar, El Patron del Mal' Averages Nearly 2.2 Million Total Viewers - Ratings - TVbytheNumbers.Zap2it.com". TVbytheNumbers. Retrieved 15 March 2015.
- ↑ Rick Kissell. "ABC 's lovers, Fox's chefs rule Monday". Variety. Retrieved 15 March 2015.
- ↑ "Lista de nominados a los Premios Tu Mundo 2013". starMedia. Retrieved 15 March 2015.
- ↑ "Premios Tu Mundo 2013: Lista de estrellas nominadas". Terra. Retrieved 15 March 2015.
- ↑ "Premios Tu Mundo 2013: lista de ganadores (FOTOS)". Huffington Post. August 16, 2013.
External links
- Pablo Escobar, The Drug Lord on IMDb
- MSN Latino official website
- Telemundo Now, Telemundo Full Episodes
