The Looming Tower

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1. #001

   Ali Soufan, the real-life partner of the late John O'Neill (played by Jeff Daniels), approached Daniels at the series' New York pilot launch and praised him for portraying his former partner. Soufan presented Daniels with a medal of honor for his services to O'Neill, a gesture Daniels found more meaningful than the series' critical reviews.

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2. #002

   At the Berlinale film festival, program director Dan Futterman describes the rivalry between the CIA and the FBI in the late '90s. "The FBI was just beginning to work as an international institution, and this was part of their problems with the CIA, who thought it was their turf, and the FBI thought America was their turf. They completely underestimated Al-Qaeda."

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3. #003

   Actors Louis Cancelmi (Vince) and Annie Parisse (Liz) are real-life siblings.

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4. #004

   Ali Soufan, the main character of the story, is also credited as a producer.

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5. #005

   Michael Stuhlbarg was nominated for the 2018 Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or Movie for his role as Richard Clarke in The Looming Tower (2018), but lost to his co-star Jeff Daniels, who won for his role in Godless (2017).

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6. #006

   "40 North" was the working title of the series.

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7. #007

   The series covers the period from 1998 to 2001 and jumps to 2004 during the investigation into the September 11 attacks.

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8. #008

   Jeff Daniels was nominated for the 2018 Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or Movie for his role as John O'Neill in The Looming Tower (2018), but lost to Darren Criss of American Crime Story (2016).

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9. #009

   The opening scene shows a book being passed from person to person, and the last recipient opens it to reveal a portable disk referred to as an hdd. Although many initially thought it was a portable Zip disk, it is most likely a Jaz disk for the Iomega Jaz hdd solution.

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10. #010

    Outside the United States, it is distributed by Amazon Prime Video and labeled as "prime exclusive."

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11. #011

    The German dub of the pilot received negative reactions for its substandard quality after it aired on March 9. German distributor Amazon Prime withdrew the German dub channel on March 15 and promised a new and better dub.

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12. #012

    While this series is considered to be in a "non-Jack Ryan-esque" style, Alec Baldwin appears in it. And Alec Baldwin had once portrayed the fictional CIA Agent Jack Ryan in several stories by author Tom Clancy.

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13. #013

    A new and better German dub was announced by distributor Amazon on May 4, 2018.

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14. #014

    Real-life siblings Louis Cancelmi and Annie Parisse appear in nude sex scenes in the series. (Fortunately, not with each other.)

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