Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Hush (TV)
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- Original title
- Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Hush
- Year
- 1999
- Running time
- 42 min.
- Country
- United States
- Director
- Screenwriter
- Cast
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- Sarah Michelle Gellar
- Nicholas Brendon
- Alyson Hannigan
- James Marsters
- Anthony Head
- Marc Blucas
- Emma Caulfield
- Leonard Roberts
- Phina Oruche
- Amber Benson
- Brooke Bloom
- Jessica Townsend
- Lindsay Crouse
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- Music
- Cinematography
- Producer
- Genre
- Horror. Fantasy | Supernatural. Half-length Film. TV Episode
- Movie Groups
- Buffy the Vampire Slayer
- Synopsis
- The creepy demons "The Gentlemen" capture the voice of the population of Sunnydale, to steal human hearts without scream. Giles find that in accordance with a legend, the creatures will be destroyed if a lady screams, but Buffy's gang plus Riley must fight the monsters voiceless.
INFORMATION: "Hush" is the tenth episode in the fourth season of the fantasy television show Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997–2003). It was written and directed by series creator Joss Whedon and originally aired in the United States on December 14, 1999 on The WB Television Network. After reading critical response to the series in which the dialogue was praised as the most successful aspect of the show, Whedon set out to write an episode almost completely devoid of speech. Only about 17 minutes of dialogue is presented in the entire 44 minutes of "Hush".
The premise of Buffy the Vampire Slayer involves an adolescent girl named Buffy Summers who is chosen by mystical forces and endowed with superhuman powers in order to defeat vampires, demons, and other evils in the fictional town of Sunnydale. She accomplishes this with the assistance of a close circle of friends and family. In "Hush", a group of fairy tale ghouls named "The Gentlemen" come to town and steal everyone's voices, leaving them unable to scream when The Gentlemen cut out their hearts. Buffy and her friends must communicate with one another silently as they try to discover why no one can speak and find whoever is murdering the townspeople. They must also find ways to express their feelings about each other and keep some semblance of control as the town descends into chaos.
The episode was highly praised when it aired and was the only episode in the entire series to be nominated for an Emmy Award in Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series; it also received a nomination for Outstanding Cinematography for a Single Camera Series (Michael Gershman). "Hush" addresses the limits and assets of language and communication and the disruption to society when communication breaks down. The Gentlemen are often counted as some of the series' most frightening villains, and the episode is frequently included on lists of the best of Buffy the Vampire Slayer.- Rankings Position
- Awards
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1999: Emmy Awards: Nominated for Best Writing in a Drama Series1999: Writers Guild of America: Nominated for Best Screenplay in TV Special
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