Glory Days (TV series)

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Glory Days
Format	Drama
Created by	Kevin Williamson
Starring	Eddie Cahill Poppy Montgomery Jay R. Ferguson Emily VanCamp Ben Crowley Amy Stewart Theresa Russell Frances Fisher
Opening theme	"Excess" by Tricky
Country of origin	United States
Language(s)	English
No. of episodes	13 produced, 9 aired
Production
Camera setup	Single-camera
Running time	45 minutes approx.
Broadcast
Original channel	The WB
Original run	January 16, 2002 – March 25, 2002
External links
IMDb profile
TV.com summary

Glory Days is an American horror/mystery-based television series broadcast during the first half of 2002 on The WB Television Network. It involved a novelist returning to his hometown, where various odd and unpleasant occurrences began happening. It starred Eddie Cahill, Erin Karpluk, and Emily VanCamp. It was created by Kevin Williamson, of Dawson's Creek fame. It was produced by Dimension Television and Outerbanks Entertainment, and filmed at The Bridge Studios in Vancouver in Canada.

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Also known as Demontown (European DVD releases).

[edit] Number of Episodes & Information on European DVD Releases

The number of episodes made is under debate. Some sources claim 13 were produced, while others insist that it was only 10. The European DVDs (see below) contain 7 – 9 episodes. So things are still unclear.

Glory Days is clearly inspired by David Lynch’s and Mark Frost’s 1990/1991 TV series, Twin Peaks. There are also similarities with creator Kevin Williamson’s other show, the much more successful Dawson’s Creek (the coastal small town setting, the character types, and the dialogue are all indicative of Williamson’s style and Dawson’s Creek scripts in particular).

Glory Days has not yet been released on DVD in the USA. It is, however, available on Region 2/PAL DVDs in Europe.

In most European countries (including the United Kingdom and Ireland) it is released under the DVD title Demontown with 7 episodes edited into three feature-length parts: Demontown (episodes 1, 2 & 3), Demontown II (episodes 4 & 5), and Demontown III (episodes 6 & 7). Each part is available as three separate straight-to-DVD ‘movies’.

In the Netherlands, Demontown is available as a 2-disc DVD set with all three parts included (Demontown and Demontown II on disc one, and Demontown III on disc two).

Another European DVD release to note: In Germany, the episodes were available with the original title Glory Days. The DVD boxset was sold on www.amazon.de but appears to be currently out of print. According to sources, this set contains 9 episodes on 4 discs.