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The Greeneville Sun, Greeneville, TN January 23 - 29, 2021 — 23 1980, I looked at the older kids on my block and just idolized them. The girls were gorgeous and the guys were cool, so I've always been obsessed with New York at that time." Reaching back to a period before people were wedded to mobile devices also appealed to Burns, also known for acting in such movies as "Saving Private Ryan" and "The Holiday." He notes, "Sitting on your front stoop having a couple of beers, or having a backyard barbecue, or hanging out on the hood of your car in a parking lot ... By Jay Bobbin Having built his filmmak- ing career on stories of young friends' lives and loves, Edward Burns comes full-circle with his new series. The writer-producer-director- actor established himself with the movies "The Brothers Mc- Mullen" and "She's the One," and many of their themes re- main as EPIX premieres the se- riocomic, 1980s-set "Bridge and Tunnel" Sunday, Jan. 24. Burns also appears as the working-class father of Jimmy (Sam Var- tholomeos), who enjoys what may be his last days with Long Island, N.Y., friends including his ex-flame Jill (Caitlin Stasey, "Reign") before he begins law school. The central ensemble also includes Brian Muller, Isabella Farrell, Jan Luis Castel - lanos and Gigi Zumbado. Making "Bridge and Tunnel" for EPIX reunites Burns with Mi- chael Wright, the programming executive who ordered his previ- ous series "Public Morals" while at TNT. "We went out to dinner and were talking about shows we were watching with our wives," Burns says, "and a lot of them were really dark and depress- ing and cynical. He said, 'Why don't we do a show like your first couple of movies, that will put a smile on your face? I think that's what viewers need right now.' "Those films were life-affirm- ing while also being dramatic," Burns confirms, "and now, here are these kids making their way into Manhattan to make their dreams come true." Setting the show in the '80s wasn't random for Burns, who reflects, "There are those eras you look back on and wish you could have lived then. Being 12 years old in CROSSWORD SOLUTION PUZZLE ON PAGE 17 SUDOKU SOLUTION PUZZLE ON PAGE 25 filled by client those were some of your best times, so this is to remind people that those one-on-one moments of communication used to be enough." The "Bridge and Tunnel" soundtrack is infused with origi- nal versions of 1980s hits by acts from Styx to Al Stewart, and Burns allows those weren't cheap to license. "Almost any time I was on my third cut and I threw in a track, it was like, 'I love that song! What' it gonna cost?' We were able to dip into the late '70s for a lot of the stuff, so it's been fun to have that, as well as some deeper rock cuts." Editor's Pick 'Bridge and Tunnel' profiles 1980s friends Edward Burns-style Caitlin Stasey (left) and Isabella Farrell star in "Bridge and Tunnel," premiering Sunday on EPIX. H M C T B L A N C H A R D N G O M R A L E O B W E D I V O N E I S C Q A F E I T E P S N L Y V M O U L G A L C R E R A I N B H N G X G N O T J Z N U G V I V N G W V H A E W I V I G U S U E I I A X R L E X A N D R A V L V L E S U A C V R T V R I A L L S P R W Y C S Y U V K Y E Y W D G M O T E S N X G T N N R U S U E R I N S N Z O V O T Q A R D R X G T U D N F R G A C U V U G W X R K L E Y W G A J W I V E O V I V X A P S B L D O V K D W F C S V A H BINGO SOLUTION PUZZLE ON PAGE 29 SEARCH SOLUTION PUZZLE ON PAGE 9