The Last Chapter is a television

miniseries In the United States, a miniseries or mini-series is a television show or series that tells a story in a predetermined, limited number of episodes. Many miniseries can also be referred to, and shown, as a television film. " Limited series" is ...

, broadcast in 2002, that describes a gang war with a motorcycle gang, the ''"Triple Sixers"'', trying to open chapters in

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and

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. It is loosely based on the

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. ''

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'' reported that the resemblance between the Triple Sixers and the Hell's Angels Motorcycle club, was so strong that the club considered seeking an injunction to prevent broadcasting the series. The series starred

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and Roy Dupuis, who play characters that start as friends, but end up leading rival gangs in a deadly gang war. Marina Orsini won a

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for her role as Ironside's wife. Ironside won an award for his performance in a followup series first broadcast in 2003. One unusual aspect of the series is that the actors were bilingual, and every scene with dialogue was filmed twice, in both French and English, to avoid the difficulties of filming in just one language, and then dubbing into the other language, in the studio.

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