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India Press Store - The Wire - The Complete First Season
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List Price: $59.98
Our Price: $34.90
Your Save: $ 25.08 ( 42% )
Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
Manufacturer: HBO Home Video
Starring: Dominic West, Sonja Sohn, Jr. Larry Gilliard, Wendell Pierce, Idris Elba
Directed By: Clark Johnson
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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
Brand: Warner Brothers
EAN: 9780783127927
Format: AC-3
ISBN: 0783127928
Label: HBO Home Video
Manufacturer: HBO Home Video
Number Of Items: 5
Publisher: HBO Home Video
Region Code: 1
Release Date: 2004-10-12
Running Time: 775
Studio: HBO Home Video
Theatrical Release Date: 2002-06-02
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Spotlight customer reviews:
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Customer Rating:
Summary: One Of The Best Television Dramas Of All Time.
Comment: Others have written long positive reviews, so instead of going on about how great The Wire is, I'll just focus on one member of the fictional cop "cast"...Jimmy McNulty.
Now I am of the opinion that the best TV cop of all time is/was Andre Braugher's Frank Pembleton, of Homicide fame. That belief was unchallenged until detective McNulty came along.
Although his character was slightly watered-down in later seasons of The Wire, Season 1 introduces us to this driven detective in all his uncompromising glory. Witness a police detective that allows nothing to interfere with his single-minded pursuit of justice. Like a doberman with a juicy bone, McNulty is dogged and relentless. He circumvents the chain of departmental command, annoys fellow officers, treats partners poorly, breaks the rules, and refuses to compromise. He's arrogant, self-righteous, a binge drinker, an adulterer, a drunk driver, and a general all-around jerk.
But if he's on the case, you'd better believe it's going down. He'll put his own young children in danger to make certain of it.
McNulty is a mad dog in the Baltimore police department. And he might just be the best cop in TV history (sorry, Frank).
The Wire Season One? Five stars!
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Summary: ONE OF TV'S BEST SHOWS EVER
Comment: 'The Wire' unfolds like the best kind of novel, full of detail, nuance and memorable characters. And yet it's not a police show. It's an urban tragedy. A heartbreaking commentary on the neglected, marginalised and ignored in American cities. It's about the have's and have not's and the sheer devastation wrought by poverty and drugs.
But it's still a slam bang, unabashedly violent cops and robbers saga, chocka block with intricate plot twists, shocking, often very bloody deaths and some suprising humour.
Set in Baltimore, 'The Wire' show sets up all the cliches of a police drama and then blows them apart with brilliant scripts and a magnifcent ensemble cast that give a richness and empathy not usually seen in this type of show. The actors are simply wonderful.
The sense of gritty reality, time and place simply adds to the tragedy.
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Summary: Phenomenal.
Comment: Brilliant doesn't begin to describe this series. It requires an investment of a couple of hours for the first few episodes, but after that, you're rewarded with what is simply the most thoughtful, brilliant story that's ever been on television. An unbelievably phenomenal and deep journey that gets better and better with each season.
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Summary: Perfect Guy Gift
Comment: Although it's not my thing, I have to admit tat I even got into this show on DVD. Got it for my brother and nephews - they love it. If you don't know what to get for a thinking guy's guy, it's "The Wire." They now have everything through season four and think I'm the coolest aunt ever. Score!
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Summary: Not for Nancy-boys or girls.
Comment: Wow. As a student of film, I have to say that this is a great show. But please, please, please don't buy it if you are boring. You may not think you are boring but take this test:
Fill in the blank...
1. C_ _ _ !
2. _ _ C _ !
3. My favorite movie is ______________ .
Answers:
1. If you don't know, you won't like the show.
2. If you didn't come up with more than two answers, you won't like the show.
3. If you answered 'The Notebook' or anything in which the starring role goes to a female that eventually cries in the movie to a Coldplay song, you won't like this show.
If you failed miserably, go buy a Hannah Montana box set instead. Go!
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Editorial Reviews:
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From David Simon creator and co-writer of HBO's triple Emmy-winning mini-series The Corner this unvarnished highly realistic HBO series follows a single sprawling drug and murder investigation in Baltimore. Told from the point of view of both the police and their targets the series captures a universe of subterfuge and surveillance where easy distinctions between good and evil and crime and punishment are challenged at every turn.Running Time: 780 min.System Requirements:Running Time 780 MinFormat: DVD MOVIE Genre: DRAMA Rating: NR UPC: 026359887321 Manufacturer No: 98873
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