Brilliant But Cancelled - EZ Streets
by Ken Olin, Anita W. Addison, Donna Deitch, George Bloomfield, James Quinn
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Actor: Jason Gedrick, Joe Pantoliano, Ken Olin, Richard Portnow, Sarah TriggerDirector: Anita W. Addison, Donna Deitch, George Bloomfield, James Quinn, Ken Olin
Brand: NBC Universal
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown), Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono; English (Subtitled); English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono
Format: Color, Dolby, DVD, Full Screen, NTSC, Subtitled
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 182 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2006-05-23
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Universal Studios
DVD Reviews of Brilliant But Cancelled - EZ Streets
DVD Review: Rationed greatness leaves you starving for more
Summary: 5 Stars
EZ Streets foreshadowed the wave of complex dramas on HBO, TBS, Fox and others. For those who saw EZ Streets, HBO's Sopranos was derivative and less satisfying. Unfortunately, CBS didn't know what it had or how to build a show that requires rapt attention or a means to catch-up on what went before. The revenue lost by not having a complete story to sell on DVD (after the example of 24 and others) is staggering.
Creator Paul Haggis went on to movie acclaim (Million Dollar Baby and Crash), but EZ Streets was a pinnacle of imagination and execution that is still unmatched on network or cable television. From the casting and acting, to use of music, through compelling cinematography, to a dark, layered and complex storyline, EZ Streets is as good as I have ever seen. After ten years it is still fresh in my mind and the touchstone; it is my all time favorite television series. I still want to "follow the keys," the one lead left for Ken Olin's Detective Quinn to follow.
The EZ Streets ensemble members are largely dramatic leads and stars now or behind the camera applying lessons learned. It is a measure of the quality of the cast how many have thrived since EZ Streets' short life. I see John Finn on Cold Case and hear Captain Geary's standard parting, "I've got a thing." I still wonder, on which side of the law was Geary? Joe Pantoliano aka Joey Pants moved from character actor to lead as the small time hood Jimmy Murtha. Carl Lumbly was back in a similarly complex story in Alias, but he was first a beautifully corrupt and manipulated mayor in EZ Streets. Ken Olin directed almost a quarter of the Alias episodes. He learned from EZ Streets how to tell a long story arc with cliffhanger episodes (and learned the hard way the need for a weekly recap). This was one of the last roles for Rod Steiger as Quinn's disgraced and broken down father. There are more, like Debrah Farentino's sexy and smart Theresa Conners, Mike Starr's big presence, and Sarah Trigger as a fragile, breaking, drug addled and desperate mother. I regularly see actors that first caught my eye here. Mark Isham's haunting theme music must also be credited.
Quality through and through, EZ Streets is a stunning achievement. The quality made it all the more heartbreaking that the cast and crew were never allowed to finish the story.
EZ Streets became the definition of "brilliant but cancelled." Like CBS with the show, the DVD is overly stingy, offering only three episodes of the nine filmed. The logic of the DVD offering is especially strange since the target audiences (rabid fans of EZ Streets and Haggis) know darn well what they are missing. I'd pay more for a full collection on DVD. I'd pay a fortune to know the never filmed end of the story.
Description of Brilliant But Cancelled - EZ Streets
See the shows that were cancelled before their time as the Brilliant But Cancelled collection presents EZ Streets. Critics deemed this gritty urban crime drama as "simply too good for TV," and The New York Times hailed it "one of the season's exciting new series." Journey to the criminal underworld with three fiercely independent men: Jimmy Murtha (Joe Pantoliano, The Sopranos), a charming but ruthless mob boss who rules the E Street gang by whatever means necessary; Detective Cameron Quinn (Ken Olin, thirtysomething), an undercover cop determined to find the truth no matter where it takes him; and ex-con Danny Rooney (Jason Gedrick, Boomtown), a recent parolee who finds himself unwillingly drawn back into a life of crime. As the story unfolds from each of their perspectives, this innovative series from director Paul Haggis (Crash, Million Dollar Baby) proves that on the shadowy streets of compromise there's only one way to survive: trust no one. Starring: Joe Pantoliano, Jason Gedrick, Ken OlinBestsellers in DVD
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