The Wire - Seasons 1-4
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Actor: Michael Stone Forrest, Stephen Zaleski, Steve StaigerBrand: Warner Brothers
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language)
Format: Full Screen, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 3015 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2007-12-04
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Hbo Home Video
DVD Reviews of The Wire - Seasons 1-4
DVD Review: Wire 1-4
Summary: 5 Stars
CDs were in great condition and on time. The company will bug you until you rate the service (I understand), but I was satisfied and would buy from him again. DVD Review: the wire seasons 1-5
Summary: 3 Stars
o.k. packaging. clearly an asian import copy. one of the discs (out of only 8-9 viewed) is corrupted and damaged.DVD Review: Best TV ever
Summary: 5 Stars
This is the best TV series ever created. Once you get int to it, you cannot stop. Pure genius!!!DVD Review: All I can say is "wow."
Summary: 5 Stars
For many years folks have recommended this series to me, but I had resisted for fear of it being too depressing. Well, it is pretty depressing, but it is also a wrenchingly honest depiction of inner city dysfunction that pulls few punches. It is also well acted, beautifully shot and directed and it is both illuminating and riveting. What else produced for the small screen can make those claims? Nothing else that I know of.
I could go on and on, but the short of it is this - see it. See it because seeing it helps you understand how bad it really is - the various worlds that The Wire is depicting. And while it is a gloomy view - how could it not be and still be honest - it is also peopled by such a wide array of characters many of whom are so wonderful that when all is said and done the show does not screech -"GIVE UP" but rather "PAY ATTENTION."
And what does it depict: the ugly innards of bureaucracy; the extraordinary cultural malignancy that dominates so much of inner-city American life; the incredible obstacles confronting anyone who truly wants to make a difference; the cameraderie that develops when good people get together and really try; the hardship that will visit those who speak truthfully when few really want to hear the truth; the enormous wasted talent and energy of those who ravage our urban communities with their drugging and their vacuous violence and promiscuity; and the strange and perverse allure of it all.
As others have pointed out, Season Two is the weak link (I have not yet seen Season Five but I surely will.) but see it all. It is as if Dickens was reborn and wrote for HBO...
DVD Review: Best deal on one of the best shows ever on TV
Summary: 5 Stars
Do yourself a favor and sit down and watch at least the first season of the Wire. I feel it truly is one of the best TV series I've ever seen. The subject matter is pertinent and real, the writing is phenominal and the acting is excellent. THe series interweaves varying points of view regarding the drug trade and shipping docks in Baltimore from the dealer, police and political perspectives. A great entertaining thought provoking series.
Description of The Wire - Seasons 1-4
Unlike most television crime dramas which neatly introduce and then solve a case all in the space of one hour HBO's THE WIRE follows one single drug and homicide investigation throughout the length of an entire season. Focused on the drug culture of inner-city Baltimore the series' ultra-realistic storyline unfolds from the points of view of both the criminals lording the streets the police officers determined to bring them down and occasionally the politicians who often obstruct the process. Created by writer David Simon (THE CORNER HOMICIDE: LIFE ON THE STREET) THE WIRE's multifaceted approach offers a profoundly humane and wonderfully nuanced view of every aspect of the drug trade and the complex morality of its participants. The first four seasons of the show are included here.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre:?TELEVISION/HBO UPC:?026359794421 Manufacturer No:?97944General DVDs
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