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Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
Brand: Sony
EAN: 0043396187030
Format: Box set, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, NTSC
Label: Sony Pictures
Manufacturer: Sony Pictures
Number Of Items: 4
Publisher: Sony Pictures
Region Code: 99
Release Date: June 05, 2007
Running Time: 570 minutes
Sales Rank: 1368
Studio: Sony Pictures
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Product Description:
SPECIAL FEATURES: Behind the Hose Behind the Smoke - Behind-the-Scenes Featurette Being Denis Leary Deleted Scenes Fighting Fires in a Vertical City Gag Reel Going to the Gay Place Location Tour Rescue Me Comedy Short Rescue Me Season 4 Preview The Bravest TraditionsRun Time: 571Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: TELEVISION/SERIES & SEQUELS Rating: NR UPC: 043396187030 Manufacturer No: 18703
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In Rescue Me's most controversial season, Tommy Gavin's demons really turn up the heat on the seriously damaged New York firefighter. Glavin (Emmy-nominee Denis Leary in searing performances throughout) is wracked with grief over the tragic death of his son and struggles to deal with his estrangement from his wife, Janet (a superb Andrea Roth). In the season's most hotly debated episode, Tommy forces himself on Janet in, initially, non-consensual sex. Later, she takes up with Tommy's brother, Johnny (Dean Winters). By this time, devoted viewers, in the words of one character, know Tommy's every 'grunt, tic and tell.' But even his ghosts can only laugh at how low he sinks this season ('Next stop, China,' Tommy ruefully replies). To get back at Janet and Johnny, he begins to date Angie (guest star Marisa Tomei), Johnny's ex-wife. He continually succumbs to his 'basest levels,' as when he has sex with the high school science teacher who is having an affair with his godson, Damian. But Tommy is able to show courageous restraint as in the intense scene in which when he is left alone to confront the prime suspect responsible for another tragic death in the family.
Rescue Me's other flawed characters try to contain their own life crises. Chief Reilly (Jack McGee) is in desperate financial straits when the nursing home caring for his wife, who is suffering from Alzheimer's, raises its fees. Sheila (Callie Thorne) goes to her own shocking desperate measures to pursue Tommy. Tommy's father (venerable character actor Charles Durning) is becoming increasingly difficult to care for. Sean (Steven Pasquale) is secretly involved with Tommy's outrageously unstable sister, Maggie (Tatum O'Neal). Franco (Daniel Sujata) meets a 'sugar momma' (Susan Sarandon) with devastating consequences. And 'Probie' (Michael Lombardi) wrestles with his sexuality. Played mostly for comic relief is Teddy's (Lenny Clarke) stint in jail for the murder of the drunk driver who killed Tommy's son. This third season divided critics and viewers, but the uniformly excellent ensemble grounds even the most outrageous plot turns in reality. And it's a testament to the incisive writing and intimately observed performances that even when these characters behave most unsympathetically and invite the slings and arrows of 'a little thing called karma,' we are compelled to continue to take them into our homes and hearts. Or, as Tommy might say to that, 'Blah, blah, blah.' --Donald Liebenson
Customer Reviews
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Rating: - 'Rescue Me' ROCKS!!!
Oh boy- where could I begin with a review for this show? First off- the direction is impeccable; the story lines sometimes seem like they could never happen in real life, but also remember no one ever considered an attack on American soil taking out a major part of our economic infrastructure.
The crew are all too convincing in the execution of their roles. In the midst of a 'Rescue Me' marathon (fueled by Cutty Shark and Dewer's) I found myself ready to shed tears with the cast. That is, until I realized I was a little too drunk and was internalizing a freakin show...My advice: just buy the entire series and prepare to weep and dance with this merry gang of drunkards, womanizers, and cheaters. It's worth the ride.
Rating: - Rescue Me is on Fire!
I don't want to give anything away, but the entire series has been very addicting. Certainly different from Six Feet Under, but nearly as good.
Rating: - Beware of Spoilers
The show is fantastic, but I have one complaint about the third season DVD set. The first disc contains a featurette called "Behind the Smoke" that is full of spoilers. If you don't want to know everything that happens in the third season ahead of time then don't watch this video until after you've finished the entire third season. This featurette really should have been put on the fourth disc where people would naturally watch it AFTER the entire season.
I should have stopped watching as soon as I realized what was happening but like an idiot I sat there and watched the whole thing. Don't make the same mistake I made.
And while I'm on the subject of spoilers, I must say that the product description contains a lot of spoilers as well. That's not good.
Rating: - Best show ever
Every episode had my jaw dropping to the floor. How Dennis and company keep doing it week after week is astonishing. I watched the entire 3rd season in 3 days because I could not press stop on the DVD player.
The show probably has the best character development of any show I have ever seen. I fear for the life's of the characters every week, because I will genuinely miss them when they are gone, but in this world, death comes quickly and often. Every character is ruled by his/her heart, not a lot of thinking going on with this group.
Rating: - Third Season of Rescue Me
I began watching this show in the 4th season....loved it....and wanted to catch the previous three seasons. I am enjoying each and every one of them....and see the history behind all the characters and their interaction. This is a great series!
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