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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
Brand: Warner Brothers
EAN: 0026359794421
Format: Full Screen, NTSC
Label: Hbo Home Video
Manufacturer: Hbo Home Video
Number Of Items: 18
Publisher: Hbo Home Video
Region Code: 1
Release Date: December 04, 2007
Running Time: 3015 minutes
Sales Rank: 320
Studio: Hbo Home Video
Theatrical Release Date: June 02, 2002
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Product Description:
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: 97944
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Rating:  - we gotta keep the devil...
when I was a kid (late '60's-early '70's), some students on the local college campus used to call me 'tv', because I could tell what was on every channel, every night of the week, in every time slot...suffice it to say, I watched way too much. This was before cable and the good stuff; 'Naked City', The Twilight Zone', etc., was few and far between, it always depressed me that the medium wasn't better used to enlighten the masses. All that wasted potential.
Fast forward to 2002...'The Wire', I didn't have HBO, I'd heard about The Sopranos, Sex and the City, OZ...good, but not really my cup. Fortunately, my wife's collegue loaned her season one...wow...I haven't been the same since. My faith in the possibilities has been restored. Let there be no doubt, this is the best television series...EVER. Many have said that on this page, it is not hype, while they changed a few names 'to protect the innocent', anyone, like myself, who has lived in the Washington-Baltimore region know who the players are. Truly, this is a sociological study for our times, Baltimore is simply the microcosm...America is in critical condition and the prognosis is not good. 'The Wire' is a biopsy we all need to pay close attention to and pray we have the will to acknowledge our collective state of disrepair and work towards recovery.
I ramble, I digress, yes indeed...doesn't change the fact that this piece is one for the ages...'we gotta keep the devil, way down in the hole'.
Rating: - Best show ever
I love this show. I watched the whole series over the summer, while there was nothing else on TV. I will definitely rewatch the whole series some time down the line. I didn't want it to end.
Rating: - Best. Show. Ever.
My wife and I have watched The Wire since its debut and have always enjoyed each individual season at differing levels, with Season 3 and 4 getting the highest marks. Now, having watched Season One and Two back to back, we can only sit in awe at the genius of these writers. Themes introduced in Season One against the backdrop of what could be narrowly defined as the drug trade are continually re-examined against the backdrops of all other aspects of society. Once we run all the way the through the discs and the heartbreak that is Season Four, I'm sure our current disappointment in Season Five will be changed to the point that we buy it, if only to complete the set.
These DVDs should be on your bookshelf as literature, not on the shelf with your movie collection.
Rating: - Reality Check
This film is unbelievable but it is for real it is happening every day all over the place.
Rating: - the wire rocks
This is another great series from HBO. It is smart, well-acted and I was sorry to see it end.
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