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Aspect Ratio: 1.66:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
Brand: Warner Brothers
EAN: 0883929007820
Format: Box set, Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, Widescreen, NTSC
Label: Hbo Home Video
Manufacturer: Hbo Home Video
Number Of Items: 3
Publisher: Hbo Home Video
Region Code: 1
Release Date: April 01, 2008
Running Time: 600 minutes
Sales Rank: 4721
Studio: Hbo Home Video
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Product Description:
Just north of the border in the tired coastal town of Imperial Beach CA live three generations of Yosts: surfing royalty turned society misfits. The Yost's reign and reputation once defined in the cure of a perfect wave has been eroded by years of bad luck addiction and hubris. But just as things are looking like they can't get worse a stranger named John arrives - and the Yost's banal existence is lifted into something profound miraculous and possibly universal.Running Time: 600 min.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: TELEVISION/HBO UPC: 883929007820 Manufacturer No: 1000036721
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A 2007 HBO television series created by Deadwood's David Milch, John from Cincinnati details a week in the dysfunctional Yost family--a family comprised of three generations of men obsessed with surfing who experience firsthand the perils of fame, paranormal events, and an inexplicable realization of the interconnectedness of man. Past surfing great Mitch Yost (Bruce Greenwood) had his career halted by a knee injury, but passed his love of surfing onto his son Butchie (Brian Van Holt) only to have fame drive his son to a heavy drug use that's destroying his life. Butchie's son Shaun (Greyson Fletcher) is being raised by Mitch and his wife Cissy (Rebecca De Mornay) and also possesses a deep love surfing and a talent that promises him a great future, if he can only get his grandfather to allow him to compete. The family's circle of friends and acquaintances seem mostly to argue, swear, and generally tear each other down and include retired and mentally unstable police officer Bill (Ed O'Neill), surfer girl Kai (Keala Kennelly) who works at the Yost's surf shop and watches out for Shaun, motel manager Ramon (Luiz Gứzman), Butchie's settlement lawyer Palaka (Paul Ben-Victor), and a few other seemingly unrelated townspeople. The mysterious arrival of John, who insists on seeing Butchie, sparks the beginning of one strangely paranormal experience after another for the family and community including unexplained levitations and visions, a haunted hotel room, and two resurrections from death. Somehow, John emphasizes the connectedness of both family members and townspeople and, while John himself comes across as significantly dim, he has a knack for saying the profound without understanding a word of what he speaks. As the days go by, it becomes apparent that John gives voice to the words of his father or The Father. This eight-episode series is an exploration of self-centeredness, fear, and faith and John's role as savior, doomsayer, unwitting pawn, or simpleton is never clear--the end of the season at day seven brings no real resolution or sense of whether the Yost family is better off or worse than they were before John appeared. A truly bizarre show full of unanswered questions and crude language and subject matter, it is somehow intriguing even as it is repulsive and unsatisfying. --Tami Horiuchi
Customer Reviews
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Rating:  - This is very nearly the greatest single season's worth of television show in history.
Let me say right off the get go that I have not actually seen the DVD's of the series so I cannot attest to the kind of job that HBO did; although my experience with like products from HBO has been very good.
I have seen the series and taped the episodes. I have viewed every episode several times and I never tire of this thing. I was and am a huge fan of the HBO series Six Feet Under. The first season of that series is in my view the best single season of any program in history...well, it was until John From Cincinnati. They are neck and neck.
The creativity is extraordinary. The conversations between characters is dance like...in fact if you loved the dialogue in DEADWOOD you will love this.
Remember when you were a kid and you could run up to a group of children your own age that were say;digging a hole to China or building some contraption?. You didn't know them and they didn't know you, but within seconds you were participating in something. That is the magical quality in human beings(lost by the time we are adults) that is depicted in JFC. That quality is our salvation. We have but to re-connect with it.
The series helps in that effort just a bit, so that makes it more than worthwhile.
If you are a creative type in love with deep plots where there is more going on than meets the eye, you will no doubt enjoy this and could probably buy it sight unseen and be happy. However, If the programing regularly seen on the major broadcast networks is ... Read More
Rating: - John From Cincinatti Needs To Get Back In The Game
I, like many fans of hbo shows such as entourage, curb, flight of the conchords and six feet under, wanted so very much to love this show, especially since it was being filmed right down my block (literally)...however, upon watching the first handful of shows I grew impatient and downright bored...after which I continued to bash the show, even more so after it was cancelled after 10 episodes...fast forward a year and a clean slate in my mind...JFC goes on sale for 20 bucks and out of nostalgia sakes and the fact that it may some day become out of print, I decide to buy it...fast forward two days from that and I am now extremely pissed off that the show was cancelled...this show is very dynamic and the characters and the way things shape up around John is awesome...Brilliant writing, Shaun Yost still sucks at acting, but whatever, Butchie, John, Bill and Vietnam Joe are awesome, and seeing Zack Morris back on tv was cool too. Buy JFC and who knows, one day it may get back in the game.
Rating:  - Worst TV show I've ever seen
I love the HBO shows "Six Feet Under", "The Sopranos", "Entourage" and "Rome", so I'm willing to try anything from HBO. This show never got off the ground, it was bad from the beginning - and I watched the whole series. The dialog is so "cutting edge" (they're speaking "Imperial Beach-ese", or "IB" as they call it because they're all so cool) that they might as well be speaking a foreign language. I love foreign films, but not when they're speaking English. Most of the characters have no purpose at all to the story (what little story there is, and even that's not interesting), including the title character. It's never really explained who he is - from God? An alien? - but that's OK. Then you have three generations of professional surfers - a grandfather, a father who's a heroin addict, and a son played by one of the worst kid actors I've ever seen. I winced almost every time he spoke. Then you have Rebecca de Mornay in an awful, awful role as the angriest, most foul-mouthed grandmother in TV history. I don't think once in all 10 episodes did they show her smile - she literally constantly had a scowl on her face and was usually yelling at someone. And I like Rebecca de Mornay, so I hated that. I only finished the show because of the money I spent on it and it was short - I had lost interest by the second or third episode and it never got better. Only two or three noteworthy things happened in the whole series. I started to listen to the commentary on the first episode, by the creator ... Read More
Rating: - Truly Extraordinary!
A brillliantly conceived and executed series from the once-great HBO. Truly memorable characters, flawless writing and dialogue and a storyline that kept me engaged long after the airing of each episode. And the DVDs allow me to enjoy this captivating series again and again. Just wish there was more than one season to enjoy the genius of David Milch and the luminosity of John, the Yosts and the ensemble cast. Truly extraordinary!
Rating: - One of the best series ever
This is one of the best series ever to hit the airwaves, if you are willing to accept it's premise. You have to accept that something special is happening and that John, while simple and unfamiliar with our world, is here to offer great insights. If you can't or won't do that then you will be here with the others giving this series a single star. If you can then like me you may find yourself watching each episode multiple times so you don't miss any of the insights that John offers up. It's amazing how as each episode unfolds he seems to offer up volumes of information with a simple phrase or sentence. You'll find yourself rethinking the entire episode and what really unfolded based upon his insights. I don't know how Milch and/or the actors were able to convey such depth with such seemingly simple dialogue.
Some things I know and some things I don't, but you'll be doing yourself a huge favor by checking out this series. Just wish it had lasted longer.
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