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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: Suitable for 18 years and over
Binding: DVD
EAN: 7321900253949
Format: PAL
Label: Warner Home Video
Languages: EnglishOriginal LanguageFrenchOriginal Language
Manufacturer: Warner Home Video
Number Of Items: 5
Publisher: Warner Home Video
Region Code: 2
Release Date: April 18, 2005
Running Time: 720 minutes
Studio: Warner Home Video
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The Wire has proven itself to be that rarest of things: an intelligent, clever, character-driven show, that's lasted more than one season.
This boxset brings together all the episodes from the maiden series of
The Wire, spread across thirteen episodes. Yet those episodes, unlike many in the police genre where the show spends a good deal of its time, are dedicated to just one case. Furthermore, it follows both sides of the case. Thus, there's the Baltimore police department, with its statistics to manage, its internal politics to manage and its chain of command to respect, set against a highly organised drug gang, who too have more than their fair share of problems.
The Wire is a slow burn show, taking time to delicate put its pieces in place. Rarely do you get a dramatic end to an episode, and it's not afraid to humanise and blur the lines between good and bad. But, bluntly, there's nothing--not even
The Sopranos--that US TV has broadcast in the last ten years that can hold a torch to it. This first series is genuinely outstanding television, and really deserves your attention. And the good news? Excellent as it is, this first series isn't even the best that
The Wire has to offer…--
Simon Brew
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After Soprano's came to an end last year over here in blighty last year I was wondering would another series come along to give it a run for it's money.
I'm not sure what people think of David Chase's Mafia Epic but I can imagine cries of overrated being called out, I personally found utterly engrossing TV and simply sublime, I was somewhat sad to see it end but grateful Chase chose it to go out on high and yes I was perfectly happy with the opened ended abrupt ending to the final episode. ...
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This Wire is a great show, I'm no TV buff but think that this is the kind of stuff television was made for- it is complex and difficult but worth every single minute of your attention. It's greatest acheivement for me is that this is an ensemble piece with something like twenty main characters, all of which gradually unfurl throughout the series.
If you want to be challenged, watch this.
If you're going to be offended by the language, don't.
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Cracking series.
Had heard alot about it and it lived upto it's billing.
Enjoy
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I can't believe that it's taken me this long to hear about and watch The Wire. As other reviewers have said, it is a gritty, realistic cop drama with a high body count.
The characters are great (particularly Omar, Bunk and McNulty) and the story lines well thought-out with lots of twists and turns. I was gripped.
One slight criticism; the sound quality wasn't great and I was straining to hear what some of the characters were saying. (In the end I put on the subtitles which did detract ...
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The Wire is the latest in a long line of programmes that newspaper reviewers tell us are the best thing on TV. Six Feet Under, The Sopranos, Battlestar Galactica, now The Wire. And like all these other shows it is good. It is a show with three dimensional characters in believable real world situations. It deals with issues that other programmes don't touch. It is intelligent and complex and everything you would want from challenging TV. Like all these other greatest TV shows it is also a little boring.
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