Deadwood: The Complete Series |  | Actors: Ian McShane, Timothy Olyphant
Studio: HBO
Category: DVD
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Rating:  98 reviews
Sales Rank: 534
Format: Box set, Widescreen, Subtitled, Closed-captioned, Color, NTSC
Languages: English (Original Language), French (Original Language), Spanish (Original Language), English (Subtitled)
Rating: Unrated
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
Number Of Discs: 19
Running Time: 2160 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2.2
Dimensions (in): 7.9 x 5.8 x 2
MPN: HBOD39346D
UPC: 883929023189
EAN: 0883929023189
ASIN: B001FA1OTU
Theatrical Release Date: 2008
Release Date: December 9, 2008
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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Studio: Hbo Home Video Release Date: 12/09/2008 Rating: Nr
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Deadwood represents one of those periodic, wholesale reinventions of the Western that is as different from, say, Lonesome Dove as that miniseries is from Howard Hawks's Rio Bravo or the latter is from Anthony Mann's The Naked Spur. In many ways, HBO's Deadwood embraces the Western's unambiguous morality during the cinema's silent era through the 1930s while also blazing trails through a post-NYPD Blue, post-The West Wing television age exalting dense and customized dialogue. On top of that, Deadwood has managed an original look and texture for a familiar genre: gritty, chaotic, and surging with both dark and hopeful energy. Yet the show's creator, erstwhile NYPD Blue head writer David Milch, never ridicules or condescends to his more grasping, futile characters or overstates the virtues of his heroic ones. Set in an ungoverned stretch of South Dakota soon after the 1876 Custer massacre, Deadwood concerns a lawless, evolving town attracting fortune-seekers, drifters, tyrants, and burned-out adventurers searching for a card game and a place to die. Others, particularly women trapped in prostitution, sundry do-gooders, and hangers-on have nowhere else to go. Into this pool of aspiration and nightmare arrive former Montana lawman Seth Bullock (Timothy Olyphant) and his friend Sol Starr (John Hawkes), determined to open a lucrative hardware business. Over time, their paths cross with a weary but still formidable Wild Bill Hickok (Keith Carradine) and his doting companion, the coarse angel Calamity Jane (Robin Weigert); an aristocratic, drug-addicted widow (Molly Parker) trying to salvage a gold mining claim; and a despondent hooker (Paula Malcomson) who cares, briefly, for an orphaned girl. Casting a giant shadow over all is a blood-soaked king, Gem Saloon owner Al Swearengen (Ian McShane), possibly the best, most complex, and mesmerizing villain seen on TV in years. Each of these characters, and many others, will forge alliances and feuds, cope with disasters (such as smallpox), and move--almost invisibly but inexorably--toward some semblance of order and common cause. Making it all worthwhile is Milch's masterful dialogue--often profane, sometimes courtly and civilized, never perfunctory--and the brilliant acting of the aforementioned performers plus others. --Tom Keogh
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 Deadwood: The Thinking Person's Western February 6, 2010
B. F. Franks (Highlands Ranch, CO)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Regardless of whether you are a fan of the "western" entertainment genre, the HBO series, "Deadwood," is priceless for its character actors, intricately-developed plot lines, and use of profane but oftentimes courtly, almost Victorian, language. I have seen every episode multiple times, and I still see things that I missed each time I watch. Of course, the series is great entertainment on a surface level, but there is so much more available to those who take the time to carefully listen to the dialogue, and to think about the human condition and driving historic dynamic of the time. For those reasons, "Deadwood" is, hands down, the best TV series I have ever seen. You will likely appreciate "Deadwood" if you liked "The Sopranos," "Hill Street Blues," and "John from Cincinnatti." Deadwood: The Complete Series
 the extras were disappointing February 4, 2010
Caraculiambro (La Mancha and environs)
Literally, I mean. The crowd scenes were a total let-down. Just a bunch of people standing around, for the most part.
Deadwood SD comes to life on screen! February 3, 2010
Browneyedgurl (Illinois/ Land of corn)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
I am not really into Westerns, but this is a terrific show. It features the real life people that actually walked the real life Deadwood, S.D. The historical accuracy is quite remarkable, after I did research on the real life Wild Bill Hickock, Calamity Jane, and Bullock. Interesting to know is that this box set features photos of the real people and places featured in Deadwood, along with the actors portraying them in the series. Beautifully, beautifully done! As far as the language, yes there is lots of swearing, and some of the dialect may be hard to follow at first- because they did their research and that IS how people talked back in the day. These are rough and tumble people, who were living in the real wild west- what do you expect? There is violence and plunder-remember there was no real laws in West back then. You get to watch the beginnings of Deadwood, and the inevitable power struggles and stories that occurred for these pioneers. Ian McShane's portrayal of Al Swearengen simply cannot be missed! You will be hard pressed to find this set at this price again anytime soon, buy it before it is SOLD OUT!
Dad loved it for X-mas!! February 1, 2010
HeroMOM (North Carolina,USA)
I loved this when it was on tv, and my Dad really loved getting it for Christmas!!! Deadwood is awesome!!!
only way to go January 23, 2010
Malcolm Mills (nashville,tn)
if you want the series of any tv or cable show then the only way to go is get the whole series, every year it was on, instead of getting a year at a time, amazon had all three years at a great price. excellent condition and delivered on time, the only way to go.
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