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The Dresden Files - The Complete First Season

starring: Paul Blackthorne, Valerie Cruz

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Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
Brand: Lions Gate
EAN: 0012236216889
Format: AC-3, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Widescreen, NTSC
Label: Lions Gate
Manufacturer: Lions Gate
Number Of Items: 3
Publisher: Lions Gate
Region Code: 1
Release Date: August 07, 2007
Running Time: 530 minutes
Sales Rank: 2383
Studio: Lions Gate



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Description:
Based on Jim Butcher's best-selling novels, 'The Dresden Files' chronicles the cases of no ordinary detective. Harry Dresden (Paul Blackthorne) is a wizard, the only one listed in the Chicago phone book. He's got a handle on the crimes that can't be solved by anyone else. Paranormal? No problem. Dresden deals in all matters of supernatural threats. If you need a little hocus pocus or some other worldly advice, Dresden's your man.

Amazon.com:
The Dresden Files is about a wizard named Harry. 'Good marketing,' a cynical observer notes in one episode from the Sci-Fi Channel's one-season wonder based on the books by Jim Butcher. 'Couldn't you come up with something a little more original?' Actually, this series manages to be plenty original despite echoes of The X-Files and the 1970s cult classic The Night Stalker. Paul Blackthorne stars as Harry Dresden, a scruffy Chicago private eye whose gift comes in handy for children menaced by skinwalkers, or for offering Lt. Murphy (Valerie Cruz) of the Chicago police 'an unconventional point of view' concerning grisly, bizarre cases involving werewolves, vampires, and other decidedly unfriendly spirits. The Dresden Files is a paranormal noir (para-noir?) that deftly balances genuine scares, hard-boiled moxie, and tongue-in-cheek humor, delivered with panache by 'Bob' (Terrance Mann), an ancient English spirit who resides in a skull and gives.Harry supernatural assistance. Harry's backstory--magician father, wizard mother, treacherous uncle--is revealed over the course of these 12 episodes. The eighth broadcast episode, 'Things That Go Bump,' was reportedly intended as the series pilot, and may be the best place to start. But Harry's world-weary voice-over in the classic tradition ('If you're a wizard and you fail, people can end up dead') keeps viewers oriented. Low ratings made The Dresden Files disappear, making this DVD set welcome for the series' hardcore fans who mounted the ultimately unsuccessful letter-writing campaign to save Dresden from the 'Brilliant, but Cancelled' files. But even those who are unfamiliar with Butcher's books or are not on the Sci-Fi Channel's wavelength will be charmed. --Donald Liebenson



Customer Reviews
Average Rating: out of 5 stars

Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - Great show
I really enjoyed the series when it aired, I had to purchase the DVDs. I'm just sorry that the series ... Read More


Rating: 3 out of 5 stars - More like 3.5, but I may be biased.
Ok, here's the deal. While the producers didn't go out of their way to make this clear, "The Dresden Files" ... Read More


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - Gets better every time I watch it
I have not yet read the books that this series was based on so I have no real frame of reference as far as how ... Read More


Rating: 4 out of 5 stars - Better Than the Books
I picked this up on a whim, and I kind of liked it. Since film adaptations of books invariably veer from the source ... Read More


Rating: 2 out of 5 stars - Three star story, three star casting/acting, one star production values.
The first thing I did after putting the DVD in was hunt frantically for subtitles; it's nearly impossible to make out ... Read More

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