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Flight of the Conchords - The Complete First Season

starring: Jemaine Clement, Bret McKenzie

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Aspect Ratio: 1.66:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 0026359441820
Format: AC-3, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
Label: Hbo Home Video
Manufacturer: Hbo Home Video
Number Of Items: 2
Publisher: Hbo Home Video
Region Code: 1
Release Date: November 06, 2007
Running Time: 360 minutes
Sales Rank: 104
Studio: Hbo Home Video
Theatrical Release Date: June 17, 2007



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Description:
Jemaine Clement and Bret McKenzie â€' a.k.a. Flight of the Conchords â€' may be “New Zealand’s 4th Most Popular Folk Parody Duo,” but in the USA, finding someone who knows their act is about as easy as finding a kiwi nest in Central Park. To rectify this oversight, Jemaine and Bret have moved to New York’s East Village to conquer America, one fan (literally) at a time.

Amazon.com:
Unlike most HBO series, Flight of the Conchords does not want to set the world on fire. It is droll and deadpan to beat the band. If you like Tenacious D, They Might Be Giants, Jonathan Richman, Leningrad Cowboys Go America, and silly Pythonian wordplay, then its off-center charms will definitely strike a resonant chord. The Conchords are comprised of funky, funny folk duo Bret McKenzie and mutton-chopped Jemaine Clement, transplanted New Zealanders trying to make it in New York. Brett, their incompetent manager, Murray (Rhys Darby) notes, has 'the right attitude,' while Jemaine has 'what I like to call, 'the wrong attitude.'' (Murray, who works out of the New Zealand consulate, makes the clueless agent in Extras look like Ari Gold.) Stardom eludes the band. They have one fan, Mel (Kristin Schaal), whose seething husband chaperones her while she stalks them (by season's end, even she will desert them). Financially strapped, they live in squalor and are forced to film a music video with a cell-phone camera. The dense Jemaine is a damper on Brett's love life (he derisively calls Coco, Brett's new girlfriend, 'Yoko'). But from their mundane lives springs their inspired music, and it is during each episode's musical numbers that Conchords really takes flight. Sample lyrics: 'You're so beautiful / You could be a hostess in the '60s'; and 'I'm not crying / It's just been raining / On my face.' Another mad highlight is 'Bowie to Bowie' in the episode in which Brett is visited by visions of Bowie in his various career incarnations (portrayed by a dead-on Clement). But the dialogue, too, sings with an inspired, surreal lunacy. One exchange between Brett and Murray degenerates into a chicken-egg discussion over a job vs. a gig. HBO has renewed Flight of the Conchords for a second season. Bravo! As a greeting-card executive (The Daily Show's John Hodgman), who wants to license one of their tracks, tells the duo, 'I believe in potential. I can see it in you guys.' --Donald Liebenson



Customer Reviews
Average Rating: out of 5 stars

Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - It took me a little while...
I watched the first episode and was luke-warm towards it. A week or two later I was still thinking ... Read More


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - Subtle but clever
Two kiwis in New York trying to break into the music scene with the help of a band manager that has ... Read More


Rating: 4 out of 5 stars - One of the most hilarious shows I've seen in some time.
If you're a fan of dry, sometimes nonsensical, humor (specifically of the British variety) then you ... Read More


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - love it
their humor is so bizarre! but it's so hilarious! the best part of the show is their songs. each one ... Read More


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - classic.....classic.
These guys are famous from their youtube song "Business Time." They've got plenty more classics, and ... Read More

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