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Oz - The Complete Second Season

starring: Christopher Farmer
directed by: Gregory Dark

: Oz - The Complete Second Season
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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
Brand: Warner Brothers
EAN: 0026359915024
Format: Box set, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Full Screen, NTSC
Label: Hbo Home Video
Manufacturer: Hbo Home Video
Number Of Items: 3
Publisher: Hbo Home Video
Region Code: 1
Release Date: January 07, 2003
Running Time: 467 minutes
Sales Rank: 5305
Studio: Hbo Home Video
Theatrical Release Date: July 12, 1997



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Product Description:
All that glitters is not Emerald City. Following the bloodbath that ended the prison riot life is returning to far from normal for those who survived....Running Time: 465 min.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: DRAMA UPC: 026359915024 Manufacturer No: 99150

Amazon.com:
If the title of HBO's brutal prison drama suggests a fairy tale, be warned that this Oz lies on the other side of the rainbow. This gritty portrait of men behind bars is a testosterone-driven soap opera packed with murder, suicide, sadism, and savage battles for dominance in the concrete jungle.

Season 2 opens in the wake of a prison riot that shut down the experimental cell block known as 'Emerald City' among the inmates, but it doesn't take long to build a whole new head of steam after prison reformer Tim McManus (Terry Kinney) reopens the unit. The drug wars pit the Italians against the blacks, the Aryan Brotherhood re-establish their campaign of intimidation, and Alvarez is pushed to desperate measures when he's ousted by the new Latino leader (Luiz Guzmán). Even more volatile than the physical brutality (this season offers up a bloody blinding and a crucifixion) is the soul-crushing psychodrama played out between vicious Aryan leader Schillinger (J.K. Simmons) and Beecher (Lee Tergeson), the meek lawyer transformed into a drug-addicted wild man by prison's predatory world and seduced by cold-blooded killer Chris Keller (Law and Order: SVU's Christopher Meloni).

Some the stories get lost in the thrilling runaway pacing, but at its best Oz's searing stories of men penned in and pushing back goes straight for the jugular and invariably draws blood.

In addition to HBO's four-minute promotional short is an interesting featurette in which the creators and select actors discuss the show. The three-disc set also features cast and crew bios, an episode index, and episodic previews.--Sean Axmaker



Customer Reviews
Average Rating: out of 5 stars

Rating: 2 out of 5 stars - DISAPPOINTED
I just purchsed the first three seasons. Unfortunately for me, the close caption for hearing impared ... Read More


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - OZ-------Enough to Scare You Straight
This show is not for the faint-of-heart. It depicts the conditions in a maximum security prison without ... Read More


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - GREAT SERIES!!!!!!!
LOVE THIS SERIES, ESPECIALLY THE BRAVE PRODUCERS WHO PROVIDE THE MALE FRONTAL NUDITY! IT IS ABOUT TIME FOR ... Read More


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - SECOND SEASON OX
PROMT SHIPPING. PRODUCT IN EXCELLENT CONDITION. LOOK FORWAR TO DOING BUISNESS WITTH YOU AGAIN.


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - Gripping Prison Drama
My first taste of life in Emerald City and OZ was during a visit to my friends in Arizona back in Jan/Feb this ... Read More

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