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Queer as Folk - Series 1 (British TV Series)

starring: Ger Ryan, Ian McElhinney, Adam Zane, Paul Copley, Andrew Lancel
directed by: Sarah Harding, Charles McDougall

: Queer as Folk - Series 1 (British TV Series)
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Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 0809301010424
Format: Box set, Color, DVD-Video, NTSC
Label: C1TV
Manufacturer: C1TV
Number Of Items: 2
Publisher: C1TV
Region Code: 1
Release Date: May 08, 2001
Running Time: 240 minutes
Sales Rank: 38454
Studio: C1TV



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When it appeared on British television in 1999, Queer as Folk caused quite a ruckus. There was the sex, as graphic as most anything you'd see in an R-rated film. There were the questionable morals--after all, one of the lead characters knowingly seduced a virginal 15-year-old boy. There was, of course, the rampant homosexuality, seeing as the series followed a group of gay men living in Manchester. But what really got people talking was the quality of the series: no leaden soap opera or exploitative sex romp, Queer as Folk is an engrossing, incredibly well-written series that ranks with some of the best ever produced for British TV. Following the adventures of Stuart (Aidan Gillen), a rake capable of seducing anyone anywhere, and Vince (Craig Kelly), his boy-next-door best friend, as well as the family and friends who surround them, Queer as Folk paints a complex, emotional, and funny portrait of its characters, who range from the regular to the outlandish. Less sensationalistic than it sounds, Queer as Folk shares more in common with gritty, working-class British films like My Beautiful Laundrette and Beautiful Thing than it does with glossy, sex-themed American TV like Sex and the City or even the Americanized version of Queer as Folk. Though definitely comedic in parts, Queer as Folk takes a clear-eyed yet fond view of its characters, from lothario Stuart, who can be charming one minute and self-obsessed the next, to hapless Vince, a mess of insecurities who can't believe it when a handsome Australian (Peter O'Brien) falls in love with him. Fans of the American Queer as Folk will recognize the British counterparts to the American characters, as well as familiar plot arcs, but this series' writing and directing make it a far more dramatic--and multifaceted--look at gay life. This first season set, known as 'Series 1,' clocks in at four hours. --Mark Englehart



Customer Reviews
Average Rating: out of 5 stars

Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - Superb Gay Drama
When Queer As Folk catapulted onto British television in 1999, I was 19 years old and had only just ... Read More


Rating: 1 out of 5 stars - AMERICAN VERSION TRUMPS BRITISH VERSION
DON'T BUY THE DVD SET! IT IS NOT WORTH IT! IF THERE WAS A WAY I COULD, I WOULD GET MY MONEY BACK. If ... Read More


Rating: 2 out of 5 stars - Not as good as the American QAF serie
The dialogs are almost the same, but the charaters are not as cute as in the american serie.


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - Better than the American version!
A series of episodes concerning the lives of three young gay men living in Manchester, England. Many ... Read More


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - American version simply cannot compare...
I had grown tired of the US Queer as Folk series. Sure when it came out it was interesting and fresh, ... Read More

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