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Law & Order Special Victims Unit - The First Year

starring: Mariska Hargitay

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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
Brand: UNIVERSAL STUDIOS HOME ENTERTAIN.
EAN: 9780783277653
Format: Box set, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD-Video, Full Screen, Subtitled, NTSC
ISBN: 0783277652
Label: Universal Studios
Manufacturer: Universal Studios
Number Of Items: 6
Publisher: Universal Studios
Region Code: 1
Release Date: October 21, 2003
Running Time: 1043 minutes
Sales Rank: 974
Studio: Universal Studios
Theatrical Release Date: September 20, 1999



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From the popular and award-winning Law & Order franchise comes Law & Order: Special Victims Unit. This hard-hitting and emotional series chronicles the exciting cases of the NYPD s Special Victims Unit as they try to crack the city s most heinous crimes.With a celebrated cast that includes Christopher Meloni (Twelve Monkeys TV s Oz) Mariska Hargitay (Lake Placid TV s ER) Dan Florek (Beautiful Joe The Flintstones) Richard Belzer (Jump TV s Homicide: Life on the Street) Dean Winters (TV s Oz) and Michelle Hurd (Random Hearts) and featuring such notable guest stars as Angie Harmon (TV s Law & Order) Jerry Orbach (TV s Law & Order) Andrew McCarthy (St. Elmo s Fire Pretty in Pink) Bebe Neuwirth (TV s Frasier Cheers) and Camryn Manheim (TV s The Practice) Law & Order: Special Victims Unit The First Year is a must-have DVD collection.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: TELEVISION/SERIES & SEQUELS UPC: 025192271823 Manufacturer No: 61022718

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Originally called Sex Crimes, executive producer Dick Wolf wisely opted for something less lurid when the second in the inexhaustible Law & Order franchise hit the air in 1999. Still, as the opening voiceover makes clear, the 'sexually based offenses' investigated by New York's Special Victims Unit can be 'especially heinous.' This six-DVD boxed set includes all 22 episodes of the first compelling season.

Wolf penned series premier 'Payback,' which sets the scene, but not the tone. It's a lively, if uneasy mix between horror (rape) and comedy (risqué banter). As the show progressed, humor would be written out altogether (leaving Richard Belzer's Homicide-derived John Munch with increasingly less to do). Less emphasis would also be placed on the home lives of this 'elite squad of dedicated detectives.' Mostly, 'Payback' introduces us to the unit, centering around partners Olivia Benton (Mariska Hargitay) and Elliot Stabler (Christopher Meloni). For two people with so little in common, they make a terrific team--arguably one of TV's best. Stabler is married with four children; Benton is single and her closest relationship is with her mother (Elizabeth Ashley). While Stabler can get a little rough with suspects, Benton tends to over-empathize with the victims. They report to the no-nonsense Captain Cragen (Law & Order vet Dann Florek). Like the parent program's Lenny Briscoe, he's a recovering alcoholic. Dean Winters and Michelle Hurd round out the rock-solid cast.

As it would continue to do in successive years, SVU's first season proved that network TV could explore sex crimes without being salacious or exploitative. 'Uncivilized,' for instance, concerns a child murder that is automatically pinned on a local sex offender, when the actual perpetrator isn't quite so obvious. 'Disrobed,' in which Brian Cassidy (Winters) leaves the department and Benson (with whom he had a brief affair) shoots a suspect is another standout in a strong year. SVU was followed by Criminal Intent in 2001 and features several guest appearances from Jerry Orbach (Briscoe) and Angie Harmon (Abbie Carmichael) from the original Law & Order. --Kathleen C. Fennessy



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