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Curb Your Enthusiasm - The Complete First Season

starring: Jason Alexander, Linda Bates (II), Mark Beltzman, Cynthia Caponera, Larry Charles

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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Binding: DVD
Brand: Warner Brothers
EAN: 9780783121710
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dubbed, DVD-Video, Subtitled, NTSC
ISBN: 0783121717
Label: Home Box Office (HBO)
Manufacturer: Home Box Office (HBO)
Number Of Items: 2
Publisher: Home Box Office (HBO)
Region Code: 1
Release Date: January 13, 2004
Running Time: 360 minutes
Sales Rank: 2475
Studio: Home Box Office (HBO)
Theatrical Release Date: October 15, 2000



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Product Description:
He's got it all a loving wife good friends a successful career a good home... What could go wrong for Larry David? CURB YOUR ENTHUSIASM stars 'Seinfeld' co-creator Larry David as himself in an unsparing cinema verite depiction of his life. Featuring real life celebrities playing themselves the episodes are improvised by the actors from storylines by David.Running Time: 390 min.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: COMEDY UPC: 026359918025 Manufacturer No: 99180

Amazon.com:
Like its fellow HBO series Sex and the City, this half-hour comedy broke some TV rules and went from critics' darling to an award-winning series in three years. Curb Your Enthusiasm is the brainchild of star-creator Larry David who co-created Seinfeld and was the basis for the easily rattled George Costanza (who was played by Jason Alexander). Like George, David has a tendency to speak too much, blow things out of proportion, and, most often, fail in the end (and often liking it that way). David's new show is also like its predecessor: it's about 'nothing' except following the day-to-day ramblings of a sometime writer and comic (this time in L.A.). Eternal questions stemming from universal daily dilemmas are honed to perfect comedic absurdity. A notable exception is the show is only scripted by plot; much of the action is improvised. The first season starts with a one-hour mockumentary following David's return to stand-up for the first time in years; the other 10 episodes follow a more traditional sit-com setup.

David plays 'himself' (as does his friend, Richard Lewis) although his manager and wife are played by comedians Jeff Garlin and Cheryl Hines. Although this first season is a comedic gem, one can't take more than an episode or two at a time--it's acidic, biting comedy. The episodes are often built like a house of cards, which the irritable David will surely collapse by the end. Like another caustic TV character, Dabney Colman's Buffalo Bill (1983-84), Larry David is not for everybody. --Doug Thomas



Customer Reviews
Average Rating: out of 5 stars

Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - curb your enthusiasm
amazon does it again. love this DVD and will be purchasing the 2nd season for my wife and I for Christmas.


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - So funny but not for those over 70
I like challenging my family and introducing them to material that stretches their point of view. Not being ... Read More


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - Funny Funny Stuff
My sister told me a long time ago about this show. I had never seen it and she told me that she loved it. She ... Read More


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - Funniest Show I've Ever Seen
Curb is the most irreverant, taboo-busting comedy series I've ever seen. Some may find it offensive, but those ... Read More


Rating: 4 out of 5 stars - The best modern version of the Restoration comedies of Wycherly and Congreve
4.5 stars

Some of this series has been great, and some of it painfully embarrassing to watch (let's ... Read More

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