Second Sight, Vol. 1 & 2
starring: Clive Owen; Rupert Holliday-Evans; Claire Skinner; Frank Harper; Alexander Morton; Liam Noble; Simon Bateso; Selina Boyack; Helen Hathorn; James Greene (III); Elizabeth Hurran; Thomas Wheatley; Benjamin Smith (IV); Finbar Lynch; Tom Felton; Rebecca Egan; Julian Protheroe; Stephen Reynolds; Rebecca Hazlewood; Carol Royle
directed by: Edward Bennett; Charles Beeson
directed by: Edward Bennett; Charles Beeson
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Audience Rating: Unrated
Binding: DVD
EAN: 9781593752194
Format: Box set, Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, NTSC
ISBN: 1593752199
Label: WGBH BOSTON
Manufacturer: WGBH BOSTON
Number Of Items: 4
Publisher: WGBH BOSTON
Region Code: 1
Release Date: November 23, 2004
Running Time: 540 minutes
Sales Rank: 14570
Studio: WGBH BOSTON
Theatrical Release Date: September 30, 1999
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Editorial Review:
Description:
This taut psychological thriller from Paula Milne (The Politician's Wife) introduces Ross Tanner (Clive Owen, Closer; Bent), a hotshot police detective who lives for the thrill of the chase—while desperate to conceal a terrifying secret: he's losing his vision. Claire Skinner (Inspector Morse; The Wingless Bird; Sleepy Hollow) co-stars as D.I. Catherine Tully, drafted into Tanner's crime unit to aid in the investigation of the apparently motiveless, brutal murder of a 19-year-old college student. As Tanner's relationship with the world becomes increasingly fragile, he learns that there is more to murder than meets the eye. Insight prevails over eyesight as he discovers that success and survival both will depend on the alchemy of all his senses. Then, Clive Owen returns as Detective Chief Inspector Ross Tanner in three new cases of Second Sight. Still afflicted with a rare and incurable eye disease, Tanner's vision is slowly dimming, yet his crime-solving senses are as sharp as ever. He's just been chosen to head the Special Murder Unit, an elite group assigned only the toughest cases. Tanner has to hone his observation skills while staying several steps ahead of his colleagues—who are unaware of his debilitating secret.
Special DVD features include: article by series creator Paula Milne about developing Second Sight; bonus arficle 'Disabled Detectives Develop New Ways to Fight Crime;' selected cast filmographies; selected cast list; link to the Mystery! Web site; scene selections; closed captions; and described video for the visually impaired.
On four DVD9 discs. Region coding: All regions. Audio: Dolby stereo. Screen format: Letterboxed.
Amazon.com:
Taut, styish, and smart, Second Sight is the rare detective thriller with a brutal poetry in its premise. Detective Chief Inspector Ross Tanner (Clive Owen) is a maverick cop and workaholic who solves crimes by putting his faith in facts he can see for himself. What more cruel irony could beset him than a slow and irreversible loss of vision? While a rare disorder attacks his cornea, causing intermittent blindness and hallucinations, Tanner conceals his problem in the pursuit of a murderer who brutally beat a 19-year-old man to death. The suspects are largely people the victim knew well, including his mother (Phoebe Nicholls) and stepfather (Stuart Wilson), the nanny (Louise Atkins) of his young sister, a gardener (Eddie Marsan) who supplied him drugs, and an uncle (Stuart Wilson again, playing twins) who has allegedly been out of the country for years but in fact has been keeping a low profile in London. Tanner faces an added strain, initially, when he is partnered with a female detective, Catherine Tully (Claire Skinner), whose reliance on intuition is the antithesis of his own methods. Nevertheless, the two make a bargain after Skinner deduces Tanner's medical troubles: she'll be his eyes if he promises to give her equal credit for apprehending the killer. Utterly engrossing, Second Sight is part of that tradition of somber crime thriller done so well on British television, from Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy to Prime Suspect. Stars Claire Skinner (Sleepy Hollow) and Clive Owen carry the load exceptionally well. Owen (Closer, Bent), who looks like a slightly more rugged version of Kevin Costner and is instantly likable onscreen, conveys Tanner's necessary conversion to a more intuitive approach to police work with great care. Owen has looked like a candidate for international stardom for a while, and Second Sight certainly reinforces that perception.
Second Sight 2 follows the critically acclaimed, highly popular miniseries Second Sight with three bracing, two-part thrillers challenging ordinary notions of perception and deduction. Clive Owen returns as Chief Inspector Ross Tanner, whose eyesight is failing (his doctor sounds less certain this time that Tanner will absolutely go blind), subjecting him to blurry, distorting vision and even occasional hallucinations. Unwilling to give up his job, Tanner continues to rely upon confidantes working under him in his Special Murder Unit (now called the 'Special Money Unit,' investigating cold crimes and unusual cases), particularly Catherine Tully (Claire Skinner), who became Tanner's 'eyes' in Second Sight and is his lover in the first story here, 'Hide and Seek.' Created and written by Paula Milne, Second Sight was most interesting as a study of a man who can no longer use his eyes to solve crimes and must turn to a kind of sixth sense, heightened intuition, instead. Second Sight 2 extends that idea into chilling storylines in which only Tanner can 'see' what his colleagues merely look upon. 'Hide and Seek' is a strong and tragic tale in which Tanner re-opens an investigation into the apparent murder of a world-class violinist. While the SMU team pokes through three possible murder scenarios, Tanner takes the extraordinary measure of building a mock-up of the victim's home within police headquarters. (Meanwhile, Catherine endures the humiliation of being found out as Tanner's secret girlfriend.) 'Parasomnia' is an absolutely spooky story about a sleepwalker (who fascinates Tanner on several levels) who has no memory of crossing town in her nightdress and bashing in her fianci's head. Finally, 'The Kingdom of the Blind' finds Tanner's young son missing during an investigation into the racially charged killing of an activist. Through all of these, Owen's laser-focused, powerful performance is something special to behold. --Tom Keogh
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- Worth every penny!I would highly recommend this DVD set! It's wonderfully written, acted and directed. I originally ... Read More
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- Despite the angst and anguish, Clive Owen and some good mysteries make Second Sight workDetective Chief Inspector Ross Tanner of the Special Murder Unit has a problem. He's not just an intense, ... Read More
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- Forensic BuffEnjoyed it but I could have done without it. But I can't pass up British mysteries,no matter who is in it.
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- Clive Owen is wonderfulI was pleasantly surprised at how well Clive Owen acted in this series. In some of his movies he seems a little ... Read More
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- Great detective video with AUDIO DESCRIPTION for blind viewersDVD or Video--This is an engrossing 2-part detective movie PBS (or BBC?)about a detective who is losing his sight ... Read More
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