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Oz - The Complete Sixth Season

starring: Christopher Farmer
directed by: Gregory Dark

: Oz - The Complete Sixth Season
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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
Brand: Warner Brothers
EAN: 0026359902727
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Widescreen, NTSC
Label: Hbo Home Video
Manufacturer: Hbo Home Video
Number Of Items: 3
Publisher: Hbo Home Video
Region Code: 1
Release Date: September 05, 2006
Running Time: 520 minutes
Sales Rank: 3665
Studio: Hbo Home Video
Theatrical Release Date: July 12, 1997



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On the surface not much has changed inside the walls of Oswald State Penitentiary. Schillinger has revenge on his mind Cyril is facing execution Beecher is hoping for parole and McManus is finding solace in a meditative maze. But there's toil and trouble brewing in the Oz cauldron as the Oz players rehearse for their presentation of Macbeth and the climactic final act.Running Time: 520 min.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: TELEVISION/SERIES & SEQUELS UPC: 026359902727 Manufacturer No: 99027

Amazon.com:
The sixth and final season of HBO's prison drama Oz--which aired in 2003--is brutal, passionate, and gritty. Compellingly addictive with taut storylines and superb acting, each of the eight episodes on this 3-disc set nicely paves the way for the series finale, which wraps the show up in a satisfying (and surprising) manner. Often told through the eyes (and voice) of deceased prisoner Augustus Hill (Harold Perrineau, Lost), Oz isn't an easy show to watch. Inmates are routinely raped, tortured, and killed--not out of need, but out of boredom and cruelty. And in a corrupt system where too few bureaucrats actually care about these men's lives, few are willing to do anything about it. Those that do give a damn--Sister Peter Marie (Rita Moreno, West Side Story), Father Mukada (B.D. Wong, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit), Dr. Nathan (Lauren Velez), Warden Glynn (Ernie Hudson), McManus (Terry Kinney)--face an uphill battle.

One of the strongest storylines is the ongoing romance between murderer Keller (Christopher Meloni, Law & Order: SVU and Beecher (Lee Tergesen), who's hoping to be paroled. Series creator Tom Fontana doesn't allow their arc to be diluted by any idealistic expectations. The viewer is acutely aware that Beecher is an easy target for annihilation whether or not he is released from prison. The viewer is never quite as certain of Keller's motives--whether they're borne of love and affection, or a selfish need to satisfy his own primal urges. Like Beecher, Alvarez (Kirk Acevedo) is trying to keep his own nose clean in the hopes that he'll be eligible for parole three years down the line. It's easy to understand the almost suffocating feeling he lives every day, knowing that three years may as well be a lifetime when you're behind bars and the target of both your former gang and the Aryan brothers, led by Schillinger (J.K. Simmons, Law & Order: SVU, the Spider-Man films). And Ryan (Dean Winters) desperately tries to save his mentally retarded brother Cyril (played by Dean's real-life sibling Scott William Winters) from being executed.

There are a few subplots that don't ring true, such as the quasi romance between a librarian (Patti LuPone) and one of the prisoners, and an elderly inmate's (Joey Grey) implausible death wish. And for all the constraints the majority of convicts face, some appear to have almost free run of the prison. Still, Fontana has created a vivid, dark world where the occasional acts of humanity are as important as the non-stop chaos that is Oz. While it certainly helps to have seen the previous five seasons of the series to enjoy this season, it's not mandatory. These last eight episodes work fine as a stand-alone piece of drama. --Jae-Ha Kim



Customer Reviews
Average Rating: out of 5 stars

Rating: 3 out of 5 stars - A great series until the end
I really enjoyed the multiple seasons of OZ. The character development and twists and turns kept ... Read More


Rating: 4 out of 5 stars - A good send off for OZ
Not the best season of Oz [That would be season2} but much better than the long and confusing 5th ... Read More


Rating: 3 out of 5 stars - Disappointingly average.
Season six of Oz proudly continued the shows traditions of shock value, heavy subject matter and great ... Read More


Rating: 4 out of 5 stars - Not the best ending
I began following the "OZ" saga several years ago but never got to see the sixth season.

I ... Read More


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - OZ: Great prison, or the greatest prison?
Another day, another prisoner up to no good with his wacky antics. I love everything about OZ, despite ... Read More

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