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Aspect Ratio: 1.66:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
Brand: Warner Brothers
EAN: 0026359446320
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, Widescreen, NTSC
Label: Hbo Home Video
Manufacturer: Hbo Home Video
Number Of Items: 2
Publisher: Hbo Home Video
Region Code: 1
Release Date: March 11, 2008
Running Time: 300 minutes
Sales Rank: 12064
Studio: Hbo Home Video



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Product Description:
A mother Leanne vanishes into thin air. Her children abandoned in her car also go missing. As police search for clues over three gut-wrenching months the Leanne's husband and family learn that nobody's quite what they seem. Everyone is a suspect. In the end five days prove critical in solving the case in this five-part five-hour thriller.Running Time: 300 min.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: TELEVISION/HBO UPC: 026359446320 Manufacturer No: 1000037104

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An ordinary afternoon turns into a 79-day nightmare in this absorbing, if leisurely-paced BBC/HBO co-production. Leanne (Christine Tremarco), a mother of three, leaves her youngest children in the car while she buys flowers for a relative. In a flash, she's gone. Her mercurial husband, Matt (David Oyelowo), and teenage daughter, Tanya (Lucinda Dryzek), from a previous marriage, call in the authorities. Superintendent Barclay (Hugh Bonneville), Sergeant Foster (Janet McTeer), and Officer Farnes (Nikki Amuka-Bird) take charge of the case, while the missing woman’s parents, Barbara and John (Penelope Wilton and Patrick Malahide), help out around the house. Slowly but surely, several potential suspects come into view. With each episode representing a different day, this five-part series weaves an intricate web. Like the BBC's State of Play, but on a more intimate scale, each group is in opposition against the other. That includes reporters, co-workers--even an innocent bystander gets caught up in the commotion. Race complicates matters further, since Leanne is white and Matt is black. In the end, though, character takes precedence over all other concerns. While the acting is up to the BBC's usual high standards, MI-5’s Oyelowo deserves special mention as a man coping with every kind of pressure. The two-disc set concludes with 'Behind the Mystery,' in which writer Gwyneth Hughes discusses the thinking behind her script. --Kathleen C. Fennessy



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Average Rating: out of 5 stars

Rating: 2 out of 5 stars - Slow-moving and contrived
While it's not the worst miniseries ever made, 5 Days is quit pretentious in its slow-moving shots ... Read More


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - This started a trend for me.
Film is one of my passions. Because of that, the inevitable snobbery comes into play. Now I watch every ... Read More


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - Terrific mini-series
The other reviewers did an excellent job of summarizing Five Days, so I won't do that again. I will just ... Read More


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - FIVE DAYS HBO miniseries
I enjoy all HBO miniseries so sure this will be good. But I've not had time to watch it yet. Summer time ... Read More


Rating: 4 out of 5 stars - Riveting HBO/BBC Miniseries... Young Mother Disappears in Broad Daylight... Excellent DVD
Agree with all the previous reviews. This is an excellent and riveting miniseries from HBO/BBC. It centres ... Read More

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