Foyle's War: Set 5
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Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 0054961810895
Format: Box set, Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, Widescreen, NTSC
Label: Acorn Media
Manufacturer: Acorn Media
Number Of Items: 3
Publisher: Acorn Media
Release Date: August 05, 2008
Running Time: 277 minutes
Sales Rank: 207
Studio: Acorn Media
Theatrical Release Date: February 02, 2003
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Editorial Review:
Description:
Combining uncompromising historical accuracy with compelling mysteries, this acclaimed PBS series continues with three feature-length episodes. Michael Kitchen (Out of Africa) stars as DCS Christopher Foyle, investigating wartime crimes in an English coastal town. With the end of World War II slowly but inevitably approaching, Foyle and his fellow citizens learn the price of victory and face a peace that will transform their lives in unexpected ways.
Also starring Anthony Howell and Honeysuckle Weeks, and featuring Nicholas Day, Malcolm Sinclair, Nicholas Woodeson, Duncan Bell, Julian Ovenden, Mark Bazeley, Julian Wadham, and Phyllida Law.
THE MYSTERIES:
DVD SEPCIAL FEATURES INCLUDE making-of documentary, cast member reflections, notes on a real-life Foyle, and cast filmographies.
Amazon.com:
No one was unhappy when World War II ended, but the demise of Foyle’s War is something else entirely. For fans of this first-rate British murder mystery series, set against the backdrop of that epic conflict, Set 5 represents something of a reprieve; although Detective Chief Superintendent Christopher Foyle (Michael Kitchen) retired at the end of Set 4, circumstances force him to return to action in 'Plan of Attack,' the first of three 90-minute episodes (each on its own disc) offered here. But by the end of this set, the war is over and Foyle has eased back into retirement. That’s lamentable. Smartly conceived and often quite masterfully executed, this show will certainly be missed. 'History meets mystery' has been the concept from the beginning, as the low-key (like Peter Falk’s Columbo, he knows much more than he lets on), unfailingly decent Foyle and his assistants, Sgt. Paul Milner (Anthony Howell) and driver Samantha 'Sam' Stewart (Honeysuckle Weeks), solve murders and various other crimes in and around bucolic Hastings, England, while WWII rages on at home and abroad. But this time out, the war provides much more than context, as the murders tend to be directly related to it. What’s more, Set 5 affectingly deals with combat’s heavy emotional psychological toll. It’s a burden we see carried by the cartographer who can’t bear knowing that his work is helping to kill innocent German civilians (in 'Plan of Attack'); by the maimed former POW struggling to readjust to life at home, the teenager whose job it is to deliver bad news telegrams to soldiers’ families, and the Jewish doctor, a refugee from Poland, whose survivor’s guilt leads him down a very dark path (all three in 'Broken Souls'); and even by Foyle’s own son (Julian Ovenden, in 'All Clear'). OK, so the mysteries may not be all that mysterious--perceptive viewers will have little difficulty identifying the culprits. But with its multi-layered storytelling (the scripts were written by creator Anthony Horowitz) and fine production values (the cinematography, editing, and music are all excellent), Foyle’s War is a whodunit that’s both a prime example of its genre and thoroughly successful on its own unique terms. Bonus features include a brief 'making of' featurette and cast filmographies. --Sam Graham
Average Rating: 
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- Foyle's War, Set 5This concludes the series that covers WW II from the perspective of a small
coastal town in ... Read More
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- Foyle's War seriesFoyle's war series is a winner in my book. It is well done and not over the wall in baloney.
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- Foyle's War 5An excellent final season to go with the previous excellent series. I highly recommend this series ... Read More
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- Foyle's WarI have all five sets of Foyle's War. They take place in England during the 2nd world war. Foyal (Michael ... Read More
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- Nice finish to great series . . .Nice finish to a great series - I own all 5 sets - from an admitted WWII history buff . . . born in a northern ... Read More
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