| Product Summary | | Publisher: Foxvideo | | Format: DVD | | UPC: 00024543241133 | | Buy.com Sku: 202308299 | | Item#: V29VMW | | Buy.com Sales Rank: 224 | | Category Keywords: Romance Television/TV Series | | Rating: NR |
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| | | |David E. Kelley Productions Presents...
Features: DVD, Widescreen, Aspect Ratio 1.78:1, Dolby Digital Stereo, Audio Commentary, Featurette, Interviews, Spanish Subtitled, 5 Discs
Created by television mastermind David E. Kelley (Ally McBeal, The Practice, Picket Fences) and featuring an Emmy Award-winning cast including William Shatner, Candice Bergen, and James Spader, Season One of Boston Legal is socially relevant, wickedly funny, and infectiously fresh...It's an open and shut case! Contains 17 episodes.
"Nobody does lawyer comedy dramas quite like David E. Kelley." Brett Cullum, DVD Verdict
"Hello, my name is Jeff and I'm addicted to Boston Legal...[it is an] excellent show..." Jeff Swindoll, Monsters and Critics
"...one of TV's most entertaining, intelligent shows...inventive acting and splendid chemistry..." Kim Morgan, Reel.com
"...irreverent and uproarious at times, in addition to displaying some heavy-handed writing...Highly recommended!" Andy Dursin, The Aisle Seat
"Poetically demented." Seattle Post-Intelligencer
"This wonderfully executed eccentricity of a show couldn't be any more charmed." TV Guide
Editor's Note
BOSTON LEGAL, a wry courtroom television show that walks the line between drama and comedy, is the creation of perennial hit-maker David E. Kelly (ALLY MCBEAL, PICKET FENCES). BOSTON LEGAL revolves around the Boston litigation law firm of Crane, Poole, & Schmidt, in particular two eccentric and flawed attorneys, Alan Shore and Denny Crane. Shore, an unscrupulous and wily ambulance chaser and womanizer (played, with sly charm by James Spader) finds an uneasy alliance with Crane, a bombastic, self-aggrandizing, and occasionally batty elder lawyer (William Shatner in an Emmy-winning performance). Despite their ethical and emotional deficiencies, Shore and Crane usually find themselves fighting on the right side, as they take up cases that no one else is willing to touch. The 17-episode first season kicks off with quirky flair, full of oddball situations including: Shore, on a dare, taking the case of an African-American actress denied the role of Annie; Crane caught having an affair with the firm's biggest client; Shore representing an ex-lover who had attempted to murder him; Shore defending a millionaire CEO caught shoplifting, and a Santa fired for being a transvestite. Adding even more mayhem to the madcap cases, the sexual chemistry at the firm begins to boil over, and both Shore and Crane find themselves compromised with the various female lawyers.
| Features | Widescreen Presentation | | Audio: English Dolby Digital Stereo | | Audio Commentary | | Court Is Now In Session Featurette: How Boston Legal Came To Be | | On Camera Interviews with cast and writers
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Release Information
| | Studio: Foxvideo |
| Release Date: 5/23/2006 |
| Running Time: 739 minutes |
| Original Release Date: 2004 | | Catalog ID: 2234113 | | UPC: 00024543241133 | | Number of Discs: 5 |
Audio & Video
| | Original Language: English | | Available Audio Tracks: English, French Dubbed | | Available Subtitles: Spanish | | Video: Color |
Aspect Ratio | | Widescreen 1.78:1 |
| Cast & Crew
| Awards |
Winner (2006) | | | Emmy, Christian Clemenson, Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series | | | Emmy, Craig Hunter, et. al., Outstanding Single-Camera Sound Mixing for a Series | |
Winner (2005) | | | Emmy, James Spader, Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series | | | Emmy, William Shatner, tstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series | | | Golden Globe, William Shatner, Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television | |
Nominee (2005) | | | People's Choice, Boston Legal, Favorite New Television Drama | |
Emmy (2007) | | | Bill D'Elia, Nominee, Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series | | | Clark King, et. al., Nominee, Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Comedy or Drama Series (One-Hour) | | | David E. Kelley, et. al., Nominee, Outstanding Drama Series | |
Emmy (2006) | | | Candice Bergen, Nominee, Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series |  | Christian Clemenson, Winner, Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series | | Craig Hunter, et. al., Winner, Outstanding Single-Camera Sound Mixing for a Series | | | Ken Miller, Nikki Valko, Nominee, Outstanding Casting for a Drama Series | | | Michael J. Fox, Nominee, Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series | | | Philip Carr Neel, Nominee, Outstanding Single-Camera Picture Editing for a Drama Series | |
Emmy (2005) | | James Spader, Winner, Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series | | William Shatner, Winner, Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series | |
Golden Globe (2005) | | William Shatner, Winner, Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television |
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| | Professional Reviews | Ultimate DVD
4 stars out of 5 -- "[T]he result is genius....BOSTON LEGAL is endlessly entertaining." 07/01/2006 p.89Sight and Sound
"[T]he real star is William Shatner. Playing a once great advocate succumbing to dementia, he is in barnstorming form." 10/01/2006 p.90 The Aisle Seat 9 of 10
Kelley's spin-off of "The Practice" is a superior, often off-the-cuff legal drama enhanced by supercharged performances from James Spader and William Shatner, essaying attorneys at one of Beantown's most esteemed law firms...The series looks great..."Boston Legal" is irreverent and uproarious at times, in addition to displaying some heavy-handed writing and a varying tone -- all issues inherent with Kelley's past series. That said, the mixture is more satisfying here than in any of the creator's recent output, lifted by tongue-in-cheek subplots, occasional moments of self-parody, and Spader and Shatner being nothing short of a blast to watch (as are co-stars Rene Auberjonis, Monica Potter and Rhona Mitra). Highly recommended! - Andy Dursin
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