From the producers of Homicide: Life on the Street
Features: DVD, Spanish, Subtitled
From the Oscar and Emmy winning team of Berry Levinson (Rain Man, Diner) and Tom Fontana, OZ is set deep inside the Oswald Maximum Security Prison, in an experimental unit known as Emerald City. Em City focuses on prisoner rehabilitation over public retribution. There's one set of rules from the outside looking in, and another once you're inside. Every group - Muslims, Latinos, Italians, Aryans - stick close to their mutual friends and terrorizes their mutual enemies. OZ is a wake-up call.DVD Features:Audio Commentary: Two audio commentaries by series creator Tom Fontana and star Lee TergesenBiographies:Deleted Scenes: WIth commentary by Tom FontanaSystem Requirements:Running Time 451 MinFormat: DVD MOVIE
"Quality work...there's nothing like it" Los Angeles Times
"Stunning" Chicago Sun Times
"Gripping..." New York Times
"Gripping" The New York Times
Editor's Note
The Oswald Maximum Security Prison has opened an experimental new ward reserved for especially dangerous criminals. This unit, Emerald City, focuses on rehabilitation, but the world inside is even more corrupt and violent than the mean streets where these inmates come from. Inside the walls there are also two sets of rules, those laid down by the warden and those understood by the racially divided prisoners.This HBO series is full of gritty, violent imagery and deftly handles sensitive issues about the American Justice System. This collection chronicles the entire first season which culminates in an unforgettable takeover of the prison by the inmates. Barry Levinson and Tom Fontana created the gritty series. The acclaimed cast includes Rita Moreno, B.D. Wong, Ernie Hudson, and Lauren Velez. Eight one-hour episodes.
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