| | | Play with Fire...You Get Burned.
Features: DVD, Widescreen, Dolby Surround Sound, Featurette, Deleted Scenes, Commentary, Blooper Reel, 3 Discs
Tommy Gavin (Denis Leary) is a lifesaver. Whether he is pulling survivors from fiery high-rise infernos or the twisted steel of a subway collision, Gavin takes great pride in leading the heroic but often overwhelmed firefighters of New York City s Truck Company 62. Gavin is also a man drifting between sorrow and anger over a recent separation from his wife (Andrea Roth) and three kids, and recurring memories of comrades and other New Yorkers who fell victim to the tragedy of 9/11. Leary and multiple Emmy Award-winning writer-producer Peter Tolan (THE LARRY SANDERS SHOW, MURPHY BROWN), the team behind the critically acclaimed cop drama THE JOB, have reunited as creators, writers and executive producers of RESCUE ME.System Requirements:Starring: Denis Leary, Michael Lombardi, James McCaffrey, Jack McGee, Steven Pasquale, Andrea Roth, John Scurti, Daniel Sunjata Running Time: 594 Min. Copyright Sony Pictures Home Entertainment 2005Format: DVD MOVIE
"...thrilling[ly] raw...scathingly funny...Rescue Me is bound to haunt you." New York Daily News
"...absolutely brilliant...the best show on television..." David Kronke, L.A. Daily News
"...the best actor [Leary] playig the best character in the best show..." USA Today
Editor's Note
Dennis Leary (JESUS' SON, ICE AGE) stars in the FX channel's dramedy RESCUE ME, playing Tommy Gavin, a New York firefighter under pressure from all sides. Still suffering from the events of 9/11, he is haunted by the past while adjusting to the present, which includes a separation from his wife Janet (Andrea Roth). He now resides across the street from her so that he can stay close to his children, whom he bribes to supply him with information as to mom's comings and goings. Tommy's quirky fellow firefighters on Ladder 62 include the compulsive gambler Chief Jerry Reilly (Jack McGee), the handsome but rather light Sean Garrity (Steven Pasquale), cocky, Puerto Rican ladies man Franco Rivera (Daniel Sunjata), and newbie Mike Silletti (Mike Lombardi), who is the brunt of many an initiatory prank. Tommy finds relief from his woes by talking them out with his cousin Jimmy (James McCaffrey, SHE HATE ME)--only Jimmy died in the World Trade Center attacks.
| Features | 3-Disc Set | | Audio: English Dolby Digital Stereo | | Featurettes: "How it all Began", "Authenticity", "The Cast", "The Look" | | Interactive Menus | | Scene Selection | | Widescreen Presentation | | Audio: English Dolby Surround Sound | | Deleted Scenes | | Featurettes: How it all Began, Authenticity, The Cast, The Look | | Sneek Peek at Season 2 | | Blooper Reel | | Commentary for First and Last Episodes with Show Creators Denis Leary and Peter Tolan |
| Technical Info
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Release Information
| | Studio: Columbia Tri-Star |
| Release Date: 9/20/2005 |
| Running Time: 594 minutes |
| Original Release Date: 2004 | | Catalog ID: 10439 | | UPC: 00043396104396 | | Number of Discs: 3 |
Audio & Video
| | Original Language: English | | Available Audio Tracks: English [CC], English | | Video: Color |
Aspect Ratio | | Anamorphic Widescreen 1.78:1 |
| Cast & Crew | Andrea Roth | | Denis Leary | | James McCaffrey | | Mike Lombardi | | Lenny Clarke | | Christopher Tyng - Original Music By | | Denis Leary - Created By | | Denis Leary - Executive Producer | | Kerry Orent - Producer | | Andrew Bernard - Production Designer | | Clay Brown, et. al. - Art Director | | Denis Leary, et. al. - Writer | | Jace Alexander, et. al. - Director | | Jonathan Freeman - Cinematographer | | Simon B. Veredon, et. al. - Editor | | Tom Houghton - Cinematographer | | Tony Palermo - Producer |
| Awards |
Golden Globe (2005) | | | Denis Leary, Nominee, Best Actor | |
Nominee (2006) | | | Emmy, Denis Leary, Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series | |
Nominee (2005) | | | Emmy, Peter Tolan, Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series | | | Emmy, Peter Tolan, Denis Leary, Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series | | | Golden Globe, Denis Leary, Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series - Drama | |
Emmy (2006) | | | Denis Leary, Nominee, Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series | |
Golden Globe (2005) | | | Denis Leary, Nominee, Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series - Drama | |
Emmy (2005) | | | Peter Tolan, Nominee, Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series | | | Peter Tolan, Denis Leary, Nominee, Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series |
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| | Professional Reviews | Entertainment Weekly
"[A] provocative firehouse drama..." 06/17/2005 p.64Sight and Sound
"Formally, it has much to recommend it, from split-screen scenes that are subtitled to explain non-verbalised feelings, to surreal touches in the manner of SIX FEET UNDER..." 04/01/2006 p.90 DVD Verdict 8 of 10
Crafted as a homage to the firefighters who lost their lives on 9/11, Rescue Me quickly proves that it's more than mere hero worship. It offers an entertaining (if skewed) look at this dangerous profession...Few will deny that firefighters have a particularly heroic job...At the same time, they are ordinary guys. They have issues and problems, make mistakes in their personal lives, and aren't usually noted for being an especially civilized group. In fact, if Rescue Me is at all accurate, they are a big bunch of jerks...The series does a great job of playing with this dichotomy. It's impossible not to respect these men as they place themselves in danger...Rescue Me flip-flops between claiming that we shouldn't approach firefighters as heroes and reminding us how heroic these men were at this critical event...Rescue Me is gutsy and unique, and if it had only had more variety and subtlety, it wouldn't have worn out its welcome the way that it did. - Joel Pearce
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