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  • Actors: Brad Dourif, Robin Weigert, Timothy Olyphant, Ian McShane, Keith Carradine
  • Format: Box set, Subtitled, PAL
  • Language English
  • Region: Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe. Read more about DVD formats.)
  • Number of discs: 12
  • Classification: 18
  • Studio: Paramount Home Entertainment
  • DVD Release Date: 29 Oct 2007
  • Run Time: 1818 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (21 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B000V7ZML4
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 1,287 in DVD (See Bestsellers in DVD)

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HBO has already built itself up a pretty-much unrivaled global reputation for the quality of some of its television dramas. But Deadwood, surely, stands at the top of the pile (along with HBO stablemate The Wire) as a staggering example of just how good modern day television can be.

Set in 1876, the town of Deadwood finds itself host to a mixture of rounded, three-dimensional characters. Given that it’s in gold-rush territory, it’s little surprise that it attracts a large number of undesirables, with an ongoing battle between the lawmakers and breakers. But arguably none come more undesirable than saloon owner Al Swearengen, the morally corrupt man who effectively owns the town. Memorably portrayed, in a flat-out career-best performance, by Ian McShane, Swearengen is the troubled heart of Deadwood, and is one of the very best characters that HBO has ever brought to the screen. It's little wonder that the fabulous supporting cast have to be on top of their game to even attempt to match McShane's towering portrayal.

If there's a slight grumble about this three-season box set, bringing together every episode of Deadwood, it's that the show doesn’t really come to an end particularly well. There's an argument that it suits the nature of the programme, however, although it doesn't stop you wanting a slightly tidier conclusion. Yet all considered, television drama simply doesn’t come much better than Deadwood, and you’ll struggle to find anything on your shelf to match it. Outstanding television. --Jon Foster

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HBO delivers another stunning, evocative drama in DEADWOOD. The channel has an impressive reputation when it comes to producing edge-of-your-seat television (THE SOPRANOS, SIX FEET UNDER), and DEADWOOD follows neatly in that tradition. Set in 1876, the story unfolds just two weeks after the defeat of Custer at Little Big Horn. The grim and unsentimental series revolves around the outlaws, miscreants, and murderers in the frontier gold-rush town of Deadwood in the Dakota Territory. Seth Bullock, a former Montana sheriff, and his buddy Sol Star arrive in town to set up a hardware store; soon, they're crossing paths with such legendary Western figures as Wild Bill Hickok and Calamity Jane. Reaping the benefits of the lawless, merciless world is Al Swearengen, the saloon and brothel owner. Presented here is the show’s first, second, and third series.

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5.0 out of 5 stars HBO strikes gold - again!, 17 Jan 2008
By Mr. Tristan Martin (Cambridge, UK) - See all my reviews
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1876. The Black Hills. A gold-rush attracts the desperate, the greedy and the vicious to a frontier town called Deadwood, a two-street mining camp dominated by saloon bar owner and pimp, Al Swearengen. Against this simple but deadly backdrop, plays out a story so rich in character, detail and incident, that most other dramas seem pedestrian by comparison.

HBO seems to have hit on a winning formula but the outcome is anything but formulaic. Like Oz, The Sopranos and The Wire, Deadwood is another stunning production that this reviewer finds outstanding, especially in light of the fact that I am not overly keen on the Western genre.

Perhaps the most surprising thing about Deadwood (at least for British audiences) is that the character who dominates the series, around who all things seem to revolve, cut-throat Al Swearengen is superbly acted by Ian "Lovejoy" McShane. No, really. McShane steels every scene he is in; a brutal, profane man, who talks to a box containing the decapitated head of a dead Indian, who verbally abuses his prostitutes and other employees with an acid tongue, McShane is a revelation. Around him orbit a stellar cast. I shall mention no names because each and every one of them turns in an amazing performance. When taken together, the whole ensemble shines.

The writing, too, is again full of character and subtlety, almost too much to take in at one sitting. It is both heart-felt and honest, laugh-out-loud funny and yet brutal and savage. It takes a little time for the ear to adjust to the syntax employed; the lexis, too, seems of a particular age but once attuned, this particular writing style allows a range of expression that doesn't seem permissible in contemporaneous writing.

If you have enjoyed other HBO productions but are not sure about this one because you are none too keen on the genre of cowboys, shootouts, Stetsons and cattle-rustling, Deadwood has none of it. Over the three series (and hopefully at least one full film, just to round the story off), the story is as much about encroaching civilisation on a pioneer town - the first tentative steps of the law, the advent of the telegraph, the bicycle and elections - as it is about the people who actually lived and died in the town.

The only negative aspect to this series is the lack of a full conclusion at story's end. Sure, life goes on and I certainly don't expect a trite, all-loose-ends-tied-up kind of ending but the climax just leaves so much hanging open, it is begging for another series (or possibly even a film). That said, it's about the journey, not the destination and when the ride is as memorable as Deadwood, then an open-ended conclusion is a small price to pay.

Do yourself a favour: roll the dice and take a chance on Deadwood and you will enjoy every minute that you spend in the town, every racist drunk, every plague, every tombstone. Life in the muddy quagmire was never so enjoyable.
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29 of 32 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Superb series, frustrating package!, 28 Jan 2008
Having heard rave reviews and high praise for this series I thought I'd take a chance and invest in this box set of all three series and I'm glad to say I wasn't disappointed! I'm not going to review the series as there are enough reviews around already, but I just wanted to review the packaging of this box set which is probably the worst designed DVD box I've ever come across! I know it's difficult to package 12 discs adequately but the way this has been put together makes me wish that I had just bought each individual series box set as it's that difficult and frustrating to get into! Why do distributors insist on using complex and elaborate cardboard designs for packaging that are easily damaged, creased and in some cases start disassembling themselves! For this box set I can see no reason why they couldn't have used plastic double-disc slimcases, it would only have meant having 6 cases for heaven's sake! It's very annoying when you spend this amount of money only to be let down by the flimsy packaging, maybe it's cheaper to produce in general but this box must have given somebody a headache when it was being designed, it certainly gives me a headache! 5 stars for the series, 3 stars for the cruddy box!
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Utter genius, 5 Mar 2008
By D. Smith (East London, UK) - See all my reviews
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As has been mentioned, there are several reviews detailing all you need to know before buying this but in my opinion this is the second best thing that HBO have ever shown, (after The Sopranos.) Utterly, utterly superb. For those of you who like language, the way in which the characters express themselves is amazingly well written and perfectly melds the clipped, obliqueness of verbal communication in the era, with the vulgarity and profanity brought out by the struggle of trying to survive in such hostile conditions. I understand that David Milch was very particular about not letting the actors ad-lib during the production, so everything you hear on screen is exactly the way it was written; genius.

And nobody but nobody, swears better than Ian McShane!
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