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  • Actors: Ricky Gervais, Stephen Merchant, Ashley Jensen, Liza Tarbuck, Shaun Williamson
  • Directors: Ricky Gervais
  • Format: PAL
  • Region: All Regions
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Classification: 15
  • Studio: Universal Pictures UK
  • DVD Release Date: 3 Nov 2008
  • Run Time: 84 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B001EI9YHW
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 19,059 in DVD (See Bestsellers in DVD)

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Uneasy lies the head that wears the crown of celebrity. Andy Millman (Ricky Gervais) is back and more miserable than ever in this darker and devastatingly funny finale to the Emmy-winning series. Though his sitcom When the Whistle Blows rates six million viewers, he is, as ever, mindful of the critics' barbs and jealous of colleagues landing the prestige film roles he covets. "I'm not proud of having Britain's No. 1 catchphrase," he grouses (actually, he has sunk to No. 3, now trailing "You are the weakest link, goodbye"). Worse, he has become a right bastard, arrogantly treating crewmembers and his one true friend, Maggie (a heartbreaking Ashley Jensen), like dirt. Andy finally drops his clueless and incompetent agent (series co-creator Stephen Merchant) and quits the show. "Don't worry about me," he proclaims. "The phone won't stop ringing."

Unlike the finale of The Office, this super-duper-sized episode really has no loose ends to tie up. In Andy's humiliating comeuppance (he sinks to portraying an alien on Dr. Who and joins the desperate housemates on Celebrity Big Brother), Gervais has the perfect vessel with which to rail against soul-sucking celebrity, degrading tabloid culture, and "the gutter press." As for Andy and Maggie, those longing for some kind of Tim/Dawn hookup may not get exactly what they want, but they will get what they need in the lovely final scenes. A-listers having a laugh at their own images have always been one of Extras' special treats. The finale features jaw-dropping cameos by Clive Owen and George Michael, performing community service yet again. --Donald Liebenson



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The two series of the deadpan comedy come to a close in this sensational finale. At this point, Ricky Gervais's lowly extra, Andy Millman, has finally made some headway in the entertainment industry. Millman's sitcom, WHEN THE WHISTLE BLOWS, has been commissioned and is an outright hit. Unfortunately its three series of predictable plotlines and critical beatings have begun to weigh on its creator. In this climax to the celebrity-studded series, Andy Millman has to make the tough decision on whether to give up all he's worked for in a bid for respectability.

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4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars Almost perfect, 3 Nov 2008
By Adam Lester (Dublin, Ireland) - See all my reviews
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I couldn't wait to get my hands on this Blu-ray. Content-wise, pure brilliance. It's a really great show, and this TV film in particular shows off both Ricky & Steve's talents as writers & actors.

My only drawback from it, while it says on the cover "Video: 1080p", it is actually mastered in 1080i. Quite unfortunate as the movement isn't too great because of this.

Other than that, fantastic.

Adam
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars Sound formats not all there, 14 Nov 2008
By D. Burdon "dangerous dave" (Southampton, England) - See all my reviews
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This is a brilliant, funny special from Christmas 2007, my player states it is 1080P but I can't find the DTS-HD sound only standard DD5.1, also had some playback issues on the Samsung BD-P1500, it would freeze my player after the Universal logo.

Managed to get round this by pressing stop twice and then disc menu, I had the same problem on two discs.

5/5 for the comedy, 3/5 for the disc it's self the cover doesn't appear to be telling the truth.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Brilliant, funny & genuinely thought provoking..., 6 Oct 2009
By nicjaytee (London) - See all my reviews
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Closer to a full length movie than another episode of a highly successful TV series, "Extras - The Special" is a funny, superbly acted and, in the end, genuinely thought provoking exploration of what TV fame is all about.

As in the two preceding series Ricky Gervais, Stephen Merchant, Ashley Jensen and the wonderful "Barry" are a brilliantly effective comic combination but, unlike many other "specials" which simply re-tread what's gone before, they take their roles and their stories to much deeper levels that provide real insights into how the successes & failures of what's served up on our TVs each night impact on those involved. Bitingly critical of the whole celebrity bandwagon and, probably, closer to the truth than we'd like to believe, the trick - which they pull-off wholly successfully - is to make us laugh at its excesses while making us question the sanity of what's going on in a business where "fame" has become an end in itself, where people will do anything to get it & keep it, and where broken dreams litter the floor.

And, as in the previous episodes but in this case even more pointedly, the celebrities they wheel in for their cameo turns seem oblivious to the self-parody of their roles - witness Lionel Blair's and George Michael's appearances which beg the question whether they're so desperate to get exposure in a high ratings show such as "Extras" that they're prepared to allow themselves to be degraded in this manner... which, of course, is exactly the point that Gervais & Merchant are making.

Black comedy doesn't get any better than this and, in addition to being a superb way to end an already excellent series, "The Special" is, on its own, a highly effective and very funny insight into people's aspirations & motivations in a very strange world that, thankfully or not, most of us will never experience.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Ricky Gervais at his best.
Extra's the special. I am a big fan of Ricky and absolutly loved Extra's the series. It is positively brilliant. This special is even more so. Read more
Published 7 months ago by Claude Loosvelt

3.0 out of 5 stars Play Back Problems
As already stated in a previous review, playback would freeze after the Universal logo. When frozen, pressing the stop button twice, then the disc menu button resolved this. Read more
Published 11 months ago by Mr. S. Young

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