Entourage: The Complete First Season
by Adam Bernstein, Daniel Attias, David Frankel, Julian Farino
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Actor: Adrian Grenier, Jeremy Piven, Jerry Ferrara, Kevin Connolly, Kevin DillonDirector: Adam Bernstein, Daniel Attias, David Frankel, Julian Farino
Brand: HBO Home Video
Writer: Doug Ellin
Writer: Larry Charles
Writer: Matthew Salsberg
Writer: Rob Weiss
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown), Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo; English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 240 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2005-05-10
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Model: 92431
Studio: Hbo Home Video
Product features:
- Condition: New
- Format: DVD
- Closed-captioned; Color; DVD; NTSC
Movie Reviews of Entourage: The Complete First Season
Movie Review: A Fun First Season of Lavishness, Extravagence, and Celebrity
Summary: 5 Stars
Entourage is a show that I still can't believe can be nearly as good as it is. The story follows an up-and-coming movie star named Vince Chase (Adrian Grenier) and his three best friends. Eric "E" Murphy (Kevin Connolly), his manager and only responsible friend, Turtle (Jerry Ferrara), a pot-smoking moocher, and Johnny "Drama" Chase (Kevin Dillon), his older brother and out-of-work C-list actor. The quartet basically spends most of the show hanging out, partying, chasing women, and living the life that most guys can only dream of. Vince is a very good actor, but his looks have cemented him as Hollywood's next big thing, and he quickly changed from a poor boy from Queens into a very wealthy man. Only he and Eric do any actual work while Drama and (especially) Turtle are content to get by on Vince's coattails. They all live together in a huge house full of amazing televisions, the latest video game systems, pinball machines, and a pool. The idea of watching four guys slacking off while living in a way most people can barely even imagine initially turned me off. Still, it began getting great reviews from critics and was embraced by audiences, including my brother. Finally, I decided to check it out. Initially, I disliked it, but I later gave it a second chance towards the end of the second season, and I realized how good the show could be!
On the surface, this show is what I described above, but it isn't nearly as shallow as it might seem. Despite what we are led to believe, the main character is NOT Vince, it's Eric. Eric is definitely playing the straight man against the (hilariously) clueless Drama, lazy and useless Turtle, and the easily-influenced Vince. He must put up with his friends' bad choices as well as Vince's agent Ari Gold (Jeremy Piven), who is one of the show's best characters. Ari is a great agent, but he must sacrifice much of his humanity in order to serve his client (much to the chagrin of his wife). Ari and Eric constantly clash over how to deal with getting Vince his next job; Eric advises against a high-paying but trashy studio picture, which greatly upsets Ari. The main storyline of the season is about how Vince and Eric try to find Vince's next film. Also, Eric must deal with his relationship issues; he tends to get easily attached to the wrong women who end up emotionally abusing him.
One of my favorite aspects of the series is Drama's attempts to break back out onto the scene. Despite Vince's many attempts to help him out, Drama can't seem to get an acting job. Pretty much all he has to look back on is a series called Viking Quest which is now syndicated on the Sci Fi Channel. Of all the main characters, Turtle is by far my least favorite. His role, while necessary to show the worst kind of person who can attach themselves to someone famous, exists to take without giving, provide Vince with drugs, and make fun of Eric. Strangely, the least developed character is Vince himself; he comes off as somewhat of a one-dimensional star who gets hot women without even trying and is completely ignorant about issues of money, which he leaves up to Eric, who can barely bring himself to persuade Vince from buying more expensive (and unneccessary) items even though they don't have a steady income. In fact, Grenier has even said that he wasn't a big fan of the first episode becuase of the way his character is portrayed. And I must say that the first couple episodes are only so-so. If I didn't already know that the quality would dramatically increase in future episodes, I would have given up. However, once the characters' lifestyle is established, the series begins to get better.
I would reccommend this series to anyone who has merely written Entourage off as a guilty pleasure (which is sort of is at times), but if you get a few hours in, you'll see that it is much more than four guys in LA living the high life.
Summary of Entourage: The Complete First Season
Explores the life of a young Los Angeles man who has become a successful actor, his close group of friends, and his agent.Item Type: DVD Movie
Item Rating: NR
Street Date: 05/10/05
Wide Screen: no
Director Cut: no
Special Edition: no
Language: ENGLISH
Foreign Film: noSubtitles: no
Dubbed: no
Full Frame: yes
Re-Release: no
Packaging: Sleeve
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