Homicide Life on the Street - The Complete Season 6
by Clark Johnson, Alan Taylor, Alison Maclean, Barbara Kopple, Ed Bianchi
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Actor: Andre Braugher, Clark Johnson, Peter Gerety, Reed Diamond, Richard BelzerDirector: Alan Taylor, Alison Maclean, Barbara Kopple, Clark Johnson, Ed Bianchi
Brand: A and E Home Video
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown), Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo; English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo
Format: Box set, Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 1080 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2005-01-25
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: A&E Home Video
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- "The show that multiple cop dramas have tried--and continue to try--to emulate is back on DVD. Homicide: Life On The Street is simply good television."--The San Francisco Examiner Day to day, the officers of the Baltimore Police Department Homicide Division face one of the nation's worst crime rates--not to mention the pressures of their personal lives. Some days, justice isn't blind--it
Movie Reviews of Homicide Life on the Street - The Complete Season 6
Movie Review: The Apex of Homicide
Summary: 5 Stars
Homicide's sixth season is it's last great year before it slipped. Although the cracks begin to show in the armor during this season, the storytelling is still superb and the acting and characterizations, for the most part, are still at the top of their game. Unfortunately, there are a few exceptions that intrude upon this excellent ensemble cast.
Homicide veterans Frank Pembleton and Tim Bayliss return from a rotation in Robbery to see fresh squad members Laura Ballard (Callie Thorne), Stew Gharty (Peter Gerety) and Paul Falsone (Jon Seda), replacing the now departed Sgt. Kay Howard and Brodie. Gharty and Falsone are no strangers to the series, but Ballard is a completely new face. Pembleton knows this all too well and he has a hard time adjusting to the new blood when he is forced to work with Ballard and Gharty on a murder connected to a prominent Baltimore businessman ("Blood Ties.")
Meanwhile, Lewis and Kellerman are now at odds over the shooting of Luther Mahoney from the previous season and are no longer partners. Dark circumstances force them together again when a mysterious stalker begins taking shots at them as payback for Mahoney's death. They soon learn that Luther has a sister, Georgia Rae, who is unwilling to forgive Kellerman, Lewis and Terri Stivers for the deed. Rookie Falsone becomes suspicious of the shooting and squares off with Kellerman as he digs for the truth. The Mahoney ark lasts the entire season and culminates in an uncharacteristic, bloody squad room shoot-out in the explosive two-part finale, "Fallen Heroes." The massacre puts the Homicide unit at war with the Mahoney cartel, The end result being the serious injury of Bayliss and the departures of Pembleton and Kellerman from the unit. We also see M.E. Juliana Cox leave the series ("Lies and Other Truths") when she refuses to go along with a city cover-up of a car collision involving a drunk driver. Cox is replaced by Stivers (Toni Lewis) in Homicide as the only strong female left in the cast.
Some of our favorite characters undergo changes this year that show their inner complexities. Kellerman slowly transforms from an idealistic good cop to an angry, alcoholic renegade obsessed with bringing down Georgia Rae Mahoney. Bayliss struggles with his own sexual identity ("Closet Cases") and Pembleton deals with the birth of his second child ("Birthday.") But while these and other strong characters Munch and Giardello drive the series, it's tougher to like the new characters. Gharty seems to have changed from his previous wormy, cowardly ways with little explanation, and Ballard seems shallow and flaky when compared to other strong female characters like Kay Howard and Megan Russert. Falsone is the hardest one to take and is the least favorite character of the fans by far. He comes off as an egomaniacal, over-inflated punk who, unlike Pembleton, can't back up his arrogance with real substance. Despite these lesser characters, the better players carry the show through it's last great season and stand-out stories like "The Subway," "Something Sacred," and "Full Court Press," prove that the writers haven't lost their edge.
This box set contains the best special feature so far; the PBS full-length documentary, "Anatomy of a Homicide." This documentary goes behind the scenes and shows us the filming of the gripping episode, "The Subway." We also have actor and character biographies and two director's commentaries. "The Subway," is placed out of production order and even though it is largely a self-contained episode, it's still disappointing. We also have part two of another crossover with Law & Order, though this effort isn't nearly as good as the fourth season story. I commend A&E for again including the "previouslies," though I'm disappointed to see the music lists are again not included. Despite these flaws, its still a great package and well worth the price.
Episode List:
*Blood Ties 1 (Guest star James Earl Jones)
*Blood Ties 2
*Blood Ties 3
*The Subway (Guest star Vincent D'Onofrio)
*Baby, It's You (Guest stars Jerry Orbach and Sam Waterston of Law & Order)
*Birthday
*Saigon Rose
*All is Bright
*Closet Cases (Guest star Peter Gallagher)
*Sins of the Father
*Shaggy Dog, City Goat (Guest star Steve Allen)
*Something Sacred 1
*Something Sacred 2
*Lies and Other Truths (Guest star John Glover)
*Pit Bull Sessions
*Mercy (Guest star Alfre Woodard)
*Abduction
*Full Court Press
*Strangled, Not Stirred
*Secrets
*Finnegan's Wake (Guest star Charles Durning)
*Fallen heroes 1
*Fallen heroes 2
Summary of Homicide Life on the Street - The Complete Season 6
"The show that multiple cop dramas have tried--and continue to try--to emulate is back on DVD. HOMICIDE: LIFE ON THE STREET is simply good television."--The San Francisco Examiner. Day to day, the officers of the Baltimore Police Department Homicide Division face one of the nation's worst crime rates--not to mention the pressures of their personal lives. Some days, justice isn't blind--it flat-out doesn't exist. Edgy and hyper-realistic, HOMICIDE: LIFE ON THE STREET elevated the art of the police drama to new heights. Shot on location with in-your-face camera action, deft writing, and a stellar ensemble cast, this first-time-on-DVD collection features all 23 episodes from the sixth season of the Emmy and Peabody award-winning series, highlighted by the celebrated "The Subway" episode. From the creator of Gideon's Crossing and Quiz Show (Paul Attanasio) and Executive Produced by Barry Levinson (Rain Man, Diner) and Tom Fontana (OZ, St. Elsewhere), the sixth complete season of HOMICIDE: LIFE ON THE STREETS is one of television's toughest and sharpest shows. NOW - FOR THE FIRST TIME - WATCH THE EPISODES IN THE ORDER INTENDED BY THE SERIES? PRODUCERS. DVD Features: Feature-Length Documentary Anatomy of a Homicide; Commentary with Writer James Yoshimura and Director Gary Fleder on "The Subway"; Cast and Crew Biographies; Interactive Menus; Scene SelectionSimilar DVD Movies
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