The Corner (HBO Miniseries)
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Actor: Clarke Peters, Glenn Plummer, Khandi Alexander, Sean Nelson, T.K. CarterBrand: Warner Brothers
Editor: Bill Pankow
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround; Spanish (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround; English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); Spanish (Dubbed), Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround
Format: Box set, Closed-captioned, Color, Dubbed, NTSC, Subtitled
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 360 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2003-07-22
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: HBO Video
Movie Reviews of The Corner (HBO Miniseries)
Movie Review: REQUIRED VIEWING FOR ALL TEENS!
Summary: 5 Stars
There is not one young person in this country who would not be penetrated straight throught the heart into the gut by this masterpeice of reality!
Having come so very close to this horror in Baltimore 30 years ago...actually walked over dead bodies to get into the house I was visiting...this now exists in probably every community in this country.
Watch this, knowing that the reason this is way beyond help at this point is for one reason...the local police departments!
Summary of The Corner (HBO Miniseries)
On the front lines of americas drug war one family is living in the crossfire. Studio: Hbo Home Video Release Date: 11/14/2006 Starring: Tk Carter Sean Nelson Run time: 360 minutes Rating: Nr Director: Charles S DuttonThe bleak reality of drug addiction is captured with unflinching authenticity in The Corner, an excellent, reality-based HBO miniseries. Having lived on the streets of West Baltimore, Maryland, where this compelling drama takes place, actor-director Charles S. Dutton knows the territory, physically, socially, and emotionally, and his compassionate approach is vital to the series' success. Dutton cares for his characters deeply enough to give them a realistic shred of hope, even when hope is consistently dashed by the ravages of addiction. This is, at its root, a family tragedy, focusing on errant father Gary (T.K. Carter, in a heartbreaking performance) a once-successful investor trapped in a tailspin of heroin dependency. His estranged wife Fran (Khandi Alexander) was the first to get hooked, and she's struggling to get clean, while their 15-year-old son DeAndre (Sean Nelson, from the indie hit Fresh) deals drugs, temporarily avoiding their deadly allure while facing the challenge of premature fatherhood.
Through revealing flashbacks and numerous local characters, we see the explicit fallout of addiction, and while violence occasionally erupts, its constant threat is secondary to Dutton's dramatic vision, which remains steadfastly alert to the humanity and neglected potential of these lost and searching souls. The Corner is, essentially, the civilian flipside of HBO's equally laudable series The Wire, which approaches a similar neighborhood from a police-squad perspective. Performances are uniformly superb, details are uncannily perfect, and for all of its human horror, The Corner is riveting, not depressing. A closing interview with the characters' real-life counterparts bears witness to the fact that these lives--with inevitable exceptions--need not be lost forever. --Jeff Shannon
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