The Job - The Complete Series
by Tucker Gates
List Price:
Our Price: $14.06
You Save: $35.93 (72%)
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Buy Used: from $9.43 (click here)
Category: DVD
See more DVD releases
Buy this DVD movie at online store in your country
Canada
Canada
DVD Cover Information
Actor: Adam Ferrara, Bill Nunn, Denis Leary, Diane Farr, Lenny ClarkeDirector: Tucker Gates
Brand: Uni
Writer: Denis Leary
Editor: Joel Goodman
Writer: Peter Tolan
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language)
Format: Box set, Color, DVD, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 30 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2005-05-24
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Shout Factory Theatr
Product features:
- Shot on location in New York City, this offbeat comedy about a mildly self-destructive police officer and the odd characters in his precinct eschews a laugh track or live audience. Television commercial pitchman Denis Leary (RESCUE ME) plays the Nyquil-addicted cop--a neurotic detective who's married with a mistress, literally pops pills like they were M&Ms, and remains caustic and abrasive wi
Movie Reviews of The Job - The Complete Series
Movie Review: Good Cop. Bad Attitude. Denis Leary On The Job!
Summary: 5 Stars
It was on the set of 1999's The Thomas Crown Affair where acid-tongued comedian/actor Denis Leary met Mike Charles, a New York City cop and technical advisor on the film. Sharing a sense of humor and a working-class Irish background, the two clicked so well Leary decided to turn the veteran detective's stories into his first TV series. Originally planned for a series run on HBO, it wasn't until Peter Tolan (The Larry Sanders Show) came on as executive producer that ABC got interested, offering a bigger budget. In exchange for giving up cable's freedom to use the "F-word," ABC let Leary "do the show his way." The result was The Job, an acerbic crossing of Hill Street Blues with NYPD Blue and Barney Miller.
Denis Leary plays Mike McNeil, a good cop with a bad attitude who's made a name for himself by bending the rules; juggling "the job," a suburban wife (Wendy Makkena), a manhattan girlfriend (Karyn Parsons), too much booze and too many pills. Armed with a superbly hilarious ensemble cast and smart & edgy writing, The Job was easily the funniest new show of 2001. The unforgettable supporting cast includes Bill Nunn (Do The Right Thing, Spider-Man films) as Mike's partner Pip Phillips; gorgeous Diane Farr (Roswell, Loveline) as Det. Jan Fendrich; Adam Ferrara and Lenny Clarke as detectives Tommy Manetti & Frank Harrigan; Julian Acosta and John Ortiz as rookie detectives Al Rodriguez & Ruben Sommariba; and Keith David (The Thing, Gargoyles) as Mike's frustrated boss Lt. Tom Williams.
With all 19 episodes from the critically-acclaimed series, it's laughter in the first degree with The Job - The Complete Series. Guest stars include Elizabeth Hurley, Gina Gershon and Janet Hubert-Whitten among others. Here are the contents of this 4-disc collection:
Disc 1: Pilot, Elizabeth, Bathroom, Foot, Massage, Anger
Disc 2: Sacrilege, Soup, Telescope, Gina, Quitter
Disc 3: Gay, Vacation, Neighbor, Boss, Dad
Disc 4: Parents, Barbeque, Betrayal
Special Features:
Commentary: "Pilot", "Bathroom", "Gina", "Gay" and "Barbeque" by Denis Leary and Peter Tolan
Interview with creators Denis Leary and Peter Tolan
Gag Reel
Series Premiere Promo Spots
Behind-the-scenes Footage
On-the-set Cast Interviews
On Location Interview with Peter Tolan
Highly Recommended!
Summary of The Job - The Complete Series
The critically-acclaimed, gritty comedy starring Denis Leary now on DVD! All 19 episodes on 4 DVDs!Mike McNeil (Denis Leary) is a self-medicating, hard-drinking, decorated New York City detective with a wife, a mistress and a crush on a coworker. Surrounded by a partner and fellow squad members who are just as colorful, McNeil pursues his uniquely unconventional, yet effective, approach to crime solving while attempting to manage the chaos of his personal life.
Originally broadcast on ABC in 2001, The Job was shot entirely on location in New York City, giving the show a gritty look to match its always edgy comedy.
Special Features:
Interview/Commentary with creators Denis Leary & Peter Tolan Gag Reel
Network television says they want original programs, but they don't always know what to do with them. Case in point: The Job, the late lamented series that lasted but 19 episodes before being unceremoniously yanked by ABC. So long Mike McNeil; we hardly knew ye. But what we did see of Denis Leary's working class anti-hero made for arrestingly funny television. McNeil, a cop, smokes, drinks, pops pills, and juggles a wife and girlfriend. And it's all beginning to catch up with him. "This stuff is Biblical," notes his partner, an African American whom the squad has nicknamed "Pip" (as in Gladys Knight and the...). The Job is not your typical workplace sitcom. There is no laugh track. Based on a real cop whom Leary befriended while researching his role in the remake of The Thomas Crown Affair, The Job has the raw sound, rough language, and gritty look and texture of authenticity. It was shot documentary-style on location in New York. The focus of the series is more personal and less procedural than other cop shows. We get to know intimately this flawed and funny close-knit band of brothers, including straight-arrow Pip (Bill Nunn); Frank (Lenny Clarke), an old school cop and great bear of a man; and Det. Jan Fendrich (Diane Farr), a capable member of this boys' club in the classic Howard Hawks tradition, and who perhaps might have become a love interest for Mike had the series continued.
A series benchmark is "Barbeque," in which an anniversary party hosted by Pip and his commanding wife, Adina, inexorably descends into chaos when McNeil and company disregard Adnia's "no alcohol" edict. Another classic is the episode in which McNeil suspects that Frank is gay. While it does not jibe with Internet episode guides, the episode chronology on this four-disc set builds to a powerful climax, with Mike's girlfriend en route to confront his long-suffering wife (who may herself be having an affair), and Pip considering cheating on Adina with an old flame, all scored to the Ramones' pounding rendition of "Wonderful World." Whether it was ahead of its time, a victim of network neglect and mishandling, or just too dramatically different, The Job was too good for prime time. That it led to Leary's new hit series, Rescue Me, is small comfort. For faithful and frustrated viewers, it's great to have McNeil back on The Job. --Donald Liebenson
Similar DVD Movies
Denis Leary - Denis Leary - The Ultimate CollectionUNIVERSAL MUSIC GROUP DISTRIBUTION; Release date: 2007-06-05; DVD
Best price: $19.99
Denis Leart - Denis Leary & Friends Presents: Douchbags & DonutsComedy Central; Release date: 2011-01-18; DVD
Best price: $11.36
Price in other shops:
The RefBUENA VISTA HOME VIDEO; Release date: 2003-03-04; Published: 2003-03-01; DVD
Best price: $2.91
Price in other shops:
Denis Leary - The Complete Denis Leary: No Cure for Cancer, Lock n' Load, and MoreRelease date: 2004-11-02; Published: 2004-11-01; DVD
Best price: $8.88
Price in other shops:
Rescue Me: The Complete First SeasonSony; Release date: 2005-06-07; DVD
Best price: $12.90
Price in other shops:
Rescue Me: The Complete Second SeasonSony; Release date: 2006-05-09; DVD
Best price: $12.44
Price in other shops:
Rescue Me: The Complete Third SeasonSony; Release date: 2007-06-05; DVD
Best price: $15.25
Price in other shops:
Rescue Me: The Complete Fourth SeasonSony; Release date: 2008-06-03; DVD
Best price: $16.43
Price in other shops:
Rescue Me: The Complete Fifth SeasonSony; Release date: 2010-06-01; DVD
Best price: $18.29
Price in other shops:
Rescue Me: The Complete Sixth Season and The Final SeasonSony; Release date: 2011-09-13; DVD
Best price: $19.19
Price in other shops: