The Wire - The Complete Third Season
starring: Dominic West, John Doman, Idris Elba, Aidan Gillen, Wood Harris
directed by: Tim Van Patten, Ernest Dickerson, Agnieszka Holland
directed by: Tim Van Patten, Ernest Dickerson, Agnieszka Holland
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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
Brand: WIRE
EAN: 0026359277627
Format: AC-3, Box set, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD-Video, Subtitled, NTSC
Label: HBO Home Video
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Manufacturer: HBO Home Video
MPN: HBOD92776D
Number Of Items: 5
Publisher: HBO Home Video
Region Code: 1
Release Date: August 08, 2006
Running Time: 720 minutes
Studio: HBO Home Video
Theatrical Release Date: June 02, 2004
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Studio: Hbo Home Video Release Date: 05/08/2007 Run time: 720 minutes Rating: Nr
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With volatile issues of Baltimore city political reform as its narrative focus, the third season of The Wire superbly maintains the series' astonishingly consistent status as the greatest "novel for television" ever created. While the Baltimore police department's wire-tapping investigations continue to monitor the intricate and now legitimately fronted drug ring of Russell "Stringer" Bell (Idris Elba, smooth as ever), detective Jimmy McNulty (Dominic West) continues his loutish ways, navigating through a series of shallow sexual conquests while doing some of the best cop-work of his career. Stringer's ex-convict partner Avon Barksdale (Wood Harris) is back in the picture and bent on eliminating a drug-dealing competitor named Marlo (Jamie Hector), and Baltimore P.D. Major Howard "Bunny" Colvin (Robert Wisdom) tries his own defiantly independent brand of street justice by essentially legalizing drugs in "Hamsterdam," where isolated sections of the city are established as open drug-dealing zones, utterly without the knowledge or approval of Colvin's superiors. As city councilman Tommy Carcetti (Aiden Gillen) plots his own ruthlessly ambitious strategy for the mayor's seat, Baltimore officials, McNulty's wire unit, and the entire Baltimore P.D. stand poised for the inevitable fallout from street-level and executive-level manipulations of power.
Of course, this is just the tip of a very large iceberg, as The Wire continues its labyrinthine yet tightly controlled chronicle of over 50 characters, major and minor, who are all flawlessly woven into the fabric of these 12 remarkable episodes. For season 3, series creator David Simon continued to recruit a top-drawer lineup of reputable writers (including novelists Richard Price, Dennis Lehane, and George Pelecanos) and directors (including Ernest Dickerson, Tim Van Patten, and Agnieszka Holland), and by the time a major character is killed in the season's penultimate episode (arguably the series' finest yet), it's clear that The Wire has earned its crown as the most ambitious and intelligent crime drama in the history of American television. DVD extras are excellent, as usual, including five illuminating episode commentaries (an absolute must for devoted fans of the series), a Q&A session with cast & crew moderated by renowned TV critic and author Ken Tucker, and a classroom conversation with Simon that delves deeper into the creative process of the series. Having deservedly earned its renewal for a fourth season (out of a projected five, according to Simon), The Wire delivers surprises aplenty (keep a close watch for startling revelations) while proving, yet again, that cable-TV is the place to be for anyone seeking respite from the relative mediocrity of mainstream network programming. --Jeff Shannon
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- Great Series!!The series is awesome!! However, I bought this as a gift for my brother. He is bound to enjoy it as much as I did.
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- The Wire Season 3When I was first introduced to this show, I must admit that I was not convinced. My husband was given season 1 as a gift and watching the first and second episodes I boasted that it was in no way better than the Sopranos. However, after pushing thru, I ended up enthralled with the series and before the end of season one, we went online and purchased seasons 2 and 3.
Without giving away too much, season 3 focuses on the dynamics of Avon and Stringer and the empire they run. It touches ... Read More
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- It's simple really, the pinnacle of televisionI will let you know that the final 5 episodes of this season are a good as anything that has ever been put on television. If you have already seen the first 2 seasons and are a fan, what more needs to be said?
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- Deserves its high reputation"The Wire" tracks the decay of a major American city, in this case, Baltimore. The third season focuses on the street level struggle between gangsters for control of the drug trade, the desperation of the police to show measureable progress in their fight against narcotics, and the political maneuvering at the highest levels of municipal government. There is much more going on as well in this complex, intelligently scripted series, far too much to touch upon in a brief review.
Just in ... Read More
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- Amazing!!Amazing show, amazing DVDs. Quality. The acting and storylines are superb. Season 3 is solid.
