Deadwood - The Complete First Season
starring: Timothy Olyphant, Ian McShane, Molly Parker, Jim Beaver, Brad Dourif
directed by: Alan Taylor, Daniel Minahan, Davis Guggenheim, Edward Bianchi, Michael Engler
directed by: Alan Taylor, Daniel Minahan, Davis Guggenheim, Edward Bianchi, Michael Engler
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HBO delivers another stunning, evocative drama in DEADWOOD. The channel has an impressive reputation when it comes to producing edge-of-your-seat television (THE SOPRANOS, SIX FEET UNDER), and DEADWOOD follows neatly in that tradition. Set in 1876, the story unfolds just two weeks after the defeat of Custer at Little Big Horn. The town of Deadwood is located in the Black Hills Indian Cession, and is populated largely by illegal settlers and miscreants looking to make a quick buck. Among them are Al Swearengen (Ian McShane), who owns the local saloon; Seth Bullock (Timothy Olyphant), a former law enforcer; and the infamous Wild Bill Hickok (Keith Carradine). Some awesome acting combines with intricate storylines, absorbing direction, and some impressive sets to make DEADWOOD another essential series from the HBO stable.
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The remarkable first season of Deadwood represents one of those periodic, wholesale reinventions of the Western that is as different from, say, Lonesome Dove as that miniseries is from Howard Hawks's Rio Bravo or the latter is from Anthony Mann's The Naked Spur. In many ways, HBO's Deadwood embraces the Western's unambiguous morality during the cinema's silent era through the 1930s while also blazing trails through a post-NYPD Blue, post-The West Wing television age exalting dense and customized dialogue. On top of that, Deadwood has managed an original look and texture for a familiar genre: gritty, chaotic, and surging with both dark and hopeful energy. Yet the show's creator, erstwhile NYPD Blue head writer David Milch, never ridicules or condescends to his more grasping, futile characters or overstates the virtues of his heroic ones.
Set in an ungoverned stretch of South Dakota soon after the 1876 Custer massacre, Deadwood concerns a lawless, evolving town attracting fortune-seekers, drifters, tyrants, and burned-out adventurers searching for a card game and a place to die. Others, particularly women trapped in prostitution, sundry do-gooders, and hangers-on have nowhere else to go. Into this pool of aspiration and nightmare arrive former Montana lawman Seth Bullock (Timothy Olyphant) and his friend Sol Starr (John Hawkes), determined to open a lucrative hardware business. Over time, their paths cross with a weary but still formidable Wild Bill Hickok (Keith Carradine) and his doting companion, the coarse angel Calamity Jane (Robin Weigert); an aristocratic, drug-addicted widow (Molly Parker) trying to salvage a gold mining claim; and a despondent hooker (Paula Malcomson) who cares, briefly, for an orphaned girl. Casting a giant shadow over all is a blood-soaked king, Gem Saloon owner Al Swearengen (Ian McShane), possibly the best, most complex, and mesmerizing villain seen on TV in years.Over 12 episodes, each of these characters, and many others, will forge alliances and feuds, cope with disasters (such as smallpox), and move--almost invisibly but inexorably--toward some semblance of order and common cause. Making it all worthwhile is Milch's masterful dialogue--often profane, sometimes courtly and civilized, never perfunctory--and the brilliant acting of the aforementioned performers plus Brad Dourif, Leon Rippy, Powers Boothe, and Kim Dickens. --Tom Keogh
HBO delivers another stunning, evocative drama in DEADWOOD. The channel has an impressive reputation when it comes to producing edge-of-your-seat television (THE SOPRANOS, SIX FEET UNDER), and DEADWOOD follows neatly in that tradition. Set in 1876, the story unfolds just two weeks after the defeat of Custer at Little Big Horn. The town of Deadwood is located in the Black Hills Indian Cession, and is populated largely by illegal settlers and miscreants looking to make a quick buck. Among them are Al Swearengen (Ian McShane), who owns the local saloon; Seth Bullock (Timothy Olyphant), a former law enforcer; and the infamous Wild Bill Hickok (Keith Carradine). Some awesome acting combines with intricate storylines, absorbing direction, and some impressive sets to make DEADWOOD another essential series from the HBO stable.
Amazon.com:
The remarkable first season of Deadwood represents one of those periodic, wholesale reinventions of the Western that is as different from, say, Lonesome Dove as that miniseries is from Howard Hawks's Rio Bravo or the latter is from Anthony Mann's The Naked Spur. In many ways, HBO's Deadwood embraces the Western's unambiguous morality during the cinema's silent era through the 1930s while also blazing trails through a post-NYPD Blue, post-The West Wing television age exalting dense and customized dialogue. On top of that, Deadwood has managed an original look and texture for a familiar genre: gritty, chaotic, and surging with both dark and hopeful energy. Yet the show's creator, erstwhile NYPD Blue head writer David Milch, never ridicules or condescends to his more grasping, futile characters or overstates the virtues of his heroic ones.
Set in an ungoverned stretch of South Dakota soon after the 1876 Custer massacre, Deadwood concerns a lawless, evolving town attracting fortune-seekers, drifters, tyrants, and burned-out adventurers searching for a card game and a place to die. Others, particularly women trapped in prostitution, sundry do-gooders, and hangers-on have nowhere else to go. Into this pool of aspiration and nightmare arrive former Montana lawman Seth Bullock (Timothy Olyphant) and his friend Sol Starr (John Hawkes), determined to open a lucrative hardware business. Over time, their paths cross with a weary but still formidable Wild Bill Hickok (Keith Carradine) and his doting companion, the coarse angel Calamity Jane (Robin Weigert); an aristocratic, drug-addicted widow (Molly Parker) trying to salvage a gold mining claim; and a despondent hooker (Paula Malcomson) who cares, briefly, for an orphaned girl. Casting a giant shadow over all is a blood-soaked king, Gem Saloon owner Al Swearengen (Ian McShane), possibly the best, most complex, and mesmerizing villain seen on TV in years.Over 12 episodes, each of these characters, and many others, will forge alliances and feuds, cope with disasters (such as smallpox), and move--almost invisibly but inexorably--toward some semblance of order and common cause. Making it all worthwhile is Milch's masterful dialogue--often profane, sometimes courtly and civilized, never perfunctory--and the brilliant acting of the aforementioned performers plus Brad Dourif, Leon Rippy, Powers Boothe, and Kim Dickens. --Tom Keogh
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Customer Reviews
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- Costumes & scenery great: language and profanity obscene
I know that miners were a tough breed but I can't believe that citizens of Deadwood used language like this. The story line is not enhanced by using nudity and profanity.
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- Probably one of the best shows set in the west ever
I have to admit that I'm not a fan of westerns. That is until I watched Deadwood. However, it is so much more than a western. It is a very intricate show with an amazing cast of characters. The quasi historical aspect of the show makes it that more compelling. I suggest it strongly and it just gets better as the the series progresses. Another great show that with this historical aspect is Rome - The Complete First Season. If you like excellent TV, then these shows are for you.
Rating: 
- Good except for 1 disk
My Deadwood DVDs arrived in a timely manner and were in good shape except for one disk.One of the DVDs was damaged and we were not able to watch either one of the episodes on that one, it was very frustrating.
Rating: 
- Excellent acting but the language is bizarre
I did enjoy watching Deadwood and think it shows the true west for its wildness and filth that really came with it.I must admit that the language used is not only rough but also an anachronism. The curse words used here were not those used in the old west.One was more likely to see words we consider verymild today but that came from the bible and in those days blasphemy was considered the highest of wrongs.
All in all the acting and the character development makes this a well ... Read More
Rating: - WARNING: Region 2 & 4 fans of HBO's"Deadwood" and "Oz".
WARNING:
Customers from outside of North America considering whether they will buy the Region 1 versions or the Region 2 & 4 versions of HBO's "Deadwood" and "Oz" may be interested to know that the Region 2 & 4 versions of these series do not contain audio commentaries.
If audio commentaries are an important feature for any fans of the series then I recommend purchasing the Region 1 versions.I do not know if any other HBO TV series have suffered the same fate as these ... Read More
- Costumes & scenery great: language and profanity obsceneI know that miners were a tough breed but I can't believe that citizens of Deadwood used language like this. The story line is not enhanced by using nudity and profanity.
- Probably one of the best shows set in the west everI have to admit that I'm not a fan of westerns. That is until I watched Deadwood. However, it is so much more than a western. It is a very intricate show with an amazing cast of characters. The quasi historical aspect of the show makes it that more compelling. I suggest it strongly and it just gets better as the the series progresses. Another great show that with this historical aspect is Rome - The Complete First Season. If you like excellent TV, then these shows are for you.
- Good except for 1 diskMy Deadwood DVDs arrived in a timely manner and were in good shape except for one disk.One of the DVDs was damaged and we were not able to watch either one of the episodes on that one, it was very frustrating.
- Excellent acting but the language is bizarreI did enjoy watching Deadwood and think it shows the true west for its wildness and filth that really came with it.I must admit that the language used is not only rough but also an anachronism. The curse words used here were not those used in the old west.One was more likely to see words we consider verymild today but that came from the bible and in those days blasphemy was considered the highest of wrongs.
All in all the acting and the character development makes this a well ... Read More
- WARNING: Region 2 & 4 fans of HBO's"Deadwood" and "Oz".WARNING:
Customers from outside of North America considering whether they will buy the Region 1 versions or the Region 2 & 4 versions of HBO's "Deadwood" and "Oz" may be interested to know that the Region 2 & 4 versions of these series do not contain audio commentaries.
If audio commentaries are an important feature for any fans of the series then I recommend purchasing the Region 1 versions.I do not know if any other HBO TV series have suffered the same fate as these ... Read More
