Directed By: Chris Gerolmo, Mikael Salomon Average Rating: Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1 Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated) Binding: DVD Format: Box set, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD-Video, Full Screen, Subtitled, NTSC Label: 20th Century Fox Number of Items: 4 Region Code: 1 Release Date: March 21, 2006 Running Time: 574 minutes Theatrical Release Date: July 27, 2005
Product Description: In this ground-breaking new series from Steven Bochco (NYPD Blue Hill Street Blues) "Over There" takes you to the front lines of battle and explores the effects of war on a U.S. Army unit sent to Iraq on their first tour of duty as well as the equally powerful effects felt at home by their families and loved ones.Episode Description:Disc 1:Roadblock DutyThe PrisonerDisc 2:I Want My ToiletsEmbeddedIt's Alright Ma I'm Only BleedingMission AccomplishedDisc 3:Situation NormalSpoils of WarSuicide RainDisc 4:Weapons of Mass DestructionUntitledSystem Requirements:Running Time 585 Mins.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: TELEVISION/SERIES & SEQUELS Rating: NR UPC: 024543228905 Manufacturer No: 2232890
Amazon.com: Over There: Season One is simply a revelation, a new way to look at a drama about a new kind of American war. Told over 13 superb episodes, in which a handful of soldiers go through a great many changes to arrive at their own flawed, beautiful humanity, this series by prolific producer Steven Bochco (NYPD Blue) has nothing to do with the politics or decreasing popularity of the Iraq war. The show is consumed, instead, by the logistics of U.S. troops staying alive from hour to hour against a campaign of masked insurgents, roadside bombs, and clever lures into unforeseen dangers. Many of Over There's most gripping moments are concerned with the fallibility of soldiers trying to decipher the sometimes inscrutable actions of men, women, and children who may or may not be the enemy. It's hard to tell, for example, if the Iraqi man who stepped out of his house to kick a soccer ball with his son is, in fact, grabbing a moment of happiness with his child or trying to deceive the Americans with a false veneer of normalcy. There isn't always a way to be sure of intentions, and the show's major characters are often forced to make split-second judgments fraught with moral ambivalence and potential tragedy.
In the Bochco tradition, individual episodes juggle several storylines that can take an entire season to play out, frequently in unexpected ways. The wounding of a young private named Bo Rider (Josh Henderson) in the series pilot leads to a protracted story of personal valor back home and a showdown with a monstrous father. The embedding of a television journalist with the major characters touches on media spin in the modern age, as well as the phenomenon of hostage-taking in Iraq. The training of more-or-less hapless Iraqi security forces to take over for the Americans does not inspire confidence that the U.S. can get out anytime soon. Issues of infidelity, loneliness, female soldiers in battle, the incompetence of some commanding officers, conflicts between supposed comrades-in-arms, and much else bring a gritty honesty to the show. But it's the striking visuals that take one's breath away: the disorienting perspective from within a truck that's just been shelled, the strange look of a firefight waged almost eyeball-to-eyeball between enemies, with neither side ducking for cover. There's never been an American television show based on a war currently being waged, and Over There certainly makes one realize how much survival in Iraq is an end in itself, far away from ongoing debates about the war's justification. --Tom Keogh
Great Show! Why is it that all the good shows get canceled? My fiancee had this on his Amazon wish list for his birthday, and I got it for him. We watched it together and it is an amazing series! The characters will grab you and you won't want to let go. The only let down is that there is only one season and we wanted more!
Great Show, Too Bad it was cancelled It is very unfortunate that this show got cancelled, cause this show was great! It dealt with an ongoing conflict with a lot of respect and stayed very authentic. It really is too bad that FX couldn't have stuck with this show longer cause I think it would have gotten only better!
My favorite TV series! This is by far the best TV series I have watched to date! The acting is superb, and the plot unbelievable, yet based on current events. The writers did an excellent job with the script for this series. The sets were also very believable and authentic. Arab actors very well played the Iraqi people. The filming must have been done in an Arab country, but I'm only guessing. It really felt like you are in Iraq. Much of the events portrayed in the series are actual events that made the news, and for this reason it was very controversial. Reading about real events and actually seeing them acted out are two completely different experiences. The series will re-enforce feelings you have about the Iraqi war, regardless on which side you are on, and whether you are for or against the war.
And O yes, I loved the theme song of this series!
This TV series does not glamorize war, but rather portrays the horrors of war as viewed from all sides. I wish there were more episodes, or a second season. But from what I have heard, it was pulled off the air for its controversial content. It seems some people in government don't want us to watch this series! A little off the subject, I highly recommend the book, `The End of America', by Naomi Wolf. Things are not the way they used to be in the United States, and people, whether writers, film makers, or journalists, are not free anymore to express themselves without the fear of being persecuted. The book will give you insight on why this TV series had such a short lifespan.
At the end of this series you will be asking yourself, "Why do we wage wars against each other?" You will probably come to the conclusion that we are but animals in suits and uniforms! That was my conclusion.
Realistic View of the Gulf War. I watched this series with my husband who is a war veteran. I experienced the full spectrum of emotions from anger to joy, shock to disgusted. I enjoyed seeing an inside look at what our soldiers go through. By the way, you dont need to purchace the pilot seperately because it is included with the set.
It could have been wonderful I was really ooking forward to a smart and insightful show about the war in Iraq. But it jumped the shark when the guy hooked up with the french lady who was a governess of an orphange. I can believe an Amrican GI hits it with a French governess, in France, in 1944.
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