World Famous Comics: Slings & Arrows: The Complete Collection
Slings & Arrows: The Complete Collection
Starring: Paul Gross, Martha Burns, Mark McKinney, Don McKellar Average Rating: Aspect Ratio: 1.66:1 Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated) Binding: DVD Format: Box set, Color, DVD-Video, NTSC, Widescreen Label: Acorn Media Number of Items: 7 Region Code: 1 Release Date: February 05, 2008 Running Time: 840 minutes
"Charming and complex and lovely" —THE NEW YORK TIMES
Showered with awards and critical acclaim, this darkly comic Canadian series follows the fortunes of a dysfunctional Shakespearean theatre troupe, exposing the high drama, scorching battles, and electrifying thrills that happen behind the scenes.
Paul Gross (Due South) stars as Geoffrey Tennant, the passionate but unstable artistic director of the New Burbage Theatre Festival. Haunted by the ghost of his predecessor (Stephen Ouimette), he struggles to realize his creative vision while handling touchy actors, a jittery general manager (Mark McKinney), a pretentious guest director (Don McKellar) and his own tempestuous romance with the festival's leading lady (Martha Burns). The backstage bedlam mirrors the onstage angst as Geoffrey directs three of Shakespeare's masterpieces -- Hamlet, Macbeth and King Lear -- one in each season. Guest stars include Rachel McAdams (Wedding Crashers), Colm Feore (Chicago), Sarah Polley (Go, The Sweet Hereafter), and renowned Stratford Festival actor William Hutt in one of his last performances.
DVD SPECIAL FEATURES INCLUDE cast interviews, bloopers, deleted and extended scenes, photo galleries, production notes, trailers and song lyrics. Plus exclusive bonus disc: "A Look Behind the Scenes" featurette, more cast and crew interviews, and on-set footage.
Very funny show, wish there were more episodes! We started watching this show in the middle of the first season and loved it immediately. Althought the show was excellent with each episode standing alone; once we purchased the whole series it was even better to watch the episodes we had already seen because now we knew the back story of the characters and they had more depth and meaning. This show has outrageously funny scenes but also has subtle humor that is different from many of the same old cookie cutter sitcoms we seem to find on the mainstream channels.
theatre lovers' treat This series is a total delight for devotees of theatre - you just hate for it to be over.
Slings & Arrows Is Not To Be Missed! Having attended the Stratford Festival in the past, this was a perfect compliment/send-up of what it could be like to mount a Shakespearean festival. Not only is this witty, well-written and well-acted; but it also provides short excerpts from Hamlet, Macbeth & King Lear. Just wish they had done more than three seasons. My only complaint is that the "extras" CD was not very informative.
Brilliant & witty After recently re-watching Paul Gross' other series, "Due South" on DVD I decided to go looking for another Paul Gross series and came across this one. I read some of the reviews and purchased the complete series. After watching it, I was left delighted. It is both brilliant and witty. I highly recommend it for any Paul Gross fan and for anyone who enjoys theater or humor that at times can be somewhat dark.
Rise up Hamlet! This series is brilliant. Wonderfully fleshed out characters and a story line that keeps you going episode after episode. Highly recommend it. Huge savings if you buy the complete set.
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