Product Details

• Actors: Timothy Olyphant, Ian McShane, Molly Parker, Brad Dourif, W. Earl Brown
• Directors: Alan Taylor, Daniel Minahan, Davis Guggenheim, Ed Bianchi, Gregg Fienberg
• Format: AC-3, Box set, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
• Language: English (Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround), English (Dolby Digital 5.1), French (Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround), Spanish (Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround)
• Subtitles: English, Spanish, French
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
• Number of discs: 12
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: Home Box Office (HBO)
• DVD Release Date: May 23, 2006
• Run Time: 1440 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (18 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B000EXDRVM
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #165,070 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "Deadwood - The Complete First Two Seasons" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

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35 of 35 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Modern Day Shakespeare... With Just a Touch of Profanity!, June 3, 2006

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Bart King (Portland, Oregon) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Deadwood - The Complete First Two Seasons (DVD)

Here in Oregon, we have a reputable Shakespeare company in Ashland, and my wife and I make annual pilgrimages to see the latest productions.

I mention this autobiographical trivia because I couldn't put my finger on why DEADWOOD seemed so familiar to me. It was not because I've seen westerns before, because DEADWOOD is profoundly different from any western that's ever been made.

And then I realized it: This is the equivalent of modern-day Shakespeare.

Lest the good reader think I am overreaching, let's review DEADWOOD's merits: Layered storylines, exemplary casting and acting, pathos and comedy, gritty realism... but most importantly, the language, my God, the LANGUAGE!

Much has been made of DEADWOOD's incredibly salty lingo, but I think discourses on the show's profanity unfairly overshadow the fact that the lines these characters deliver are pure gold. In Deadwood, conversations are masterful displays of timing and wit, and even lowly characters like Farnum get delicious speeches that plumb their souls, please our ears, and stir us if we are willing to listen. Just like the Bard wrote!

18 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Best series on HBO ever!, March 20, 2006

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Drauka (Florida, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Deadwood - The Complete First Two Seasons (DVD)

If you like westerns, but always thought they were a bit too 'polished', lacking the truth behind what life must have been like, then this is for you! Simply the best dramatic representation of an old west boomtown I've ever seen. The series includes historical figures such as Calamity Jane, and Wild Bill Hickok, as well as some lesser know real-life contemporaries. The sets are chronologically accurate down to the last detail. Even the language spoken is an accurate portrayal of how english must have been spoken at the time. Again, if you like westerns, you'll LOVE this!

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Not for the faint of heart, May 30, 2007

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castello1 "castello 1" (Phoenix, AZ) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Deadwood - The Complete First Two Seasons (DVD)

Raw, randy, and real. Great production and true depiction of the period. Not recommended for the easily offended. Pulls no punches. Great historical drama. Once again HBO productions far outshines the competition.