Product Details

• Actors: Helen Mirren, Oleg Menshikov, Ben Miles, Robert Pugh, Clare Holman
• Directors: Tom Hooper
• Writers: Peter Berry
• Producers: Andy Harries, David Boulter, Rebecca Eaton, Thea Harvey
• Format: Color, Dolby, DVD, Full Screen, NTSC
• Language: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 2
• Rating: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: Hbo Home Video
• DVD Release Date: May 18, 2004
• Run Time: 195 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (18 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B0001I56LE
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #18,493 in Movies & TV (See Bestsellers in Movies & TV)

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• This is item 6 in The Prime Suspect Series.

Editorial Reviews

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Helen Mirren returns in triumph to the role that brought her international stardom, British police inspector Jane Tennison, in the sixth series of Prime Suspect. Tennison finds herself being pressured to retire and responds by seizing a difficult homicide investigation: A young female Bosnian refugee has been tortured and murdered. As the trail begins to suggest connections to war atrocities in the Balkans, Tennison finds herself struggling with resistance from higher up, uncooperative and ambitious underlings, and deeply buried secrets. The strength of Prime Suspect has always been how it merges suspenseful detective work with an intricate grasp of police politics, and The Last Witness is no exception. The plot unfolds masterfully, the program is directed with striking visual style, and Mirren (The Cook, the Thief, His Wife, and Her Lover, Gosford Park) commands the screen. Her authority in this role, honed through five previous series, is unmatchable; the richness of the character--steely, sexy, obsessive, rash, cunning--makes Prime Suspect essential viewing. --Bret Fetzer

Product Description

It's been thirty years of police work for Detective Superintendent Jane Tennison. She's older, in some ways wiser, still fighting the urge for a cigarette & still fighting the "men only" attitude of the force. Ripe for retirement in the eyes of some. Tennison is still up for a fight, and she'll need all the energy she can muster when she takes on the darker forces of British government in search of a sadistic killer with a guilty past.

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59 of 61 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars BUT YOU'RE BUYING THE WRONG VERSION!, January 27, 2005

By	BOB (LOS ANGELES, CA) - See all my reviews (TOP 500 REVIEWER)

I will demur extended comments on the film to the reviewers below. Suffice to say, it is more taut, edgy, fast-paced, and visually compelling than the preceeding films. Obviously, the great script was paramount in Ms. Mirren's decision to return to the role.

My review has to do with the presentation. Much of this film has been shot with a super wide-angle lens.

I obtained this U.S. release from Netflix before I knew that it had been cropped and mastered in pan&scan. I stuck that bastardization back in the Netflix return envelope after 30 seconds of viewing.

Then I ordered the widescreen UK Region 2 PAL version from Amazon.com UK. It arrived in Los Angeles in under 10 days.

I have a native 16X9 Sony 34" HD widescreen CRT TV, and an all-region JVC NTSC/PAL DVD player. The presentation looked fabulous; I cannot imagine watching this film butchered in P&S. I highly suggest buying the widescreen version.

You can pick up name-brand all-region NTSC/PAL players all over the web for usually less than $100. They come in very handy with DVD's that are not available in the U.S.

When you view all the other PRIME SUSPECT DVD's which are all pan&scan, you realize that they were shot in widescreen and shrunk. Perhaps some day, the entire series will be made available in 16X9.

26 of 28 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Prime Suspect 6: The Last Witness Is Best In Series -Superb!, April 26, 2004

By	Jana L. Perskie "ceruleana" (New York, NY USA) - See all my reviews (TOP 100 REVIEWER)    (REAL NAME)

Helen Mirren once again returns in her Emmy Award-winning role as Jane Tennison in what is, I believe, the series' most powerful police drama yet. This sixth episode in Prime Suspect, "The Last Witness," has Tennison hunting down the leaders of a paramilitary death squad in London. These men had perpetrated heinous crimes against humanity during the Balkan Civil War and could possibly be the cause of a terrible murder in Jane's jurisdiction.

Former Chief Detective Tennison, has now been promoted to overseeing all murder investigations in London. She is, as usual, battling the male establishment and coming to grips with advancing middle-age. At 54 she feels she is being pushed toward early retirement and the pressure and presence of ambitious younger colleagues who would love to have her job are ever present. At this point in her life Jane Tennison is also beginning to realize that her career has become her life - a sad and lonely realization.

When the body of a young Bosnian woman turns up, with signs of brutal, sadistic torture, Jane takes over the case. Her investigation leads her to one man, and perhaps two, who are alleged war criminals with much to hide as they attempt to make new lives for themselves in Britain. The murdered woman's older sister is finally found and promised protection in return for her story and assistance with the ongoing investigation. The police protection proves to be weaker than the will of the murderer to eliminate all possible witnesses to his crimes. And disaster strikes again with horrifying results. As usual Tennison risks all in her determination to bring the guilty to justice and in this sixth episode "all" could mean her career.

The Prime Suspect series has long been a favorite. Helen Mirren is superb as an actress in any role and absolutely shines as Jane Tennison. Ms. Mirren lends the correct mix of tough independence and vulnerability that are such an important part of the character. And her face mirrors all the emotion her character is feeling more eloquently than words. I heard Ms. Mirren say, in a recent interview with the press, that this will be the last Prime Suspect episode. I am very sorry to see it end but can't imagine a more fitting conclusion. Wonderful acting and drama. Highly recommended!
JANA

20 of 22 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Full Screen version - NOT widescreen, May 20, 2004

By	Drew In Canada "drewincanada" (Toronto, Ontario, Canada) - See all my reviews

When this aired in Canada on CBC, it was the original widescreen presentation. I missed it when it aired on PBS recently, so I'm not sure if they showed a widescreen or full screen version. However, I assumed that HBO and Warners would release the original widescreen presentation, enhanced for 16x9. Apparently, that's how the DVD was released in Region 2. But despite what it says here on Amazon in the technical specs, this DVD is a full screen presentation. That's a real shame, and it makes me want to purchase an "all region" player and order the Region 2 DVD from the U.K. - so I can see Prime Suspect 6 as it was meant to be seen.