The Wire - The Complete Fourth Season | 
| Director: Daniel Attias
Actors: Dominic West, Wendell Pierce, Sonja Sohn, Lance Reddick, Aidan Gillen
Studio: Hbo Home Video
Category: DVD
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Avg. Customer Rating:  124 reviews
Sales Rank: 950
Format: Ac-3, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dvd-video, Subtitled, Ntsc
Languages: English (Original Language), Greek (Original Language), English (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), French (Subtitled)
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Number Of Items: 4
Running Time: 780
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 7.6 x 5.5 x 1.1
MPN: HBOD93927D
UPC: 026359392726
EAN: 0026359392726
ASIN: B000QXDJLI
Theatrical Release Date: 2005
Release Date: December 4, 2007
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Product Description
Studio: Hbo Home Video Release Date: 12/04/2007
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Even if you missed the first three seasons (the character guides and thorough episode recaps on HBO's website are recommended), and with only one season left, it's not too late to get in under The Wire. In fact, season 4 is an accessible introduction for those who know The Wire only by its street cred as arguably the very best show on television. For them especially, this season will be, as befitting its theme, a real education. Without resorting to melodramatics that other ratings-challenged series employ to gain that frustratingly elusive audience, The Wire shakes things up this season in a way that is true to the series and its characters. A major character, Dominic West's McNulty, plays a minor role as a contented street cop and family man, while a former supporting player, Jim True-Frost's Roland Pryzbylewski, goes to the head of the class as a new eighth grade teacher at beleaguered Edward Tilghman Middle School. It may take a couple of episodes to orient yourself to the Baltimore backrooms, squad rooms, classrooms, and street corners where The Wire's intense dramas play out, and new viewers may miss something in character nuance, but they will easily grasp the big picture. A politically motivated shake-up sends Major Crimes detectives Freamon (Clarke Peters) and Greggs (Sonja Sohn) to Homicide. The gloves come off in the mayoral race between black incumbent Clarence Royce (Glynn Turman) and idealistic white challenger Tommy Carcetti (Aidan Gillen). Gang leader Marlo (Jamie Hector) quietly and deliberately becomes the city's new drug kingpin, managing to subvert all surveillance efforts. Meanwhile, while "Prez" tries to reach his students, four highly at-risk kids will be drawn into the drug trade. Mere synopsis does not do The Wire justice. The series deftly juggles its myriad storylines and characters, all of whom make an impression, from Marlo's cold-blooded enforcers, Snoop (Felicia Pearson) and Chris (Gbenga Akinnagbe), to boxing instructor "Cutty" (Chad L. Coleman), determined to keep his young charges off the corners. There is not a false note in the performances or the writing. Richard Price (Clockers) and Dennis Lehane (Mystic River) again contributed episodes. That this series has only been nominated for only one Emmy (for writing) is a travesty. As engrossing as the finest novels and in a class by itself, this isn't television; it's The Wire. --Donald Liebenson
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The 1st time N my life I've ever been glued 2 a TV November 20, 2008
Short & Sweet. Didn't watch this series before it was taken off the air. Heard all the rave reviews. Did my research and ordered Season 4 (to start with).
Easily the most dynamic TV series of my lifetime. Incredible acting (and from such young kids), brilliant writing and great storylines.
Powerful, engaging, thought-provoking, eye-popping, emotional, deep, inspiring, gripping, maddening.
There aren't enough words 2 describe this show.
This is what I call "Reality Television." What makes this show all the more impactful is the fact that, sadly, most of these scenarios and portrayals are at least loosely based on real events that went down (and continue 2 go down) in the streets of Baltimore.
This DVD series is a must have.
Period.
Great stuff October 19, 2008
Great stuff. I feel like I know the whole g'dam town of Baltimore, from top to bottom. Seriously, it's like these people aren't even actors. In fact, you can't even imagine them as actors, being away from the set, that's how good they are. It doesn't even seem possible that they're acting. There's probably not too much higher praise you can give an actor than this. This is like going to see a great movie at the Cineplex, only the effing thing is 100 hours long, and you get to watch it go on and on, and the quality never goes down-- just stays at the same high level. Thanks guys. Great work.
Larry W. Phillips
"Life" isn't fair...it's "life"... October 17, 2008
Just finished the set...3 days. I find irony in the fact that one of the most beautiful things ever created was born of ugliness. If aliens were to come down to Earth, curious about what it meant to be human, I would show them "The Wire". I don't feel much hope, day to day. It's tough to be positive. Erosion. Winners and losers. You can't win in this life without being a little evil it seems. No good deed and all of that...just watch the show. It's a gift in a world that eats corporate s^%t and begs for more. Embrace the truth, do what you can...subtract from the evil, don't add. All you can do...maybe you'll make it...
..but probably not.
The Best season of the best series ever made. September 30, 2008
If you haven't already seen the Wire, see it. There is nothing better. This is in my opinion the best season of it. It is the most intelligent, raw and simply brilliant television show ever made, buy it.
Continues to Impress September 17, 2008
I have to admit, when I finished the first season, I was bummed. I was sure no subsequent seasons could match it. Surprise, they all have, including this one. The writing remains so excellent, season after season, it's amazing. This is truly one of the finest crime dramas ever, including movies. The depth and complexity of the characters and the quality of the storytelling, just unsurpassed this side of Sopranos. That said, I have to share some parts that had me wincing (spoiler alert maybe):
- When Bubbles tragically kills his young friend. This thing, when the poison meant for an enemy accidentally kills a friend, may be Shakespearian, but it's also been around since Shakespeare and is really tired. I was disappointed to see such a played-out, contrived manipulation in the middle of a show that I love because it almost always avoids stuff like this.
- The dimwitted, fortune-cookie-style psychobabble coming out of McNulty's mouth. Junk like, "I just gotta keep me outta my own way!" Yes, we get it, he's turned a corner... did he have o get all Dr. Phil on us?
- The boxing coach ending up with the ER nurse. This part of the epilogue is straight ut of a John Hughes film. Puke.
...and a few other things. Believe me, if I took the time to write out all the things I loved about this season, the list would go to the moon and back. I was Skeptical when i saw the kids on the cover, as storylines involving kids, in movies and TV, usually suck. Or else the kids' acting does. Not so here. It was great. I was also afraid that Prez would turn into some archetypal "savior-teacher" who would get all of his kids to pass the AP Trig test or something. What a relief, it didnt turn out that way.
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