Eastbound Down: The Complete First Season |  | Directors: Adam McKay, David Gordon Green, Jody Hill
Actors: Danny McBride, Katy Mixon, John Hawkes, Andrew Daly, Ben Best
Studio: HBO
Category: DVD
List Price: $29.98
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Rating:  52 reviews
Sales Rank: 748
Format: Color, DVD, Subtitled, Widescreen, Closed-captioned, NTSC
Languages: English (Original Language), French (Original Language), Spanish (Original Language), English (Subtitled)
Rating: Unrated
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
Number Of Discs: 2
Running Time: 180 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.4 x 0.7
MPN: HBOD95416D
UPC: 883929068272
EAN: 0883929068272
ASIN: B001IBIDLI
Theatrical Release Date: 2009
Release Date: June 30, 2009
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Studio: Hbo Home Video Release Date: 06/30/2009 Run time: 180 minutes
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Stepping up to the plate in this six-episode HBO series, comedy's newest It Boy, Danny McBride (IThe Foot Fist Way/I, IPineapple Express/I, ITropic Thunder/I), hits it out of the park as Kenny Powers, a former baseball phenom, who, after spending his millions and burning all bridges, returns to his high school to teach physical education. The delusional Powers (he still wears a mullet!) insists that he will return to the majors. Until then, he makes a play for his former high school flame (Katy Mixon), now an art teacher who is engaged to the boring, by-the-book principal (Andrew Daly). He runs roughshod over his brother and his disapproving wife (John Hawkes and Jennifer Irwin), who allow Powers to live with them and their children. He lures the idolizing nerdy band teacher to the dark side. IEastbound and Down/I has an odd sense of humor. To say that the foul-mouthed, substance-abusing Powers is "inappropriate" is an understatement. He makes Billy Bob Thornton's IBad Santa/I look like Edmund Gwenn in IMiracle on 34th Street/I). When one of his students repeats his father's claim that Powers ruined baseball, Powers tells the class, "Anybody want to pick on anybody in class, aim for him, because I ain't watching."p IEastbound and Down/I benefits from some big league talent. Will Ferrell, who helped get IThe Foot Fist Way/I into theatres, appears as a car salesman who wants to exploit what's left of Powers' celebrity with predictably disastrous results. Episodes were directed by McBride collaborator Jody Hill (IObserve and Report/I), David Gordon Green (ISuperbad/I), and Ferrell's partner in comedy, Adam McKay (ITalladega Nights/I, IAnchorman/I). There are other obnoxious characters on television, but Kenny Powers is in a league of his own, and he may take some warming up to. But McBride imbues this extreme character with an uncompromised integrity that is oddly admirable. Despite what his brother tells him at one point, Powers is someone you like being around. I--Donald Liebenson/Ipspan class="h1"strongStills from emEastbound and Down- The Complete First Season/em/strong/span span class="h1"strong(click for larger image)/strong/span table border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="4" width="100%" p/p p/p tbody tr align="center" valign="top" tdimg src="http://g-ecx.images-amazon.com/images/G/01/dvd/warner/eastboundsm1.jpg" / /td p/p tdimg src="http://g-ecx.images-amazon.com/images/G/01/dvd/warner/eastboundsm6.jpg" / /td tdimg src="http://g-ecx.images-amazon.com/images/G/01/dvd/warner/eastboundsm3.jpg" / /td /tr tr align="center" valign="top" tdimg height="200" src="http://g-ecx.images-amazon.com/images/G/01/dvd/warner/eastboundsm4.jpg" width="300" / /td tdimg src="http://g-ecx.images-amazon.com/images/G/01/dvd/warner/eastboundsm5.jpg" / /td tdimg src="http://g-ecx.images-amazon.com/images/G/01/dvd/warner/eastbound2_sm.jpg" / /td /tr tr align="center" valign="top" tdbr / /td tdbr / /td tdbr / /td /tr /tbody /table /p
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 A caricature in its decline March 4, 2010
James Hathor (Virginia)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
The whole of this series and its effectiveness with audiences hinges on whether or not you have ever seen white-trash in all of its ignorantly willfull and hilarious nuances on a daily basis. If you have not then the liklihood of enjoying this series is virtually nil. But if, like me, you have, then you realize although the anti-hero of this series (Kenny Powers) is an unrelenting and shameless pig, he really does effectively capture the essence of some of the more ignorant from this strata of our society who have risen beyond its bounds based upon a specific skill in a given area. It is the effective personification of this willfully dark essence that makes this short-lived series almosts worth watching. Unfortunately, the plot arcs of the specific episodes and how they weave together diffuse most momentum for any possibilities of a crescendo-like moment; in other words: the show leaves the viewer with a constant state of stomach cramps because of pelvic congestion. In the end, it could have been a great series, but the premise in and of itself (a tragic character already at the bottom) left the writers halm-strung from the outset.
 Great Show February 17, 2010
Eli Bass (Peoria, IL)
This is one of the more funny shows I have seen in a while. I'm looking foward to seeing season two to see what will happen next.
Best HBO comedy by far! February 14, 2010
D. Hamm (Cali)
First 3 episodes are super funny! Can't wait to see if they continue the series. Made my whole family laugh out loud over the holidays!
Great price! January 27, 2010
Russell Bomar (Palmdale, CA)
I can't believe how much Best Buy wanted for this series, considering how short it was. It is exactly what it is. Fast shipping, No complaints.
Hysterical and brilliant writing January 27, 2010
W. Travis Ray (austin)
This is some of the funniest TV ever. If your a fan of prolific profanity and good ole fashioned bathroom humor with a witty twist then this is an absolute must see.
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br /From the guys that made Anchorman, and Taledega nights with some PineApple Express in there too.
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