DVD : Homicide Life on the Street - The Complete Season 5
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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
Brand: A&E
EAN: 9780767063951
Format: Box set, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Full Screen, NTSC
ISBN: 0767063953
Label: A&E Home Video
Manufacturer: A&E Home Video
Number Of Items: 6
Publisher: A&E Home Video
Region Code: 1
Release Date: September 28, 2004
Running Time: 1034 minutes
Sales Rank: 11075
Studio: A&E Home Video
Theatrical Release Date: January 31, 1993
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Description:
With dark humor and edgy determination, the men and women of the Baltimore Police Department Homicide Division battle a murder rate near tops in the nation. Too bad death doesn't follow a schedule. Executive Produced by Barry Levinson (Rain Man, Diner) and Tom Fontana (OZ, St. Elsewhere), and created by Paul Attanasio (Gideon's Crossing, Quiz Show), HOMICIDE: LIFE ON THE STREET plunged viewers into the uncompromising reality of solving murders. Filmed with hand-held cameras, originality, and verve on the gritty streets of Baltimore, HOMICIDE: LIFE ON THE STREET featured a sharp soundtrack and an extraordinary cast highlighted by Yaphet Kotto (Roots), Richard Belzer (Law & Order: Special Victims Unit), and Emmy winner Andre Braugher (Gideon's Crossing). This collection includes all 22 episodes from the fifth season of the Emmy and Peabody award-winning series, available on DVD for the first time, featuring the episode TV Guide named "one of the greatest episodes in TV history." "Now for the First Time" WATCH THE EPISODES IN THE ORDER INTENDED BY THE SERIES' PRODUCERS
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Big changes were afoot for Baltimore's finest during the fifth season of Homicide. The fourth season ended with a shocker--Frank Pembleton (Andre Braugher) suffering a stroke while interrogating a suspect. In season premiere "Hostage," directed by the late Ted Demme, Pembleton is back on the job, but he's a changed man. His reflexes aren't what they used to be and his pride has taken a beating. Meanwhile, Megan Russert, who had been demoted the previous year, has moved abroad. Never fear, two strong women will join the squad in the form of detective Teri Stivers (Toni Lewis), on loan from narcotics, and medical examiner Julianna Cox (Michelle Forbes, just as formidable as she was on Star Trek: The Next Generation). This is especially good news for Lewis (Clark Johnson) and Kellerman (Reed Diamond). Alas, Lewis is married and Kellerman has just been accused of police corruption.
Standout episodes include "Documentary", directed by Oscar-winner Barbara Kopple, and "Prison Riot," with Charles S. Dutton and Dean Winters, a precursor to Barry Levinson and Tom Fontana's Oz. (Scott Winters, who appears in the last two episodes, would join brother Dean on that show.) But "Bad Medicine," in which drug kingpin Luther Mahoney (Erik Todd Dellums) makes his first appearance, is the most significant. With the introduction of Mahoney, Homicide would begin to deal with the drug war in earnest. Author David Simon would continue to explore the issue in his HBO series The Wire.
Aside from the brilliant acting, writing, and directing, Homicide was known for its savvy song selections, such as Tom Waits's "Cold, Cold Ground" and "Till the Money Runs Out" in "Bad Medicine." In addition, the episode "The Heart of a Saturday Night", directed by Whit Stillman, was titled after--and inspired by--Waits's composition of the same name. --Kathleen C. Fennessy
Average Rating: 
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Homicide-Life on the Street is still the best police drama anywhere as this set of the complete Season 5 will show.
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Its not the best of the Homicide Collection, but it has part of the rise and fall of Luther Mahoney...RIP...not. Kellerman has some good epis and Brodie does as well. Enjoy Season 5!!!
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Season 5 is by far the most memorable season. We have the unorthodox shooting of the awesome villan Luthor Mahoney, Mike Kellerman's suicide attempt (and amazing writing dealing with being falsely accused), and Bayliss revealing that he was sexually abused as a young boy. The show is excellent with some great episodes like "Valentine's Day". There is an interesting commentry over the episode "The Documentary". My only problem with this box set is the episode menus - I don't see why the "previously ... Read More
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What a firecracker this season of the Baltimore-based police drama is! Starring Richard Belzer, Andre Braugher, Reed Diamond, Clark Johnson, Yaphet Kotto, Melissa Leo, Max Perlich and Kyle Secor, it opens with a hostage situation at a Baltimore middle school and ends 22 episodes later with the investigation into a major character's murder and news of some major changes in the department in the coming year. In between, there's all manner of mayhem including a prison riot, an upsurge in drug-related ... Read More
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Homicide-Season 5 was very intertaining. Homicide was a great series and the episodes continue from the previous ones. The actors were superb and the story lines were time appropriate. Current events were often the story lines. I would recommend this DVD for anyone who likes police dramas.
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