Product Description

1877. A new day is dawning in the Black Hills outlaw camp of Deadwood. For better or worse times are changing and the transformation from camp to town is imminent. Unsavory new arrivals - looking to cash in on the lucrative anarchy -- and a government of outsiders usher in an era of hard decisions and brutal power struggles among the camp's founders all learning the hard way...fortune comes with a price.Running Time: 720 min.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: TELEVISION/SERIES & SEQUELS UPC: 026359277924 Manufacturer No: 92779

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #2124 in DVD
• Brand: Warner Brothers
• Released on: 2006-05-23
• Aspect ratio: 1.78:1
• Number of discs: 6
• Formats: AC-3, Box set, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD-Video, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
• Original language: English
• Subtitled in: English, Spanish, French
• Dubbed in: French, Spanish
• Number of discs: 6
• Dimensions: 1.35 pounds
• Running time: 720 minutes

Amazon.com
Deadwood: The Complete Second Season continues the Shakespearean brilliance of the landmark first season, created by NYPD Blue head writer David Milch. Milch either wrote or supervised the writing of each of the 12 episodes in this stunning follow-up, which contains more than a few surprises for anyone who thought they knew the myriad characters in the late 19th century town of Deadwood--a mucky, ungoverned, exceptionally violent development in South Dakota. As with the first season, Deadwood continues to be about many things--survival, loyalty, alliances, duty--but all of them are happening against a titanic battle between several parties to consolidate power and real wealth in the territory. Despite his cutthroat ethics, astonishing profanity, and bursts of cruelty, it's hard not to side in this bid for a piece of America's future with saloon owner Al Swearengen (a magnificent performance by Ian McShane), a visionary monster who is nevertheless more recognizably human than his rivals.

Entering an uneasy partnership with Al is Seth Bullock (Timothy Olyphant). Seth begins the second season by teaching Al a few lessons in chivalry, and their brief but bloody feud commences physical ailments for Al that become increasingly shocking to behold. Yet Al's difficulties have the practical effect of sidelining him for a couple of episodes while the story sets up more complex power struggles. Al takes on Deadwood's other saloon-brothel owner, the unstable Cy Tolliver (Powers Boothe), as well as an off-screen millionaire who is intent on owning all the gold-mining interests by buying out weary prospectors' claims. Meanwhile, Seth's wife and son (actually, his late brother's widow and child) arrive, an unsettling development for Seth's lover, the widow Alma Garret (Molly Parker), who soon reveals herself to be a more complicated person than in the first season. The prostitute Trixie (Paula Malcomson) begins thinking about her future and asserts independence from Al by having sex with Seth's friend, Sol Star (John Hawkes). Best of all, Calamity Jane (Robin Weigert) is back and more endearingly uncivilized than ever. Special features include actor commentaries on select episodes, the best of which finds Olyphant and McShane cracking each other up while watching the season premiere. --Tom Keogh

Customer Reviews

drama, drama
I enjoyed the drama of this season. I can't say enough about the intelligent, multi-dimensional writing. Good amount of extras though I would have liked a few more. The commentary was fun to listen to. I have to say that I'd probably never let anyone borrow my Deadwood DVDs. I was able to get all 3 seasons for a little over $100. A fantastic deal for a fantastic show.

Very well put together series
We have all seasons of Deadwood. It is a very good series. Sometimes the action got a wee bit rough for me and the language is very salty. It is truly worth seeing. The acting is very good as is the scenery. They apparently tried to stay really in that era and succeeded very well. So far we have watched the series through twice and enjoyed it each time.

Good Stuff
This series is a continuation of the extremely fine entertainment projects put out by HBO. Fine acting, very authentic, a real glimpse of what the old west was really like.

I did find that the number of times the "F" bomb was dropped was more than I would have thought would have been used at the time. I also found the english used was a bit difficult to understand at times, just goes to show how the language has evolved over time.