Product Description

Based on Jim Butcher's best-selling novels The Dresden Files chronicles the cases of no ordinary detective. Harry Dresden (Paul Blackthorne) is a wizard the only one listed in the Chicago phone book. He's got a handle on the crimes that can't be solved by anyone else. Paranormal? No problem. Dresden deals in all matters of supernatural threats. If you need a little hocus pocus or some other worldly advice Dresden's your man.System Requirements:Running Time: 530 Mins.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: TELEVISION/SERIES & SEQUELS Rating: NR UPC: 012236216889 Manufacturer No: 21688

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #620 in DVD
• Brand: LION'S GATE ENTERTAINMENT
• Released on: 2007-08-07
• Rating: NR (Not Rated)
• Aspect ratio: 1.78:1
• Formats: AC-3, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Widescreen, NTSC
• Original language: English
• Number of discs: 3
• Dimensions: 1.00 pounds
• Running time: 530 minutes

Amazon.com
The Dresden Files is about a wizard named Harry. "Good marketing," a cynical observer notes in one episode from the Sci-Fi Channel's one-season wonder based on the books by Jim Butcher. "Couldn't you come up with something a little more original?" Actually, this series manages to be plenty original despite echoes of The X-Files and the 1970s cult classic The Night Stalker. Paul Blackthorne stars as Harry Dresden, a scruffy Chicago private eye whose gift comes in handy for children menaced by skinwalkers, or for offering Lt. Murphy (Valerie Cruz) of the Chicago police "an unconventional point of view" concerning grisly, bizarre cases involving werewolves, vampires, and other decidedly unfriendly spirits. The Dresden Files is a paranormal noir (para-noir?) that deftly balances genuine scares, hard-boiled moxie, and tongue-in-cheek humor, delivered with panache by "Bob" (Terrance Mann), an ancient English spirit who resides in a skull and gives.Harry supernatural assistance. Harry's backstory--magician father, wizard mother, treacherous uncle--is revealed over the course of these 12 episodes. The eighth broadcast episode, "Things That Go Bump," was reportedly intended as the series pilot, and may be the best place to start. But Harry's world-weary voice-over in the classic tradition ("If you're a wizard and you fail, people can end up dead") keeps viewers oriented. Low ratings made The Dresden Files disappear, making this DVD set welcome for the series' hardcore fans who mounted the ultimately unsuccessful letter-writing campaign to save Dresden from the "Brilliant, but Cancelled" files. But even those who are unfamiliar with Butcher's books or are not on the Sci-Fi Channel's wavelength will be charmed. --Donald Liebenson

Customer Reviews

One of the best
This was one of the most watchable series on TV for the one year it lasted (unfortunately!). A mix of 50's Private Eye meets current Sci-Fi wizardry without the superhuman stuff they're throwing at us these days. Dresden is the current survivor in a family that had various supernatural powers but he was also bedeviled by his complicated history involving the murder of his father and his brief step into "black magic" to take revenge. He helps the police, particularly a very likable and watchable detective by the name of Murphy, and others in an ongoing attempt to make payment for his unwise use of the dark arts. Enough visuals to keep us happy but with plenty of interesting characters and character development to make each episode well worth watching more than once, much like a good book. This is the best TV series I have purchased on DVD. Highly recommended.

Loved the show!
We were disappointed when the show was cancelled. I got a couple of the books for my husband and he got hooked on the book versions. The audio books are read by James Marsters (Spike from Buffy)and he does a fabulous job! The televsion versions are a little different than the books, but we enjoy seeing the chemistry between the Harry and Bob characters. Glad to be able to see the television version again while waiting for Jim Butcher to publish again.

Average tv show that took too many liberties
I will admit that I watched every episode of this show when it originally aired on the Sci-Fi channel. I knew nothing of the Dresden Files, Harry Dresden nor Jim Butcher. The one good thing about this show is that it made me start reading Butcher's incredibly fun and entertaining novels, something that essentially the tv show did not capture. This show took alot of liberties with Butcher's Dresdenverse and in some cases made outright changes to the characters themselves. I personally am happy to see the show go away, and my hope is that eventually someone will come along and write (maybe Butcher himself) a suitable screenplay that truly captures his vision. Maybe one day it will make it to the big screen. But if it doesnt, he has written over 10 incredibly rich and incredibly entertaining novels that should keep new and existing fans happy.