Product Description

Studio: Paramount Home Video Release Date: 05/23/2006 Rating: Nr

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #45388 in DVD
• Brand: Paramount
• Released on: 2004-03-30
• Rating: NR (Not Rated)
• Aspect ratio: 1.33:1
• Formats: Box set, Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, Full Screen, NTSC
• Original language: English, Spanish
• Number of discs: 5
• Running time: 976 minutes

Amazon.com
Showtime's Resurrection Blvd. is an engrossing series about the fortunes and fate of the Santiago family, who take pride in their deep, East L.A. roots and have, for generations, pinned their hopes for success on developing a boxing champion from among their male kin. The 20 first-season episodes included here focus on patriarch Roberto Santiago (Tony Plana), confident of eldest son Carlos's chances of winning a middleweight crown until the latter (Michael DeLorenzo) is seriously wounded by an angry ex-boyfriend of his sister Victoria (Marisol Nichols). In Carlos's place steps youngest brother Alex (Nicholas Gonzalez), a bookish, affable student who takes to boxing rigorously and alienates Roberto by signing with a crooked promoter (Ray Wise).

Around the edges of the central story, other Santiagos navigate love lives, ethics, and ambitions as grand as the American Dream. Middle brother Miguel (Maricio Mendoza) disappears for a while, uncertain of his place in the family. Sister Yolanda (Ruth Livier), a dedicated paralegal with her eye on law school, discovers a serious act of negligence at her firm and isn't sure what to do. Aunt Bibi (Elizabeth Pena), lively and strong, finds her hopes crashing when she can't buy the building housing her beauty shop. Watching all this and understanding more than he lets on is Uncle Ruben (Daniel Zacapa), an ex-fighter made mute by brain damage.

The pacing of events is fairly glacial, and individual episodes could certainly be tighter. But the leisurely programs allow for lots of pleasant frills, including a cameo by Cheech Marin and a nice, recurring role for Paul Rodriguez as a business manager. Certainly the strongest element of Resurrection Blvd. is the cast, which clearly thrives on 20 hours of breathing room and really shines in the season finale's 12-round showdown. --Tom Keogh

From the Back Cover
In this award-winning Showtime series, three generations of the Santiago family have forged a family legacy in boxing. Patriarch Roberto Santiago presides over his family of five children on Resurrection Boulevard in East Los Angles and, together, they share both triumph and tragedy as they fight for a piece of the America Dream. This five-disc set contains all 20 complete episodes from the triumphant, acclaimed first season of "Resurrection Blvd." Both English and Spanish language tracks are included.

Customer Reviews

One of the best series about a typical American family
This outstanding series gives PBS's "American Family" a run for its money as the finest series about a typical, all-American family. Superbly acted across the board, from proud, tough-love Patriarch Roberto (the excellent Tony Plana), struggling sister-in-law Bibi (Elizabeth Pena - why isn't this woman a star?) and her loving son Tommy (the underrated Douglas Spain) to always-reliable veterans Rita Moreno and Glynn Turman... this series strikes gold on all counts, from the fine acting and directing to the smart scripts and warm designs. Let's hope Paramount resurrects seasons two and three on DVD in the not-too-distant-future. It's impossible not to fall in love with these characters. Bravo!

outstanding
I would definately have to say this is my favorite show EVER, not only because they have such great actors and wonderful plots, but becuase of the way these characters relate and how they overcome difficulties in their lives, i come from a mexican american family and can really relate to this T.V show because obviouslly, this family is very close and so is mine. Im very upset that they cancelled this show, they should really reconsider making a whole new season and just advertise it alot better...im very sure that the public would love it and not get enough of it.

Exciting and Entertaining
I was running out of movies to rent so I just happened to check out this series. I was totally impressed! I couldn't get enough. I have been a fan of boxing for quite some time and this show kept me wanting to see the next episode. When is season 2 coming out? The actors are absolutely georgeous too!!!