Carnivale - The Complete First Season (2003)
Product Information
Product Details: Carnivale - The Complete First Season (2003)
- Edition:
- DVD 6-Disc Set.
- MPAA Rating:
- Unrated
- Release Date:
- 12/07/2004
- UPC:
- 026359885723
- Directed by:
- Rodrigo Garcia
- Featuring:
- Nick Stahl, Clancy Brown, Amy Madigan. See all cast
Synopsis: Carnivale - The Complete First Season (2003)
Synopis: Like a cross between TWIN PEAKS and THE GRAPES OF WRATH, HBO's acclaimed television drama CARNIVALE sets an allegorical fable about the mythic battle between good and evil against the surreal backdrop of a Depression-era traveling circus. Having lost both his farm and his mother to the 1930s Dust Bowl, prison escapee Ben Hawkins (Nick Stahl, IN THE BEDROOM) joins an itinerant carnival in a desperate bid to escape poverty, the police, and his own discomfort with his miraculous healing powers. Ben's story is juxtaposed with that of California preacher Justin Crowe (Clancy Brown, THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION), whose evangelical ministries with his sister, Iris (Amy Madigan), take on increasingly sinister overtones and hint at an eventual confrontation between himself and young Hawkins through the mysterious figure of former circus showman and WWI veteran Henry Scudder (John Savage). As the main story arc builds to its apocalyptic showdown, the series takes dramatic detours into the daily lives of the carnival denizens. Lorded over by the unseen "Management" and a dwarf named Samson (TWIN PEAKS' Michael J. Anderson), the ragtag collection of sideshow freaks includes the blind soothsayer, Lodz (Patrick Bauchau); the bearded lady, Lila (Debra Christofferson); the snake charmer, Ruthie (Adrienne Barbeau); the troubled fortuneteller, Sophie (Clea DuVall); her catatonic mother, Apollonia (Diane Salinger); the wounded former-baseball player-turned-roustabout, Jonesy (Tim DeKay); and a family of strippers and prostitutes comprised of mother Rita Sue (Cynthia Ettinger), her daughters Libby (Carla Gallo) and Dora Mae (Amanda Aday), and their pimp-like father, Stumpy (Toby Huss). Creator Daniel Knauf surrounds this impressive cast with impeccable period-piece production design, a rotating roster of directorial talent that includes Alison Maclean (JESUS' SON) and Rodrigo Garcia (son of magical-realist writer Gabriel Garcia Marquez), and innovative storytelling that is at once supremely creepy, intellectually provocative, and emotionally gripping. This collection includes all 12 episodes of the series' highly addictive first season.Features: Carnivale - The Complete First Season (2003)
Features: DVD Features:Region 1
Digi-Pack
6-Disc Set
Anamorphic Widescreen
Audio:
Dolby Digital 5.1 - English
Dolby Stereo 2.0 - English
Dolby Stereo 2.0 - French
Dolby Stereo 2.0 - Spanish
Dolby Surround - English
Dolby Surround - French
Dolby Surround - Spanish
Additional Release Material:
Additional Footage - 1. Museum of TV and Radio Seminar
Audio Commentary - 1. Rodrigo Garcia - Director
Bonus Feature - 1. MILFAY (Original Pilot Episode)
Making-of
Trailers
Interactive Features:
Scene Access
Interactive Menus
Interactive Game 1. Tarot Card Game
User Reviews: Carnivale - The Complete First Season
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A good but slow start
, February 26, 2007 -
Love this show!
, August 14, 2006Reviewer:
dragonfly002006 - See all dragonfly002006's reviews Pros: Brilliant
Cons: None
I don't have HBO but saw an episode at a friends and was hooked! The story lines are great, the acting fantastic, I just wish there were more episodes!
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Pros: Great picture,Good characters,and well drawing storyline
Cons: Slow start,the main character need more power than healing
Carnivale take place in 1934 dureing the great depressing and the story is about a guy name Ben Hawkin who hold a dark past and has the power to heal people but dose not want to use it because in doing so he might heart someone else.When Ben mother dies his mother house in which he live in is destoryed and a group of carnneys help him bury his mother and have him join them in there carnivale that they hold in each town.The Story dose jump around a bit but it is easy to follow.The story dose go into everone life in the carnney.This is a that some will like because of its well drawing storyline and other might think it move very very very slowey.I would say rent it like I did and if you like it buy it. ...