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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
Brand: HILL STREET BLUES
EAN: 0024543223450
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dubbed, DVD-Video, Full Screen, Subtitled, NTSC
Label: 20th Century Fox
Languages: EnglishOriginal LanguageEnglishSubtitledSpanishSubtitledEnglishDubbedFrenchDubbedSpanishDubbed
Manufacturer: 20th Century Fox
MPN: FOXD2232346D
Number Of Items: 3
Publisher: 20th Century Fox
Region Code: 1
Release Date: January 31, 2006
Running Time: 850 minutes
Studio: 20th Century Fox
Theatrical Release Date: January 15, 1981

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Studio: Tcfhe Release Date: 08/05/2008 Run time: 850 minutes Rating: Nr

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Created by Steven Bochco and one of television's most influential series, Hill Street Blues was not your father's cop show. The Emmy-winning pilot episode, "Hill Street Station," immediately established the series as less a police procedural than an up-close and personal "interface with the police experience." To establish gritty, documentary-like realism, the show featured sequences, such as the pre-credit roll call, that were filmed with a hand-held camera. There was chaotic, overlapping dialogue. There were sudden, shocking bursts of violence that claimed popular characters. Story lines were not wrapped up at the end of the hour, but instead, unfolded serially throughout the season. It's no wonder that Hill Street, while championed by most critics, was initially not embraced by viewers. It was, in the beginning, one of television's lowest rated shows, its case not helped by NBC's criminal practice of juggling it in its primetime schedule). But there is justice in Hollywood. Hill Street Blues won the Emmy for best drama in its first season. Also honored were several members of the ensemble, including Daniel J. Travanti as the compassionate and incorruptible Precinct Capt. Frank Furillo, Michael Conrad as the avuncular Sgt. Phil Esterhaus (whose cautionary, "Let's be careful out there," became the show's pop culture signature), and Barbara Babcock as the wildly sexual Grace Gardner, who rocks Esterhaus's world (particularly in the episode that earned her her statuette, "Fecund Hand Rose").

There were no big stars on Hill Street Blues (or, for that matter, no little stars, as one of the cast members jokes during a near-hour-long reunion featurette included as a bonus feature on this three double-sided disc set). Each was an indelible character, among them Charles Haid as cowboy cop Andy Renko, Veronica Hammel as sexy public defender Joyce Davenport, Bruce Weitz as the untamed, animalistic Belker, Keil Martin as LaRue, whose descent into alcoholism is one of the season's most compelling dramatic arcs, and James Sikking as the gung-ho Howard Hunter. Once daring, Hill Street Blues seems almost quaint today, with none of the graphic sex or language that scandalized NYPD Blue (in one episode, a captured cat burglar, portrayed by a pre-L.A. Law Michael Tucker, makes a reference to "wolf pee-pee"). The ethnic portrayals, too, are not exactly nuanced. But the human dramas at the heart of Hill Street still make for arresting television. --Donald Liebenson

Customer Reviews

Average Rating: out of 5 stars

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- The best show of its era
There was a time in the 1980s when the best hour of television was on Thursdays at 10:00 when Hill Street Blues came on. At the time, I was a dedicated fan, and though I'd caught the show occasionally in syndication, it'd been years since I'd really seen the show. Rewatching the first season of this show reminded me that even two decades later, this remains a quality show.

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- Hill Stree Blues DVD
Product was received quickly and it was just as described. I'm very pleased. Thank you!

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- Great Show; by awesomep
This show was terrific during its time. I really enjoyed watching them then and I will equally enjoy watching the show now. Oh and by the way, I purchased both season one and season two at Target's in a double pack for $19.99. A great bargain.

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- Classic TV
Excellent packaging for a ground-breaking, insightful TV program. Most of the content is timeless, although a few themes reflecting the times now appear dated. I hope all seasons of this show are available soon.

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- What happened to shows like this?
Although I was born in 1980 and therefore never able to watch Hill Street Blues when it originally aired, I am completely enthralled by the fantastic storylines, characters, and atmosphere that it creates. There are very few shows that can establish a direct relationship with the viewer which makes them want to watch the whole season in one sitting, but this show does this without blinking. All in all, I cannot commend this show enough for its originality, and remember, I am an unfortunate soul ... Read More

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