This groundbreaking crime drama from super-producer Stephen Bochco aired from 1981 to 1986, and followed one of the first ensemble casts on TV. Set in a fictional town based on Chicago, the action centered on a chaotic police precinct and provided a very realistic view of the private and work lives of characters who occupied every rung of the hierarchical ladder. The first season starts the action with a bang and doesn't let up, as Precinct Captain Furillo (Daniel J. Travanti) has to defuse a hostage crisis. The rest of the season keeps up the pace, as Officer Larue (Kiel Martin) battles a drinking problem, Sgt. Esterhaus (Michael Conrad) questions his upcoming marriage, and Furillo finds his chances for promotion compromised by a city councilman's involvement in a murder.
DVD Features:
Region 1
3-Disc Box Set
Full Frame - 1.33
Audio:
Mono - English, Spanish, French
Subtitles - English, Spanish - Optional
Disc 1/Side A: "Hill Street Station," "Presidential Fever," "Politics as Usual," "Can World War III Be An Attitude?"
Additional Release Material:
Audio Commentary - Select Episodes
Trailers - TV Promos
Disc 1/Side B: "Double Jeopardy," "Film at Eleven"
Additional Release Material:
Trailers - TV Promos
Disc 2/Side A: "Choice Cut," "Up In Arms," "Your Kind, My Kind, Humankind," "Gatorbait"
Additional Release Material:
Audio Commentary - Select Episodes
Trailers - TV Promos
Disc 2/Side B: "Life, Death, Eternity," "I Never Promised You a Rose, Marvin"
Disc 3/Side A: "Fecund Hand Rose," "Rites of Spring, part 1," "Rites of Spring, part 2," "Jungle Madness, part 1"
Additional Release Material:
Audio Commentary - Select Episodes
Featurette - "Roll Call: Looking Back at HILL STREET BLUES"
Deleted Scenes - Select Episodes
Trailers - TV Promos
Disc 3/Side B: "Jungle Madness, part 2"
Additional Release Material:
Trailers - TV Promos
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Review 1:
"The ensemble acting is impressive for the way clashing styles -- from Haid's laid-back Method mumbling to Hamel's earnest intensity -- mesh in long, chatty scenes." -- Grade: B
Source: Entertainment Weekly
p.59 02/03/3006
Review 2:
"[T]his trailblazing series mixes black humour, strident drama and vivid characterizations that set the standard for US cop shows to come."
Source: Sight and Sound
p.90 05/01/2006
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