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The Corner (HBO Miniseries)
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The Corner presents the world of Fayette Street using real names and real events. The miniseries tells the true story of men women and children living amid the open-air drug markets of West Baltimore. It chronicles a year in the lives of 15-year-old DeAndre McCullough his mother Fran Boyd and his father Gary McCullough as well as other addicts and low-level drug dealers caught up in the twin-engine economy of heroin and cocaine. HBO(R) original Miniseries 6 one-hour episodes: 1. Gary's Blues 2. DeAndre's Blues 3. Fran's Blues 4. Dope Fiend Blues 5. Corner Boy Blues 6. Everyman's BluesRunning Time: 360 min.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: DRAMA UPC: 026359908224
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The bleak reality of drug addiction is captured with unflinching authenticity in The Corner, an excellent, reality-based HBO miniseries. Having lived on the streets of West Baltimore, Maryland, where this compelling drama takes place, actor-director Charles S. Dutton knows the territory, physically, socially, and emotionally, and his compassionate approach is vital to the series' success. Dutton cares for his characters deeply enough to give them a realistic shred of hope, even when hope is consistently dashed by the ravages of addiction. This is, at its root, a family tragedy, focusing on errant father Gary (T.K. Carter, in a heartbreaking performance) a once-successful investor trapped in a tailspin of heroin dependency. His estranged wife Fran (Khandi Alexander) was the first to get hooked, and she's struggling to get clean, while their 15-year-old son DeAndre (Sean Nelson, from the indie hit Fresh) deals drugs, temporarily avoiding their deadly allure while facing the challenge of premature fatherhood. Through revealing flashbacks and numerous local characters, we see the explicit fallout of addiction, and while violence occasionally erupts, its constant threat is secondary to Dutton's dramatic vision, which remains steadfastly alert to the humanity and neglected potential of these lost and searching souls. The Corner is, essentially, the civilian flipside of HBO's equally laudable series The Wire, which approaches a similar neighborhood from a police-squad perspective. Performances are uniformly superb, details are uncannily perfect, and for all of its human horror, The Corner is riveting, not depressing. A closing interview with the characters' real-life counterparts bears witness to the fact that these lives--with inevitable exceptions--need not be lost forever. --Jeff Shannon
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The Corner (HBO Miniseries)
- DVD: 0 pages (2003-07-22)
- Publisher: HBO Video
- Label: HBO Video
- Starring: T.K. Carter, Khandi Alexander, Sean Nelson, Clarke Peters, Larry Hull
- Director: Charles S. Dutton
- Encoding: Region 1
- Format: Box set, Closed-captioned, Color, Dubbed, Subtitled, NTSC
- Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1,
- Rated: NR (Not Rated)
- Studio: HBO Video
- DVD Release Date: 2003-07-22
- Run Time: 360
- ISBN: 0783123728
- Average Customer Review:
 based on 43 reviews
- Sales Rank in DVD: #4104
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Summary: The Corner 2008-04-29
Comment: Gritty, harrowing, human.
We bought it because we loved The Wire, and found it as compelling, although it is not as complex as that show, it's scope is as you would expect is restricted to life on "The Corner" and the light and shade which is part of the Wire is not as evident.
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Summary: Must see DVD 2008-04-21
Comment: This a must see DVD. A gritty protrait of the lives of several drug addicts. Outstanding!
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Summary: Excellent Service 2008-04-01
Comment: Received before ETA in great condition. No scratches cover in good condition great price. All around good service.
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Summary: Brillant mini series 2008-03-26
Comment: In one word The Corner =brillance. Charles S.Dutton displays masterful storytelling in the stories of crack addicts. Sean Nelson contunies to show his dramatic range as an actor and he has a carrer ahead of him. But the acting standouts are Khandi Alexander & T.K. Carter as the parents of Nelson's character.
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Summary: Real Life 2008-02-08
Comment: This video series shares the real life stories of a family that is in the throes of drug addiction and how their lives are affected from using to recovery. Excellent view!
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