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Resurrection Blvd - The First Complete Season
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Genre | Drama |
Format | NTSC, Closed-captioned, Multiple Formats, Box set, Color, Full Screen |
Contributor | Dennis E. Leoni, Ruth Livier, Camilo Vila, John Behring, Norberto Barba, Douglas Spain, Nancy Malone, Elizabeth Pena, Glynn Turman, Kenny Ortega, Jesús Salvador Treviño, Tony Plana, Jacqueline Piñol, Marisol Nichols, Daniel Zacapa, Ray Wise, Esai Morales, Nicholas Gonzalez, Lawrence Monoson, Leon, Jeremy Kagan See more |
Language | English, Spanish |
Number Of Discs | 5 |
Product Description
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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
Product details
- Aspect Ratio : 1.33:1
- Is Discontinued By Manufacturer : No
- MPAA rating : NR (Not Rated)
- Product Dimensions : 7.5 x 5.5 x 1.5 inches; 1.1 Pounds
- Director : Camilo Vila, Jeremy Kagan, Jesús Salvador Treviño, John Behring, Kenny Ortega
- Media Format : NTSC, Closed-captioned, Multiple Formats, Box set, Color, Full Screen
- Run time : 16 hours and 16 minutes
- Actors : Ruth Livier, Nicholas Gonzalez, Daniel Zacapa, Marisol Nichols, Ray Wise
- Language : English (Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround), Spanish (Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround)
- Studio : Paramount
- ASIN : B00018YCIC
- Writers : Dennis E. Leoni
- Number of discs : 5
- Best Sellers Rank: #144,204 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
- #21,894 in Drama DVDs
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I loved the premise of the show and two characters in particular. Elizabeth Peña as Bibi is someone you root for, and fall in love with, from the first breakfast scene. Miguel is the one brother you want to hug and see succeed more than anyone else and Tony Plana as the patriarch makes you want to throw things at the screen and yell - "Stop living your life vicariously through your children." He reminds me of my mother! While I hate boxing, I can see that from the writers point of view it is the perfect metaphor for this family's struggle. I admit, I had to cover my eyes during those scenes. For all the boxing fans, it is very realistic and you will certainly enjoy the spit, blood and sweat!
Latinos and Latinas, support your Latino actors, writer, producers and directors. Buy the DVD, pass it around. How else are we ever going to see ourselves written and acted properly, if we are not telling our own story?