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Genre | Mystery & Thrillers, Comedy |
Format | NTSC, Color, Box set, Multiple Formats |
Contributor | Tucker Gates, Lenny Clarke, Denis Leary, Julian Acosta, Ann Lembeck, Karyn Parsons, Michael Charles, Bill Nunn, Keith David, John Ortiz, Wendy Makkena, Peter Tolan, Adam Ferrara, Janet Hubert, Diane Farr See more |
Language | English |
Number Of Discs | 4 |
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The critically-acclaimed, gritty comedy starring Denis Leary now on DVD! All 19 episodes on 4 DVDs!
Mike McNeil (Denis Leary) is a self-medicating, hard-drinking, decorated New York City detective with a wife, a mistress and a crush on a coworker. Surrounded by a partner and fellow squad members who are just as colorful, McNeil pursues his uniquely unconventional, yet effective, approach to crime solving while attempting to manage the chaos of his personal life.
Originally broadcast on ABC in 2001, The Job was shot entirely on location in New York City, giving the show a gritty look to match its always edgy comedy.
Special Features:
Interview/Commentary with creators Denis Leary & Peter Tolan Gag Reel
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Network television says they want original programs, but they don't always know what to do with them. Case in point: The Job, the late lamented series that lasted but 19 episodes before being unceremoniously yanked by ABC. So long Mike McNeil; we hardly knew ye. But what we did see of Denis Leary's working class anti-hero made for arrestingly funny television. McNeil, a cop, smokes, drinks, pops pills, and juggles a wife and girlfriend. And it's all beginning to catch up with him. "This stuff is Biblical," notes his partner, an African American whom the squad has nicknamed "Pip" (as in Gladys Knight and the...). The Job is not your typical workplace sitcom. There is no laugh track. Based on a real cop whom Leary befriended while researching his role in the remake of The Thomas Crown Affair, The Job has the raw sound, rough language, and gritty look and texture of authenticity. It was shot documentary-style on location in New York. The focus of the series is more personal and less procedural than other cop shows. We get to know intimately this flawed and funny close-knit band of brothers, including straight-arrow Pip (Bill Nunn); Frank (Lenny Clarke), an old school cop and great bear of a man; and Det. Jan Fendrich (Diane Farr), a capable member of this boys' club in the classic Howard Hawks tradition, and who perhaps might have become a love interest for Mike had the series continued.
A series benchmark is "Barbeque," in which an anniversary party hosted by Pip and his commanding wife, Adina, inexorably descends into chaos when McNeil and company disregard Adnia's "no alcohol" edict. Another classic is the episode in which McNeil suspects that Frank is gay. While it does not jibe with Internet episode guides, the episode chronology on this four-disc set builds to a powerful climax, with Mike's girlfriend en route to confront his long-suffering wife (who may herself be having an affair), and Pip considering cheating on Adina with an old flame, all scored to the Ramones' pounding rendition of "Wonderful World." Whether it was ahead of its time, a victim of network neglect and mishandling, or just too dramatically different, The Job was too good for prime time. That it led to Leary's new hit series, Rescue Me, is small comfort. For faithful and frustrated viewers, it's great to have McNeil back on The Job. --Donald Liebenson
Review
"Best American show since The Sopranos." -- The London Times
"Denis Leary s dark comedy breaks every sitcom and cop-show rule it s wonderful." -- Newsweek
"Explosively funny." -- The New York Times
Product details
- Aspect Ratio : 1.33:1, 1.78:1
- Is Discontinued By Manufacturer : No
- MPAA rating : NR (Not Rated)
- Product Dimensions : 7.5 x 5.75 x 1 inches; 11.06 ounces
- Director : Tucker Gates
- Media Format : NTSC, Color, Box set, Multiple Formats
- Run time : 30 minutes
- Release date : May 24, 2005
- Actors : Denis Leary, Lenny Clarke, Diane Farr, Bill Nunn, Adam Ferrara
- Studio : Shout Factory
- ASIN : B0007NN6JC
- Writers : Ann Lembeck, Denis Leary, Peter Tolan
- Number of discs : 4
- Best Sellers Rank: #24,898 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
- #1,156 in Mystery & Thrillers (Movies & TV)
- #3,023 in Comedy (Movies & TV)
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The Job stars Denis Leary as NYC detective Mike McNeil as a cop with typical drinking, smoking, self-medicating, and girlfriend/marriage issues. While out of the house, he manages to cope in rather "unorthodox" ways (i.e indulging in his vices) with his girlfriend on the side.
At work Leary is joined by many other cast members (Lenny Clarke, Adam Ferrara, and Diane Farr) that are recognizable from Rescue Me that makeup an absurd rag-tag bunch of detectives that take on some rather strange cases (involving anything from chasing a man in a wheelchair, and almost losing him, protecting movie stars Elizabeth Hurley and Gina Gershon, and spying on women using a telescope from evidence lockup). I don't know if I laughed more at the humor itself or just thinking of the fact that ABC was owned by Disney by this time and they actually let this air...for TWO SEASONS!
This show is not based on typical police procedurals like NYPD Blue or Law & Order. The Job is more of a short comedy sitcom that dwells on the ridiculous events that seem to happen on a day to day basis for Det. McNeill and his squad, landing him in hot water with their Captain. The Job does not always end up with an arrest in every instance.
Special features includes standard gag reels, interviews, and promo commercials. Some select episodes also include a commentary for that particular episode. The commentary must have been done quite some time after the show and well into a season or two of Rescue Me, because creators Denis Leary and Peter Tolan bring Rescue Me into the mix of the commentary many times. So you probably won't get commentary that properly reflects the creators of this show as how this show ties into Rescue Me as a building block to the FX big leagues.
If you like Rescue Me, this one is worth it.
Denis Leary plays Mike McNeil, a good cop with a bad attitude who's made a name for himself by bending the rules; juggling "the job," a suburban wife (Wendy Makkena), a manhattan girlfriend (Karyn Parsons), too much booze and too many pills. Armed with a superbly hilarious ensemble cast and smart & edgy writing, The Job was easily the funniest new show of 2001. The unforgettable supporting cast includes Bill Nunn (Do The Right Thing, Spider-Man films) as Mike's partner Pip Phillips; gorgeous Diane Farr (Roswell, Loveline) as Det. Jan Fendrich; Adam Ferrara and Lenny Clarke as detectives Tommy Manetti & Frank Harrigan; Julian Acosta and John Ortiz as rookie detectives Al Rodriguez & Ruben Sommariba; and Keith David (The Thing, Gargoyles) as Mike's frustrated boss Lt. Tom Williams.
With all 19 episodes from the critically-acclaimed series, it's laughter in the first degree with The Job - The Complete Series. Guest stars include Elizabeth Hurley, Gina Gershon and Janet Hubert-Whitten among others. Here are the contents of this 4-disc collection:
Disc 1: Pilot, Elizabeth, Bathroom, Foot, Massage, Anger
Disc 2: Sacrilege, Soup, Telescope, Gina, Quitter
Disc 3: Gay, Vacation, Neighbor, Boss, Dad
Disc 4: Parents, Barbeque, Betrayal
Special Features:
Commentary: "Pilot", "Bathroom", "Gina", "Gay" and "Barbeque" by Denis Leary and Peter Tolan
Interview with creators Denis Leary and Peter Tolan
Gag Reel
Series Premiere Promo Spots
Behind-the-scenes Footage
On-the-set Cast Interviews
On Location Interview with Peter Tolan
Highly Recommended!
I'm sure Denis Leary's character being addicted to painkillers was too controversial for an ABC show. But I found it to be very insightful because there are tons of everyday working class people addicted to painkillers and you'd never know it. (Doctors really do hand out Vicodin like candy these days and many people get seriously addicted to the stuff and it's more serious than a lot of people realize.) Mike McNeil had demons, but the writing never became wishy-washy....instead, the humor surfaced bigtime and it made for an entertaining show.
I also appreciated how Denis Leary's character did some of the most despicable things, yet he was still so lovable. The writing was simply hilarious. I loved how he put Robert Kelley in an episode playing a character named 'Luiz' when Robert Kelley in his stand up act talks about how annoying it is that everyone in L.A. always thinks he's Hispanic when he's IRISH! Hahaha.
Probably what I liked most about the show though was its top notch writing and comedic intuition- they really knew how to cut the fat, there were no pointless scenes, uninteresting characters, etc. I might be the only one who feels this way, but to me each episode was almost like a mini-movie. They were so perfect!
Anyway, this was a brilliant show. The characters found themselves in some of the most absurd and ridiculous scenerios that you'll remember for years. Insanely original. You won't be disappointed if you watch it.
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la vie d'un commissariat in NY avec sa panoplie d'inspecteurs, chacun ayant une personnalité, avec en tête du plus déjanté, Denis LEARY
excellent dans son rôle d'inspecteur névrosé et prêt à tout pour se faire remarquer .
c'est drôle et enlevé et tous les acteurs sont excellents, on a l'impression qu'ils se connaissent depuis très longtemps, un peu comme si ils bossaient en famille.
c'est excellent !!!!