Oz - The Complete Fourth Season |  | Directors: Adam Bernstein, Alex Zakrzewski, Brian Cox, Gloria Muzio, Goran Gajic
Actors: Ernie Hudson, Harold Perrineau, Lee Tergesen, J.K. Simmons, Dean Winters
Studio: Hbo Home Video
Category: DVD
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Rating:  52 reviews
Sales Rank: 5,287
Format: AC-3, Box set, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD, Subtitled, NTSC
Languages: English (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), French (Subtitled), English (Original Language), Spanish (Dubbed)
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Region: 1
Discs: 3
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Running Time: 960 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.5
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.6 x 0.8
MPN: 026359901720
ISBN: 0783127332
UPC: 026359901720
EAN: 9780783127330
ASIN: B00031TYBC
Theatrical Release Date: July 12, 1997
Release Date: February 1, 2005
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The daily activities of the prisoners and employees of Emerald City, an experimental unit of Oswald Maximum Security Prison.
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The heightened reality of Oz remains consistently engrossing in the fourth season of HBO's volatile prison drama. All 16 episodes were written or cowritten by series creator Tom Fontana, and are bookended by the wisely sardonic observations of paraplegic prisoner Augustus Hill (Harold Perrineau), whose terse, philosophical ruminations about life in "Oz" give the series its literate edge. The 2000-2001 season finds Oz in the wake of racial warfare; tensions remain high among the factions that make the "Em City" cell block a hotbed of seething animosity among the skinhead Aryans led by Shillinger (J.K. Simmons); Muslim splinter groups led by Kareem Said (Eamonn Walker), the fearsome Adebisi (Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje) and Supreme Allah (Lord Jamar); and the resident Mafia, Latinos, and lowlifes who make up Em City's embroiled population of newcomers, hard-timers, and death-row inmates. Unit Administrator McManus (Terry Kinney) sets up a centrally located penalty cage for anyone who causes outbreaks of violence (which are shockingly frequent and frequently lethal), but loses his job in a mid-season plot development that spins Oz into a maelstrom of internal politics and brutal retaliation. Through it all, Fontana and his collaborators (including guest director Steve Buscemi) maintain impressive focus on dozens of finely drawn characters. Laced with homosexual tension, jealousies, religious fervor, and threats of betrayal, the season's most compelling conflicts involve impulsive killer Ryan O'Reily (played with cagey menace by Dean Winters) and his brain-damaged half-brother Cyril (Scott William Winters); and the manipulative Keller (Christopher Meloni) and his prison lover Toby Beecher (Lee Tergesen), a lawyer and convicted murderer whose survival seems perpetually uncertain. Tenuous order is barely maintained by warden Glynn (Ernie Hudson) and Catholic counselor "Sister Pete" (Rita Moreno), but the bulk of Oz's fourth season is devoted to chaos, as shifting loyalties keep all prisoners (and all viewers) in a state of anxious anticipation. The criminal histories of many inmates are shown in flashback, and one death-row scenario (involving guest star Kathryn Erbe) reaches its inevitable conclusion. By the time episode 16 ends with a blazing inferno, you'll be wondering about the fate of Rev. Cloutier (Luke Perry) and anxious for the tumultuous events of season 5. (Commentary accompanies two episodes: Fontana and Moreno offer informative anecdotes on "You Bet Your Life," but the Fontana/Winters/Tergesen commentary on "Famous Last Words" is raucously undisciplined and for hardcore Oz fans only.)--Jeff Shannon
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 Fantastic Show, Imperfect Season August 10, 2010
kev (Austin, TX USA)
Along with 'The Wire', 'The Shield', and 'Six Feet Under', 'Oz' is one of the best television series ever created. I don't feel there is any question to this. The fourth season marks a dramatic, dark turn for many of our beloved characters and sees others mysteriously disappear altogether, like Officer Wittlesy who just "happens" to flitter off to London.
As I watched this jam-packed season, I couldn't help but feel that there was just too much going on. I agree with the other reviewers that at a certain point the murders throughout the season become almost laughable in their frequency. I suppose that is part of the show, but it is taken to the extreme in the fourth season.
However, I still have to give this season 4 stars because it is classic television. I watched the entire 16 episodes in 4 days. It's that gripping.
 Good Series, Bad Discs August 4, 2010
sdsskater23
I've been buying from amazon for a couple years now and have had very few problems, but unfortunately when I got this season of Oz I was shocked to see that it had scratches on almost every disc. I bought this brand new and I expected perfect disc quality with great playability, but I got a couple episodes that skip or don't play certain sections. I've tried playing them on all my players, but to my dismay I've had no luck of playing those parts. Overall, from the select episodes I've seen, I loved this season and the characters and their relationships are developed quite well. All and all I was happy with the season, but disappointed with the discs.
 oz August 3, 2010
yasi
This series is intense. Every moment is breathtaking, you are constantly on edge anticipating the action. Loved it!
OZ Complete fourth season June 24, 2010
Ashlee Temple
This item came really fast to me. It works really good! it looks like brand new copies!! i would buy from this person again. Excellent service!
 Skippy March 7, 2010
Jmaybrick (New York)
I bought the fourth set of the series at Wal-Mart for $14.88 which is not a bad deal for sixteen hours of play. Like another person who submitted a review, I also have experienced skips on the set I purchased. I handled them carefully to make sure I didn't damage them, but nonetheless they skip. It's not a bad problem, but I paid under fifteen dollars for my copy. I would be disappointed had I paid over thirty.
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