DVD : Brotherhood - The Complete First Season

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DVD : Brotherhood - The Complete First Season

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Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
Brand: Paramount
EAN: 0097368507845
Format: AC-3, Box set, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Widescreen, NTSC
Item Dimensions: 60
Label: Showtime Ent.
Languages: EnglishOriginal LanguageDolby Digital 2.0 StereoEnglishSubtitled
Manufacturer: Showtime Ent.
MPN: PARD850784D
Number Of Items: 3
Publisher: Showtime Ent.
Region Code: 1
Release Date: September 26, 2006
Running Time: 583 minutes
Studio: Showtime Ent.
Theatrical Release Date: 2006

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Editorial Review:

Product Description:
Welcome to the hill an irish working-class neighborhood of providence ri - a place where mothers choose favorites & friends are won & lost by the deals they make. And while tommy caffee is a rising star in politics michael caffee seeks power the only way he knows how - in the gritty underworld of violence & crime. Studio: Paramount Home Video Release Date: 09/26/2006 Starring: Jason Isaacs Annabeth Gish Run time: 583 minutes Rating: Nr

Amazon.com:
This riveting Showtime series puts a familial spin on Angels with Dirty Faces, the 1938 James Cagney-Pat O’Brien classic in which two childhood friends take divergent paths–one becomes a priest, and the other a hoodlum. In Brotherhood, Michael Caffee (Jason Clarke) is an idealistic and respectable Rhode Island state representative dedicated to the preservation of his close-knit lower-middle-class Irish neighborhood, the Hill. His older brother, Michael (Jason Isaacs), is a gangster who returns home after a seven-year absence (one step ahead of a hit, two steps ahead of the Feds) to pick up where he left off. The stage is set for backroom skullduggery and mean streets thuggery, as both men pursue their visions of the American dream on opposite sides of the law. At the heart of this series is the conflict between the estranged brothers. With the exception of clueless matriarch MaryRose (Fionnula Flanagan), Michael is not exactly received with open arms. “You’re a tornado,” Tommy tells him early on. “You suck everything in and spit it out broken.” Indeed, the man is a psychopath. When a henchman of neighborhood mob boss Freddie Cork (Kevin Chapman) threatens a woman, Michael not only repeatedly bashes his head against a car, but for the coup de grace, cuts off his ear. In one gut-wrenching scene, he compels a woman to sell him her store by inducing her mentally challenged brother to play Russian Roulette. No wonder Tommy insists, “We’re not the same in any way.” But don’t be too sure. Michael is a good man and devoted father and husband, but he isn’t above (or beneath) using Michael’s inside information to blackmail a stubborn colleague who won’t vote his way on a freeway project that could destroy the Hill.

As the season unfolds, he will be forced to make more ethically challenged deals with the powers behind the scenes, one of whom has a mysterious connection with his mother. Brotherhood mines the clash between personal and professional lives to flesh out its characters. “The people’s business” doesn’t pay well, and Tommy is forced to moonlight as a real estate developer, and perform all home repairs. Eileen (Annabeth Gish), his picture-perfect politician’s wife, smokes pot and is having an affair with a man she knew in high school. Declan Gigg (Ethan Embry) is a conflicted policeman who grew up with the Caffees. Comparisons with The Sopranos are inevitable, but Brotherhood quickly establishes its own unique voice, if not accent. –Donald Liebenson

Customer Reviews
Average Rating: out of 5 stars

Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - Not to be Missed
A Show time production was a great pick to get caught up in the world of politics and crime lords- or local hoodlums scraping for every nickel. Brotherhood is a very entertaining program that invites the viewer into the main characters homes, families and lives played out with every twist and turn to keep you wondering who is going to be next?

Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - Brotherhood is a crime to miss
Just like “Weeds”, what a great series. That’s filmed in one of the best states on the planet (RI). Brotherhood has an incredible cast that you even up having real emotion for. keep it up Showtime!!

Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - A rare, “off-your-radar” series
Wow, what a season. After finishing S1 of Brotherhood, I can fully appreciate what it truly is, that being one of the strongest shows out today.

Initially, it seemed a mish-mash of The Wire, The Sopranos, and a little dash of The Shield (and I’m not saying I don’t love each of those series as well, but I wasnt feeling anything “new”), but it has developed into its own powerful entity that is almost completely independent of anything else.

This has turned into one of … Read More

Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - Complex and Riveting Cable Drama
Ever since I started working in television back in summer 2000, my actual TV viewing for leisure has become rare. It’s not by choice, but a problem with time. I actually love the boob tube, and occasionally I catch a show or two when I get the chance. But many viewers and critics argue that pay cable television is where today’s best programs are. That is where a major problem lies for me. I’ve been on the outs with pay cable for many years now.

Then came the recent TV on DVD explosion. … Read More

Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - a great show of family
Brotherhood is was of the best television shows that has come out recently. I was a big fan of the Sopranos and they are not alike. Jason Clark and Anna Beth Gish are fantastic as the troubled wife and ambitious politician. Jason Isaacs however is brilliant in his part. People need to understand that they are developing his character. This is only the first season and he is working his way up the food chain. People critisize this show because Jason Isaacs part is not tough enough and should already … Read More

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