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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: Unrated
Binding: DVD
EAN: 9781594435171
Format: Box set, Color, DVD-Video, NTSC
ISBN: 1594435170
Label: Goldhill Home Media
Manufacturer: Goldhill Home Media
Number Of Items: 3
Publisher: Goldhill Home Media
Region Code: 1
Release Date: February 24, 2004
Sales Rank: 14917
Studio: Goldhill Home Media
Theatrical Release Date: April 27, 1986
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Editorial Review:
Amazon.com:
For this set, you'd better peel off your trench coat, pour yourself a stiff drink, and get ready for a slick look at the dirty secrets of Deco Era Hollywood with the private dick who knows them all. HBO's Philip Marlowe, Private Eye takes Raymond Chandler's grittiest short stories and transforms them into stylish, atmospheric production pieces. In these six hour-long tales, you're taken on a tough tour through the decaying glamour of Los Angeles, from the mansions and movie studios to the jazz joints and one-night cheap hotels. Every character has a story to tell, and every one of them has a secret to keep. Powers Boothe does a wonderful job bringing the hardest of hard-boiled detectives to life in these colorful cases of corruption and revenge. In early episodes, the supporting players are occasionally overwhelmed by Boothe's talent, but overall, the acting is tight--and Chandler's dialogue is still razor sharp decades after it was written. The stories will keep you guessing until the end...which is exactly what you'd expect from a master of mystery. But the real triumph of the series is in bringing the grim noir morality tales to life, painstakingly re-creating the sweaty streets and penthouse suites of a great city gone to seed. When all the elements come together, you can almost taste the cigarettes, feel the sweat, and smell the aroma of cordite and dime-store perfume. --Grant Balfour
Average Rating: 
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I LOVE this series! I accidentally clicked across an episode on PBS one night and was stunned by its accuracy and quality! I watched all the episodes PBS showed but when I went to find it on DVD I discovered that it had been discontinued by the distributor! I quickly ordered one I had found on Amazon.com and when it arrived I immediately put it into the player and started running through the episodes. Just like any other series some episodes are better than others, but there isn't a single episode ... Read More
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The 3 DVD, 11 episode set of Philip Marlowe Private Eye is a very sweet collection of adaptations from Chandler's short stories. Personally I prefer both Chandler and Dashiell Hammett in short story form and so found this to be an enjoyable series.
A problem with adapting a short story to movie length is filling the time slot. This is a slippery slope as seen with 2002's NO GOOD DEED (A House In Turk Street) which devolved so far away from the original story that it was unrecognizable. ... Read More
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A series that ran on HBO in 5 episodes in 1983 and an additional 6 in 1986, it is probably the best adaption of Raymond Chandler's world weary private eye of them all. Boothe is terrific. The first season the titles are by the renowned Maurice Binder (who did all the best James Bond credits) and many directed by Peter Hunt (Bond film editor and the director of ON HER MAJESTY'S SECRET SERVICE). The second season has new people behind the scenes and new music but there is still Boothe as Marlowe.
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Indeed Powers Boothe is perhaps the best Marlowe and he alone makes the series totally worthwhile. All of the shows are enjoyable but the supporting acting is very uneven. The first 4 shows of the series also show a very limited budget and the video transfers are not the best. However, if you can put these issues aside you are in for a treat as Philip Marlowe comes alive on the screen.
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HBO's Philip Marlowe series is an accurate and enjoyable adaptation of Raymond Chandler's short stories. Some people consider it the most accurate screen adaptation of Marlowe available.
That said, the digital transfer on this edition is mediocre at best, and this should be considered "For hardcore fans only".
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