"the Grid" ... 2 DVDs in einem hervorragenden Zustand ... 10 EUR all incl.!!!
Hoch-aktuelle US-Mini-Serie (2004) mit einer Laufzeit von 265 Minuten!!!
Leute, die "24", "Alias" oder "Traffic" mögen, werden bei "the Grid" sicher auch auf ihre Kosten kommen!
Sehr schöne 2-DVD-Version der Miniserie von 20th Century Fox in hervorragender Bild- und Tonqualität. Disc 1 enthält die Folgen "Hour One/Two" und "Hour Three", Disc 2 "Hour Four" sowie "Hour Five/Six" mit dem jeweils zugehörigen Bonusmaterial.
Zu der hochkarätigen Besetzung gehören Dylan McDermott ("M.A.R.K. 13" / TV´s "the Practice"), Julianna Margulies ("Ghost Ship" / TV´s "ER"), Bernard Hill ("Lord of the Rings" / "Gothica"), Tom Skerritt ("Top Gun" / "Tears of the Sun"), James Remar ("Blade: Trinity" / "48 Hours") und viele mehr ... Regie führte Mikael Solomon ("Salem´s Lot" 2004)!
Inhalt:
The Grid, a six hour miniseries, is as timely as today's newspapers. The subject matter of this fictional drama is terrorism and the counter-terrorism efforts of agencies of the United States and British governments--the FBI, the CIA, the NSC, MI5, MI6. Based on the first couple of hours, it might be difficult to keep the agencies and their numerous operatives sorted out, but one thing is made clear: the squabbles and turf wars among U.S. agencies and between the British and the American agencies (which seem not to be exaggerated in view of recent events) let the terrorists run circles around them.
The precipitating event is the accidental release of sarin, a nerve gas, in London, killing more than a dozen people. The intention of the terrorists who botched the job was to release the gas at a conference of Muslims and Jews where there would have been far more victims. In response, National Security Council Deputy Director Maren Jackson (Julianna Margulies) is set up with FBI Special Agent Max Canary (Dylan McDermott) and CIA analyst Raza Michaels (Piter Marek) as a special team, answering only to the director of the NSC, so as to avoid inter-agency friction. But Michaels' boss at the CIA, Acton Sandman (Tom Skerritt) has no intention of ceding an inch to the inter-agency team. On the British side, the key players are Emily Tuthill (Jemma Redgrave) from MI6 and Derek Jennings (Bernard Hill) from MI5.
But that's just the half of it. On the terrorist side there's a one-time Al Qaeda and still militant Muslim, "Mohammed" (Alki David) and his deputy, Dr. Raghid Mutar (Silas Carson), also former Al Qaeda, but now deeply concerned about the violence and death the militants are unleashing. Their differences allow the show to suggest that the terrorists are the extremists of the Muslim world and that not all Muslims endorse the violence. There's also a wealthy Saudi who's funding Mohammed's efforts, an American Muslim from Dearborn, MI, and a Muslim Swiss banker.
The story jumps back and forth between terrorists and counter-terrorists, between the British and the Americans, and, geographically, all over the map--New York, Washington, London, Cairo, Zurich, Kazakhstan, Lagos, Yemen--at a near-dizzying pace. But the broad storyline is kept remarkably clear, and the unfolding events maintain both interest and momentum.
Zur DVD:
Because “The Grid” was featured as a special TV miniseries, the 2-disc DVD release triggers a sigh of relief for fans that wish to add the six-hour drama to their overflowing collection of DVDs. Presented in a 1.17:1 widescreen video transfer and boasting the usual 5.1 Dolby Digital audio track, “The Grid” allocates three episodes to each disc along with a few hours of special features. Disc one includes a full-length audio commentary by Salomon and executive producer Tracey Alexander for episode three and scene specific commentaries by McDermott and Margulies on episodes one and two. The first commentary is a welcome discussion on the production of the series while the two stars barely make a peep during their individual scenes. Also included on the first disc are nine deleted scenes that are both short and unnecessary, and the featurette “Decoding the Grid” with cast and crew interviews on the origin of the series.
The special features that accompany the last three episodes on disc two are similar to those that appear on the first disc, including another director/producer commentary (this time for episode four), equally disappointing scene specific commentaries (again by McDermott and Margulies) for hours five and six, four deleted scenes and two production featurettes. “VFX: Secrets of the Grid” is a very cool, but short post-production special effects documentary on the use of SFX in the making-of the series and “Racing Against Time” is a slightly longer featurette that discusses the many budget problems the production team was struck with during the rushed filming of the project.
Regionalcode: 1
TV-Norm: NTSC
Bildformat: 1,78:1
Tonformat: Englisch (Dolby Digital 5.1)
Freigabe: Unrated
Untertitel:
Englisch
Französisch
Spanisch
Extras:
- Audiokommentar von Regisseur Mikael Salomon und Produzentin Tracey Alexander ("Hour 3 & 4")
- zusätzlicher Audiokommentar für ausgewählte Szenen der Hauptdarsteller Dylan McDermott und Julianna Margulies
- "Decoding the Grid" Featurette
- "Race against Time" Featurette
- "VFX: Secrets of the Grid" Featurette
- Deleted Scenes
