Oz (TV Series)

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Original title: Oz (TV Series)
Year: 1997
Running time: 60 min.
Country: United States
Director: Tom Fontana (Creator), Nick Gomez, Adam Bernstein, Alex Zakrzewski, Jean de Segonzac, Darnell Martin, Keith Samples, J. Miller Tobin, Mary Harron
Screenwriter: Tom Fontana, Bradford Winters, Sunil Nayar, Sean Jablonski, Sean Whitesell
Music: David Darlington, Steven Rosen
Cinematography: Alex Zakrzewski, Glenn Kershaw, Jean de Segonzac
Cast: Ernie Hudson, Harold Perrineau, Lee Tergesen, J.K. Simmons, Dean Winters, Terry Kinney, Rita Moreno, George Morfogen, Eamonn Walker, BD Wong, Kirk Acevedo, Tom Mardirosian, Tony Musante, Philip Scozzarella, Lauren Vélez, Scott William Winters, Chuck Zito, Otto Sanchez, Christopher Meloni, Granville Adams, Craig muMs Grant, Carl DiMaggio, Robert Clohessy, Evan Seinfeld, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Timothy L. Brown, Kristin Rohde, R.E. Rodgers, Zeljko Ivanek, David Zayas, Steven Wishnoff, Sean Dugan, Edie Falco, J.D. Williams, Michael Wright, Anthony Chisholm, Betty Buckley, Kathryn Erbe, Philip Casnoff, Luis Guzmán, Lance Reddick, Charles S. Dutton, Peter Benson, Andy Powers
Producer: Broadcasting by Home Box Office (HBO)
Genre: TV Series. Drama. Thriller | Prison Drama. Drugs
Official Site: https://www.hbo.com/oz/
Synopsis / Plot: TV Series (1997-2003). Oz is the name on the street for the Oswald State Penitentiary. Our wheelchair-bound narrator Augustus Hill (Harold Perrineau Jr.) takes us through the wacky world of Emerald City, the experimental unit started by Tim McManus (Terry Kinney).

Awards: 1998: Emmy Awards: Nominated to Best Outstanding Guest Actor (Dutton) and Casting

2000: Producers Guild Awards (PGA): Nominated for Best TV Series - Drama

1999: Writers Guild of America (WGA): Nominated for Best Screenplay in Episodic Drama

Critics' reviews

"[The] series pushes TV’s content envelope in daring ways (...) [There is] a lot to admire about 'Oz'. It looks and feels like the real thing."

Ray Richmond: Variety
"At its worst 'Oz' (...) looks as if it had been conjured up by adolescent boys trying to gross each other out. At its best, though, 'Oz' has elements of Greek drama"

Dinitia Smith: The New York Times
"There’s no place like 'Oz'. No place on TV, at least (...) Its jolts are genuine, and it breaks new TV ground every week"

Entertainment Weekly
"This series is one of the reasons that HBO is simply the best network on television."

Jeremy Conrad: IGN
"[Fontana's] dense plotting and richly drawn characters cover every aspect of prison life with palpable intensity and detail"

Scott Tobias: AV Club
"Profoundly disturbing, it's a show that you don't want to miss (...) There is, with good reason, still nothing on television quite like it."

Kathy Sweeney: The Guardian
"One of the best ensembles in recent TV history, this is nigh-on faultless, and relentlessly entertaining (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"

Kat Brown: Empire

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