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Oz (TV Series)

HBO Classics

Oz

1997

Tom Fontana (Creator), Nick Gomez ...

Ernie Hudson, Harold Perrineau, Lee Tergesen, J.K. Simmons ...

7.9

5,999

TV Series. Drama. Thriller TV Series (1997-2003). 6 Seasons. 56 Episodes. 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).

	Author	Review
United States	Ray Richmond Variety	"[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."	POS
United Kingdom	Kathy Sweeney The Guardian	"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."	POS
United Kingdom	Kat Brown Empire	"One of the best ensembles in recent TV history, this is nigh-on faultless, and relentlessly entertaining (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United States	Dinitia Smith The New York Times	"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"	NEU
United States	Bruce Fretts Entertainment Weekly	"There’s no place like 'Oz'. No place on TV, at least (...) Its jolts are genuine, and it breaks new TV ground every week"	POS
United States	Jeremy Conrad IGN	"This series is one of the reasons that HBO is simply the best network on television."	POS
United States	Scott Tobias AV Club	"[Fontana's] dense plotting and richly drawn characters cover every aspect of prison life with palpable intensity and detail"	POS

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