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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: Unrated
Binding: DVD
EAN: 9786305971757
Format: Color, DVD, Full Screen, NTSC
ISBN: 6305971757
Label: Starz / Anchor Bay
Languages: EnglishOriginal LanguageDolby Digital 2.0 Mono
Manufacturer: Starz / Anchor Bay
Number Of Items: 1
Picture Format: Pan & Scan
Publisher: Starz / Anchor Bay
Release Date: September 19, 2000
Running Time: 96 minutes
Studio: Starz / Anchor Bay
Theatrical Release Date: September 18, 1986
Editorial Review:
Amazon.com:
Though Hill Street Blues got all the awards and Miami Vice got all the attention, for some viewers it's the short-lived Crime Story (the second series produced by Vice's Michael Mann) that stands as tall as the great cop show of the 1980s. Set to a gritty rock & roll beat--with Del Shannon's "Runaway" providing the perfect theme song--the series chronicled the early '60s rise of gangster Ray Luca (Anthony John Dennison) and his hounding by hard-boiled policeman Michael Torrello (Denis Farina, who will never have another part this good). Save for the show's eventual relocation to Las Vegas, the Chicago-based pilot, expertly helmed by cult director Abel Ferrara, lines up all the elements that made Crime Story a classic: vivid performances, slick photography, brutal violence, and a genuine sense of the moral murk cops can be sucked into when they feel that any method is justified. Indeed, it's often Torrello, given to back-alley beatings and possessive stares at his wife (Darlanne Fleugel), who seems the scarier of the two leads; Luca kills without compunction, but with an assassin's dispassionate celerity. Such complexity, combined with the exciting action scenes, makes for wonderful viewing, however much it hurt with the Nielsen ratings. --Bruce Reid
Description:
Chicago, 1963: Lieutenant Mike Torello (Dennis Farina) is a hair-triggered cop who can bend the law and pummel punks in the same breath. Ray Luca (Anthony Denison) is a ruthless young gangster on the rise in the vicious Chicago underworld. Together, these two desperate men will turn the streets of Chicago into their own personal battlefield of justice, revenge, and murder. David Caruso, Stephen Lang, Darlanne Fluegel, and Bill Campbell co-star in this stunning pilot feature from executive producer Michael Mann (Miami Vice, Heat) and director Abel Ferrara (King of New York, Fear City) that launched the cult classic television series.
Average Rating: 
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Don't be fooled by these other reviews. I've bought the DVD sets, all of the CRIME STORY series, and the quality is terrible, practically a blurred picture, not really worth the purchase price. I was awefully disappointed and never watched more than the first show on the first disc. And I see these used sellers are charging four times the original price. Don't do it. Don't be ripped off. The quality is worse than your memories of the show.
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I love Crime Story. I grew up watching it as a kid and I'am glad I finally found it at Amazon. This pilot movie rock and rolls. Really gets you in the mood to watch the series coming out November 4, 2003.
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Crime Story. It was Miami Vice but for Italians. If you don't know what I'm saying then forgedboudit!!! The only reason the Soprano's is good is because Crime Story paved the way. Every Italian household should have a poster of Crime Story next to their framed pictures of the Pope and Elvis Presley.
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Crime Story is a a lean, mean cop show drama that features politically incorrect police officers battling it out with nasty criminals.
It's a testimony to Michael Mann's reputation at the time that Crime Story was even greenlighted. NBC would have never gone for the casting of Dennis Farina, with his pockmarked face and lack of acting experience, had Mann been a neophyte producer with no proven track record. The choice of cult film director Abel Ferrara (pre-Bad Lieutenant) must have also ... Read More
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Oh my Gawd!! I had no idea this was on DVD!! This was one of the best TV shows of the '80s and deserved a longer life. If you're thinking of getting it do not hesitate. Get it. You won't regret it. Now, if we could just PLEASE get ABC's 1991 drama "Homefront" on video life would be just about perfect. :)
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