ENTOURAGE OFFER :3 DVD SETS
1- Entourage Complete First Season 2 DISCS
2- Entourage Complete Second Season 3 DISCS
3- Entourage Third Season Pt.1 3 DISCS
Entourage Complete First Season 2 DISCS
Entourage is everything viewers have
come to expect from an HBO series: smart, hilarious, and highly addictive,
especially when taken in full-season, DVD form. As implied in the title, the
show follows Vincent Chase (Adrian Grenier), a rising Hollywood star with
bedroom eyes and an over-active libido, along with his three childhood
companions-turned-hangers-on. Kevin Dillon plays Johnny Drama, Vincent's
less-attractive, B-list actor of a brother (he is Matt Dillon's less-attractive,
B-list actor of a brother in real life). Jerry Ferrara plays Turtle, the weasel,
and Kevin Connolly appears as Eric, the Everyman hero who hopes to parlay his
friendship with Vincent (plus two years of community college) into a career in
talent management. Along the way Eric contends with the predictable self-doubt,
romantic indecision, etc. The cast is rounded out by Jeremy Piven (Doug Hughley
from Singles) as a
foul-mouthed agent reminiscent of Jay Mohr's short-lived Peter Dragon character.
Finally, it's produced by Marky Mark himself--and you've got to believe that guy
knows something about the star-entourage relationship. If possible, watch with a
friend so you'll have someone to quote lines back to later. --Leah
Weathersby
Jeremy Piven, Kevin Dillion, Adrian
Grenier. Includes Talk Show" (8/1/04), The Script and the Sherpa" (8/15/04), The
Scene" (8/29/04) and 5 more for a total of 8 episodes on 2 DVDs. 2004/color/4
hrs/NR.
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Entourage Complete Second Season 3 DISCS
The most clever thing producers did with
the second season of Entourage, HBO's hip and hilariously accurate
depiction of Hollywood, was to take the boys out of Hollywood. Sending
star-on-the-rise Vincent Chase (Adrian Grenier) and his boys from Queens (hence
the title of the show) into places like Sundance and ComiCon created a whole new
treasure trove of inside jokes, and for that we thank them. The usual clutter of
celeb cameos abound (Hugh Hefner, Pauly Shore, Ralph Macchio,), but one main
story arc takes up the entire season: Vincent's casting in Aquaman, the
big-budget movie he didn't want to star in, and then had to vie against Leonardo
DiCaprio to get. Mandy Moore turns up as the only girl who ever broke Vince's
heart (on the set of A Walk to Remember, allegedly) and now re-enters his
life as his Aquagirl, while James Cameron makes a few appearances as director of
the superhero project. In the meantime, Turtle (Jerry Ferrara) goes from moocher
to music manager, Eric (Kevin Connolly) gets courted to be a big-time agent, and
Johnny "Drama" (Kevin Dillon, ever the punchline) ponders calf implants and gets
fired from a Movie of the Week with Brooke Shields. The biggest turn of events,
however, happens to Vince's slick agent Ari Gold (an Emmy-worthy Jeremy Piven),
who pulls a Jerry Maguire by the end of the season. Ari's ability to switch
sides on a dime -- that is, to choke up at his daughter's bat mitzvah, then
manipulate the family moment into a publicity stunt to lure his client away from
a rival, continues to make Piven the firecracker of the bunch. Grenier is
slightly less vacuous than last season, but still has the least interesting
personality (which could be the point of the show--that it takes a village to
make any Joe Actor into a movie star) .
Unfortunately the DVD features no commentary and just one extra: Executive Producer Mark Wahlberg, on whom the show is based, interviews the cast and producers. The banter is interesting enough, but Wahlberg makes such a dull interviewer it's certain we won't see a talk-show host career in Vince's future. --Ellen A. Kim
After three months shooting an indie film
in the Big Apple, the boys are back in La-la-land. Eric is officially Vince?s
manager, Turtle is running the house, Drama is hoping to enhance his onscreen
assets...and Ari is pushing a blockbuster superhero role for his golden-boy
client.
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Entourage Third Season Part 1 3 DISCS
The third season of HBO's inside-showbiz
comedy kicks off with a familiar anxiety for Tinseltown's best: your film's
opening-weekend box office. In the case of Vince (Adrian Grenier) and company,
it's Aquaman, Vince's big break that took up most of last season and
elevated the group to even bigger perks and tchotchkes. Luckily, the numbers are
good (creator Doug Ellin reveals in the commentary that the episode was inspired
by his friend who was with Tobey Maguire when he first heard Spider-Man's
opening numbers) and Vince uses the leverage to chase his dream project, a
biopic of Pablo Escobar called Medellin. But first he has to schmooze the
film's eccentric producer who's strangely attached to his Shrek doll (Bruno
Kirby, in his last role before his death in 2006) and juggle scheduling
conflicts with the Aquaman sequel, which leads to an ego war with Warner
studio chief Allen Grey (Paul Ben-Victor). Meanwhile, Turtle's (Jerry Ferrara)
management of upstart rapper Saigon takes some sharp turns; Eric (Kevin
Connolly) finds his relationship with Sloan (Emmanuelle Chiriqui) on shaky
ground; and Johnny "Drama" Chase (Kevin Dillon) gets to audition for a
television pilot directed by Ed Burns (playing himself). But the overarching
storyline for season 3 involves Vince's agent Ari Gold (Emmy winner Jeremy
Piven), who was canned last season by his agency. Taking his flamboyant,
hilarious assistant Lloyd (Rex Lee) with him, Ari goes about setting up his own
firm, but not before drawing fire from the mafia of other agents and threatening
his relationship with star client Vince. The only weak storyline involves an old
childhood pal (Domenick Lombardozzi), fresh out of prison, trying to nudge his
way into Vince's gang. But otherwise the show's inside look at the baptism of
the newly famous continues to tickle the funny bone.
As usual, Entourage sprinkles in cameos, including Crash
director Paul Haggis hilariously playing himself as a wound-up neurotic ("If I
let contracts run my life, I'd still be doing The Facts of Life rather
than hanging with my boys," he says as he points to his Oscars). James Woods
filches Aquaman premiere tickets for his friends, and Seth Green gets in
a rumble with Eric in the episode "Vegas Baby Vegas." Extras are still scant:
just three commentaries and a featurette on their Vegas-location episode.
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With Vince's star expected to rise even
higher in the Hollywood firmament as a result of his starring role in a
potential blockbuster titled Aquaman, the boys must find a way to keep stroking
their golden goose while making sound decisions for a long-lasting career in a
world of fleeting fame.
DVD Features:
Audio Commentary:3 Audio Commentaries by
Executive Producer/Creator Doug Ellin, Kevin Dilllon, & Jerry
Ferrara
Featurette:Go behind the scenes with cast & crew on
location in Vegas!
CONDITION: Used like new. Mint Condition, every disc flawless.
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