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Deadwood: Season Two
Genre: Drama

Reviewed In Issue 108 (May 2006) Of Widescreen Review®

Stars:
Timothy Olyphant, Ian McShane, Molly Parker, Jim Beaver, Kim Dickens, Brad Dourif, Anna Gunn, John Hawkes, Jeffrey Jones, Paula Malcomson, Leon Rippy, William Sanderson, Robin Weigert, Powers Boothe, W. Earl Brown & Dayton Callie

WSR Review Scores
WSR Picture Rating: 3.5
DD Sound Rating: 3
DTS Sound Rating: NA
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Critics' Composite Score: 3
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Special Features
Disc One includes an index of the episodes with a brief description of what the episode is about and on what disc you will find it, commentary on episode one with Timothy Olyphant and Ian McShane or with Molly Parker and Anna Gunn, a three-minute recap of Season One, and up-front ads. Disc Two offers the series index and commentary on episode three with series creator David Milch. Disc Three includes the series index and commentary on episode five with executive producer/director Gregg Fienberg and episode seven with Kim Dickens, William Sanderson, and Dayton Callie or with Powers Boothe and Garret Dillahunt. Disc Four also includes the series index and commentary on episode ten with John Hawkes and Paula Malcomson. And Disc Five also includes the series index and commentary on episode eleven with Timothy Olyphant and Anna Gunn or with Ian McShane and Paula Malcomson. The supplemental Disc Six includes the 21-minute "The Real Deadwood 1877 Historical Featurette"; another featurette on the "Making Of Episode 12, Boy-The-Earth-Talks-To" broken into three parts


 DVD General Information

(Studio/Distributor): HBO Video
(Catalog Number): 92779
(MPAA Rating): Not Rated
(Rating Reason):

(Retail Price): $99.98
(DVD Type): Six-Disc Set: DVD-9
(Widescreen Edition): Yes
(Full Screen Edition): No
(Anamorphic Widescreen): Yes
(Running Time In Minutes): 615
(Color Type): Color
(Chaptered/Scene Access): Yes
(Closed Captioned): Yes
(Regional Coding): 1
(Theatrical Year): 2005
(Theatrical Release): No
(Direct-To-Video Release): Yes
(DVD Release Date): 05/23/06
(THX® Digitally Mastered): No

 Credits Information

(Director): Ed Bianchi, Steve Shill, Alan Taylor, Gregg Fienberg, Michael Almereyda, Tim Van Patten & Daniel Minahan
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  WSR Narrative Review
Story Synopsis:
Created by David Milch, the Emmy

DVD Picture:
As with Season One, the anamorphically enhanced 1.78:1 DVDs have an appropriate

Soundtrack:
Like the first season