| Oz was the first one-hour dramatic television series to be produced by HBO. The show, which aired for 6 seasons (1997-2003), is set in a maximum-security prison in an unspecified eastern state in America. Oz is the nickname for the Oswald State Correctional Facility, Level 4. Most of the stories concern Emerald City ("Em City"), a prototype wing where rehabilitation is the goal of the unit manager, and a high body count is the reality of the show.
Oz avoids any easy answers as to the origin of violence and criminality. Even the worst offenders are shown to have moments of humanity, while the supposedly "normal" characters come to commit their own atrocities.
Oz stars many famous actors such as Ernie Hudson, whose character was, unfortunately, killed off in the final season, Christopher Meloni, who plays on Law and Order: Special Victims Unit, Rita Moreno, and B.D. Wong, who also appears in Law and Order: Special Victims Unit.
Oz took advantage of the freedoms of cable television to show material that would be too extreme for networks: coarse language, drug use, violence, male frontal nudity, rape, ethnic and religious conflict.
OZ Complete Seasons 1-5 Boxset Includes:
- All 6 seasons on 18 DVDs
- Audio commentaries
- Biographies
- Deleted scenes
- Episodic previews
- Episodic recaps
- Featurettes
- Music video
- Original cast audition tapes
- Exclusive extended cut of the series finale and more
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