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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1Audience Rating: NC-17 Binding: DVD Brand: Sony EAN: 0043396075405 Format: Color, DVD-Video, Full Screen, NTSC Item Dimensions: Label: Sony Pictures Languages: Manufacturer: Sony Pictures MPN: 07540 Number Of Items: 2 Publisher: Sony Pictures Region Code: 99 Release Date: February 21, 2006 Running Time: 299 minutes Studio: Sony Pictures Theatrical Release Date: September 16, 1999 Editorial Review: Product Description: Jay Mohr stars as Peter Dragon in ''Action'' the comedy series about a film exec who hits bottom and finds the only person who will help him get his company back on track is ex-child star turned hooker Wendy Ward (Illeana Douglas).System Requirements:Running Time: 299 MinFormat: DVD MOVIE Genre: TELEVISION/SERIES & SEQUELS Rating: NR UPC: 043396075405 Manufacturer No: 07540 Amazon.com: Immoral, politically incorrect, and fiercely funny, Action: The Complete Series is a timeless comedy focusing on a group of Hollywood insiders whose moral compass has spun out of control. Led by uber-producer Peter Dragon (Jay Mohr), the series' first and only season ferociously lampoons the sleaziness of modern-day Hollywood. Dragon--seemingly the separated-at-birth brother of slimy uber-agent Bob Sugar (also played by Mohr) from Jerry Maguire--is a jerk who pretends to be gay when it's convenient and doesn't understand why Salma Hayek (playing herself) would slap him silly for making inappropriate suggestions during an earlier audition. In Dragon's lair, sexual harassment is an inconvenience, the screenwriter is an afterthought, and a movie isn't a film unless it's got mega-explosions. Mohr and Illeana Douglas (portraying an ex-child star turned prostitute turned studio executive) are a joy to watch. When a sycophantic colleague accuses Dragon of promoting a hooker over him, he calmly says, "She's my prostitute. You're my whore." A subtle difference, yes, but one that makes a world of difference in Hollywood. If there's a plus side to this topnotch series being canceled in 1999, it's that the writers didn't have time to let the show disintegrate into hackneyed clichés. There is no warm-hearted parable to justify the nasty means--just a lot of quick-witted dialogue and an excellent ensemble cast that makes viewers enjoy the characters despite (or should that be because of?) their numerous flaws. --Jae-Ha Kim Average Rating:
 Rating:  - Now I want to see "Beverly Hills Gun Club""Action" is yet another one of those great TV series that you've never heard of because it got cancelled almost as soon as it began. The 13 episodes of this series tell the continuing story of Hollywood movie producer Peter Dragon (Jay Mohr) and his attempts to make the seemingly doomed action film "Beverly Hills Gun Club" (the description of which sounds so incredibly bad and trashy that if it really existed I would be the first in line at the cinema to see it) by "selling his soul to the devil ... Read More Rating: - Oh, the lines!"I don't know if I have a price for that" - Wendy Ward, working girl, as Peter Dragon says he's going to throw up on her feet. (At that point in the first episode, I knew they were on to something big!) "I prefer to think of the sack being half full" - Buddy Hackett in his deadpan innocence. "You're threatening me? That's a laugh... I'm seventy-nine years old. I've got one kidney, one ball and one lung. I take Viagra just to keep from peeing on my shoes, and you're threatening ... Read More Rating: - ACTION!Although the series starring Jay Mohr was short-lived, it was packed with non-stop funny. Illeana Douglas was terrific as a bright, witty call girl-turned production executive. Both Jarrad Paul and Jack Plotnick are perfectly cast in supporting roles as is Lee Arenberg who always excels. As this is a racy, raunchy, sexy take on the movie industry, it is definitely for adults only! Rating: - Action was too good for televisionIn the first minute of "Action", producer Peter Dragon dresses down a caterer with a series of F-bombs. The caterer's crime? He told Peter Dragon that he was in his parking spot. Jay Mohr was born to play the part of Peter, a producer whose latest action film has just become a complete flop. Now Peter needs to make a hit film, and fast, so that he can regain all of the perks of being a hot Hollywood producer. Along the way he will hire a prostitute as his assistant director, court financing from ... Read More Rating: - TOO FUNNY!TOO BAD THIS ONE WASNT MADE ON HBO AS IT MIGHT HAVE SURVIVED LONGER. PETER DRAGON CHARACTER IS ABOUT AS FUNNY AS IT GETS. ITS AMAZING THIS ONE AIRED ON NETWORK TV BUT ITS UNEDITED HERE AND NO BLEEPS IN IT. IT ONLY LASTED 13 EPIDSODES SO THIS IS COMLETE. I WILL WATCH THIS ONE DOWN THE ROAD AGAIN CAUSE IT WAS FUNNY. SO THAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN THE PERFECT AMOUNT OF EPIDSODES AS IT WAS JUST TOO FUNNY TO CONTINUE THAT HILARIOUS PACE. I ENJOYED IT ALOT AND THE EXTRAS ARE GREAT. IT YOU WANT TO SEE A LOOK BEHIND THE ... Read More |
