Carnivale Series 1 DVD

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Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play Like a cross between TWIN PEAKS & THE GRAPES OF WRATH HBO&s acclaimed television drama CARNIVALE fashions an allegorical fable about the mythic battle of good & evil set against the surreal backdrop of a Depression-era travelling circus Having lost both his farm & family to the 1930s Dust Bowl recent prison escapee Ben Hawkins (Nick Stahl IN THE BEDROOM BULLY) joins an itinerant carnival in a desperate bid to escape poverty the police & his own discomfort with his miraculous healing powers Ben&s story is juxtaposed with that of California preacher Justin Crowe (Clancy Brown THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION) whose evangelical ministries with sister Iris (Amy Madigan) take on increasingly sinister overtones & hint at an eventual confrontation between himself & young Hawkins--whose fate seems somehow intertwined with his own through the mysterious figure of former circus showman Henry Scudder (John Savage) As the series leisurely builds to this apocalyptic showdown there is much drama to be found in the daily goings-on of the carnival denizens Lorded over by the pint-sized Samson (TWIN PEAKS& Michael J Anderson) & the strangely unseen Management the ragtag collection of sideshow freaks features blind soothsayer Lodz (Patrick Bauchau); his bearded-lady companion Lila (Debra Christofferson); matronly snake charmer Ruthie (Adrienne Barbeau); her strongman son Gabriel (Brian Turk); Siamese twins Alexandria & Caledonia (Karyne & Sarah Steben); the lizard-man Gecko (notorious NEA Four performance artist John Fleck); & most intriguingly catatonic tarot-card reader Apollonia (Diane Salinger) who communicates telepathically with her sensitive but troubled daughter Sophie (Clea Du Vall) Rounding out the eccentric troupe are wounded former baseball-player-turned-roustabout Jonesy (Tim De Kay) & a family of strippers & prostitutes comprised of mother Rita Sue (Cynthia Ettinger); her daughters Libby (Carla Gallo) & Dora Mae (Amanda Aday); & their pimpish father Stumpy (Toby Huss) Creator Daniel Knauf surrounds this impressive cast with impeccable period-piece production design a rotating roster of directorial talent that

Includes:: Alison Maclean (JESUS& SON) & Rodrigo Garcia (fittingly son of magical-realist writer Gabriel Garcia Marquez) & innovative storytelling that is at once supremely creepy intellectually provocative & emotionally gripping This collection

Includes:: all 12 episodes of the series& highly addictive first season Rated Suitable for 15 years & over