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List Price: $39.98
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Avg. Customer Rating:  (based on 60 reviews)
Sales Rank: 62
Category: DVD
Director: Craig Zisk
Publisher: Hbo Home Video
Studio: Hbo Home Video
Manufacturer: Hbo Home Video
Label: Hbo Home Video
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Ntsc
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Media: DVD
Number Of Items: 2
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.6
Dimensions (in): 7.7 x 5.8 x 0.8
ISBN: 0783120990
UPC: 026359243127
EAN: 0026359243127
ASIN: B0007QS324
Release Date: May 10, 2005
Theatrical Release Date: July 18, 2004
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Editorial Reviews:
Amazon.com
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
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Customer Reviews: Read 55 more reviews...
 Flawless June 26, 2006
I just picked up this show a few days ago and have been unable to stop watching. It is the total package - great characters, great writing, great acting. Everything. Jeremy Piven's Ari Gold is pitch-perfect. I can't imagine anyone else in the role. Pick up this set, watch one guy enjoy his fame, a couple friends mooching, and one guy trying to manage the whole thing. It's awesome.
A Fun First Season of Lavishness, Extravagence, and Celebrity June 24, 2006
Entourage is a show that I still can't believe can be nearly as good as it is. The story follows an up-and-coming movie star named Vince Chase (Adrian Grenier) and his three best friends. Eric "E" Murphy (Kevin Connolly), his manager and only responsible friend, Turtle (Jerry Ferrara), a pot-smoking moocher, and Johnny "Drama" Chase (Kevin Dillon), his older brother and out-of-work C-list actor. The quartet basically spends most of the show hanging out, partying, chasing women, and living the life that most guys can only dream of. Vince is a very good actor, but his looks have cemented him as Hollywood's next big thing, and he quickly changed from a poor boy from Queens into a very wealthy man. Only he and Eric do any actual work while Drama and (especially) Turtle are content to get by on Vince's coattails. They all live together in a huge house full of amazing televisions, the latest video game systems, pinball machines, and a pool. The idea of watching four guys slacking off while living in a way most people can barely even imagine initially turned me off. Still, it began getting great reviews from critics and was embraced by audiences, including my brother. Finally, I decided to check it out. Initially, I disliked it, but I later gave it a second chance towards the end of the second season, and I realized how good the show could be!
On the surface, this show is what I described above, but it isn't nearly as shallow as it might seem. Despite what we are led to believe, the main character is NOT Vince, it's Eric. Eric is definitely playing the straight man against the (hilariously) clueless Drama, lazy and useless Turtle, and the easily-influenced Vince. He must put up with his friends' bad choices as well as Vince's agent Ari Gold (Jeremy Piven), who is one of the show's best characters. Ari is a great agent, but he must sacrifice much of his humanity in order to serve his client (much to the chagrin of his wife). Ari and Eric constantly clash over how to deal with getting Vince his next job; Eric advises against a high-paying but trashy studio picture, which greatly upsets Ari. The main storyline of the season is about how Vince and Eric try to find Vince's next film. Also, Eric must deal with his relationship issues; he tends to get easily attached to the wrong women who end up emotionally abusing him.
One of my favorite aspects of the series is Drama's attempts to break back out onto the scene. Despite Vince's many attempts to help him out, Drama can't seem to get an acting job. Pretty much all he has to look back on is a series called Viking Quest which is now syndicated on the Sci Fi Channel. Of all the main characters, Turtle is by far my least favorite. His role, while necessary to show the worst kind of person who can attach themselves to someone famous, exists to take without giving, provide Vince with drugs, and make fun of Eric. Strangely, the least developed character is Vince himself; he comes off as somewhat of a one-dimensional star who gets hot women without even trying and is completely ignorant about issues of money, which he leaves up to Eric, who can barely bring himself to persuade Vince from buying more expensive (and unneccessary) items even though they don't have a steady income. In fact, Grenier has even said that he wasn't a big fan of the first episode becuase of the way his character is portrayed. And I must say that the first couple episodes are only so-so. If I didn't already know that the quality would dramatically increase in future episodes, I would have given up. However, once the characters' lifestyle is established, the series begins to get better.
I would reccommend this series to anyone who has merely written Entourage off as a guilty pleasure (which is sort of is at times), but if you get a few hours in, you'll see that it is much more than four guys in LA living the high life.
 Reasonably enjoyable but overall pretty bland June 24, 2006
Of all the shows that HBO has done in the past few years, this is overall one of the least interesting. The main characters are fairly likable and Jeremy Piven is outstanding, but all in all not too much happens. A number of reviewers here have used the word "realistic," but how would anyone know? I suspect that much of the appeal is similar to reading People magazine. We voyeuristically get to look into the life of a pretend celebrity and his group of cronies, frequently encountering real celebrities.
Here is the basic problem with the show, however: there are no especially interesting story arcs, no especially funny episodes, and apart from Jeremy Piven character, and no real character development. I have only seen Season One and perhaps it picks up in season two, but based on the first season I have to confess that I am baffled by the widespread attention it is getting. Piven is a delight in every scene he is in, but even performers I have enjoyed in other projects, like my beloved Debi Mazar and the impossible adorable Samaire Armstrong, are at less than their best. One exception to the overall mediocrity of the performers is Kevin Dillon as Johnny Chase, Vincent's brother. Perhaps because he has in real life a better known actor brother (Matt), he is wonderfully convincing as a has-been struggling under his brother's shadow. But Adrian Grenier is simply awful as the supposed hot young movie star. He seems in fact to be a hopeless pretty boy who might have limited potential on television melodrams, but not much else. Jerry Ferrara as Turtle has to be one of the most annoying actors in the world. Kevin Connolly as Eric is fairly likable, but at most he comes across as a moderately enjoyable but mildly pathetic hanger on.
The relative success of the series disturbs me. I can see why some people might enjoy it. It has a certain degree of name dropping and settings that celebrity fans could enjoy. But what if you aren't a celebrity hound? The show makes no important points about the world Vincent and his boys inhabit. The show doesn't even explore that world but merely accepts it and uses it as the background to some mildly comic situations. Perhaps the show improves in the second season, but under no circumstances could I describe it as more than mildly enjoyable. It beats driving in heavy traffic, but it isn't something that I want to watch simply because it is truly good. If I think about some truly good shows on TV--LOST, say, or VERONICA MARS or THE GILMORE GIRLS--the contrast couldn't be greater. One of the saddest things to consider is that with the ending of THE SOPRANOS and DEADWOOD, this is pretty much the flagship show for HBO. Lo! how the mighty are fallen. Just to think that only a few years ago this was the cable network that was home for so many great shows. Perhaps the new SIX FEET UNDER will premiere soon.
"Hug it Out" and Watch this Very Funny HBO Series! June 16, 2006
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
What would it be like to have fame, wealth, beautiful women and every want, need and desire fullfilled? And what is the downside and pitfalls to this? Those are the questions the wickedly funny, HBO comedy series, "Entourage" tries to answer as it takes a brilliant, satirical look at the lifestyle, deal making and personal politics behind modern day, Hollywood babylon. In the series we meet Vincent Chase (Adrian Grenier) an up and coming movie star, who is just on the cusp of truely hitting the big-time. This is coming to be, thanks in part to his conniving, deal-making agent, Ari Gold (wonderfully played by Jeremy Piven). But in a town where the sincerety is just as fake as the hugs, smiles and big [...], you need someone you can depend on to keep things real and watch your back. For this Vince depends on an "Entourage" of guys from his old Queens, neighborhood. They include his best friend and eternally worried manager, Eric (Kevin Connolly), his brother (a 'has-been' actor), Johnny 'Drama' (Kevin Dillon) and finally, Uber-mooch/gopher/driver, 'Turtle (Jerry Ferrara). We follow Vince and his boys as they work and play their way through the maze of hedonistic Hollywood, much like Alice experienced Wonderland. What makes this so much fun is that we get to vicariously experience the 'hot' willing women, Hollywood mansions and limos/Hummers with them. In this first season we are introduced to the characters and watch the main story arc of Vince getting the role (against Ari's wishes) in an artsy, 'indie' film called "Queens Boulevard". The writing for this show is razor sharp, the dialogue will make you bust a gut laughing ("Call me Helen Keller, because I'm a f**cking miracle worker!") and the cast is fabulous. Watch throughout the series for celeb guest appearances from Jessica Alba, Luke Wilson, Gary Busey, Jimmy Kimmel and Val Kilmer (playing a dippy, 'new age', Sherpa/pot dealer). This is television the way only HBO can do it! Highly recommended!
 Terrible Show June 10, 2006
2 out of 18 found this review helpful
If I could I would give this show zero my brothers love it but I just think it is stupid.
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