Entourage: Season 01
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Entourage [TV Series]
Like Larry David's Curb Your Enthusiasm, the HBO series Entourage offers a knowing and quasi-satirical inside look at the world of show business within a faux "documentary" format. Premiering July 18, 2004, the series (initially titled "Sundance Kids") top-billed Adrian Grenier as Vincent Chase, a young, wealthy, and very "hot" movie star. As Vincent's hard-working agent, Ari Gold (a character based on real-life agent Ari Emmanuel and here played by Jeremy Piven), tried to keep both his client and his client's career on the right track, Vincent tended to ignore Ari and pay more attention to three buddies from his old Queens neighborhood, who formed the "entourage" of the title. Vincent's stepbrother Johnny (Kevin Dillon), aka "Drama," made no secret of his intention to use Vincent's success to further his own acting career, while his pal Turtle (Jerry Ferrara) was content to parasitically luxuriate in Vincent's lavish lifestyle. Only his friend Eric (Kevin Connolly) seemed to like Vince for himself and not for what he could mooch off him -- and not surprisingly, Eric's advice and remonstrations were frequently ignored in favor of the sycophancy of Vince's other pals. Entourage was co-created and executive-produced by actor Mark Wahlberg, who was one of several A-list celebrities appearing as themselves in the course of the series. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
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Entourage: Season 01
The perks and pressures of sudden stardom weigh heavily upon hot young actor Vincent Chase (Adrian Grenier) as the quasi-reality show Entourage begins its first season on HBO. Having skyrocketed to fame with his new picture "Head On," Vince would be well advised to put his future in the hands of his harried, hardworking agent Ari Gold (Jeremy Piven). Instead, Vince tends to let himself be swayed by the self-serving opinions of two of his pals from his old Queens neighborhood: his half-brother "Drama" (Kevin Dillon), who clearly hopes to coast to his own acting career on Vincent's coattails, and his lifelong chum Turtle (Jerry Ferrara), who enjoys luxuriating in Vincent's sumptuous lifestyle without having to do any of the heavy lifting himself. Conversely, Vincent's friend Eric (Kevin Connolly) is not impressed by the trappings of celebrity, and is interested only in making sure that his friend doesn't screw up or ruin his life. In the course of season one's eight episodes, Ari expresses resentment that Vincent listens more to his pals than to him, though he must also curry favor with his client's entourage if he wants to keep his job; Vincent agonizes over his reviews, even the good ones; our hero has a wild time on a alk show hosted by his onetime nemesis Jimmy Kimmel; the boys of the entourage are given a jolt of reality when they meet a onetime popular actor who is now working as a caterer; Vince and company have hissy fits over script revisions that are unsuitable to his "image" (whatever that is); and in a crossover of sorts with another faux "reality" show, Vincent has a meeting with Larry David, the star/creator of Curb Your Enthusiasm. In addition to the aforementioned Jimmy Kimmel and Larry David, a number of "big names" appear in cameo roles during Entourage's first season, beginning with the series' executive producer/co-creator Mark Wahlberg, and continuing with Jessica Alba, David Faustino, Luke Wilson, Gary Busey, and Scarlett Johansson. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Includes Episodes:
Entourage: Entourage
Entourage: The Review
Entourage: Talk Show
Entourage: Date Night
Entourage: The Script and the Sherpa
Entourage: Busey and the Beach
Entourage: The Scene
Entourage: New York
Cast Adrian Grenier as Vince
| Crew Steve Tompkins - Executive Producer Stephen Levinson - Executive Producer Doug Ellin - Executive Producer Mark Wahlberg - Executive Producer
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Entourage: Season 01
(not reviewed)
Jeremy Piven: Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy (nominated)
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General Specifications: | | Language Options: | English, Spanish | | Subtitle Options: | English, French, Spanish | | Sound Processing: | 2: PCM stereo
| | Additional Features: | Audio commentaries with creator/executive producer Doug Ellin and executive producer Larry Charles
Revealing behind-the-scenes interviews with cast and crew | | DVD Aspect Ratio: | 1.33:1: Pre-1954 Standard
| | MPAA Rating: | TVMA | | DVD Discs Included: | 2 | | DVD Sides: | 2 | | DVD DVD Region Code: | 1 | | Content Length: | 240 min | | | |
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