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Actors: Paul Blackthorne, Valerie Cruz
Studio: Lions Gate
Category: DVD

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Avg. Customer Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars

179 reviews
Sales Rank: 1649

Format: Ac-3, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dvd-video, Widescreen, Ntsc
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Number Of Items: 3
Running Time: 530
Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.3 x 0.6

MPN: LGED21688D
UPC: 012236216889
EAN: 0012236216889
ASIN: B000QUEQ4U

Release Date: August 7, 2007
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Shipping: International shipping available

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Editorial Reviews:

Product Description
Studio: Lions Gate Home Ent. Release Date: 03/11/2008 Run time: 530 minutes Rating: Nr

Amazon.com
The Dresden Files is about a wizard named Harry. "Good marketing," a cynical observer notes in one episode from the Sci-Fi Channel's one-season wonder based on the books by Jim Butcher. "Couldn't you come up with something a little more original?" Actually, this series manages to be plenty original despite echoes of The X-Files and the 1970s cult classic The Night Stalker. Paul Blackthorne stars as Harry Dresden, a scruffy Chicago private eye whose gift comes in handy for children menaced by skinwalkers, or for offering Lt. Murphy (Valerie Cruz) of the Chicago police "an unconventional point of view" concerning grisly, bizarre cases involving werewolves, vampires, and other decidedly unfriendly spirits. The Dresden Files is a paranormal noir (para-noir?) that deftly balances genuine scares, hard-boiled moxie, and tongue-in-cheek humor, delivered with panache by "Bob" (Terrance Mann), an ancient English spirit who resides in a skull and gives.Harry supernatural assistance. Harry's backstory--magician father, wizard mother, treacherous uncle--is revealed over the course of these 12 episodes. The eighth broadcast episode, "Things That Go Bump," was reportedly intended as the series pilot, and may be the best place to start. But Harry's world-weary voice-over in the classic tradition ("If you're a wizard and you fail, people can end up dead") keeps viewers oriented. Low ratings made The Dresden Files disappear, making this DVD set welcome for the series' hardcore fans who mounted the ultimately unsuccessful letter-writing campaign to save Dresden from the "Brilliant, but Cancelled" files. But even those who are unfamiliar with Butcher's books or are not on the Sci-Fi Channel's wavelength will be charmed. --Donald Liebenson

Customer Reviews: Read 174 more reviews...

5 out of 5 stars

Dresden Files is awesome and cool! January 6, 2009
The Dresden Files is a smart,cool and well acted series that was short lived on the SciFi channel.It is a great show suitable for the whole family to enjoy!Don't miss this one,its a great buy and a very entertaining watch!If you loved Moonlight,you'll enjoy this one as well!At least Moonlight is coming to the SciFi channel on Jan. 23rd 2009 at 9:00 P.M.!The SciFi channel should reconsider bringing Dresden back as well!!!

5 out of 5 stars

Dresden files January 4, 2009
Excellent video series for the family. Sorry the series was discontinued but it is nice to enjoy what is available.

5 out of 5 stars

what a show January 1, 2009
wow, the show is great i had never heard about the show let alone the books i work in a dvd store and one of my co workers told me to buy it cause he read the back of the dvd and said it was something i would like so i did and i loved it,its like supernatural/charmed/buffy/angel, why in the hell would they only make 12 episodes, if your a fan of the supernatural buy it even though theres not enough episodes.now i have to go buy the books.

5 out of 5 stars

Dresden Files did NOT suffer from low ratings December 23, 2008
3 out of 3 found this review helpful

Contrary to the popular MYTH being perpetuated by the SciFi channel, The Dresden Files, FAR from being a low-ratings failure, was actually one of SciFi's top rated shows that season, ranked third and BETTER and at least TWICE surpassing the ratings for their "flagship" original series Battlestar Galactica.

The show had a little bit of everything to appeal to a broad range of viewers... supernatural elements, detective/mystery, humor, action.... coupled with a superlative cast who's character chemistry was some of the best ever assembled and special effects that neither were overdone or too cheesy. The show was one that the entire family could sit down and enjoy... not many of those shows around these days!

While the show grew in popularity and viewership as the season progressed, for some reason SciFi chose not to renew it. A huge mistake on their part as the continuing popularity of author/creator Jim Butcher's novels and now graphic novel comics, as well as the brisk sales of the DVD is proving that The Dresden Files was a great show that was not given the chance to live up to it's full potential.

I heartily recommend this DVD and also might suggest to the editorial reviewer here at Amazon that they check their facts with the Neilson ratings rather than the biased propaganda distributed by SciFi in regards to the true ratings status of this show.

4 out of 5 stars

too good to die December 20, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful

One more show that SCI FI channel decided to let die so that they could show wrestling...corporate America at its best.

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