Lilyhammer - Series 1 - Complete DVD (2012)

Lilyhammer - Series 1 - Complete

2012

Overall rating: 3.5 out of 5

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All eight episodes from the first series of the TV comedy drama, centering on a mafia mobster's attempts to start a new life in Lillehammer, Norway. After testifying against his old buddies in the mob, New York gangster Frank 'The Fixer' Tagliano (Steve Van Zandt) enters the FBI witness protection programme, choosing to be relocated to Lillehammer, Norway (he liked the look of it when he saw the 1994 Winter Olympics on TV). Now Norwegian-American immigrant Giovanni Henriksen, he quickly sets about making his new life as comfortable as he can by casually employing a mix of blackmail, extortion and threats to further his ambitions of opening his own bar, 'The Flamingo'. Unfortunately for Frank, however, his arrival in the town has not gone entirely unnoticed, as the local police soon begin to take an interest in his strangely empty background. The episodes are: 'Reality Check', 'The Flamingo', 'Guantanamo Blues', 'The Midwife', 'My Kind of Town', 'Pack Your Lederhosen', 'The Babysitter' and 'Trolls'.

Lilyhammer - Series 1 - Complete details

Format:	15 DVD
Starring:	Kyrre Hellum, Marian Saastad Ottesen, Sven Nordin, Trond Fausa Aurvag, Steve Van Zandt, Steinar Sagen, Anne Krigsvoll
Directors:	Geir Henning Hopland, Lisa Marie, Simen Alsvik
Genres:	Drama, Television - BBC, Series/Miniseries
Studio:	UNIVERSAL PICTURES UK

DVD 3 discs

Name	Discs
Lilyhammer - Series 1 - Complete - Disc 1	15 Disc 1
Lilyhammer - Series 1 - Complete - Disc 2	15 Disc 2
Lilyhammer - Series 1 - Complete - Disc 3	15 Disc 3

DVD Information

Run time:	5 hours 44 minutes
Rental release:	16 Jan 2013
Main languages:	English, Norwegian

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Just delightful!

By a customer , 02 Jan 2013

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Suspend your preconceptions of reality, sit back and enjoy. The characters are one of a kind and hard to forget. And of course, there's the amazing Steve Van Zandt!
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Sopranos meets Wallander meets Twin Peaks

By fcmuk (6 reviews) , 21 Mar 2013

I originally found this gem on BBC4 and quickly fell in love, and fell over laughing, at the quirky mix of subtitled and english dialogue. Little Steven - as I've known him since the 80's, gives a believable 'loveable rogue' performance and he also gets a writing credit. Lilyhammer arrives on the heels of other Scandinavian TV fiction. Perhaps without those police dramas, this series would not have kept an english speaking audience so well. There are surreal story lines included; with Van Zandt's character encouraging the viewer to cringe by proxy, at his cultural and linguistic ineptness.
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Best for some time

By a customer , 09 Jan 2013

Excellent series - well worth watching and excellent humor, excellent acting by lead actor Steve Van Zendt - hard to believe he is part of the E-Street Band
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Just delightful!

By a customer , 02 Jan 2013

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Suspend your preconceptions of reality, sit back and enjoy. The characters are one of a kind and hard to forget. And of course, there's the amazing Steve Van Zandt!
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