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Oz

  • TV Series
  • 1997–20031997–2003
  • TV-MATV-MA
  • 55m
IMDb RATING
8.7/10
101K
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
490
14
Oz (1997)
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A series chronicling the daily activities of an unusual prison facility and its criminal inhabitants.A series chronicling the daily activities of an unusual prison facility and its criminal inhabitants.A series chronicling the daily activities of an unusual prison facility and its criminal inhabitants.
IMDb RATING
8.7/10
101K
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
490
14
    • Tom Fontana
  • Stars
    • Ernie Hudson
    • J.K. Simmons
    • Lee Tergesen
    • Tom Fontana
  • Stars
    • Ernie Hudson
    • J.K. Simmons
    • Lee Tergesen
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 213User reviews
    • 29Critic reviews
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  • Top rated TV #81
    • Nominated for 2 Primetime Emmys

    Episodes56

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    Essential Guide to Rita Moreno
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    Oz: The Complete First Season
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    Oz: The Complete First Season
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    Oz: Season 5
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    Oz: Season 1
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    Oz: Season 6
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    Otto Sanchez and Michael Wright in Oz (1997)
    Terry Kinney in Oz (1997)
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    Ernie Hudson in Oz (1997)
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    Top cast

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    Ernie Hudson
    Ernie Hudson
    • Warden Leo Glynn
    J.K. Simmons
    J.K. Simmons
    • Vern Schillinger
    Lee Tergesen
    Lee Tergesen
    • Tobias Beecher
    Dean Winters
    Dean Winters
    • Ryan O'Reily
    George Morfogen
    George Morfogen
    • Bob Rebadow
    Terry Kinney
    Terry Kinney
    • Tim McManus
    Rita Moreno
    Rita Moreno
    • Sister Peter Marie Reimondo
    Harold Perrineau
    Harold Perrineau
    • Augustus Hill
    Eamonn Walker
    Eamonn Walker
    • Kareem Said
    Craig muMs Grant
    Craig muMs Grant
    • Poet
    Luna Lauren Velez
    Luna Lauren Velez
    • Dr. Gloria Nathan
    Granville Adams
    Granville Adams
    • Zahir Arif
    Tom Mardirosian
    Tom Mardirosian
    • Agamemnon Busmalis
    Kirk Acevedo
    Kirk Acevedo
    • Miguel Alvarez
    BD Wong
    BD Wong
    • Father Ray Mukada
    Chuck Zito
    Chuck Zito
    • Chucky Pancamo
    Philip Scozzarella
    • Officer Joseph Mineo…
    Scott William Winters
    Scott William Winters
    • Cyril O'Reily
      • Tom Fontana
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    Storyline

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    Did you know

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    • Trivia
      Some cast members that played prisoners have noted that, throughout the series, if you showed up late to the set, your punishment would be that your character would either die or be raped the next week.
    • Goofs
      When Doctor Gloria Nathan (Lauren Velez) talks to Ryan O'Reilly (Dean Winters) about his cancerous tumour in his chest, she says that the lump is "under the left nipple". However, he was clearly bleeding from the right nipple and ever clutching the right one while in the infirmary...
    • Quotes

      [repeated line]

      Vern Schillinger: Niggers are up to something

    • Connections
      Featured in The 51st Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1999)

    User reviews213

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    Not only the best show on TV currently, but one of the best shows of all-time.
    Consistently well-written and acted, Oz is without a doubt the best thing on TV. Quality wise, it's up there with the first 4 seasons of Homicide: Life on the Street as the most compelling hour of television drama. Presenting a harsh and realistic view of prison life, Oz is a wonderful mixture of superb acting and character development; all of which rides on a nuanced and erudite core (Foucault's Panopticon is the inspiration for Em City's design...and ultimate failure). It is the only show on TV, that I can think of, that has presented characters who were intensely dislikable one moment and oddly empathetic the next. That I am repulsed by, sympathetic with, intrigued about, and involved with every character that has lived, died or survived on the show, is no small feat. Good TV exists. And, for my money, Oz is not only good TV, it is better than most films released throughout the year.
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    • Evan Locci
    • Dec 4, 1998

    FAQ16

    • Its been 20 years since Oz finished airing... Why no Bluray as of yet?
    • Is that a real tattoo getting inked in the credits?
    • Why is season 4 longer than the others?

    Details

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    • Release date
      • July 12, 1997 (United States)
      • United States
      • English
    • Also known as
    • Filming locations
      • Bayonne, New Jersey, USA
    • Production companies
      • Rysher Entertainment
      • The Levinson / Fontana Company
      • Viacom Productions
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    Technical specs

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    • 55 minutes
      • Color

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