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MPAA Rating: NR Content Advisory: Adult Language, Substance Abuse Movie Release: 2000 DVD Release: 07/22/2003 Format: DVD - Closed Captioned Audio Tracks: English, Spanish Subtitles: English, French, Spanish SwapaDVD Credits: 2 Number of Discs: 2 Run Time: 6 hrs 0 mins Studio: HBO Home Video Members Wishing: 9 Genres: Drama, Family Drama, Urban Drama

The toll that drugs and crime have taken on an economically-depressed African-American neighborhood in Baltimore paints the backdrop for this miniseries produced for and initially aired by the premium cable network HBO. Gary McCullogh (T.K. Carter) was once a hard-working man with an education and a solid career, but after succumbing to the lure of heroin, Gary has lost his job, home, and wife -- and now steals whatever he can find to support his habit. Gary lives with his girlfriend Fran Boyd (Khandi Alexander), who is also addicted to heroin. While she's all too aware of the pitfalls of her life and wants to clean up, she has trouble getting medical help and her willpower is too weak for her to kick the habit by herself. Fran's 15-year-old son DeAndre (Sean Nelson) has seen enough of his mother's troubles to be wary of using drugs, but while he would prefer to stay on the straight and narrow, dealing crack is one of the few job options open to him in his neighborhood, especially after his allergy to seafood causes him to lose a job in a restaurant. The Corner was based on the book of the same name by Edward Burns and David Simon, which examined one year in a real-life Baltimore neighborhood; Simon collaborated on the teleplay with David Mills, and noted actor Charles S. Dutton directed. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide

T.K. Carter - Gary McCullogh
Khandi Alexander - Fran Boyd
Sean Nelson - DeAndre mcCullogh
Glenn Plummer

This DVD set collects the run of the acclaimed HBO mini-series The Corner, which explores the grim realities of life in a inner-city neighborhood caught up in the trade of illegal drugs. The Corner has been transferred to DVD in its original full-frame aspect ratio of 1.33:1, and the audio is mastered in Dolby Digital Surround. Along with the show's original English-language soundtrack, an alternate dubbed version in Spanish has been included, as well as subtitles in English, French and Spanish and closed captions. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide