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| Extras - The Complete First Season | 
| Actors: Ricky Gervais, Ashley Jensen, Stephen Merchant
Studio: Hbo Home Video
Category: DVD
List Price: $24.98
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Avg. Customer Rating:  47 reviews
Sales Rank: 8787
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dvd-video, Subtitled, Widescreen, Ntsc
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), French (Subtitled)
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Running Time: 180 minutes
Number Of Items: 2
Aspect Ratio: 1.66:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.4 x 0.7
MPN: HBOD93069D
UPC: 026359306921
EAN: 0026359306921
ASIN: B000JJ4DDM
Theatrical Release Date: September 25, 2005
Release Date: January 9, 2007
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Product Description
Studio: Hbo Home Video Release Date: 01/06/2009
Amazon.com
After the British series of The Office came to an end, co-creators Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant were faced with an enviable problem: After making the most influential and acclaimed sitcom of the past decade, what do you do next? Amazingly, they've actually created an equally brilliant show: Extras, in which Gervais plays Andy Millman, an frustrated actor who can only get work as a "background artist"--i.e., an extra. Not only does the role continue to mine Gervais' gift for self-humiliation (which, staggeringly enough, may be even more excruciating than his David Brent's behavior in The Office, because Andy is more socially capable yet still can't avoid moments of jaw-dropping embarrassment), but Gervais has also persuaded a glorious variety of stars to tweak their own images. High points include Kate Winslet (Sense & Sensibility) teaching Andy's best friend Maggie (Ashley Jensen, Ugly Betty) how to talk dirty and Patrick Stewart (X-Men) describing his new screenplay about a man who uses psychic powers to remove women's clothing. But Ben Stiller, Samuel L. Jackson, Ross Kemp (sort of the British version of Michael Chiklis), and Les Dennis (sort of the British version of...well, there may not be an American version of Les Dennis) all also turn in deliciously ego-bursting turns. Merchant plays Andy's deliriously dense agent, but the core of the show is the relationship between Andy and Maggie. Over the course of six episodes, the interplay between this hapless, starry-eyed pair grows into a wonderfully tender portrait of friendship that perfectly balances the show's so-funny-it-hurts humor. The extras are few but worth watching: Along with a behind-the-scenes featurette, genuinely funny deleted scenes, and the usual clips of everyone forgetting their lines and swearing, there's a very funny sequence of Gervais and Merchant desperately trying to replace Jude Law (who had to drop out of an episode) with Leonardo DiCaprio. All in all, Extras: The Complete First Season is essential viewing. --Bret Fetzer
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| Customer Reviews: Read 42 more reviews...
 Grows on You May 14, 2008
This is a wonderful little series and a touching one too. Ricky Gervais plays an actor and writer who finds work as an extra. The parts are extremely small and usually never have a speaking part. He has a useless agent who seems as lost as he is and his friend Maggie is even more completely hopeless, she lives in a hovel without much money and usually is treated worse when working as an extra. The jokes are subtle and don't overwhelm the pathos of the character's lives. The more you watch it, the more poignant the episodes become. A nice piece of work, short and sweet.
 Pardon? April 26, 2008
2 out of 6 found this review helpful
Ricky Gervais is Mr. Unfunny in my opinion. If there was an option to choose zero stars I think that would be more apropriate.
 Some great bits but overall just pretty good March 28, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I'm a big UK Office fan, so I was curious how Gervais would follow that up. I thought this first season was funny overall, but not quite up to the standard of the Office. The humor is the same: watching defective characters in awkwardly uncomfortable situations. I found it funny, but after David Brent, Gervais' Andy Millman character seemed a bit too mundane for me, and his annoying female sidekick's silliness sometimes seemed forced and unrealistic. This series does have some genuinely classic moments though. The funniest aspect is the celebrity cameos, in which big time entertainers play warped versions of themselves. I was laughing out loud at the crass and cynical Kate Winslet, the megalomaniacal Ben Stiller and the girl-crazy, juvenile Patrick Stewart. I had never heard of the two British celebrities- Ross Kemp and Les Dennis- but their faux personalities were great too. So, I think this is a very good series- perhaps even deserving of all its awards- but a definite second-best in the Office-style genre of comedy.
A Must Own January 16, 2008
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
This show offers not only the hilarity of comedy geniuses like Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant, but also amazing cameos by some of Hollywood's biggest stars. Brilliant.
Extras - grows on you if you liked The Office January 8, 2008
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
I stumbled across Extras while browsing Amazon to see if Ricky Gervais had done anything recently. (My The Office DVDs are badly scratched, as I watched them over, and over, and over again wishing there would be more!) WELL - I ordered Extras. I did have some chuckles, and the more I watched, the more the series grew on me. Something new from Ricky Gervais. Yippee!!!
If you miss The Office and you're a fan of Ricky Gervais' & Stephen Merchant's humor, then Extras is a must-buy. Give it time... I now prefer it to The Office! It's nice to see something new from them... (Well, new to me...)
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