{"product_id":"over-there-the-battle-begins-pilot-episode","title":"Over There - The Battle Begins (Pilot Episode)","description":"Amazon.com\n\nThe pilot episode of Steven Bochco's Over There is as riveting, unexpected, and shocking as the series premieres of the legendary producer's Hill Street Blues and NYPD Blue. The first television drama set in an existing war being waged by the United States, Over There concerns the first tour of duty for a young, U.S. Army unit sent to Iraq. Unlike any number of movies and TV shows starring middle-age actors portraying American fighting forces in past wars, Over There's combat soldiers look and act like the barely-out-of-high-school young adults (many of whom, in Over There, joined the military out of economic necessity) most of our real-life troops actually are.\nWhatever one's feelings about the Iraq war, Bochco and co-writer and director Chris Gerolmo (Citizen X) cut through the politics to get to the individuals whose lives are on the line, who left behind families to find themselves in a most alien environment, fired upon for reasons they may not fully understand. Gerolmo does a superb job of showing us combat conditions in desert sandstorms, with rookie soldiers hanging tough under intense heat while insurgents fire from a distance at anything that moves. This is a new kind of war show, yet in many ways Over There embraces a few sentimental conventions, notably scenes in which the unit's members explain the origins of their nicknames (\"Angel,\" \"Dim,\" \"Doublewide,\" \"Mrs. B,\" and more). In the Bochco tradition, when violence comes, it comes as a grievous surprise. --Tom Keogh\n\nProduct Description\n\nGRITTY, INTENSE, EVOCATIVE \u0026amp; EMOTIONAL, THIS TAKES YOU TO THE FRONT LINES OF BATTLE \u0026amp; EXPLORES THE EFFECTS OF WAR ON A U.S. ARMY UNIT SENT TO IRAQ ON THEIR FIRST TOUR OF DUTY, AS WELL AS THE EQUALLY POWERFUL EFFECTS FELT AT HOME BY THEIR FAMILIES \u0026amp; LOVED ONES.\u003cbr\u003eASIN: B0009VBTQ4\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: DBV.B0009VBTQ4.G\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Good\u003cbr\u003eBinding: DVD\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: Individually inspected: Guaranteed to play perfectly or your money back. Case may show wear and may be in library packaging. Ships Fast!  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Dream Books Co.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41466008436794,"sku":"DBV.B0009VBTQ4.G","price":3.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/6011\/0138\/files\/B0009VBTQ4-0.jpg?v=1781372232","url":"https:\/\/shop.dreambooksco.com\/products\/over-there-the-battle-begins-pilot-episode","provider":"Dream Books Co.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}