The Most Innovative and Powerful TV Series of Its Time Returns

The Most Innovative and Powerful TV Series of Its Time Returns

'Miami Vice: Season Two'

The Show's Highest-Rated Season Arrives on DVD December 13, 2005 From Universal Studios Home Entertainment

With All the Original Music by Phil Collins, U2, The Who and Many More Remixed in 5.1 Surround Sound!

UNIVERSAL CITY, Calif., Nov. 11 /PRNewswire/ -- Sexy, sultry Florida, groundbreaking visual images and a killer soundtrack herald the release of the "Miami Vice: Season Two" DVD on December 13, 2005 from Universal Studios Home Entertainment. The most innovative and powerful television show of the 1980s launched a revolution in series TV and put Miami's ultra-chic Art Deco enclave, South Beach, on the map as its unprecedented buzz swept the worlds of fashion, music and design. Chronicling the exploits of vice cops Sonny Crockett and Ricardo Tubbs, the pioneering television series achieved instant notoriety for its innovative look and pacing, as well as its morally ambiguous anti-heroes. Triple-Oscar(R) nominee Michael Mann (upcoming theatrical film "Miami Vice," "The Insider," "Collateral") and Emmy(R) Award-winning producer Dick Wolf (creator of the "Law & Order" franchise) executive produced the show that has become a cultural icon of an unforgettable era.

Armed with cigarette boats, exotic cars and cool clothes designed by the likes of Gianni Versace, Crockett and Tubbs go undercover in a brutal world of mobsters, drug dealers, hired guns, and porn kingpins where the line between the cops and the crooks sometimes begins to blur. Winner of a Golden Globe Award, nominated for four Emmys and hailed by Time magazine as "TV's hottest and hippest cop show," Miami Vice exploded onto television screens, transforming the action/drama format. Its cinematic sensibility and innovative use of cutting-edge pop music prompted People magazine to call it "the first show to look really new and different since color TV was invented."

Season Two, the show's highest rated ever, boasts a stellar list of guest stars including Nathan Lane, John Leguizamo, Pam Grier and Phil Collins. All of the unforgettable musical contributions from pop music legends including Phil Collins, U2 and The Who, and many more, as well as the show's iconic theme song by Jan Hammer, have been re-mixed in crystal clear 5.1 surround sound to make this DVD a must-own for every Miami Vice fan.

Starring Don Johnson, Philip Michael Thomas and Emmy(R) winner Edward James Olmos, the three-disc "Miami Vice: Season Two" DVD includes 22 episodes. The DVD is priced to own at $59.98. The pre-order deadline is November 8, 2005.

Synopsis

The groundbreaking detective series that defined a decade returns to DVD with all 22 thrilling episodes of "Miami Vice: Season Two!" In this electrifying Emmy-nominated and Golden Globe-winning second season, Vice cops Sonny Crockett (Don Johnson) and Ricardo Tubbs (Philip Michael Thomas) are back in their sleek Ferrari pursuing every ruthless criminal under the relentless Miami sun. With a sizzling soundtrack of all the original hit songs remixed in 5.1 Surround Sound, including music by Phil Collins, U2 and The Who and more, it's no mystery to see why Miami Vice was the supercharged action series that People magazine hailed as "the first show to look really new and different since color TV was invented."

TECHNICAL INFORMATION
DVD
Street Date: December 13, 2005
Order Close: November 8, 2005
Rating: Not Rated
Suggested Retail Price: $59.98
DVD Selection Number: 28827
Running Time: 18 Hours and 42 Minutes
Discs: 3
Number of Layers: Dual (Double Sided)
Aspect Ratio: Full Frame 1.33:1
Technical Info: English Dolby Digital 5.1 Suround, English SDH, Spanish
Subtitles

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CONTACTS

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Senior Vice President, Publicity
(818) 777-3594

Lea Porteneuve
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Craig Radow
Senior Manager, Publicity
(818) 777-4572

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Source: Universal Studios Home Entertainment

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