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List Price: $39.98 | | Label: HBO Home Video
Salesrank: 1918
Released: July 18, 2006 |
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MPAA Rating: Unrated
Media: DVD |
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Editorial Review:
(HBO Dramatic Series) As the final war between Good and Evil looms two powerful avatars divided by fate share one mission. For Ben Hawkins and Brother Justin, the race is on to find the elusive Henry Scudder--and the fate of the world depends on who finds him first.
DVD Features:
Audio Commentary:3 Audio Commentaries with Creator Daniel Knauf, Executive Producer Howard Klein, Director Rodrigo Garcia and cast members Clancy Brown and Clea Duvall.
Documentary:"Magic and Myth: The Meaning of Carnivale"--half-hour documentary exploring the apocalyptic writing and mythology behind the show. Interviews with the creator, executive producer, and writers and directors of the show to get their take on the mythology, as well as independent contributors who have examined the show?s characters and the archetypal roles they represent.
Featurette:"Creating the Scene" Featurettes--Find out how Carnivale's creators brought the Daily Brothers show -- and its Scorpion Lady, He/She and Praying Mantis-to vibrant life!
Other:Museum of Television and Radio panel discussion with cast and crew
Description of Carnivale: The Complete Second Season:
The second season of HBO's Depression-era gothic--John Steinbeck by way of Tod Browning--picks up where the first left off. Professor Lodz (Patrick Bauchau) is dead. Ben (Nick Stahl), the show's protagonist, appears to be the culprit. Samson (Michael J. Anderson) helps him dispose of the body. Later he tells the other carnival workers that Lodz "took a powder." Lila (Debra Christofferson) doesn't buy it. Meanwhile, Sophie (Clea DuVall), who lost her mother to fire the previous year, feels unmoored without her guidance. A few states away, Brother Justin (Clancy Brown) harbors ever greater delusions of grandeur--and inappropriate thoughts about his sister, Iris (Amy Madigan). In "Alamagordo, NM," he decides to establish a temple, which he dubs Jonestown, er, Jericho. At the same time, life amongst the carnies, who are heading towards Justin's California, is becoming increasingly tense. Ruthie (Adrienne Barbeau), for instance, is starting to see dead people--like Lodz--and Stumpy (Toby Huss) is no longer able to keep his gambling in check. As with the first season, the action continues to alternate between the carnival and the congregation. What binds the two is a man named Scudder (John Savage), who has connections to Ben and Justin. Although writer/creator Dan Knauf had planned to tie things up between seasons three and six, HBO did not renew Carnivàle a second time. Nonetheless, a surprising number of questions are answered, like the identity of "Management" (voiced by an un-credited Linda Hunt) and whether Ben and Justin will have a final showdown. The answer to the latter question is: Yes, they will--and there’ll be casualties. --Kathleen C. Fennessy
Carnivale: The Complete Second Season Reviews:
Sad this was the last season made.. 
2009-12-10 - I really loved this show! It had all types of intrigue into the occult side of life as well as good vs. bad. I really enjoyed watching this season but rather upset about how they ended the show since it was the last season they made. Maybe they will finish it right?! I am hoping so but its doubtful.
Carnivale: Very Entertaining
2009-12-08 - Between the cinematography and the story line, this series left me in awe. I put each in the DVD's one after the other. I lost sleep because I would not turn it off till my eyes couldn't stay open any longer. It kept you wanting more because you had no idea what awaits on the next DVD.
I highly recommend picking it up. I didn't purchase the series until the price came down a bit. Now I know why it took 2-3 years for it to go from $100 down to $25-40 (depending on condition). This is a must have for your DVD collection.
One of the greatest series ever 
2009-11-24 - I can't really add anything to what other reviewers have posted about Carnivale. It is a much watch story.
Positively singular
2009-11-04 - Without question, this is the 2nd finest piece of entertainment ever created with the 1st being season one.
Exellent series, had me hooked
2009-09-02 - I purchased seasons one and two on the strength of the good ratings they had recieved and i must admit i was hooked from the very start of episode one till the very last.
Now the annoying part-
I always avoid reading the reviews before i buy so i dont hear of any spoilers, so i was utterly disapointed when i looked out for series three only to discover the show had been cancelled after season two, god damn you HBO, very unhappy, i was really looking forward to see how the series would progress, oh well, still two great seasons if you can put up with the unfinished plot lines.
