Product Description

It's summertime, but that doesn't mean the women of Sex and the City are livin' easy. They've got new loves, new responsibilities, new choices to make, and (oh, yes!) a new baby to deal with - and that equates to a whole new outlook on being single in New York City. Ready or not, Carrie, Miranda, Charlotte and Samantha are headed for uncharted territory on an all-new season of HBO's smash-hit comedy series Sex and the City!

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Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #3389 in DVD
• Released on: 2003-12-30
• Rating: Unrated
• Aspect ratio: 1.33:1
• Formats: AC-3, Dolby, Dubbed, Subtitled, NTSC
• Original language: English, Spanish
• Subtitled in: English, Spanish, French
• Dubbed in: Spanish
• Dimensions: 1.00 pounds
• Running time: 240 minutes

From Amazon.com
It was a short but sweet fifth season for Sex and the City, as HBO's resident comediennes found themselves affected by forces beyond their control--the pregnancies of both Sarah Jessica Parker (Carrie) and Cynthia Nixon (Miranda). A truncated shooting schedule to accommodate the actresses forced this season to be reduced to a mere eight episodes, and indeed, you can tell both actresses are expecting. (Carrie's wardrobe became more outlandish and more concealing than usual.) Still, the actresses and creators forged ahead, creating a handful of episodes that if short in content were long on emotion and laughs. Whereas the fourth season found all four grappling with various relationships, the fifth season focused on the perils of being single, with a new intensity lacking in the previous sexcapades. Carrie and Miranda wrestled with their solitary lifestyles, albeit with new attachments--Miranda had new baby Brady and single motherhood, while Carrie found herself in the world of publishing as the author of a real-life book of her columns. Charlotte (Kristin Davis) wondered if she'd ever find another man, while Samantha (Kim Cattrall) finally got rid of the one that had been vexing her far too much, hotelier Richard (James Remar). If the season as a whole felt less than the sum of its parts, those parts were some of the best comedy in the show's history, from Samantha's anointment as the "Michiko Kakutani of vibrators" to Carrie's stressful, one-degree-from-fiasco book launch party. (And fear not, Chris Noth's Mr. Big does pop up now and again.) The season's climactic episode, "I Love a Charade," found all four at the straight wedding of a seemingly gay pal (Nathan Lane) and contemplating their future with a wry, bemused tone. It was one of the series' best episodes ever, equally touching and funny, and grounded the show in an emotional maturity that announced that after all their wild travails, these women had truly grown up. --Mark Englehart

On the DVD
cc3 audio commentaries with series executive producer, writer and director Michael Patrick King
Episode previews
22-minute featurette with costume designer Patricia Fields on haute couture to downtown style
Cast bios
30-Question interactive trivia game
Web links

DVD Menu

• Side #1 -- Episodes 1-4
  • Episode Selection
    • Anchors Away
      • Play With Commentary
      • Play Preview
      • Play Without Commentary
    • Unoriginal Sin
      • Preview
      • Play
    • Luck Be an Old Lady
      • Preview
      • Play
    • Cover Girl
      • Preview
      • Play
  • Language Selection
    • Spoken Languages: English 5.1
    • Spoken Languages: English Dolby Surround
    • Spoken Languages: Spanish Stereo
    • Subtitles: English
    • Subtitles: French
    • Subtitles: Spanish
    • Subtitles: None
  • Special Features
    • Season Index
      • Anchors Away
      • Unoriginal Sin
      • Luck Be an Old Lady
      • Cover Girl
      • Plus One Is the Loneliest Number
      • Critical Condition
      • The Big Journey
      • I Love a Charade
      • Season Review
    • Audio Commentary
      • Anchors Away: Play
• Side #2 -- Episodes 5-8
  • Episode Selection
    • Plus One Is the Loneliest Number
      • Play With Commentary
      • Play Preview
      • Play Without Commentary
    • Critical Condition
      • Preview
      • Play
    • The Big Journey
      • Preview
      • Play
    • I Love a Charade
      • Play With Commentary
      • Play Preview
      • Play Without Commentary
  • Language Selection
    • Spoken Languages: English 5.1
    • Spoken Languages: English Dolby Surround
    • Spoken Languages: Spanish Stereo
    • Subtitles: English
    • Subtitles: French
    • Subtitles: Spanish
    • Subtitles: None
  • Special Features
    • Season Index
      • Anchors Away
      • Unoriginal Sin
      • Luck Be an Old Lady
      • Cover Girl
      • Plus One Is the Loneliest Number
      • Critical Condition
      • The Big Journey
      • I Love a Charade
      • Season Review
    • Interactive Trivia Game
      • Start
    • Behind the Scenes With Costume Designer Patricia Field
    • Audio Commentaries
      • Plus One Is the Loneliest Number: Play
      • I Love a Charade: Play

Customer Reviews

Review on SATC--the MATERIAL--free of whining about $$
I really like Sex in the City. I feel sad that no one has even TRIED to duplicate it--I know full duplication can't be done but since it's leaving I would even have settled for some decent knockoffs of the show (laughter). In no other show/film have sex and relationships from the point of view of women been explored this frankly--it will probably never happen again-at least not in my lifetime. I am in the middle of watching the fifth season. I'm enjoying it. We have all watched these four women for four years now. Are they supposed to remain unchanged in any way for that long? Shouldn't they have different changes and challenges in their lives? I will admit that the fifth season did not come as close to perfection as the others did. (Has your work been almost perfect consistently everyday in everyway 365 days a year for 4 straight years? Mine hasn't-it's called being human.) Season Four in my opinion is still an essential for anyone who really connects with this one-of-kind series. Being that I respect the brave work of this ground-breaking show and because this format is supposed to review the material and the work--(...) Also don't you find it amazing the things people put their passion and rage behind? Homeless mothers who need health care for their children express this level of passionate anger about overpriced prescription drugs-however a person ranting about the cost of a HBO sitcom on DVD-and going on and on like some of these people have here?? I tend to wave that off as "You have some serious issues and buying SATC is probably the least of your problems" Some reviews can be dismissed right away like the ones from misogynists who obviously just hate to see independent women having fun and enjoying sex/relationships/career in the free-wheeling way men always have. They secretly want all women to be like Afghan women were under the Taliban. (...). (...)

We can be so hard on celebs. We love them yet we hate then and we are ultra critical of them. Lastly, I again want to remind you, dear reader, to consider the source and look up any info you can find on a reviewer and weigh that against whatever they write. Also take totally anonymous reviews with a big grain of salt. And again...I enjoyed the fourth season of Sex In The City even with it imperfections!

Sex and the City meets the average girl
As a devotee of Sex and the City, I never wanted to admit that anything was wrong with the show... until I saw Season 5. A lot of people will say that Season 5 is what's wrong with SATC, but I say that Season 5 is what's RIGHT about the show! Season 5 is the most realistic of all six seasons. Playfully dubbed "the season without men" by the show's writers, there are very few long-term (or short-term, for that matter) relationships for the women in this season. Until Season 5, the women of SATC have gone through a seemingly endless string of semi-serious to serious relationships without any real examination of what and who the women are without men. This season forces all of the women to show their true colors without men. Even Samantha's antics are toned down and used more to expose who she is rather than what she does.

Many fans complained that Season 5 wasn't funny enough. Not enough men, not enough sex. Real single women know that Season 5 was the closest of all the seasons to what all of us experience in our daily lives - loneliness, good friends, occasional romantic connections, and a lot of "in between". Season 5 isn't "filler" or a poor season - its real life. Fans of the show who don't enjoy this season are, perhaps, happy to forget about their own lives while following those of Carrie, Charlotte, Miranda and Samantha. I prefer to think of the women of SATC as myself and my friends - and Season 5 proves that they are.

The Best Aphrodesiac
....

This show works like magic when trying to create a sexy
romantic and fun atmosphere for a date. It seems like the
abra-cadabra words "Sex And The City" are enough to get
any woman in the mood for a night of fireworks ala the
dvd "New Sex Now" and it's methods for modern lovemaking
and intense intimacy.