Product Description
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Take a spin on the wheel of TV's most electrifying series ever,
Las Ve. The slots are hot and the girls are even hotter in
this brand-new uncut DVD collection of the entire first season,
starring some of today's biggest guest stars. Follow the
fast-paced exploits and action-packed escapades at the Montecito
Hotel and Casino with an elite Las Ve surveillance team, led
by commanding Big Ed Deline (James Caan) and his slick,
good-looking righthand man, Danny McCoy (Josh Duhamel). Along
with the sexiest support team to hit the Strip, they're out to
catch card-counting cheaters, costly streaks of random luck and
the schemes of rival casinos. It's Sin City like you've never
seen it before in the series Variety declares is "Bottom line:
Jackpot."
Bonus Content:
Disc 1:
* Rumble in the Montecito
* "Pilot" Audio Commentary with Writer Gary Scott Thompson and
Actors James Lesure, Nikki Cox, Molly Sims and Marsha Thomason
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Disc 2:
* "Hellraisers and Hearbreakers" Audio Commentary with Writer
Gary Scott Thompson and James Caan
* "The Night the Lights Went Out in Ve" Audio Commentary with
Writer Gary Scott Thompson and Vanessa Marcil
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Disc 3:
* Inside the Montecito
* Las Ve: The Big Gamble
* AFL on NBC Schedule
* AFL Match Up - See Who's Playing
* Las Ve: The TV Show
* City of Las Ve Promotional Spot
* "Always Faithful" Audio Commentary with Writer Gary Scott
Thompson and Actor Josh Duhamel
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Slick, stylish, and fast-paced, Las Ve is a high-tech hybrid
of 1970s' Vega$ and 1980s' Hotel. Created by Gary Scott Thompson
(The Fast and the Furious), season 1 includes all 23 episodes of
the NBC dramedy's. Set in the fictional Montecito Resort and
Casino, the show revolves around surveillance expert and
ex-Marine Danny McCoy (Josh Duhamel, Win a Date with Tad
Hamilton). McCoy reports to the president of operations and
ex-CIA operative "Big" Ed Deline (the inimitable James Caan). If
Duhamel is the show's charisma, Caan is the gravitas. The
attractive cast is rounded out by Vanessa Marcil as casino host
Sam Marquez, Nikki Cox as event coordinator Mary Connell, James
Lesure as valet Mike Cannon, Marsha Thomason as pit boss Nessa
Holt, Cheryl Ladd as Deline's wife Jillian, and model Molly Sims
as Deline's daughter Delinda.
From the start, Las Ve has attracted a diverse array of guest
stars, from musicians, like Little Richard ("New Orleans"), to
movie stars, like Sean "Samwise" Astin ("You Can't Take It With
You"). Even "Mr. Las Ve" himself, Wayne Newton, puts in an
appearance ("Pros and Cons"). Other notable guests include Elliot
Gould ("Jokers and Fools"), Jean-Claude Van Damme ("Die Fast, Die
Furious"), and Alec Baldwin ("Hellraisers and Heartbreakers"),
hot off his O-nominated turn in The Cooler.
First used in heist hit Ocean's 11, Elvis Presley's "A Little
Less Conversation" (JXL remix) is the Las Ve theme song. On
the DVD set, however, it's replaced by "Let It Ride" on all
episodes except the pilot. Also, the subtitle "Uncut and
Uncensored" indicates footage too hot for network TV, but the
additions are minor. While a few seconds have been added to the
more risqué sex/poolside scenes, any other changes from the
original broadcast are difficult to detect. --Kathleen C.
Fennessy