Article: Holding down the court.(Boston Legal: Season One)(Video recording review)

Boston Legal: Season One Fox, color, t 2 hours plus supplements, Dolby Digital 2.0, fullscreen, Street Hay 23, $49.98; First Run: ABC, Oct. 2004

The creative talent behind Boston Legal discuss the throes of creating a series distinct from David E. Kelley's prior hit, The Practice, as they introduce the deleted pilot episode scenes found on this five-disc set. "He said, 'I kind of think it's One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest in a courtroom,'" recalls executive producer Bill D'Elia when Kelley announced he had written yet another draft of the premiere installment. The inmates-running-the-asylum theme is always present at Crane, Poole & Schmidt, with William ...

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