Oz (1997)

07/12/1997 (US) • 1h

Crime, Drama

Life's not a word. It's a sentence.

Overview

The daily lives of prisoners in Emerald City, an experimental unit of the Oswald Maximum Security Prison where ingroups - Muslims, Latinos, Italians, Aryans - stick close to their mutual friends and terrorize their mutual enemies.

Top Billed Cast

Lee Tergesen

Tobias Beecher

56 Episodes

Harold Perrineau

Augustus Hill

56 Episodes

Dean Winters

Ryan O'Reily

56 Episodes

Eamonn Walker

Kareem Saïd

56 Episodes

Ernie Hudson

Leo Glynn

56 Episodes

Terry Kinney

Tim McManus

56 Episodes

Rita Moreno

Sister Peter Marie Reimondo

56 Episodes

J.K. Simmons

Vernon Schillinger

56 Episodes

Kirk Acevedo

Miguel Alvarez

56 Episodes


Last Season

Season 6

2003 | 8 Episodes

On the surface, not much has changed inside the walls of Oswald State Penitentiary. Schillinger has revenge on his mind, Cyril is facing execution, Beecher is hoping for parole, and McManus is finding solace in a meditative maze. But there's toil and trouble brewing in the Oz cauldron, as the Oz players rehearse for their presentation of Macbeth and the climactic final act.

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Status

Ended

Network

network

Type

Scripted

Original Language

English

Keywords

prison

experiment

dystopia

revenge

betrayal

racism

drugs

inmate

catholicism

aryan

prison life

abuse of power

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