Oz (1997)
Oz was a crime-drama series from HBO created by Tom Fontana. The series focuses on the inmates and officers of the fictional experimental Oswald State Correctional Facility. The prison, prioritizing rehabilitation instead of corrective punishment, navigates the fragile social cliques within its halls, where tensions never relent.
Oz
- Release Date
- February 23, 1997
- Cast
- Ernie Hudson , Terry Kinney , Harold Perrineau , Eamonn Walker , Kirk Acevedo , Rita Moreno , J. K. Simmons , Lee Tergesen , Dean Winters , Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje
- Seasons
- 5
- Writers
- Tom Fontana , Bradford Winters , Sunil Nayar , Sean Jablonski , Sean Whitesell
- Network
- HBO Max
- Showrunner
- Tom Fontana
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