FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
Emmy®-Winning Dark Comedy Thriller Arrives March 3
BREAKING BAD:
THE COMPLETE FIRST SEASON
Starring Emmy® Winner Bryan Cranston, Anna Gunn,
Aaron Paul, Betsy Brandt and Dean Norris
Set Contains 7 Episodes on Three Discs with Bonus Materials
Including Deleted Scenes and Featurettes
Culver City, CA (December 15, 2008) - One of last season's most highly acclaimed and popular original drama television series comes to DVD March 3 when Sony Pictures Home Entertainment debuts
Breaking Bad: The Complete First Season. Starring Bryan Cranston (TV's "
Malcolm in the Middle"), who won an Emmy® Award for his role, Anna Gunn (TV's "
Deadwood"), Aaron Paul (TV's "
Big Love"), Betsy Brandt (TV's "
Back When We Were Grown Ups") and Dean Norris (
Terminator 2: Judgment Day). The hit AMC series was nominated for four Emmys and won two.
The story of a desperate man who turns to a life of crime for his family's financial security,
Breaking Bad was created by Emmy® Award-nominee Vince Gilligan (TV's "
The X-Files") and returns for its second season this spring.
The three disc set includes all 7 episodes from the first season and will be available for $29.95 SRP. Bonus materials include
Making Breaking Bad and 14
Inside Breaking Bad featurettes, deleted scenes, commentary on select episodes, screen tests and
AMC Shootout - Interview with Vince Gilligan and Bryan Cranston.
In addition to Gilligan, series directors include Emmy® Award-winner Adam Bernstein (TV's "
30 Rock"), Jim McKay (TV's "
Big Love"), Tricia Brock (TV's "
The L Word"), Bronwen Hughes (TV's "
The L Word") and Tim Hunter (TV's "
Mad Men").
Breaking Bad is produced by Karen Moore (TV's "
Three Moons Over Milford") and Emmy® Award-nominee Patty Lin (TV's "
Desperate Housewives"), and written by Vince Gilligan, Patty Lin, George Mastras (TV's "
Dresden Files") and Peter Gould (
Meeting Daddy).
SYNOPSIS:
Walter White (Cranston), a chemistry teacher who lives in New Mexico with his wife Skyler (Gunn) and a teenage son who has cerebral palsy, discovers a new passion in life after he is diagnosed with cancer and told he has two years to live. Walter teaches apathetic high school students and works a second job at a car wash while his wife earns a modest income buying and selling items on eBay. Realizing he has nothing but his family left to live for, White chooses to enter a dangerous world of drugs and crime to provide for the ones he loves.
Breaking Bad: The Complete First Season episodes include:
- Breaking Bad
- Cat's in the Bag
- ...and the Bag's in the River
- Cancer Man
- Gray Matter
- Crazy Handful of Nothin'
- A No-Rough-Stuff-Type Deal
DVD Special Features Include:
- Digitally Remastered Audio and Video
- Widescreen Presentations
- Featurette: Making Breaking Bad
- Featurettes: Inside Breaking Bad (14 Featurettes)
- Deleted Scenes
- Vince Gilligan's Photo Gallery
- Commentary on Pilot and "Crazy Handful of Nothin" Episodes
- Screen Tests
- AMC Shootout: Interview with Vince Gilligan and Bryan Cranston
- Episode Recaps
- Audio: English (Stereo), Spanish, Portuguese
- Subtitles: French, Spanish, Portuguese
- Bonus Previews
- Closed Captioned
BROADCAST YEAR: 2008 (AMC).
Breaking Bad: The Complete First Season has a run time of approximately 346 minutes and is not rated. Visit Sony Pictures Home Entertainment on the Web at www.SonyPictures.com. SRP: $ 29.95
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