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SWINGTOWN
The Sensually Provocative Drama Swings Onto DVD December 9
From CBS Home Entertainment And Paramount Home Entertainment
"'Swingtown' is a feast for the senses." - Courier-News
HOLLYWOOD, CALIF. - The summer's steamiest television show,
SWINGTOWN™, sizzles its way onto DVD for the first time on December 9 from CBS Home Entertainment and Paramount Home Entertainment. From the Emmy® nominated director of
Six Feet Under,
SWINGTOWN™ is one of the most talked about shows on broadcast television. Showcasing brand-new special features and audio commentaries, all 13 episodes of
SWINGTOWN™ The First Season arrive on DVD as a four-disc set.
A flashback to the suburban summertime of 1976 when America's sexual revolution was at its height,
SWINGTOWN™ mixes sexy plot lines alongside family drama and real-life issues faced by married couples. Superbly acted and critically adored, the show features arousing performances from Grant Show (
Melrose Place™, Ryan's Hope) and Molly Parker (
Deadwood, Six Feet Under) as it follows three couples exploring new freedoms and seeking connections with each other through open marriages, "key parties" and other swinger's extravaganzas.
Boasting incredible nostalgic detail in design and clothing,
SWINGTOWN™ also stars Jack Davenport (
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End), Lana Parrilla (
24), Josh Hopkins (
Brothers & Sisters) and Miriam Shor (
Big Day).
SWINGTOWN™ The First Season bonus features include "The Spirit of '76: The Making of
SWINGTOWN," which walks audiences through how producers authentically re-created 1976 through production design, costumes, hair and makeup, and "Have a Nice Revolution: Sex & Morality in 1970s America," a thematic piece chronicling the show's major real-life influences - the sexual revolution, feminism, disillusionment post-Watergate, the economy and the advent of recreational drug use. The set also contains a gag real, deleted scenes and audio commentaries by Director Alan Poul and Series Creator Mike Kelley.
SWINGTOWN™ The First Season is presented in widescreen with English 5.1 sound. The DVD is rated Not Rated in the U.S. and 18A in Canada. The total running time is approximately 9 hours 7 minutes. The disc breakdown is as follows:
- Disc One:
- Pilot
- Audio Commentary with Alan Poul and Mike Kelley
- Special Features: Deleted Scenes
- Love Will Find A Way
- Special Features: Deleted Scenes
- Double Exposure
- Cabin Fever
- Special Feature: Deleted Scene
- Disc Two:
- Go Your Own Way
- Friends With Benefits
- Heatwave
- Disc Three:
- Puzzlerama
- Swingus Interruptus
- Running On Empty
- Disc Four:
- Get Down Tonight
- Surprise!
- Take It To The Limit
- Audio Commentary with Alan Poul and Mike Kelley
- Special Feature: Deleted Scene
- Special Feature: Spirit of '76: The Making of Swingtown
- Special Feature: Have A Nice Revolution: Sex & Morality In 1970's America
- Special Feature: Gag Reel
CBS Home Entertainment manages the worldwide DVD business for the CBS Corporation across all lines of content including current hits and classic series from the vast CBS library, as well as new releases from Showtime Video. CBS Home Entertainment products are released on the CBS DVD label.
Paramount Home Entertainment (PHE) is part of Paramount Pictures Corporation (PPC), a global producer and distributor of filmed entertainment. PPC is a unit of Viacom (NYSE: VIA, VIA.B), a leading content company with prominent and respected film, television and digital entertainment brands. PHE is responsible for the worldwide sales, marketing and distribution of home entertainment products on behalf of various parties including: Paramount Pictures, DreamWorks Studios, Paramount Vantage, Paramount Classics, Nickelodeon, MTV, Comedy Central, CBS, PBS and Hasbro and for providing home entertainment fulfillment services for DreamWorks Animation Home Entertainment.
SWINGTOWN SEASON ONE
Street Date: December 9, 2008
Pricing: $42.99 US and $47.99 CAN
Runtime: 9 Hr. 7 Min
