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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
"***½ This is how you rejuvenate a franchise. Smart, tough and entertaining"
- Robert Bianco, USA TODAY
"One of the more humanizing adventures in science fiction
to arrive in quite a while. Taut, haunting, relevant."
- Ginia Bellafante, NEW YORK TIMES
TERMINATOR - THE SARAH
CONNOR CHRONICLES:
THE COMPLETE FIRST SEASON
All Nine Season One Episodes with Over Four Hours of
Never-Before Seen Bonus Features in a Three-Disc Collector's Set
Coming to DVD and Blu-ray™ hi-def August 19, 2008
BURBANK, CA (May 19, 2008) - The popular Terminator franchise has added a new and exciting chapter with the critically acclaimed TV series that has Sarah Connor running for her life...and for the future of all mankind. The ultimate tale of man-vs.-machine,
Terminator - The Sarah Connor Chronicles: The Complete First Season will be released on DVD and Blu-ray™ hi-def from Warner Home Video on August 19, 2008. Fans can own the three-disc set containing all nine one-hour episodes from season one just in time for the premiere of season two on FOX. The adrenaline-pumping DVD collection also includes amazing never-before-seen special features including a featurette with cast and crew, gag reel, commentaries, and "Terminated Scenes." The series stars Lena Headey (
300), Summer Glau ("
The 4400," "
The Unit," "
Firefly"), Thomas Dekker ("
Heroes"), and Richard T. Jones (
Vantage Point, "
Judging Amy") and is priced to own at on DVD at $29.98 SRP, and $39.99 for Blu-ray™ hi-def .
The mother of all destiny. Her son, the future leader of mankind. Their protector, a terminator from the future. Together they must take back the future as Sarah Connor (
300's Lena Headey) prepares her son to fight the war against machines determined to annihilate the human race. The clock is ticking. Can they stop Judgment Day? The man-vs-machines tale that has thrilled millions gets a reboot with this popular series, set after the events of
Terminator 2: Judgment Day. Will John Connor (Dekker) seize his destiny? Will a cell phone salesman's chess program evolve into Skynet? Can the sweet but deadly cyborg (Glau) be trusted? Answers - and the fight for the future - are here and now!
"Warner Home Video is releasing
Terminator - The Sarah Connor Chronicles: The Complete First Season just in time for the premiere of season two," said Rosemary Markson, WHV Vice President, TV & Special Interest Marketing. "Building off the success of the blockbuster science fiction theatrical franchise, the TV series was the highest rated new scripted show from last season among men*. Fans will be glued to their TVs as they experience Sarah Connor's heroic fight to save herself, her son and the future of the world."
* Source: Nielsen, 2007-08 season-to-date thru 04/20/08, broadcast prime, L+SD US AA%. Key Male= M18-34, M18-49, M25-54.
MARKETING SUPPORT
Terminator - The Sarah Connor Chronicles: The Complete First Season will be supported by national media campaign including extensive TV, print and online media targeting both general entertainment and science fiction/action fans.
Terminator - The Sarah Connor Chronicles: The Complete First Season DVD Special Features Include:
- "Creating the Chronicles" featurette - an all-encompassing look at the production process involved with every aspect of bringing Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles to television.
- Commentaries - includes executive producers Josh Freidman & John Wirth, cast members Summer Glau & Thomas Dekker, and more.
- Terminated Scenes (i.e. deleted scenes)
- Gag Reel
- Cast Audition Tapes - includes Lena Headey, Thomas Dekker, and Richard T. Jones
- Storyboard Animatic - featuring the storyboard sequence of the school session where Cromartie attacks and John narrowly escapes
- Summer Glau Dance Rehearsal
- Extended Director's Cut of Episode The Demon Hand
BASICS
DVD Price: $29.98 SRP
Blu-ray™ hi-def Price: $39.99 SRP
Street Date: August 19, 2008
Language: English, Brazilian Portuguese
Subtitles: ESDH, Latin Spanish, Complex Chinese, Korean, Thai, Brazilian
Running time: Approximately 480 minutes (episodes and special features)
DVD Catalog # 1000039429
Blu-ray™ hi-def Catalog # 1000039702
EPISODES FEATURED
- Pilot
- Gnothi Seauton
- The Turk
- Heavy Metal
- Queen's Gambit
- Dungeons and Dragons
- The Demon Hand
- Vick's Chip
- What He Beheld
With operations in 90 international territories Warner Home Video, a Warner Bros. Entertainment Company, commands the largest distribution infrastructure in the global video marketplace. Warner Home Video's film library is the largest of any studio, offering top quality new and vintage titles from the repertoires of Warner Bros. Pictures, Turner Entertainment, Castle Rock Entertainment, HBO Home Video and New Line Home Entertainment.
