For Immediate Release
EMMY AWARD WINNER TONI COLLETTE
STARS AS ONE WOMAN - DIVIDED
UNITED STATES OF TARA
THE FIRST SEASON
Highly Rated Critical Darling Debuts On DVD
December 29 From Showtime Networks,
CBS Home Entertainment And Paramount Home Entertainment
HOLLYWOOD, Calif. - Experience an identity crisis of epic proportions when
UNITED STATES OF TARA: THE FIRST SEASON lands on DVD December 29 from Showtime Networks, CBS Home Entertainment and Paramount Home Entertainment. The two-disc set includes all 12 first season episodes of the series, plus all-new bonus features giving insight to the show that "breaks new ground when it comes to warped dramatic family comedy" (
Hollywood Reporter).
Toni Collette shines in her Emmy Award-winning role as Tara, a loving wife and mother who goes off her dissociative identity disorder medication, unleashing a cast of internal characters - for good and bad - including a beer-guzzling, gun-loving Vietnam vet, a foul-mouthed teenager and a perfect '50s housewife. From the brilliant creative minds of Executive Producer Steven Spielberg and Creator/Executive Producer Diablo Cody, the Oscar-winning screenwriter of "
Juno,"
UNITED STATES OF TARA boasts a stellar supporting cast including John Corbett and Rosemarie DeWitt.
Heralded by critics as "high-caliber storytelling" (
Salon) and "the television equivalent of the book you can't put down" (
Miami Herald), the series premiere was the network's highest rated program since 2004. It also received a 2009 Television Critics Award nomination for Outstanding New Program of the Year.
UNITED STATES OF TARA: THE FIRST SEASON DVD set includes "Tara's Alters"" and "Sitting Down With Diablo Cody" featurettes, audio commentary with Cody on one episode and the
Season Three premiere episode of the SHOWTIME hit series "
The Tudors."
Available as a two -disc set,
UNITED STATES OF TARA: THE FIRST SEASON DVD is presented in 16x9 Widescreen with English 5.1 and 2.0 Surround Sound and Spanish Mono. The DVD is not rated in the U.S. and rated 14A in Canada. The total running time is approximately 332 Min. The DVD will be available for the suggested retail price of $46.99 US and $52.99 CAN.
CBS Home Entertainment manages the worldwide DVD and Blu-ray businesses 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 and CBS Blu-ray labels.
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, Showtime Networks, PBS and Hasbro and for providing home entertainment fulfillment services for DreamWorks Animation Home Entertainment.
THE UNITED STATES OF TARA: THE FIRST SEASON
Street Date: December 29, 2009
Pricing: $46.99 US/ $52.99 CAN
Running Time Approximately 332 minutes
