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. Artwork is available at Welcome to SPHE Connect. Visit Sony Pictures Home Entertainment on the Web at Sony Pictures.
DVD Catalog # 28042
UPC Code: 0-43396-28042-7
Order Date: 1/22/09
SRP: $ 29.95
“Emmy®” is a registered trademark of ATAS/NATAS.
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. Artwork is available at Welcome to SPHE Connect. Visit Sony Pictures Home Entertainment on the Web at Sony Pictures.
DVD Catalog # 28042
UPC Code: 0-43396-28042-7
Order Date: 1/22/09
SRP: $ 29.95
“Emmy®” is a registered trademark of ATAS/NATAS.
