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Features: DVD, Dolby Digital (5.1), English, Spanish, Subtitled
From Alan Ball, the Oscar(r) winning writer of "American Beauty", comes a series that digs where others fear to tread. When a bus kills Nathaniel Fisher, owner of the Fisher Sons Funeral Home in Los Angeles, the tragedy casts a pall on the homecoming of his prodigal son Nate. Together with with mother Ruth, brother David and sister Claire, they must address the family business, and the many more personal matters that arise when your life is Six Feet Under.Running Time: 780 min.Format: DVD MOVIE
Editor's Note
The HBO television series SIX FEET UNDER, about the members of a dynamic Los Angeles-based family that operates the Fisher and Sons Funeral Home, has an ironically grim, but intriguing premise: each episode is based on the death and extenuating circumstances of the family's current client. When a porno star dies and is brought to Fischer and Sons, an entourage of her former costars appear to mourn her death. In another episode, the family must negotiate with tough Mexican-American gang members who have very specific requests for the funeral of one of their brethren. A sassy drama that is rife with black comedy, SIX FEET UNDER follows other HBO hit series like SEX IN THE CITY, THE SOPRANOS, and OZ. Alan Ball created the hit series after scoring a huge success with his original screenplay for AMERICAN BEAUTY. Ball has written and directed several of the 13 episodes that comprise this first season.
| Features | Region 1 | | 4-Disc Set | | Digi-Pack | | Full Frame - 1.33 | | Additional Release Material:
| Audio Commentary - 1. Alan Ball - Creator (2) | | Featurettes - 1. Behind-the-Scenes (20 Min.) | | 2. Opening Titles Featurette (15 Min.) | | Deleted Scene - 1. Pilot Episode | | Interviews | | Trailers - 1. Episodic Previews | | 2. Episodic Recaps | | Isolated Audio Track - 1. Title Song Remix by Kid Loco |
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Release Information
|  | Studio: HBO |
| Release Date: 10/3/2006 |
| Running Time: 780 minutes |
| Original Release Date: 2001 | | Catalog ID: 99132 | | UPC: 00026359913228 | | Number of Discs: 4 |
Audio & Video
| | Original Language: English | | Available Audio Tracks: English [CC], English | | Video: Color |
Aspect Ratio | | 1.33:1 [4:3] |
| Cast & Crew
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Emmy (2002) | | | Junie Lowry-Johnson, Libby Goldstein, Julie Tucker, Won, Outstanding Casting for a Drama Series | | | Alan Ball (I), Won, Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series | | | Patricia Clarkson, Won, Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series | | | Paul Matthaeus, Danny Yount, Eric S. Anderson, Scott Hudziak, Won, Outstanding Main Title Design | | | Thomas Newman, Won, Outstanding Main Title Theme Music | | | Dan Rebert, Thomas Floutz, Lee Romaire, Todd Masters, Scott Tebeau, Donna-Lou Henderson, Justin B. Henderson, Kylie Bell, Won, Outstanding Makeup for a Series (Prosthetic) |
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| | Professional Reviews | USA Today
"...Making the show a must-see are clueless mom Frances Conroy, non-conformist high school sis Lauren Ambrose and Rachel Griffiths..." 2/7/03 p.15DEntertainment Weekly
"...The show confronts death -- and, of course, life -- with an artful mix of irony, gallows humor, and heartbreaking poignance..." 03/21/2003 p.133 Sight and Sound
"...There's plenty of warmth and humor in SIX FEET UNDER..." 07/01/2003 p.65 Widescreen Review
"[The characters'] trials and tribulations make for a very entertaining complete fifth season of the acclaimed HBO Series." 05/01/2006 p.64 |
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