Six Feet Under: The Complete First Season (2002) DVD - Full Screen - 5.1 Retail
 

Six Feet Under: The Complete First Season (2002) DVD - Full Screen - 5.1 Retail
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The Fishers are your typical dysfunctional family. Ruth (Frances Conroy) is the stern matriarch who has trouble expressing emotion and snaps at the slightest problem. Daughter Claire (Lauren Ambrose) is an underachiever who cultivates a moody, mysterious loner image in high school (she's indulging in illegal substances too). Brother David (Michael C. Hall) works in the family business, and is uptight beyond belief (he's indulging in a secret homosexual relationship too). Elder brother Nate (Peter Krause) is the black sheep, who, eschewing responsibility, fled to Seattle but got lured back. And Dad (Richard Jenkins) watches it all bemusedly. Did we mention Dad's dead? Oh, and that the Fisher family business is a funeral home? It might sound off-putting, but coming from the mind of Alan Ball, the man who strip-mined suburban life to find the mordant wit underneath in American Beauty, Six Feet Under is a trenchant, stylish spin on standard family dysfunction.

This HBO series initially aspired to fits of Twin Peaks-like whimsy, with each episode starting with a death more outlandish than the previous, but soon settled into a comfortable groove that harkened back to the most familiar of TV family dramas (in fact, it's almost a mirror image of '70s drama Family, down to the three sibling archetypes). Of course, its HBO roots allowed it ample leeway with sex, drug usage, profanity, and violence. While the writing strove to be a little too clever, the overall look and tone of the show remained solid and sometimes profound (sometimes absurd too, but usually with good reason). Krause and Hall, as initially warring brothers who come to a wary understanding, are solid anchors, but it's the women in the cast who do the most phenomenal work. Conroy infuses her almost stereotypical mom with an obstinate but ultimately accepting heart, and Ambrose's Claire is by far the show's most appealing character. And stealing scenes left and right is Rachel Griffith's Brenda, a mystery woman with an outlandish backstory who meets Nate on a plane, has sex with him at the airport, and infiltrates his life. Like Brenda herself, Six Feet Under is fascinating--and highly addictive!!

    
Features/Specifications
  • Attractive Retail Box
  • Starring: Lauren Ambrose, Eric Balfour, Frances Conroy, Rachel Griffiths, Michael C. Hall, Richard Jenkins, Peter Krause, Freddy Rodriguez, Jeremy Sisto, Mathew St. Patrick
  • Directed by: Miguel Arteta, Alan Ball, Kathy Bates, Lisa Cholodenko, Alan Coulter, Allen Coulter, Jim McBride, John Patterson
  • DVD Features:
  • Encoding: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only). This DVD will probably NOT be viewable in other countries.
  • Number of Discs/Layers: 4-Disc Set
  • Digi-Pack
  • Aspect Ratio: 4:3 - 1.33:1 - Full Frame
  • 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
  • Text/ Galleries:
  • Biographies
  • DVD-ROM Features:
  • Web Links
  • Distributor: Warner Home Video
  • Release Format: DVD
  • DVD Release Date: 04-FEB-03
  • Original Release Date: 2001
  • UPC: 026359913228
  • SKU: 1896223
  • Language: English
  • Subtitles:
  • Closed Captioned: Yes
  • Sound Info:
  • Recording Mode: (unknown)
  • Extra info: Four Disc Boxed Set
  • Color: Color
  • Rating: Not Rated
  • Unedited Version: N
  • Collector's Edition: N
  • Director's Cut: N
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