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The Sopranos: Complete HBO Season 1 [1999] [DVD]
enlarge	Actors: James Gandolfini, Lorraine Bracco, Edie Falco, Jamie-Lynn Sigler, Michael Imperioli Studio: Warner Home Video Category: DVD List Price: ~~£61.99~~ Buy Used: £9.49 as of 23/11/2009 03:40 GMT details You Save: £52.50 (85%) New (18) Used (15) Collectible (1) from £9.49 Seller: cookeke Rating: 37 reviews Sales Rank: 1126 Format: Box set, PAL, Subtitled Languages: English (Subtitled), French (Subtitled), Dutch (Subtitled), Romanian (Subtitled), Finnish (Subtitled), Norwegian (Subtitled), Swedish (Subtitled), English (Original Language) Rating: Suitable for 18 years and over Region: 2 Discs: 4 Number Of Discs: 4 Running Time: 696 Minutes Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.7 Dimensions (in): 7.6 x 5.5 x 0.7 UPC: 732190025180 EAN: 7321900251808 ASIN: B0000AZVIH Theatrical Release Date: January 10, 1999 Release Date: November 24, 2003 Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days


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Editorial Reviews: Amazon.co.uk Review Writer-producer-director David Chase's extraordinary television seriesIThe Sopranos/I is nominally an urban gangster drama, but its true impact strikes closer to home. This ambitious TV series chronicles a dysfunctional, suburban American family in bold relief. And for protagonist Tony Soprano, there's the added complexity posed by heading twin families, his collegiate mob clan and his own nouveau-riche brood. p The brilliant first series is built around what Tony learns when, whipsawed between those two worlds, he finds himself plunged into depression and seeks psychotherapy--a gesture at odds with his midlevel capo's machismo, yet instantly recognisable as a modern emotional test. With analysis built into the very spine of the show's elaborate episodic structure, creator Chase and his formidable corps of directors, writers and actors weave an unpredictable series of parallel and intersecting plot arcs that twist from tragedy to farce to social realism. While creating for a smaller screen, they enjoy a far larger canvas than a single movie would afford and the results, like the very best episodic television, attain a richness and scope far closer to a novel than movies normally get. p Unlike Francis Coppola's operatic dramatisation of Mario Puzo's IGodfather/I epic, IThe Sopranos/I sustains a poignant, even mundane intimacy in its focus on Tony, brought to vivid life by James Gandolfini's mercurial performance. Alternately seductive, exasperated, fearful and murderous, Gandolfini is utterly convincing even when executing brutal shifts between domestic comedy and dramatic violence. Both he and the superb team of Italian-American actors recruited as his loyal (and, sometimes, not-so-loyal) henchman and their various "associates" make this mob as credible as the evocative Bronx and New Jersey locations where the episodes were filmed. p The first year's other life force is Livia Soprano, Tony's monstrous, meddlesome mother. As Livia, the late Nancy Marchand eclipses her long career of patrician performances to create an indelibly earthy, calculating matriarch who shakes up both families; Livia also serves as foil and rival to Tony's loyal, usually level-headed wife, Carmela (Edie Falco). Lorraine Bracco makes Tony's therapist, Dr Melfi, a convincing confidante, by turns "professional", perceptive and sexy; the duo's therapeutic relationship is also depicted with uncommon accuracy. Such grace notes only enrich what's not merely an aesthetic high point for commercial television, but an absorbing film masterwork that deepens with subsequent screenings. --ISam Sutherland/I

Customer Reviews: Showing reviews 1-5 of 37 1 2 3 4 5 6 ...8 Next » Another superb US import November 28, 2003 19 out of 19 found this review helpful An excellent series charting the life of Mafiosa Tony Soprano as well as his family and associates. The gangster genre has undergone many different interpretations over the years, with the highlights being the obvious: Godfather, Once Upon A Time In America etc. However, it is about time a well-made, well-acted and ultimately realistic portrayal came to the small screen - and the Sopranos is it, without a shadow of a doubt. Gritty and violent, yet sardonic and sexy, this series is another fantastic import from HBO. Its popularity is well deserved, and despite some criticism in later series when the focus drifts onto secondary (and more annoying) characters, this first series heralded a new class of tv shows. Highly recommended. Just when I thought I was out... December 9, 2003 Pieter Verbeke 17 out of 17 found this review helpful they puuulll me back in!pBack in your chair to watch the rest of the Sopranos, that is!pThis first season of the Sopranos is a real beauty. A great cast (unbelievable acting-debute of Steven Van Zandt!). Great music (Tindersticks e.g.). Great cinematography (little spoiler: Tony's first attack). Great script and quotes. And the necessary humor.pThis great show comes in a 4-disk dvd-box. The box-art is really nice. There are some extra's (audio comment of the director for the pilote, an interview with the director,..) but not very much. And maybe also good to know if you're non-UK: there are subtitles for most European languages. unbelievably good December 22, 2005 Mr. Ian A. Macfarlane (Fife, Scotland) 26 out of 28 found this review helpful I heard talk of #x27;The Sopranos#x27; when it first appeared on British TV but thought the title too daft for it to be worth looking at. More fool me. I have all the series now, 1-5, and am frequently staggered by the brilliance of the enterprise, and how it has unfolded and developed. I lent Series 1 to a friend ; he rather shamefacedly told me later that he had sat down to watch the first episode in a morning and, totally transfixed, watched the whole series right through. It gets you that way, and I can#x27;t think of much else that does. A modern classic. Buy it........ It's an offer you can't refuse! February 26, 2004 10 out of 11 found this review helpful The Godfather, Goodfellas, Donnie Brasco...I loved them all, but somehow The Sopranos passed me by along with the hype (I must have been sleeping with the fishes). Until recently, that is, when my Boss (as in line manager not Mafioso) suggested that, in light of my appreciation of the above classics, I might give The Sopranos a look.pSo, with an objective, post hype and critical eye I started to watch series one in February 2004. pAbsolutely amazing, I am utterly addicted to this masterpiece of imagination. It portrays the life of a man who seems to have it all; the money, the house, the cars, the ladies, the power.......but he's just as fallible and vulnerable as the rest of us (he may go a little further than most when faced with adversity) but still you find yourself almost identifying and actually rooting for this mob boss.pHe's a family man as well as a gangster and it is in this guise that we get the balance and insight into ordinary humanity that empowers the viewer to empathise with Tony Soprano and forgive his excesses in his alter ego of Mafia Don. These two worlds are abridged magnificently by Tony's frank and increasingly open discourse with his Psychiatrist, Dr Melfi.pTheir evolving relationship serves to show the viewer the tenderness that Tony is capable of feeling (when he's not "whacking" people) and allows him to express his inner feelings. This lends itself to ever increasing character knowledge and complexity of Tony Soprano, engaging the viewer to want to find out more about Tony and his complex life.pForget Big Brother, this is the ultimate insight into human nature and all its facets. pI have just ordered the 2nd, 3rd and 4th series through Amazon on the strength of the 1st series and I'm only onto episode 9!pThe down side?......Once you've watched the Sopranos you've been spoilt - ordinary TV shows will just pale into insignificance. Brilliantly written, brilliantly acted, amazing sub-plots that offer real depth and complexity and characters that make you laugh and cry in the same breath. pBada Bing! Not sure if to buy this DVD? Let me give you some help September 18, 2004 24 out of 28 found this review helpful Firstly, if your a fan of GOODFELLAS, THE GODFATHER, A BRONX TALE etc, then without a single doubt, your gonna love this. The Sopranos is a great series and contains everything from violence and nudity to comedy and loving families, meaning it's alot more then just a gangster drama. The 13 episodes on this disc totalling over 12 hours, follows the life of a gangster called Tony Soprano. But he's more then just a mafia boss, he's also a loving, caring family man with a wife and kids. The series portrays the way Tony deals with stress and panic attacks, forcing him to visit a shrink. It also shows you Tony's organised crime buisness, and the hishaps that come with it. It also follows the life of his uncles and nephews and friends, along with his troublesome and disorientated mother. all of this combined makes for humourous yet extreme viewing, of a mob boss whos about to get in touch with his feelings. br It's brilliantly written and acted, and so realistic. One minute Tony is running someone over with a friend's Lexus and sticking a gun in his face. The next minute he's playing video games with his son, it's such a fantastic series. You can re-watch the hour long episodes over and over and never get bored, which make this boxset great value. the discs come in a stylish box, with a fold out holder and looks very stylish at the top of any DVD collection. Showing reviews 1-5 of 37 1 2 3 4 5 6 ...8 Next »

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