HBO pushes the boundaries once again with this hit show about a man with three wives. Bill Paxton (ALIENS) stars as Bill Henrickson, a Salt Lake City fundamentalist Mormon who appears to have eked out an achingly mundane existence for himself. But scratch beneath the surface and Bill is far from ordinary. Balancing three wives--Barb (Jeanne Tripplehorn), Nicki (Chloe Sevigny), and Margene (Ginnifer Goodwin)--who live in adjoining houses, Bill also has seven children to raise. He negotiates the strange and stressful setup throughout the show, while his best friend Don Embry (Joel McKinnon Miller) often chimes in with some advice from his own life as a polygamist. This release includes every episode from BIG LOVE's first season.
DVD Features:
Region 1
5-Disc Boxed Set
Widescreen
Audio:
Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Sound - English
Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround Sound - Spanish
Subtitles - English, French, Spanish - Optional
Additional Release Material:
Audio Commentaries - 1. Cast
Featurettes - 1. "Big Love: A Balancing Act On Ice" - The making of the opening sequence
Episodic Previews
Episodic Recaps
Interactive Features:
Animated Menus
Creator
Mark V. Olsen: Creator, BIG LOVE (2006)
Creator
Will Scheffer: Creator, BIG LOVE (2006)
Executive Producer
Gary Goetzman:
Executive Producer
Tom Hanks: Oscar winning actor, CAST AWAY (2000)
Production Designer
Dan Bishop:
Costume Designer
Chrisi Karvonides: BEAUTIFUL
Review 1:
3 stars out of 5 -- "BIG LOVE veers away from exploitation to deliver an unusual drama that explores both the normality and the unmentionable of such an existence."
Source: Ultimate DVD
p.76 10/01/2006
Review 2:
"Although LOVE deals with Utah polygamy, the drama starring Bill Paxton as a man with three wives is surprisingly relatable." -- Grade: B+
Source: Entertainment Weekly
p.61 11/03/2006
Review 3:
"[A] fascinatingly skewed, surprisingly complex exploration of the concept of family."
Source: Movieline's Hollywood Life
p.106 11/01/2006
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