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Special Features
- 13 episodes with commentary by series creator, writer/director Alan Ball on episodes 1 & 13
- Behind the scenes featurette (20 mins.)
- Featurette on the making of the title sequence (15 mins.)
- Deleted scene from pilot episode
- 2 music tracks including the never-before-released "Kid Loco" title remix
- Series index
- Weblinks
Editorial Reviews
Peter Krause, Michael C. Hall, Rachel Griffiths. HBO's brilliant and original series about a family who takes over the operations of a funeral home when the head of the household is suddenly killed. Created by Academy Award winner Alan Ball ( American Beauty ). Includes 13 episodes, behind-the-scenes features, deleted scenes and much more. 3 DVDs. 2001/color/13 hrs/NR/fullscreen.
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83 of 92 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
This is a watershed series in American television. HBO, which has created some of the best written and realisticly in-your-face programming in the history of television (the Sopranos, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Oz) has re-written what is possible on the small screen with Six Feet Under.
The first season of the series deals with issues such as death, drug use, homosexuality, family alienation, mental illness, divorce, bankrupcy, co-dependency and incest. The amazing part is that it NEVER comes across like a soap opera or ABC Afterschool Special. It is very real, and moving.
Alan Ball, the extraordinary writer of the film "American Beauty" writes and directs this tour de force in television excellence. While this show is not for everyone, if you enjoyed Ball's previous work, you no doubt will love this show as much as the critics and millions of fans have. I think the Sopranos and Six Feet Under are reason enough to get HBO.
Ball creates multi-layered, complex characters for this ensemble cast, and allows them to develop throughout the season. What you see up front is not always what you get in the end.
For the price, I would have liked some extra features, like behind the scenes or a "making of" featurette, or interviews with the stars. Many of those are already available on HBO's website, I don't think it would have killed them to include a little extra for the {price}. However, that being said, you are paying {much} for 13 HOURS of entertainment. That is fairly in line with the 2 hour movie average price on DVD. And this is INFINITELY better than 99.999% of the movies that have come out in the last 10 years.
Buy it, enjoy it, and wait patiently for the next season...coming soon.
18 of 18 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
Words cannot express how odd, enthralling, and life-affirming "Six Feet Under" is. One would think that a series about a family that owns a mortuary would be morbid, but there are unexpected laughs and a true appreciation for the gift of life that one takes away from watching this first season.
One caveat: I agree with other reviewers listed here that the price for the box set is prohibitively high. A 13-episode season shouldn't warrant [this price]even with the pre-order discount offered by Amazon, the box set is too expensive.
15 of 15 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
Six Feet Under is, in my opinion, the best show on television. It is probably my favorite television show of all time. Unfortunately, it has ruined me for most network television. The writing is superb. The show is always unpredictable and captivating, and yet nothing that happens ever just feels like a stunt. It is beautifully acted by the entire cast. Instead of stock characters, the people who inhabit this world appear as three dimensional, flawed, tragic, comic, and beautiful human beings. Instead of being a "show about nothing", the trend started by Seinfeld that pretty much every show since seems to be imitating, Six Feet Under is the opposite: it's a show about everything. Life, death, love, God, religion, family, sexuality, tragedy, comedy ... it's all covered. I know I'm gushing, but when you've been fed a steady diet of [garbage] for so long and something gourmet comes along ... it's hard not to. When this show ends I will be deeply saddened.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
"Something..different"
I was a bit skeptical when i first heard of this show, soap opera plots?, talking dead people ? come on. Read more
Published 12 days ago by Ryan Layman
FIrst and Last
The first season of Six Feet Under is by far the best of the five seasons overall. Too bad they couldnt have spread it out to all seasons. Read more
Published 2 months ago by Charles E. Smith
Best season of six feet under!
This is the beginning of one of the best HBO series out there!after u see this season u will hardly be able to wait to see the second one! I enjoyed it immensly!
Published 3 months ago by Stephanylyn
No Problems!
From searching and ordering to receipt of the collection everything went flawlessly. Will be ordering the other seasons for sure.
Published 4 months ago by cslitwin
Gift that got a big thumbs up
I purchased this for my daughter. She always enjoyed Six Feet Under and was truly upset when it was cancelled. Read more
Published 4 months ago by Chinabug
DVD release not on BluRay
This isn't as much a review as much a question. Are they releasing Season 1 again next month but not on BluRay, why???
Published 4 months ago by J. Kuehnle
dvd six feet under season one
Exactly what I ordered, received in very timely matter. Dvds were new and in original, sealed package. Will order again.
Published 6 months ago by rebecca j epperson
Six Feet Under
Fantastic product, great seller! I loved every minute of it, and highly recommend it. It makes a great gift and also look at Dexter, Michael C. Hall is a wonderful actor!
Published 8 months ago by Ana Lopez
Great series
I actually bought this series for my boyfriend for his birthday. We are both lovers of Dexter and shows that are a tad bit on the morbid side. Michael C. Read more
Published 8 months ago by Emily G
Like nothing else
I had to read the 1 and 2 star reviews, because I found it difficult to believe that anyone could dislike this series so much. Read more
Published 10 months ago by Cat O'Ninetails
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