Product Details

• Actors: Charlie Hunnam, Ron Perlman, Katey Sagal, Maggie Siff, Johnny Lewis
• Format: AC-3, Color, Dolby, DTS Surround Sound, Dubbed, Full Screen, Subtitled
• Language: English
• Subtitles: English, French, Spanish
• Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
• Number of discs: 3
• Rating: Unrated
• Studio: Twentieth Century Fox
• DVD Release Date: August 18, 2009
• Run Time: 594 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (18 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B0024FAR5W
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,247 in Movies & TV (See Bestsellers in Movies & TV)

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Product Description

Disc 1: 260 Minutes

• Forced Trailers:
• Trailer 01 2:00
• Trailer 02 2:00
• Trailer 03 2:00
• Trailer 04 2:00
• Trailer 05 2:00

• Pilot
• Episode Commentary on Pilot
• Seeds
• Fun Town
• Patch Over
• Giving Back

Disc 2: 200 Minutes

• AK-51
• Old Bones
• The Pull
• Episode Commentary on The Pull
• Better Half
• Episode 11

Disc 3: 150 Minutes

• Capybara
• The Sleep of Babies
• Episode Commentary on The Sleep of Babies
• The Revelator
• Episode Commentary on The Revelator

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18 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Awesome show, great Blu, August 15, 2009

By	Steve Kuehl "SLV Video" (Ben Lomond, CA) - See all my reviews (TOP 500 REVIEWER)    (REAL NAME)

Had not watched this show during the first season run, but I had customers asking about it for months now, so in seeing the Blu option I took a chance. The demand has been huge and the feedback has been excellent. A well produced show, a great cast, a gritty yet flowing soundtrack (Primal Scream, Lions, Bob Thiele, Curtis Stigers) all put together onto a solid Blu package.

The picture quality through all 13 episodes maintained decently, with only a few failures here and there depending on the night footage. The DTS is mixed just well enough to hear such gems as a cigarette burning while the Harley floods the outer channels, or a dog barking out a rear channel that makes you jump, or one of the few bass scenes (thumping music) when they enter the Niners Club in Oakland. The music was actually done just right in each episode as to not drown out any peripheral chatter or relevant goings-on. The supplements are placed entirely on disc 3 and include:
* Making of - 9 minutes which initially I thought was way too short but it gets made up for with everything else.
* Ink - 4:45 clip on everything tatoo. Unfortunately none of them were real.
* Bikes - 7 minute blurb on everything one needs to know about each character's mc. Caters to the enthusiasts wondering about the specs.
* Casting - 15 minutes of audition tapes mixed in with interviews for each primary and secondary character. I liked Pileggi's take on showing people he can be bad ("not Skinner").
* Deleted scenes - 35 minutes, half of which should have been left in, especially with such gems (plot holes) as how those panties kept getting flushed, Segal's chest scar, the clothing optional bathroom scene, Prospect feeling the wrath for beating Elvis, Pine being more aware of Clay's feel on his kid, and more.
* Gag reel - 7 minutes that actually contained more highlights than gags, including every single kill of the season crammed into one minute, every single breast, butt and kiss shot montaged together, and the answer to that nagging question of what Tig really did in the morgue (he is just not right at all).
* Commentary on the last episode by a ton of cast and crew.

The 3 disc set is a worthwhile owner for any fan of the series, and even though there are plenty of clarity fades and intermittent grain, the Blu package filled out nicely. Plenty of heated debates out there about the authenticity of the show, but Kurt Sutter was very honest about the research and stated no one would give him a single iota of material - he had to imagine all of this up. Congrats on making a competent brotherhood motorcycle club family drama.

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Hamlet on Motorcycles - That should excite you, August 27, 2009

By	Alexander M. Walker "Knows Things, Great Things" (Chicago, IL USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Fun Fact: William Shakespeare loved motorcycles.

By fact, we of course mean lie - but it's still fun. But it's also the best explanation for the creation of Sons of Anarchy, a seamless blend of Hamlet and biker gangs. Shakespeare's stories have been recreated and re-imagined so many times that the average piece of television or film crosses paths with a Shakespearian influence at least once or twice in its duration. With that said, an entire series twisting one of Shakespeare's great tragedies into a story about family conflict within a motorcycle club is a thing of genius.

Even if you know nothing of motorcycle clubs (i.e. Hell's Angels, etc.), within moments Sons of Anarchy educates you on the twisted and incestuous nature of their politics and take on family life. Clay Morrow (Ron Perlman) became the head of the Sons of Anarchy when John Teller, the father of Jackson `Jax' Teller's (Charlie Hunnam), passed away. Now Clay heads the Sons of Anarchy Motorcycle Club, Redwood Original (SAMCRO) under the guise of the Teller-Morrow auto shop. On a typical day SAMCRO purchases stolen auto parts, beats back meth dealers and fights their main rivals `the Mayans', a rival MC. Sons of Anarchy defines its own borders first by the city limits of Charming, the location of the original Sons of Anarchy club, and then by the territories of affiliated and rival motorcycle gangs. The politics of SAMCRO don't just cease at the clubhouse door, the club's influence flows into the lives of its members and the surrounding community, where they're both loved and feared for their contributions and domineering viewpoints, respectively.

While typically a loyal soldier of the SOA, Jax has begun to stir pensively under the black-and-white viewpoints of Clay. The new perspective comes from the premature arrival of his son, the discovery of his dead father's unpublished manuscript and a sense of ethics that just doesn't seem to be popular in his crowd. Keeping Jackson committed to the SOA cause, his mother Gemma (Katey Sagal) pulls the strings of the club and community from behind the scenes. There's not a man or woman in Charming who hasn't felt her silent touch, and her position within the club gains new strength when she marries Clay. Again, it's all somewhat incestuous in that Shakespearian way.

The structures of SOA life begin to crumble as Jackson falls further away from the club's credo and dark family secrets begin to ooze up from the past. Territory disputes, club mergers, protection jobs and sabotage push the club's public presence to a breaking point and make it all too easy for Agent Scott Kohn (Jay Karnes, Dutchboy of The Shield) to investigate all their activities. Some impending conflicts rear their heads early on while others rise up unexpectedly, but no matter what the circumstance the show is never dull.

Performances from the older veteran actors are top-notch. Ron Perlman and Katey Sagal put on a show worthy of award nomination and supporting clubber Robert `Bobby' Munson (Mark Boone Junior) solidifies the show's reputation for superb performances. Charlie Hunnam has promise, but the first season doesn't really show-off his chops in comparison to other actors in the show. Maggie Siff plays an ex-love interest to Jackson who might be something more - but either way she's one of the more compelling younger thespians in the mix.

Blu-ray Extra Features:

Only some of the episodes have audio commentaries, but they're not really what will draw you into the extras section of the disc. There are a variety of "making of" featurettes (one of considerable length) and others covering cool and contextually important facets of the show. One such featurette takes a look at the tattoos of the gang and their women (many of whom are branded with the troupe's iconic crow) while another takes a cursory glance at the Harley Davidson Dynas used in the production.

Sons of Anarchy is a great reinvention of Shakespeare and it's really interesting to watch it all unfold - even knowing how it all has to end. Few plots can keep an audience entrenched when they know how it has to end (Valkyrie, anyone?). With the show so deeply rooted in the Shapespearian lore, what's really interesting is to see the show's tie-in to the channel-making drama that came before it: The Shield. Now, having an ex-Shield star as one of the supporting characters is a nice touch - but it's not the best; one of the rival gangs has been cleverly titled the One-Niners - one of the main gangs faced by Vic Mackey and his crew.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Best!!!!, September 2, 2009

By	Scout (Midwest) - See all my reviews

Far and away the best show on television. For those who are tired of shallow "reality" shows or the seemingly never ending, unrealistic cookie cutter sagas of CSI Anytown / Law & Order Name-Your-Crime, this show is a true original. The casting is superb. Once you've seen the actors in their character roles, you'll forget that they were ever in another series. The only disappointment is that the seasons are only 13 episodes long and 12 months apart.

Thanks to FX for staying outside the box.