{"id":7105,"date":"2009-11-23T03:05:22","date_gmt":"2009-11-23T03:05:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/?p=7105"},"modified":"2009-11-23T03:05:22","modified_gmt":"2009-11-23T03:05:22","slug":"blu-ray-the-sopranos-season-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/2009\/11\/23\/blu-ray-the-sopranos-season-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Blu-ray: The Sopranos Season 1"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"The<\/a>The Sopranos<\/a><\/strong> <\/a>Season 1<\/a> <\/strong>gets its UK debut on Blu-ray and remains essential viewing if you don’t already own it on DVD.<\/p>\n

One of the best and most iconic TV dramas of the last decade, it was created by David Chase<\/a> and screened for six seasons on HBO from 1999 until 2007.<\/p>\n

Set in New Jersey, where it also was shot and produced, the series revolves around mobster Tony Soprano (James Gandolfini<\/a>) and his struggles to balance his home and working life.<\/p>\n

A huge ratings and critical success, it became the most financially successful cable series in history and arguably one of the landmark shows in the history of television.<\/p>\n

It garnered several awards, including twenty-one Emmys and five Golden Globes and broke through in to popular culture with the show being parodied, analysed and discussed by many viewers across the world.<\/p>\n

Season 1 began with Tony Soprano collapsing after suffering a panic attack which led him into therapy with Dr. Jennifer Melfi (Lorraine Bracco<\/a>).<\/p>\n

As the season develops details of Tony’s life emerge: his father and mother loom large in his personal and social development; his complex relationship with his wife Carmela (Edie Falco<\/a>); his children, Meadow and Anthony Jr., who both have find out more about their father’s line of work; someone in his organization snitching to the FBI; his own family plotting against him and various behind the scenes conflicts, which gradually emerge.<\/p>\n

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The technical specs are:<\/p>\n