"The Sopranos: Season 6, Part 1" DVD Release Marks Debut Of HBO Video’s First Day & Date HD DVD Release On November 7, 2006

Bonus Features Include First Ever Audio Commentary by Edie Falco

August 14, 2006

It was worth the wait! The latest season of HBO’s hit mob drama “The Sopranos” started off with a “bang” and never let up. On November 7, 2006, fans can own this remarkable season in both HD DVD and standard definition formats when HBO Video releases The Sopranos: Season 6, Part 1. Ranked as one of the top five selling TV DVD titles of all time (season one) by Home Media Research (Home Media Retailing, 7/9/06), The Sopranos will become HBO’s first DVD release in the HD DVD format, offering the enhanced look and sound of HD DVD to consumers nationwide. HBO Video plans to follow up the HD DVD release of The Sopranos: Season 6, Part 1 with a Blu Ray version of the title in 2007. Additional seasons of The Sopranos as well as other HBO Video titles will also debut in HD DVD in 2007 and beyond. An Emmy, Golden Globe and Peabody winner, The Sopranos “may be the greatest TV drama of the 21st century” (Newsweek). Nominated for seven 2006 Emmy® Awards, the sixth season is presented in a four disc DVD collection, featuring all 12 captivating episodes as well as exclusive bonus features, for the suggested retail price of $129.95 HD DVD and $99.98 for standard definition DVD. The Sopranos: Season Six, Part I is not to be missed! New challenges abound for Tony Soprano as his life grows increasingly complicated. Now that he and Carmella are back together, they must face the reality that their kids are no longer children, but not yet grown. And with Johnny Sack in prison, the always-tense relations between the New Jersey and New York families are strained even further. The Sopranos: Season 6, Part 1 DVD bonus materials includes four audio commentaries with cast and crew including David Chase (“Kaisha”), Edie Falco, Jamie-Lynn Sigler and Robert Iler (“Join the Club”), Michael Imperioli, Tony Sirico and writer Terence Winter (“The Ride”) and writer Matthew Weiner (“Luxury Lounge”). Ranked one of TV Guide’s top Five Greatest Shows Of All Time, “The Sopranos” sixth season was nominated for seven 2006 Emmy awards including Outstanding Drama, Supporting Actor (Michael Imperioli), Outstanding Direction and Outstanding Writing. The critically acclaimed show returned “back and better than ever” (New York Daily News), “…at its best – and that’s just about as good as TV ever gets” (USA Today) and was “so compelling…may be the most creative and richly imagined [season] yet” (The New York Times). It was “instantly re-addictive” (USA Today), “brilliant” (People Magazine) and “worth the wait” (Entertainment Weekly). The Sopranos: Season 6, Part 1 Exclusively on DVD Street Date: November 7, 2006 Rating: TVMA Discs: 4 (both sets) Runtime: 720 Minutes DVD Price: $99.98 DVD SRP (Standard Definition) HD DVD Price: $129.95 DVD SRP

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