The Sopranos: The Complete First Season
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Actor: Dominic Chianese, Edie Falco, James Gandolfini, Michael Imperioli, Nancy MarchandBrand: Warner Brothers
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language); Spanish (Original Language)
Format: Box set, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, NTSC
Picture Format: Anamorphic Widescreen, 1.78:1
Running Time: 680 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2000-12-12
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: HBO Home Video
DVD Reviews of The Sopranos: The Complete First Season
DVD Review: The Sopranos Season One
Summary: 5 Stars
I love the Sopranos, this product was delivered in a timely manner, and in good condition.DVD Review: I'm a Sopranos newbie
Summary: 4 Stars
I was converted to the Sopranos over a rainy summer vacation in Summerside, PEI. A&E was airing the show at 10:00 am Atlantic time. I was drawn into the story lines about Adriana LaCerva and Meadow Soprano, and Anthony Jr., to a lesser extent. I think that's because I work in a high school, so I would want to see how Meadow's and Anthony Jr's teen lives were portrayed. I'm 29, so I am attracted to Adriana's fancy clothes and accessories. As soon as we got home, one week later, I rented the entire first season.
And it was a very interesting first season! My favorite story lines still revolve around Meadow and Adriana. We don't see much of Adriana, but when we do, she's an adorable mob girl who just loves luxury! She is also confident she will have a career in music management. Meadow is the conflicted teen who has pieced it all together- her family is Mafia!!! We watch Tony Soprano piece his life together. His mother- is she senile, evil, or both? Is she a devoted mother or vengeful Mafia lady? You'll learn all about her through surprise twists and turns!!!
And then there's Uncle Junior. I'm not all that knowledgable when it comes to the Mafia. Uncle Junior is a harmless old guy, right? And these pretty ladies he wines and dines? None of them could possibly get him in trouble, right?
You'll find out soon enough!!! The Sopranos is addictive. But, it's not the healthiest show- waaaay too much graphic violence, profanity, and sex. I understand that Tony runs a strip club, but I really don't need to see topless, g-stringed ladies humping poles as Tony plans his next move. The sex scenes are pornographic. Again, simply not needed!!!!
This said, I recommend this series IN SMALL DOSES. It also helps to wiki the Italian mob for background knowledge. No one on this show is a hero, remember that!!! Carmella Soprano is an enabling doormat. Dr. Melfi needs a backbone and new patients. Adriana needs to dump the abusive Christopher. Watch incrementally for the cultural phenomenon that it was.
PS- Because this show is very violent, very graphic, etc, I will not be watching seasons 2, 3, and 4 in their entirety. I am only watching the ones whose plotlines revolve around Adriana and/or Meadow.
DVD Review: The Beginning of an ICON
Summary: 5 Stars
The Sopranos Season 1 was the very beginning of the what was to become an icon, larger than life. In Season 1, like many series, the writers were finding their groove and the cast was working out their characters. A lot of what goes on or begins in season 1 storyline-wise, character-wise, plays a large part seasons to come. Sort of the beginning of a croched blanket.
If you are new to the Sopranos, I HIGHLY recommend it. Season 1 is a little slower going, but even with the quirks, it's a great first season. I didn't think I'd enjoy the series, as I'm not a mafia movie fan, but The Sopranos has so much more than just that. It's really more about family, similar to a soap opera. If you give it a chance, I'm sure you'll be pleased you did.
DVD Review: Perfect
Summary: 5 Stars
Its the sopranos, its #1, its perfect. Amazon is the only place to get a good deal on it.DVD Review: NO Closed Captioning
Summary: 4 Stars
First, let me say that I'm an avid Sopranos fan. I put the first-season DVD on my Amazon wish list and was thrilled when I was given it as a gift. I have a hearing problem and always use closed captioning while watching TV and videos. I have been disappointed to find that some DVDs that list CC don't actually have it. Unfortunately, The Sopranos: First Season is one of them. Yes, I do know how to use the DVD menu to select closed-captioning, but the only options listed are for quality of sound or the languages Spanish or French. Since my TV is always set for CC, that shouldn't be the problem. Consequently, I have to turn up the volume considerably, but still miss some of the dialogue.
Description of The Sopranos: The Complete First Season
On January 10th 1999 America was introduced to two families that would make history: The Soprano family headed by Tony Soprano and The Soprano "family" headed by ... Tony Soprano. ' 'Four Stars! The first gotta-watch gotta love Gotti-like TV series of 1999. Across the board it's an A-plus.' ' - The New York Post ' 'Achieves a fresh tone to match its irresistibly winning concept.' ' - The New York TimesRunning Time: 680 min.System Requirements:Starring: James Gandolfini Steve Van Zandt Vincent Pastore Aida Turturro Edie Falco Lorraine Bracco Nancy Marchand Dominic Chianese Michael Imperioli Jamie-Lynn Sigler Robert Iler and Tony Sirico. Directed By: David Chase. Running Time: 680 Min. Color. This film is presented in "Widescreen" format. Copyright 2000 Warner Home Video.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre:?DRAMA Rating:? UPC:?026359927324 Manufacturer No:?99273The Sopranos, writer-producer-director David Chase's extraordinary television series, is nominally an urban gangster drama, but its true impact strikes closer to home: Like 1999's other screen touchstone, American Beauty, the HBO series chronicles a dysfunctional, suburban American family in bold relief. And for protagonist Tony Soprano, there's the added complexity posed by heading twin families, his collegial mob clan and his own, nouveau riche brood.
The series' brilliant first season is built around what Tony learns when, whipsawed between those two worlds, he finds himself plunged into depression and seeks psychotherapy--a gesture at odds with his midlevel capo's machismo, yet instantly recognizable as a modern emotional test. With analysis built into the very spine of the show's elaborate episodic structure, creator Chase and his formidable corps of directors, writers, and actors weave an unpredictable series of parallel and intersecting plot arcs that twist from tragedy to farce to social realism. While creating for a smaller screen, they enjoy a far larger canvas than a single movie would afford, and the results, like the very best episodic television, attain a richness and scope far closer to a novel than movies normally get.
Unlike Francis Coppola's operatic dramatization of Mario Puzo's Godfather epic, The Sopranos sustains a poignant, even mundane intimacy in its focus on Tony, brought to vivid life by James Gandolfini's mercurial performance. Alternately seductive, exasperated, fearful, and murderous, Gandolfini is utterly convincing even when executing brutal shifts between domestic comedy and dramatic violence. Both he and the superb team of Italian-American actors recruited as his loyal (and, sometimes, not-so-loyal) henchmen and their various "associates" make this mob as credible as the evocative Bronx and New Jersey locations where the episodes were filmed.
The first season's other life force is Livia Soprano, Tony's monstrous, meddlesome mother. As Livia, the late Nancy Marchand eclipses her long career of patrician performances to create an indelibly earthy, calculating matriarch who shakes up both families; Livia also serves as foil and rival to Tony's loyal, usually level-headed wife, Carmela (Edie Falco). Lorraine Bracco makes Tony's therapist, Dr. Melfi, a convincing confidante, by turns "professional," perceptive, and sexy; the duo's therapeutic relationship is also depicted with uncommon accuracy. Such grace notes only enrich what's not merely an aesthetic high point for commercial television, but an absorbing film masterwork that deepens with subsequent screenings. --Sam Sutherland
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