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Big Love - The Complete First Season | 
 enlarge | Directors: Alan Poul, Alan Taylor, Charles Mcdougall, Julian Farino, Mary Harron
Actors: Bill Paxton, Jeanne Tripplehorn, Amanda Seyfried, Chloe Sevigny, Ginnifer Goodwin
Studio: Hbo Home Video
Category: DVD
List Price: $59.98
Buy New: $38.00
You Save: $21.98 (37%)
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Rating:  52 reviews
Sales Rank: 3067
Format: Ac-3, Box Set, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, Dvd-video, Subtitled, Widescreen, Ntsc
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), French (Subtitled), Spanish (Dubbed)
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Number Of Items: 5
Running Time: 720
Aspect Ratio: 1.66:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 7.6 x 5.7 x 1.2
MPN: HBOD93328D
UPC: 026359332821
EAN: 0026359332821
ASIN: B000GTLQVW
Theatrical Release Date: January 2006
Release Date: October 17, 2006
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Condition: Brand new; still in shrink wrap!!
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Studio: Hbo Home Video Release Date: 12/11/2007 Run time: 693 minutes Rating: Nr
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Big Love, HBO's newest buzzworthy series, recalls Groucho Marx's blithe proposal to two women in Animal Crackers. "Why, that's bigamy," one of the women exclaims. Groucho responds, "Yes, and it's big of me, too." But Bill Henrickson's (Bill Paxton) situation is hardly a laughing matter. Bill is a modern-day polygamist who lives in suburban Salt Lake City with his seven children and three "sister-wives": Barbara (Jeanne Tripplehorn, never better), the more mature anchor of the household; Nicki (Chloe Sevigny), who spitefully refers to her as "Boss Lady"; and recent addition Margene (charming Ginnifer Goodwin), insecure and childlike. A series that puts a human face on polygamy is brimming with prurient possibilities. Big Love's first two episodes are veritable commercials for Viagra, as Bill struggles to keep up with the demands of his spouses, with whom the sleeping arrangements are strictly scheduled. But once this more sensational aspect of "plural marriage" is dealt with, Big Love moves on to focus on the emotional, spiritual and financial pressures that beset Bill and his families. As the dreamlike opening credit sequence (scored to the Beach Boys' ethereal "God Only Knows") illustrates, Bill is a man on thin ice. He is carrying mortgages on three adjoining homes. A home-improvement store entrepreneur, he has just cut the ribbon on his second store and is planning a third. His wives, not immune to jealousies, vie for dominant position. And then there's Roman (Harry Dean Stanton; and any series that puts this venerable character actor and hipster saint in our homes on a weekly basis deserves our big love), the sinister leader of an outlaw fundamentalist compound, who has an escalating disagreement with Bill over the repayment of his loan that helped Bill build his fledgling empire ("There's man's law," he states ominously, "and there's God's law"). There are further complications that make Big Love so compelling. Bill suspects that his raw-nerved mother (Grace Zabriskie) may be poisoning his father (Bruce Dern). Nicki is a shopaholic accruing nearly $60,000 in credit-card debt. Overtures by new neighbors threaten to expose Bill's unorthodox and illicit living arrangements. The polygamy factor puts a subversive spin on traditional matrimonial melodrama. When Nicki plans her son's disastrous birthday party, her list of "immediate family" tops 150. When Roman, who is Nicki's father, arrives, Bill proclaims he is not welcome in his "homes." As with Rome, Big Love may require a little patience. But this fascinating portrayal of a shadowy subculture, the intelligent writing, and the estimable ensemble will soon make you feel like part of the families. --Donald Liebenson
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 Excellent Series December 14, 2008
Big Love gives an insight into the everyday life of a suburban polygamist family. Informative, insightful, funny, heart wrenching and entertaining.
A Great HBO Show December 6, 2008
This show is one of the HBO greats before the channel imploded with the desire with making every show cheaper and as big as The Sopranos. The actors and talent are huge and well known before they took this job on TV. Bill Paxton, Chloe Sevigny, Jeanne Tripplehorn, and Gennifer Goodwin are the stars along with Harry Dean Stanton. Incredible actors for a wonderful show. The story takes place in Utah where a man who comes from a polygamist compound has recreated a polygamist family in the suburbs hidden in plain sight. The character is also a very successful businessman who makes a lot of money to support his family and become the envy of current prophet of the compound who is concerned with his rise in fortunes.
Guilty Pleasure November 27, 2008
I absolutely, positively love this show!!! The actors are phenomenal, the characters are great, the writing is engaging, the story is captivating. Did I mention how I love this show? :)
A BIG LOVE CLASSIC!! BILL PAXTON AND CAST ARE BRILLIANT October 18, 2008
what can i say about big love...love it or hate it but you cant ignore it . its a great show. hbo does it again with the classics like with oz, the wire and now they look into the world of polygamy. a strange world but a entertaining world. will you love the show yes you will...you will love the cast especially bill paxton who is such a underrated actor. i love his work like a simple plan and one false move. i love his character bill because his character is such a complex character....you want to hate him love him, you laugh with him, he can be a control freak with his wives, he can be scary but i love his cut throat business deals where he will do what it takes to secure his very large family. he is already rich but he will get more if it means that he has to scam his way thru everything. that is what i love about the show is that he is such a greedy person. there are sad moments like episode where barb was going to be mother of the year. that is a very powerful episode. when you watch these episodes keep an open mind about the show. dont judge it right away till you seen all the stories. if you are looking for graphic sex scenes it has it here. barb doesnt really get naked but his other two wives nikki and margene do. barb does a lot of BJs in the show. i have no idea why she does a lot of that i mean she got butt naked for basic instinct go figure on that one. but for the most part....the stories are really good that looks into the polygamy world its a very disturbing world where you seen men with dozens of wives and the women in the compound have no real say. the men are total control freaks on the compound. but what i love about the show is how bill and his family try to intergrate with the rest of society but yet have to hide their family from the world because it is against the law. i also love the relationship between the wives its like there is a good one, an evil one and the bossy one. you get to see the jealous behavior when it comes to bill and how they join together to get what they want from bill. they can also be nutty too like when the wives were working out their wills or when nikki has a shopping addiction and it will cost the family loads of money. you will see for yourself what i am talking about. so what i am saying is that this is a great show. its worth buy. amazon does have it cheap here i seen in stores that they want 90 dollars for this collection i say they can keep it if its 90 dollars. if you are waiting for the price to go down that is understandable too. but its worth buy when you are ready to get your hands on it! A plus!
Big Love October 4, 2008
this was purchased as a gift but I was very impressed with how fast I received it. Of course it came from your warehouse in Phoenix and I live just down the road in Avondale but nonetheless I had it right away which was impressive.
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