DVD
REVIEW: MAD MEN
Season One
06/27/08

The most talked about show
of the 2007-2008 television season arrives on DVD this
July when Lionsgate releases the first season of AMC’s
award-winning TV series “MAD MEN.” From Matthew Weiner, the
Emmy© award-winning executive producer and writer of “The
Sopranos,” “MAD MEN” is the ground-breaking, daring series
about the glamorous and ego-driven “Golden Age” of
advertising, where everyone is selling something and nothing
is ever what it seems. Since its debut in the summer of
2007, “MAD MEN” has won two Golden Globes
© for Best
Television Series Drama and Best Performance by an Actor in
a Television Series Drama (Jon Hamm), the Directors Guild
Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Dramatic
Series Night, the Writers Guild Award for New Series, the
Art Directors Guild Award for Excellence in Production
Design in Television, the Satellite Award for Best Ensemble,
Television and was nominated for two Screen Actor Guild
Awards for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a
Dramatic Series and Best Performance by a Male Actor in a
Drama (Hamm). “MAD MEN” is also the winner of the Peabody
Award as the best in electronic media in 2007.
The show has also garnered enormous critical acclaim. The
Wall Street Journal praised it as, “one of the best-written,
all-around sparkling works to come along,” TV Guide
proclaimed it, “sleek, sexy, smartly cynical…9 out of 10”
and Newsweek hailed, “Mad Men is…must see TV.” Timed to
coincide with the second season premiere on AMC this summer,
and a soundtrack release (EMI/Manhattan Records) on June 24,
the MAD MEN: SEASON ONE DVD set includes all 13 episodes of
the first season and is loaded with special bonus materials
including commentaries, featurettes that explore the world
of “MAD MEN ” and much more! Arriving on July 1, 2008, MAD
MEN: SEASON ONE will be packaged in a truly original sleek,
limited-edition, metal “lighter” DVD case.
Set in 1960 New York, MAD MEN reveals the lives of the
ruthlessly competitive men and women of Madison Avenue’s
“Golden Age”, where key players make the art of the sell
while their private lives get sold. And no one plays the
game better than Don Draper (Golden Globe®-winner Jon Hamm),
the biggest ad man – and ladies man in the business. As Don
makes the plays in the boardroom and the bedroom, he
struggles to stay a step ahead of the rapidly changing times
and the young executives nipping at his heels.
VIDEO:
16x9 Widescreen (1.78:1)
AUDIO:
English 5.1 Dolby Digital
Subtitles - English
DVD
SPECIAL FEATURES
“MAD MEN
Series Commentary” – audio commentaries on all 13
episodes
“Establishing MAD MEN” – featurette exploring
the world of MAD MEN
“Advertising the American Dream” – featurette on the
1960’s creative revolution in media
“Pictures of Elegance” – Photo Gallery with
Commentaries from the Costume, Hair and Production Designers
“Scoring MAD MEN” – A One-on-One Discussion with
Composer David Carbonara
MAD
MEN Music Sampler
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