DVD NEW: Big Love - 2009 TV Drama, The Patriarch Of Fundamentalist Mormon Family

Description: Big Love is an American drama television series created by Mark V. Olsen and Will Scheffer that aired on HBO from 2006 to 2011. It stars Bill Paxton as the patriarch of a fundamentalist Mormon family in contemporary Utah that practices polygamy, with Jeanne Tripplehorn, Chloë Sevigny, and Ginnifer Goodwin portraying his wives. The series charts the family's life in and out of the public sphere in their Salt Lake City suburb, as well as their associations with a fundamentalist compound in the area. It features key supporting performances from Amanda Seyfried, Grace Zabriskie, Daveigh Chase, Matt Ross, Mary Kay Place, Bruce Dern, Melora Walters, and Harry Dean Stanton. The series premiered in the United States on March 11, 2006, following the sixth-season premiere of the HBO series The Sopranos. Big Love was a success for HBO, running for five seasons before concluding its run on March 20, 2011. Big Love received widespread critical acclaim, and earned several major awards and nominations throughout its run. The third season was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama Series, and the first three were nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Television Series - Drama. For acting, Chloë Sevigny won a Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress in the series' third season, and Bill Paxton was nominated three times for his leading role. At the Emmys, Ellen Burstyn, Bruce Dern, Mary Kay Place, and Sissy Spacek were all nominated for their recurring roles, while series' creators Olsen and Scheffer won the Writers Guild of America Award for Television: Episodic Drama The series has been the subject of articles in academic journals, including the Columbia Law Review, Law and Contemporary Problems, and Michigan Journal of Gender & Law. Several publications listed the series's first three seasons as among the best television of the decade 2000–09, and its final season ranked among the best-reviewed scripted series of 2011. REAR COVER Big Love finds the modern-day polygamist Bill Henrickson (Bill Paxton) and his three wives struggling to pick up the pieces after first wife Barb's (Jeanne Tripplehorn) outing at the Beehive Mother of the Year Ceremony. Second wife Nicki (Chloe Sevigny), learning that it was her father, Roman Grant (Harry Dean Stanton), Prophet of the Fundamentalist Juniper Creek compound, who betrayed them, battles conflicting family loyalties. And third wife Margene (Ginnifer Goodwin), newly pregnant, fights for a bigger piece of the family pie with an eye toward bringing a new wife and confidante into the fold. All of this domestic drama plays out against the backdrop of Bill's new, visionary business plans - which put him into direct conflict with his father-in-law and some rather unexpected and unsavoury antagonists. As if juggling three wives wasn't tricky enough, it looks like Bill won't be getting much sleep in any of his houses this year. DEVELOPMENT Concept and writing Big Love was created by Mark V. Olsen and Will Scheffer, who also served as executive producers. Olsen and Scheffer spent nearly three years researching the premise of the show, with the intent of creating a "fair, non-judgmental portrayal of polygamy in America."[9] Olsen said that the family dynamics were key to the series' narrative, mixing family affection with tensions. "It's that combustion, negotiating that mix of feelings that I think keeps an audience coming back for more."[ The fictional fundamentalist group the United Effort Brotherhood (UEB) has characteristics similar to the historic United Effort Plan established by the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (FLDS) and taken over by the state of Utah in 2005.[11] The FLDS is one of the most prolific and well-known polygamist groups and identifies itself as the legitimate successor of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, which officially discontinued polygamy in 1890. Creators Olsen and Scheffer included a drive through the twin FLDS towns of Hildale, Utah, and Colorado City, Arizona, as part of their research for the show. The UEB has built its own temple on its Kansas compound. The raid on Juniper Creek is reminiscent of the Short Creek raid in 1953 when Arizona state police and National Guard troops took action against polygamists in Colorado City. Many of the businesses owned by the UEB are similar to businesses formerly run by FLDS members under the non-fictional UEP, which managed financial holdings of the FLDS. The creators read a single 2003 article published in Utah on the Darger family who are Independent Fundamentalist Mormons. Filming and sets Although set in Utah, the series was primarily filmed at the Santa Clarita Studios in Valencia, California. The location used for filming "Henrickson's Home Plus" scenes was The All American Home Center in Downey, California. The exterior scenes of the three homes that Bill owns were filmed on location on Shady Lane, in the small town of Fillmore, California. The mall scenes from season one were filmed in the Fox Hills Mall, in Culver City, California. Other exterior shots were filmed in Downtown Salt Lake City, Utah, and Sandy, Utah, as well as northeast Los Angeles, California.

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Case Type: Tall/DVD Case

Rating: MA15+

Subtitle Language: English, French, Dutch, Danish, Finnish, Greek, Norwegian, Portuguese, Swedish, English For The Hesring Impaired

MPN: Multi Region Player Required To Play Outside Aust & NZ

Studio: Anima Sola Productions Playtone HBO Entertainment

Region Code: DVD: 4 (AU, NZ, Latin America...)

Format: DVD

Release Year: March 12, 2006 – March 20, 2011

Language: English, French

Actor: Bruce Dern, Harry Dean Stanton, Tina Majorino, Amanda Seyfried, Joel Mckinnon Miller, Douglas Smith, Mary Kay Place, Bill Paxton, Melora Walters, Jeanne Tripplehorn, Lyndsy Fonseca, Chloé Sevigny, Grace Zabriskie, Jolean Wejbe, Ginnifer Goodwin, Shawn Doyle, Daveigh Chase, Matt Ross

Features: “Post Patrum” (five Years Before Season 1 Starts), “Meet The Baby Sitter” 3 Years Befor Me Series 1 Starts, “Moving Day” 1 Year Before Season 1 Starts)

Season: The Complete Second Season (all 12 Episodes)

Movie/TV Title: Big Love (TV Drama Series)

Music Artist: Mark Mothersbaugh (season 1) David Byrne (season 2), Anton Sanko (seasons 3–5)

Video Format: PAL

Director: Daniel Attius & 21 Others

Sub-Genre: Slice of Life

Cinematic Movement: Arthouse/Independent

Franchise: Big Love

Edition: Box Set, Standard Edition, Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Sound, Widescreen

Aspect Ratio: 16:9

Type: TV Series

Producer: Executive producers Tom Hanks Gary Goetzman Mark V. Olsen, Will Scheffer Gregg Fienberg David Knoller

Genre: Drama

Run Time: 616 Minutes

Country/Region of Manufacture: United States