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“One Tree
Hill - Season -1”
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Reviewed
by: |
Wayne A. Klein |
| Genre: |
Drama |
| Video: |
1.33:1 full
screen |
| Audio: |
Dolby Digital
2.0 |
| Languages |
English |
| Subtitles |
English,
Spanish, French |
| Length |
944 minutes
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| Rating |
NR |
| Release Date |
1/25/05 |
| Studio |
Warner Home
Entertainment |
| Commentary:
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Four audio
commentaries on three episodes by cast and crew |
| Documentaries:
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“The Making
of One Tree Hill: Building a Winning Team” |
| Featurettes:
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“Diaries from the Set”
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| Filmography/Biography:
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None |
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Interviews: |
None |
| Trailers/TV
Spots: |
None |
| Alternate/Deleted
Scenes: |
Deleted scenes
with introductions |
| Music
Video: |
Gavin DeGraw unaired
music performance of “I Don’t Want To Be” with introduction
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| Other:
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None |
| Cast
and Crew: |
Chad Michael
Murray, James Lafferty, Hilarie Burton, Bethany Joy Lenz, Paul
Johansson, Sophia Bush |
| Written
By: |
Adam Horowitz,
Mike Kelley, Jennifer Cecil |
| Produced
By: |
Jennifer
Cecil, Mark Perry |
| Directed
By: |
Robert Duncan
McNeil, John Kretchmer, Michael Lange |
| Music:
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Mark Snow
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| The
Review: |
“One Tree Hillhas all the great
elements of a soap opera or larger than life drama. Half brothers
Lucas (Chad Michael Murray) and Nathan (James Lafferty) live
in the same town. Their father Dan Scott (Paul Johansson)
ignores the existence of Lucas his child by one-time girlfriend
Karen (Moira Kelly). Dan tris to control the destiny of his
legitimate son Nathan on the basketball court as a result
of a failed basketball career for himself. While Lucas also
has the top notch basketball skills that Nathan does, Nathan
regards him as little more than a gifted amateur lacking the
true skills that could bring him fame. That’s ironic as Nathan
has no concept of working within a team and the inability
to see past his own arrogance. ---
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| Image
and Sound: |
A truly
superb transfer for One Tree Hill featuring crisp, sharp images
with excellent flesh tones, deep blacks and vivid colors Warner
has done a spectacular job with this DVD set. The sound mix,
like a lot of dramas, doesn’t use the surround speakers as well
as they could but then the point here is how crystal clear the
dialogue and how earth shaking the music is rather than explosions,
etc. In that regard, One Tree Hill features an exceptional transfer
of the soundtrack with nary a hint of compression or analog
imperfections. --- |
| The
Extras: |
The “Diaries
from the Set” featurette focuses on the daily goings on during
production. “The Making of One Tree Hill” looks back to the
conception of the series and how casting played a important
role in the success of the series. The unaired scenes aren’t
essential and many of them played in the overseas market or
were cut for time constraints (i.e. a scene ran longer than
anticipated and had to be trimmed).
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| Commentary:
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With four
commentary tracks spread out over three episodes, we get an
inside glimpse of what makes the show tick. A series of great
commentary tracks featuring Chad Michael Murray and James Lafferty
(among others) gives the audience a sneak peak into plot changes
during episodes, developments that were dropped, etc. |
| Final
Words: |
A great
TV series nicely transfer, “One Tree Hill” features all 22 first
season episodes along with some very nice extras. An essential
purchase for fans of the series as it also includes deleted
scenes and commentary tracks on a trio of important episodes.
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