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“One Tree
Hill: The Complete Second Season”
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Reviewed
by: |
Wayne A. Klein |
| Genre: |
Drama |
| Video: |
1.78:1 Anamorphic
widescreen |
| Audio: |
Dolby Digital
2.0 |
| Languages |
English |
| Subtitles |
English,
Spanish, French |
| Length |
1012 minutes
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| Rating |
NR |
| Release Date |
9/13/05 |
| Studio |
Warner Home
Entertainment |
| Commentary:
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COMMENTARY
ON THREE KEY EPISODES, Documentaries: Featurettes: “Diaries
from the Set”, “Change is Good”, “The Music of One Tree Hill”
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| Documentaries:
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None |
| Featurettes:
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None |
| Filmography/Biography:
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None |
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Interviews: |
None |
| Trailers/TV
Spots: |
None |
| Alternate/Deleted
Scenes: |
Deleted scenes
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| Music
Video: |
None |
| 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 Hill has 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: |
Nothing
has changed here. The first season set looked terrific and season
two also looks exceptionally good. The images are crisp and
sharp 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. We also get over 40 minutes of unaired scenes.
Many of these were trimmed because episodes ran over their
allotted time. “The Music of One Tree Hill” includes features
footage of the band The Wreckers and singer Tyler Hilton on
their One Tree Hill concert Tour. “Change is Good” focuses
on new characters to the series and includes the thoughts
of the actors portraying the characters. ---
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| Commentary:
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Continuing
to provide value to fans of the series, this set has three commentary
tracks featuring various combinations of the cast and crew on
key episodes. They’re pretty good commentary tracks providing
a bit of trivia about shooting the episode, how the events feature
in the developing story arc, etc. without giving too much away.
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| Final
Words: |
A great
TV series nicely transfer, “One Tree Hill” features all 22 second
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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