Prison Break - Season 1 [Blu-ray] | ![Prison Break - Season 1 [Blu-ray]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51dhDM47MoL._SL160_.jpg)
 enlarge | Directors: Bobby Roth, Brad Turner, Brett Ratner, Dean White, Dwight H. Little
Actors: Dominic Purcell, Wentworth Miller, Amaury Nolasco, Robert Knepper, Wade Williams
Studio: 20th Century Fox
Category: DVD
List Price: $99.98
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Rating:  15 reviews
Sales Rank: 20058
Format: Ac-3, Color, Dolby, Dts Surround Sound, Dubbed, Subtitled
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Subtitled), French (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), French (Dubbed), Japanese (Dubbed)
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Media: Blu-ray
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
Number Of Discs: 6
Running Time: 960 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 6.7 x 5.3 x 0.9
MPN: FOXBR2242796
UPC: 024543427940
EAN: 0024543427940
ASIN: B000W4HIWM
Release Date: November 13, 2007
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Product Description
Studio: Tcfhe Release Date: 11/13/2007 Run time: 95 minutes Rating: R
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Season one of Prison Break is great television. Here's the set-up. Lincoln Burrows (Dominic Purcell) is framed and wrongfully convicted for assassinating the Vice President's brother. Lincoln's brother Michael Scofield (Wentworth Miller), who just happens to have designed Illinois' Fox River Penitentiary where Lincoln is on death row, hatches an elaborate escape plan. Michael's plan involves getting himself incarcerated in Fox River and smuggling the prison's blueprints by having them hidden in tattoos that cover his entire torso. Once inside, Michael must form alliances with a rogue's gallery of felons with their own sometimes unsavory motives. Meanwhile, on the outside, Lincoln's lawyer and one-time girlfriend Veronica Donovan (Robin Tunney), pursued by Secret Service agents, attempts to unravel the conspiracy that sent her man to the slammer.
Prison Break is anchored by tight, suspenseful writing clearly relished by the largely little-known cast. Standouts include Robert Knepper as the murderer/pedophile T-Bag, who somehow makes such a despicable character likeable. Stacey Keach of Mike Hammer fame plays the warden-with-a-heart-of-gold, who clashes with Captain Brad Bellick (Wade Williams) over whether to rehabilitate the inmates or makes their lives more miserable. Peter Stormare, famous for his skills with a wood chipper in Fargo, turns in a deliciously menacing performance as mob boss John Abruzzi, while Amaury Nolasco's winsome Fernando Sucre shares a cell and secrets with Miller's Scofield. Watching the show one gets a sense that this is the opening salvo of Wentworth Miller's career, which will doubtless include roles as assassins, detectives, super heroes, and perhaps the champion of staring contests. Midway through the season it's explained that Scofield is a genius with an heightened sensitivity to other peoples' suffering, which sums up what makes the show so great--the mind-bendingly intricate plot is a framework for moments when people make others suffer and cope with the burden of their own suffering.
The six-disc set includes 22 addictive episodes, audio commentary on selected episodes, three featurettes, and alternate and deleted scenes. As with most TV shows on DVD, the "previously on Prison Break" intros can get tiresome, but that's what the fast forward button is for. --Ryan Boudinot
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 Prison Break Season 1 December 6, 2008
G. Greer (Mtn.West USA)
I rented the first season after watching Deadwood and Rome Seasons 1-2. Prison Break was truly a disappointment. After suffering through the first 10 episodes I couldn't take any more. Here is where I felt Prison Break falls short; it's just not believable, the acting and characters are average. I couldn't take it!
 Season One of my favorite TV show November 9, 2008
A. Dent (USA)
Shows such as Prison Break, Heroes, Lost, the old X-files are, to a significant degree, reflections of how many of us perceive the world around us during these uncertain and unsettled times:
- larger portions of our lives are influenced or even controlled by high-level entities or organizations who now have the means to implement their agendas
- things are almost never what they seem because hidden forces are at work
- only very few insiders completely understand and control and set the agendas for these all-controlling entities
- we should consider ourselves lucky if we can figure out the who's and the how's that change our world but we may never get to know the why's
- these hidden and mysterious 'powers that be' plot, plan and act globally
On 'Season 1' Michael Scowfield gets himself convicted so that he can be sent to prison so that he can help his brother, who is (unjustly) on death row, escape. Does it sound over-complicated? It does, because it is. While working on the escape, Michael, a control freak and a genius, interacts with a dozen inmate characters, ranging from mid-level Mafia types, to unjustly convicted, to unlucky, to mentally deranged, to truly sadistic, vicious murderers. And, there's the world outside. He has friends who help him and his brother has extremely powerful enemies - how does the President of the U.S. look like, when we think of enemies? Well... she's far from being the most powerful because there is this mysterious 'company', controlled by we don't know exactly whom attempting to implement some agenda we are not aware of (see the first paragraphs of this review for more clarifications).
This is a GREAT series, in fact my overall favorite and the Blu-ray version takes advantage of the higher screen resolution. I do not believe that there are any gee-whiz, Blu-ray specific extras on this bundle but I don't care much for extra anyway. I am just happy to watch the actually show in high definition.
We own seasons 1, 2, and 3 already and we are looking forward for the upcoming Season 4 release - sorry, there's way too much suspense for me to watch this on TV, one weekly hour at a time.
 Fun and crystal clear July 14, 2008
P. Kincade (Pittsford, New York United States)
What a treat - to view this fun show and see every intricate detail of the protagonist's tatoo in HD ... ! An addictive series.
Excellent PQ July 4, 2008
Mike James (St. Louis)
I haven't had time to really sit down and get into the season yet. But I can tell you that the picture quality is terrific.
Amazing. June 18, 2008
Yousif M. N. Jabarah
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I've been told by many that the best, and most trust worthy place to shop online is amazon.com and after actually buying something from amazon for the first time, I understood how they felt. I received my item in a nice little package. It was in mint condition and I'm loving it so far. I've lent Prison break season 1 to over 3 friends and they've all loved it. No problems with the discs or case whatsoever!
In a vote for yay or nay I vote Hell freaking YAY!
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