Of course that one sentence does not do justice to the premise. Walter White is a far more complex character than a simple chemistry teacher resorting to drastic measures. As the show has progressed we have learned more about the man beneath his amiable exterior - all excellently brought to life by Cranston - with the supporting cast also richly drawn characters. Instead of relying on one-note caricatures for this story about the War on Drugs,
Breaking Bad trades in quick-fire dialogue, hard truths and a sly sense of surrealism. The show's vibrancy also draws on its setting - a seemingly ordinary Arizonan town, which has become a battleground between the Mexican cartels and US Federal Agents.
Breaking Bad excels at drawing out the seeming contradictions in this set-up, in effect becoming equally as strange and wonderful as David Lynch's
Blue Velvet, which opened with that
unforgettable sequence of a sedate suburban street and slowly unveiled the violence and horror waiting beneath the surface.
Walter White’s transformation from high school chemistry teacher to full-blown, ruthless drug lord continues in BREAKING BAD: THE FIFTH SEASON, available on Blu-ray™ and DVD June 13.
The highly anticipated fifth season reunites Bryan Cranston, three-time Best Actor Emmy® winner and winner of this year’s Best Male Screen Actors Guild® Award, with two-time Emmy Winner Aaron Paul Best Supporting Role. The Fifth Season Blu-ray and DVD feature an eight-minute bonus scene, “Chicks ‘N’ Guns,” written and produced exclusively for the home entertainment release. Starring Aaron Paul, Bob Odenkirk and Charles Baker, the scene tells the pivotal back story to episode -08 in the fifth season, “Gliding Over All.”
“The extra scene we created exclusively for the Blu-ray and DVD proves just how much the relationship between Jesse and Walt has drastically changed over the past five seasons of BREAKING BAD,” said Vince Gilligan, show creator. “Chicks ‘N’ Guns is an original idea that presents fans with a pivotal missing moment during episode -08, Gliding Over All. Writers Jenn Carroll and Gordon Smith, and Director Michelle MacLaren, did a fantastic job bringing it to life, and I think fans will love it.”
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Synopsis
Uneasy lies the head that wears the crown. Bryan Cranston and Aaron Paul return in their Emmy,-winning roles of Walter White and Jesse Pinkman in the fifth explosive season of Breaking Bad. With Gus Fring dead, Walt’s transformation from well-meaning family man to ruthless drug kingpin is nearly complete. Forming a partnership with Jesse and Mike Jonathan Banks, Walt proceeds to make a killing in the meth business until the fruits of his murderous schemes are threatened by a new development in the investigation led by his relentless brother-in-law Hank Dean Norris. Executive produced by Vince Gilligan and Mark Johnson, the fifth season charts the murderous rise of Walter White as he reaches new highs…and new lows.
Episodes
• Live Free or Die
• Madrigal
• Hazard Pay
• Fifty-One
• Dead Freight
• Buyout
• Say My Name
• Gliding Over All
Blu-ray™ Exclusive Special Features Include
• Two all-new featurettes
o “Scene by Scene Directors Discuss Memorable Moments” provides the directors’ experience making the show.
o “The Writers of Breaking Bad” gives the writers a turn to show viewers what it’s really like to work together and create amazing scripts.
Blu-ray & DVD Special Features Include
• “Chicks ‘N’ Guns” is a scene created and produced exclusively for the home entertainment release. Certain that the DEA dragnet that sent Mike fleeing is about to close around him, Jesse enlists Skinny Pete and a stripper to help him forget his woes...until Saul arrives and gives him something entirely new to fear.
• Cast & crew commentaries on every episode
• Deleted scenes
• Outtakes
• Three all-new featurettes
o “Nothing Stops This Train” takes viewers on location to see what a huge undertaking it is to film a modern-day train heist.
o “The Cleaner Jonathan Banks as Mike” gives viewers a chance to spend time with fan-favorite Cleaner, Jonathan Banks, as he talks about his time with the show.
o “Chicks ‘N’ Guns Behind-the-Scenes” shows how the scene came to be, going behind the scenes with Aaron Paul and Bob Odenkirk as it's filmed.
• “Writers' Room Timelapse” takes viewers through the entire breaking of episode “Fifty-One” with commentary from the writers.
• Laura Fraser & Jesse Plemons audition footage
• Prison stunt rehearsal footage
• “Gallery 1988 Art Show” features artwork inspired by the show
• “Chris Hardwick's All-Star Celebrity Bowling” features team Breaking Bad going head to head with team Nerdist to raise money for charity.
• Inside Breaking Bad 19 episodes that give a behind-the-scenes look of what it takes to create an episode
Breaking Bad The Fifth Season
Director Vince Gilligan
Cast:
Bryan Cranston (Seinfeld, Malcolm In the Middle)
Anna Gunn (Deadwood, L.A Confidential)
Aaron Paul (Big Love, Mission Impossible III)
Dean Norris (Without Limits, Tremors: The Series)
Price:
DVD 3 Disc SRP 39.9- | Over 8 Hours Of Extras
Blu-ray™ 2 Disc SRP 44.9- | Over 9 Hours Of Extras
Duration 360min
Genre TV Drama
Rating MA1-+
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