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The roar of a motorcycle can signal freedom--or trouble. Sons of Anarchy examines a biker gang from both perspectives, as Jackson "Jax" Teller (Charlie Hunnam, Nicholas Nickleby) struggles between loyalty to the Sons of Anarchy Motorcycle Club, Redwood Originals (aka SAMCRO or "Sam Crow," which his dead father founded) and doubts about the criminal and often brutal actions the club demands of him. The series opens with a rival gang stealing the Sons' stash of guns and the premature birth of Jax's son, two events that sow questions in Jax's mind about the life he's leading. Over the course of the season, these questions will spark dangerous conflict with the gang's leader, Clay Morrow (Ron Perlman, Hellboy) and with his own mother, Gemma (Katey Sagal, Married with Children), who's now married to Clay. Despite the macho setting, Gemma is the standout character of the first season of Sons of Anarchy: fierce and manipulative, she sets the good of the club (and her own desires) above everything else--even her love for her son. Despite the lingering presence of his junkie ex-wife (Drea de Matteo, The Sopranos), Jax finds himself drawn to his high school sweetheart, Tara Knowles (Maggie Siff, Mad Men), now a doctor, and who saved his son's life.Throughout the first season of Sons of Anarchy, SAMCRO grapples with a multicultural array of foes: Hispanic bikers, African-American gangbangers, white supremacists, an Asian triad, and agents of the ATF. Uneasy alliances and precarious compromises rarely work out as planned, leading to nail-biting confrontations and headaches for Jax. But the rituals and emotional bonds of the club itself are the real subject of the show--how an institution built on friendship and family loyalty gets twisted by ambition and greed. One particularly compelling story line follows Jax and his best friend, Opie (Ryan Hurst, Remember the Titans), who had stepped away from the gang to make peace with his wife; to help Jax, he reenters the biker life, with horrific consequences. The creator of Sons of Anarchy, Kurt Sutter, was a writer and actor on The Shield, and fans of that show will find a similarly compelling mixture of scheming machinations and compromised morality here, grounded in excellent performances and vivid production.
Condition:NEW. Brand New Factory Sealed
Sons of Anarchy: Season One
Actors:
Charlie Hunnam
Ron Perlman
Katey Sagal
Maggie Siff
Johnny Lewis
UPC: 024543609360
Format: AC-3, Color, Dolby, DTS Surround Sound, Dubbed, Full Screen, Subtitled
Language: English
Subtitles: English, French, Spanish
Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
Number of discs: 3
Rated: Unrated
Studio: Twentieth Century Fox
DVD Release Date: August 18, 2009
Run Time: 594 minutes
ASIN: B0024FAR5W
This set contains DVDs which may be available separately:
Sons of Anarchy: Pilot
Sons of Anarchy: Seeds
Sons of Anarchy: Fun Town
Sons of Anarchy: Patch Over
Sons of Anarchy: Giving Back
Sons of Anarchy: AK-51
Sons of Anarchy: Old Bones
Sons of Anarchy: The Pull
Sons of Anarchy: Hell Followed
Sons of Anarchy: Better Half
Sons of Anarchy: Capybara
Sons of Anarchy: The Sleep of Babies
Sons of Anarchy: The Revelator
Features:
Head out on the Highway: The making of Sons of Anarchy Season 1
Counter Culture Icons
Tats Incredible
Easy Riders
Makin' the Grade
Deleted scenes
Gag Reel
Audio Commentary on Selected Episodes
The Making of Sons of Anarchy Season 1 Featurette
Additional Featurettes: Casting Sons of Anarchy, The Ink, The Bikes
Deleted Scenes
Anarchy on the Set
Special features are not rated or Closed Captioned
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