HBO's "Band of Brothers" now on Blu-ray (with exclusive extras)

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The critically-acclaimed HBO Miniseries...

"**** ...absolutely extraordinary." -USA Today
"extraordinary...forceful...stunning." -The New York Times
"...best-ever film depiction of war in the trenches, large screen or small." -The Los Angeles Times
"Magnificant, awe-inspiring and shatteringly emotional." -TV Guide

Warner's HBO unit first hinted the release back in early April, but the street date is now confirmed for the Emmy-award winning BAND OF BROTHERS on Blu-ray High-Def.

It will be released this Tuesday, November 11th, on six Blu-ray discs, at a SRP of $99.98, and even lower from Amazon (currently $54.95, see link below). The program is presented on six discs (10 episodes, over 10 hours of content).

BONUS FEATURES:
- "In the Words of Easy Company" (dynamic, optional Picture-in-Picture commentary by the surviving Easy Company veterans)
- "In the Field with the Men of Easy Company" (Interactive Field Guide featuring timelines, maps, soldier profiles and much more)
- Documentary: "We Stand Alone Together: The Men of Easy Company" (80 min.)
- Featurette: The Making of Band of Brothers (30 min.)
- The Premiere In Normandy
- Interactive Field Guide

AWARDS:
AFI AWARD WINNER: BEST MINISERIES
EMMY: CASTING FOR A MINISERIES
EMMY: DIRECTING FOR A MINISERIES
EMMY: OUTSTANDING MINISERIES
EMMY: OUTSTANDING SOUND EDITING
EMMY: SINGLE CAMERA PICTURE EDITING
EMMY: SINGLE CAMERA SOUND MIXING
GOLDEN GLOBE: BEST MINISERIES
PEABODY AWARD WINNER: BEST MINISERIES

Film Synopsis:
They depended on each other, and the world depended on them.

Orginally broadcast on HBO: 9/9/01 to 11/4/01

Based on the bestseller by Stephen E. Ambrose, BAND OF BROTHERS tells the story of Easy Company, 506th Regiment of the 101st Airborne Division, U.S. Army. Drawn from interviews with survivors of Easy Company, as well as soldiers' journals and letters, Band Of Brothers chronicles the experiences of these men who knew extraordinary bravery and extraordinary fear. They were an elite rifle company parachuting into France early on D-Day morning, fighting in the Battle of the Bulge and capturing Hitler's Eagle's Nest at Berchtesgaden. And they were also a unit that suffered 150 percent causalities, and whose lives became legend.

Experience the best selling TV-on-DVD title of all time as you have never before! The critically-acclaimed HBO miniseries based on Stephen E. Ambrose's non-fiction bestseller and executive produced by Tom Hanks and Steven Spielberg. This miniseries tells the story of Easy Company, 506th Regiment of the 101st Airborne Division, U.S. Army. Drawn from hours of interviews from Easy Company, as well as soldiers' journals and letters, this series chronicles a unit that took 150 percent casualties and whose lives became legend. Extras include commentary and interactive field guide featuring soldier profiles, historical timelines, maps, and much more.

Band of Brothers 10-part HBO television miniseries focuses on Easy Company, a group of American soldiers in World War II, tracking their experiences from the beginning of boot camp to the end of the war. Anchored by actors Damian Lewis and Ron Livingston, the series gives detailed attention to their experiences as a group, as well as the way that each of them develops individually. Based on historian Stephen E. Ambrose's book of real-life accounts, Band of Brothers was executive produced by Steven Spielberg and Tom Hanks, who worked together on Saving Private Ryan. Hanks also directed one episode, featuring his son, Colin Hanks.

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