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DVD Reviews
I just love this show, and I'm very happy to have the
DVD. Even though it's only ten episodes, they pack a lot
into them. This show has fantastic writing and really
good acting. They manage to somehow have very real
characters that you love, or love to hate. They're just such
complex characters of the type you rarely see in TV.
The show is about a fictional "reality show" like "The
Bachelor" called "Everlasting." The heroine is
producer Rachel (Shiri Appleby), who's a really messed up
girl. She's coming back to the show after she had a mental
breakdown. Her job is to do whatever she can to make the
show intriguing to audiences, whether it involves lying,
cheating, stealing etc. She's back on the show but
trying to avoid doing things that are repugnant, and also
trying to deal with the fact that her boyfriend is now with
another woman.
Constance Zimmer plays Quinn, a real hard-ass boss of the
show. She's also in a long-term extra-marital relationship
with her boss, Chet (Craig Bierko, in the role of a
lifetime), the owner of the show. At first, Quinn
seems like a bit of a monster, but we learn more about her
and what makes her tick.
Josh Kelly (from "One Life to Live") plays Rachel's
sometimes-ex boyfriend, Jeremy, and he's great, too. All of
them just do a fabulous job. I'm not exaggerating here. This
was one of the best new shows this year. You're really
cheating yourself out of an entertaining show if you don't
watch this one.
It's hard to classify because it's a drama, yet it's
funny as hell. Also, it's often like a soap opera, but it's
better written than any soap you've ever seen. Anyone who
likes a good comedy, drama, or soap opera, or who loves
reality shows, should watch this.
"UnReal" was created by Marti Noxon and Sarah Gertrude
Shapiro. Noxon has a long resume as a writer of
fantastic shows such as "Mad Men," "Buffy the Vampire
Slayer," "Grey's Anatomy," and "Prison Break." Shapiro was a
producer in "The Bachelor," so she's drawing on her own
experiences at that reality show.
You don't want to miss this show! Catch up now by buying
this DVD, and then prepare for season 2. I can't wait to see
what happens in season 2! The DVD has some great
featues as well that really get you more into the show.
Read My
Interview with Josh Kelly
My Original Review
MORE INFO: Lionsgate
“…savvy…sophisticated…the
real deal”
—
Variety
“…UnREAL
succeeds brilliantly.”
— Forbes
BAD
PEOPLE MAKE GOOD TV.
UnREAL
Season 1
Lifetime’s Critically Acclaimed Scripted Series Goes Behind
the Scenes of a Reality Dating Show — Arriving on DVD
January 26
SANTA
MONICA, CA (November 19, 2015) – Lifetime®’s
scandalous new scripted series UnREAL pulls back the
curtain and gives viewers a glimpse into the chaos
surrounding the production of a fictitious dating
competition. UnREAL: Season 1 arrives on DVD
(plus Digital HD) on January 26 from Lionsgate Home
Entertainment, including all ten episodes and all-new,
behind-the-scenes bonus features. One of the standout shows
of 2015 and already confirmed for a second season, the
tantalizing drama has captivated media attention with
inclusions in Entertainment Weekly’s “The Must List”
and Yahoo! TV’s “Best TV Summer Ever” list. Creating a stir
amongst viewers, UnREAL provides a wildly
entertaining look at just how far producers might go to make
drama on screen.
Set against
the backdrop of a fictional dating show, UnREAL is
led by Rachel Goldberg (Shiri Appleby, HBO’s “Girls”), a
young staffer whose sole job is to manipulate her
relationships with, and amongst, the show’s contestants to
get the vital dramatic and outrageous footage that the
program’s dispassionate executive producer, Quinn King
(Constance Zimmer, Netflix’s “House of Cards”),
demands. UnREAL also stars Craig Bierko (TV’s
“Damages”) as “Everlasting”’s eccentric creator, Chet; and
Freddie Stroma (HBO’s “Game of Thrones”) as the dating
show’s handsome and intelligent suitor, Adam Cromwell.
UnREAL
was named one of this year’s Most Exciting New Series for
the Critics’ Choice Television Awards, and has also been
nominated in the Breakthrough Series category at this year’s
Gotham
Independent Film Awards.
UnREAL is the first scripted series fully produced
and distributed by A+E Studios and has been sold in more
than 100 territories.
Including
every episode from the hit debut season and dangerously
juicy, never-before-seen-on-TV footage about the show and
the development of the characters, the UnREAL: Season
1 DVD will be available at the suggested retail
price of $26.98.
DVD
SPECIAL FEATURES*
- Behind-the-Scenes
Featurettes:
- “Are the Actresses
Like Their Characters?”
- “Constance Zimmer
Talks Quinn and Chet’s Relationship”
- “Faith’s Journey”
- “How the Contestants
Are Manipulated”
- “Producing the
Girls”
- “Quinn and Rachel
Make a Dynamic Duo”
- “Quinn-tessentials”
- “Quinn-tessentials,
Vol. 2”
- “Rachel Goldberg,
Superproducer”
- “Shiri Appleby and
Ashley Scott Tell Mary’s Story”
- “Who is Rachel’s
Prince Charming?”
- “Who’s Who on Set”
*Subject
to Change
PROGRAM INFORMATION
Title Copyright:
UnREAL © 2015 Frank & Bob Films II, LLC. Cover Art and
Design © 2016 Lifetime Entertainment Services, LLC. All
Rights Reserved. Lifetime and the Lifetime Circle logo are
the trademarks of Lifetime Entertainment Services, LLC, a
division of A&E Television Networks, LLC. A+E Networks and
A+E Studios are trademarks of A&E Television Networks, LLC.
Distributed by LIONSGATE® under license from A+E
Networks.
Type: TV on DVD
Rating: TV-MA
Genre: TV Series,
Drama
Closed-Captioned: NA
Subtitles: English SDH
Feature Run Time: 7
Hrs., 20 Mins.
DVD Format: 16x9
Widescreen (1.78:1)
DVD Audio: English 2.0
Dolby Digital Stereo
ABOUT
A+E STUDIOS
A+E Studios
is the studio unit of the awardwinning global media
company, A+E Networks, LLC. A+E Studios creates, produces,
and distributes high-quality scripted programming across all
networks and platforms in the A+E Networks portfolio,
including A&E® Network, Lifetime®,
HISTORY®, LMN®, FYI™, H2™, and A&E
IndieFilms®. The A+E Studios slate of programming
consists of scripted series, event series, and movies,
including the upcoming event miniseries Roots for
HISTORY®, A&E®, and Lifetime®;
UnREAL for Lifetime®; and Texas Rising,
Sons of Liberty™, and Houdini for HISTORY®,
among others.
ABOUT
LIFETIME
Lifetime is a
premier, female-focused entertainment destination dedicated
to offering the highest-quality original programming
spanning scripted series, nonfiction series, and movies. As
a result of the network’s aggressive programming strategy
that has doubled the hours of its original programming, in
2014 the network reached its strongest ranking among the key
Women 18–49 demo in six years and its youngest median age in
18 years. Lifetime Television®, LMN®,
Lifetime Real Women®, and Lifetime Digital™ are
part of Lifetime Entertainment Services, LLC, a subsidiary
of A+E Networks. A+E Networks is a joint venture of the
Disney-ABC Television Group and Hearst Corporation.
ABOUT LIONSGATE
Lionsgate is
a premier next generation global content leader with a
strong and diversified presence in motion picture production
and distribution, television programming and syndication,
home entertainment, digital distribution, new channel
platforms, video games and international distribution and
sales. With Pilgrim Studios recently joining the Lionsgate
family, the Company has nearly 80 television shows on 40
different networks spanning its primetime production,
distribution and syndication businesses. These include the
critically-acclaimed hit series Orange is the New Black,
the multiple Emmy Award-winning drama Mad Men, the
hit broadcast network series Nashville, the
syndication success The Wendy Williams Show, the
acclaimed drama Manhattan and the breakout series
The Royals.
Its feature
film business has been fueled by such successes as the
blockbuster first three installments of The Hunger Games
franchise, the first two installments of the Divergent
franchise, Sicario, The Age of Adaline, CBS/Lionsgate's
The DUFF, John Wick, Now You See Me,
Roadside Attractions' Love & Mercy and Mr. Holmes,
Lionsgate/Codeblack Films' Addicted and Pantelion
Films' Instructions Not Included, the
highest-grossing Spanish-language film ever released in the
U.S.
Lionsgate's
home entertainment business is an industry leader in box
office-to-DVD and box office-to-VOD revenue conversion
rates. Lionsgate handles a prestigious and prolific library
of approximately 16,000 motion picture and television titles
that is an important source of recurring revenue and serves
as the foundation for the growth of the Company's core
businesses. The Lionsgate and Summit brands remain
synonymous with original, daring, quality entertainment in
markets around the world.
www.lionsgate.com
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