Banshee: The Complete First Season Blu-ray Detailed
Posted June 18, 2013 02:19 PM by Webmaster
HBO has detailed the Blu-ray release of executive producer Alan Ball (True Blood) and co-creators Jonathan Tropper and David Schickler's Banshee: The Complete First Season. The Cinemax original series stars Antony Starr, Ivana Milicevic, Ulrich Thomsen, Frankie Faison and Ben Cross, and arrives on Blu-ray on July 30th.
Official Synopsis: Season One of the series begins with a bizarre twist of fate as a recently paroled master thief (Starr) assumes the identity of Lucas Hood, sheriff-in-waiting of Banshee, Pennsylvania, the same town where his former partner and lover Carrie (Milicevic) relocated and remarried years ago. Keeping his history a secret as he awaits forged papers from an old associate, Lucas befriends boxer-turned-bartender Sugar Bates (Faison) and settles into his new life. Itching for the thrill of thievery and yearning for Carrie, Lucas inadvertently gets tangled up in the rampant corruption of shunned Amish gangster Kai Proctor (Thomsen) while keeping a vigilant eye out for Mr. Rabbit (Cross), the New York mob boss who wants revenge against Lucas and Carrie for the jewel heist that landed Lucas in prison.
Banshee is the latest, original primetime drama from Cinemax and the first to be wholly created in-house with Emmy and Oscar-winner Alan Ball (HBO series True Blood and Six Feet Under, American Beauty) as executive producer, along with Greg Yaitanes, Peter Macdissi, Jonathan Tropper and David Schickler. The series stars Antony Starr as Lucas; Ivana Milicevic as Carrie; Ulrich Thomsen as Proctor, an intimidating, wealthy local businessman who believes he is above the law; Frankie Faison as Sugar Bates; Rus Blackwell as Gulf War hero Gordon Hopewell, Banshee's district attorney and Carrie's husband; Ryann Shane as Deva, Carrie's rebellious daughter; Hoon Lee as Job, a dangerous transvestite computer hacker who assists Lucas in his criminal enterprises; and Ben Cross as Mr. Rabbit.
The 4-disc Blu-ray release of Banshee: The Complete First Season features 1080p video, a DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 surround track, UltraViolet Digital Copy (expires 8/7/2016) and the following extras:
Audio Commentaries: Six commentaries with cast and crew
Inside the Title Sequence: Uncover the clues behind each episode's title sequence (Exclusive)
Reveal the Code: Discover the true meaning behind the code that starts each episode (Exclusive)
NYC Bus Crash: A look inside the special effects process of one of the series' most explosive scenes
Town of Secrets: Show creators give an insider's guide to the town's darkest and most twisted secrets
Banshee Origins: Dig into the backstory of the series with over a dozen prequel videos featuring the cast
Banshee Origins Comic Book: Get the full story on Hood's past (Exclusive)
Zooming In, Episodes 7 & 8: Go on set with the cast to see how key adrenaline-filled scenes were created
Plus: Deleted Scenes, Episode Recaps, and a Season 2 Teaser Trailer