Heroes: The Complete First Season (DVD)

Heroes: The Complete First Season (DVD)
Heroes Season One DVD

The Heroes Season One DVD is a 7-disc DVD recompilation of the first season of Heroes. The cost for the standard DVD is $59.99 while the cost for the HD-DVD is $99.98. This box set includes all 23 episodes from the first season of Heroes and many special features.

Scheduled Release Dates

• United States: August 28, 2007
• Australia: September 5, 2007
• Netherlands: October 18, 2007
• United Kingdom: December 20, 2007

Disc contents

Disc one

• Episodes
  • Genesis
  • Don't Look Back

• Bonus Material
  • Unaired Pilot: The Tim Kring Cut
    • With audio commentary by Tim Kring
  • Deleted scenes

Disc two

• Episodes
  • One Giant Leap
  • Collision
  • Hiros
  • Better Halves

• Bonus Material
  • Deleted scenes

Disc three

• Episodes
  • Nothing to Hide
  • Seven Minutes to Midnight
  • Homecoming
  • Six Months Ago

• Bonus Material
  • Deleted scenes

Disc four

• Episodes
  • Fallout
  • Godsend
    • Audio commentary by Jack Coleman, Leonard Roberts and Sendhil Ramamurthy
  • The Fix
    • Audio commentary by Greg Grunberg, Hayden Panettiere and Natalie Chaidez
  • Distractions
    • Audio commentary by Milo Ventimiglia, Zachary Quinto, Greg Grunberg, Jeannot Szwarc, Jack Coleman and Michael Green

• Bonus Material
  • Deleted scenes

Disc five

• Episodes
  • Run!
    • Audio commentary by Greg Grunberg, Kevin Chamberlin, Adam Armus and Kay Foster
  • Unexpected
    • Audio commentary by Greg Beeman, Zachary Quinto, Sendhil Ramamurthy an Jeph Loeb
  • Company Man
    • Audio commentary by Jack Coleman, Allan Arkush, and Bryan Fuller
  • Parasite
    • Audio commentary by Allan Arkush. Jimmy Jean-Louis and Christopher Zatta

• Bonus Material
  • Deleted scenes
  • Mind Reader Game

Disc six

• Episodes
  • .07%
    • Audio commentary by Timm Keppler, Chuck Kim and Andrew Chambliss
  • Five Years Gone
    • Audio commentary by Jack Coleman, Greg Grunberg and Sendhil Ramamurthy
  • The Hard Part
    • Audio commentary by James Kyson Lee, Noah Gray-Cabey and Ian Quinn
  • Landslide
    • Audio commentary by Masi Oka, George Takei and Matthew John Armstrong

• Bonus Material
  • Deleted scenes

Disc seven

• Episodes
  • How to Stop an Exploding Man
    • Audio commentary by Tim Kring, Dennis Hammer and Allan Arkush

• Bonus Material
  • Making Of
  • Special Effects
  • The Stunts
  • Profile of artist Tim Sale
  • The Score

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Special Features include:

• Cast and crew commentaries
• Video commentary--picture-in-picture on 12 episodes with series creator Tim Kring and producer Dennis Hammer
• Unaired Pilot: The "Tim Kring Cut"-–a full 73 uninterrupted minutes of the original, unaired, extended pilot episode, as Heroes creator Tim Kring first envisioned it, with a character never seen; audio commentary will also be included
• The Making of Heroes-–from concept to pop culture phenomenon, a behind-the-scenes look at the series
• Special Effects--the secrets behind the eye-popping visuals that give the "Heroes" their amazing powers
• The Stunts–-a back stage look at the show's hair-raising stunts.
• Mind Reader–-Matt Parkman's mind-reading abilities reveal your "inner Hero" with a series of simple tests
• Profile of Artist Tim Sale--a look at the Eisner Award-winning comic book artist (Spider-Man, Batman, Daredevil) behind much of the Manga-influenced artwork used in the show
• The Score--go behind the scenes with Wendy Melvoin and Lisa Coleman (of Prince's The Revolution) as they create their ASCAP Award-winning musical score
• 50 Deleted and Extended Scenes
• Interactive character profiles
• Symbol Sightings--the ability to "discover the hidden helix symbol revealed throughout the series"
• Web enabling--the discs will also be web enabled, allowing for future downloadable content
• Languages--Subtitles available in English, Spanish, and French.

Notes

• Tim Sale's art is featured on the menus.
• Trivia challenges are available on the DVD's official website. Those who pass the challenges gain access to exclusive DVD footage: clips from featurettes about casting and visual effects.
• Universal Studios has an entry form for a DVD sweepstakes giveaway.
• Some U.S. Target stores offer a Collector's Edition of Season One, priced in-store at $44.99. This version includes, in addition to the aforementioned features, 45 more minutes of interviews with cast and crew and 4 new paintings by Tim Sale.
• Proceeds from purchasing or preordering the DVD set using the links at the bottom-left of this site will benefit Heroes Wiki. See here for more information on how the proceeds are used.

Trivia

• A total lunar eclipse was visible in most of North America on August 28, 2007, the day the DVD was released in the US. [1]

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External Links

• Heroes DVD information on NBC.com
• Full details for HD DVD
• Preview of menus
• DVD flipbook
• Menu Introduction
• Preview of special features:
  • Deleted scene from In His Own Image
  • Ignite the Imagination -- a behind-the-scenes look at the visual effects
  • Global Phenomenon -- cast and crew comment on the success of the show
  • A Common Bond -- Mark Kolpack and Masi Oka discuss visual effects
• Entertainment Weekly's review of the Season One DVD