HBO over de release van seizoen 5 op DVD (In Amerika), het duurt nog steeds erg lang hoor
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HBO to hit replay button By DAVID BIANCULLI
DAILY NEWS TV CRITIC
The latest season of 'The Sopranos' will be on DVD earlier than expected.
A new season of "The Sopranos" isn't due until next year, but HBO may have something to keep fans busy - the company is bumping up the release date of the fifth-season DVD.
"Frankly, it seems to make sense to us to not let the distance between the release of season four and season five get too great," Caroline Rhea, senior vice president of marketing for HBO Video, revealed to the Daily News, noting season four came out in October 2003.
In the past, HBO has released the most recent season of a show on DVD near the launch date for the next season, as a way to boost interest in the returning show. For example, HBO last week put out the first season of "Deadwood," which returns for its second outing next month.
But, because "The Sopranos" is coming back with what's being billed as the final season in 2006,
HBO has stepped up the release of the new DVD to June 7, in time for Father's Day.
Chase in charge
The return date to HBO for "The Sopranos" is dictated by creator David Chase, who demands and receives the time to produce the show on his own timetable. The most recent season, the fifth, ran from March to June of last year.
Yet it's already been a long time since season four of "The Sopranos" was available on DVD and HBO Video is both acknowledging, and trying to stem, the fans' impatience.
Because of Chase's work load and methods, he doesn't personally provide as much as other HBO show creators to the DVD supplementary material - but Rhea says fans and critics seem to accept that. Four directors will provide commentary for the fifth-season box, including Mike Figgis and "Sopranos" fifthseason recurring guest star Steve Buscemi.
"Ik voel dat ze medelijden met me hebben, ik zou hun willen zeggen dat het niet mijn schuld is dat ik wreed geworden ben, we zijn allemaal wreed geworden."