Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #683 in DVD
• Released on: 2005-09-05
• Rating: Suitable for 12 years and over
• Aspect ratio: 1.33:1
• Formats: Box set, Full Screen, PAL
• Original language: English
• Subtitled in: Arabic, Dutch, English, Norwegian, Swedish, Hebrew
• Number of discs: 6
• Running time: 903 minutes

Amazon.co.uk Review
One Tree Hill: Season 1 marks the beginning of a genuinely engrossing series that maintains, for a long while, an unusual focus on a single, powerful conflict defining the destinies of two characters. Adolescent half-brothers Lucas (Chad Michael Murray) and Nathan (James Lafferty) Scott have lived parallel lives in One Tree, North Carolina. They share a common father, Dan Scott (Paul Johansson), who has disregarded the existence of Lucas, his son by a one-time flame, Karen (Moira Kelly), whom he dumped years before to accept a basketball scholarship to college. While neglecting Lucas, Dan--whose hoop dreams never materialized--has spent his time almost perversely micro-managing every one of Nathan's moves on and off the court at his old high school, where the lad is currently an arrogant superstar under gruff-but-wise coach Whitey Durham (Barry Corbin). Nathan (whose mother is separated from Dan) is a child of privilege and has been raised to disregard teamwork, compromise, or the feelings of others. He regards Lucas, a basketball sensation on neighborhood playgrounds, as trash, and his own girlfriend, Peyton (Hilarie Burton), as a pretty bauble he can abuse and dismiss at will. Still, he's sympathetic; one can see glimpses of the human being struggling to emerge from under Dan's control.

Meanwhile, Lucas helps Karen run her café, hangs out with platonic best friend Haley (Bethany Joy Lenz), and pines for Peyton (herself a punky misfit at heart). He also turns to surrogate dad Keith Scott (Craig Sheffer)--actually his uncle and Dan's older brother--for support, and sees himself as a perpetual and doomed outsider in One Tree. All that changes when Whitey invites Lucas to join the b-ball team that Nathan dominates, a move that challenges the status quo of multiple relationships in a small community. For about a third of its episodes, this series from creator Mark Schwahn (who wrote the hit film Coach Carter) stays true to the suspense surrounding Lucas's and Nathan's changes in fortune. Then a bit of padding follows to the end of the season; there are 22 episodes to fill out, after all. But even as various distractions (a kidnapping subplot, a car accident and coma for a major character) and random events creep in (Dan, rather incredibly, takes over the team from Whitey at one point, thus coaching both his sons), One Tree Hill remains highly watchable. The writing is shaped well and organic, while performances are consistently excellent. (It's especially good to see Sheffer, perhaps best known for A River Runs Through It, again.) --Tom Keogh, Amazon.com

Synopsis
Lucas (Chad Michael Murray) and Nathan Scott (James Lafferty) are two half-brothers whose lives are brought together on the basketball court when they both end up playing for the same team in high school. The previously estranged twosome struggle to prove who is the better player on the court, and also face personal turmoil, most notably in the shape of Nathan's girlfriend, Peyton Sawyer (Hilarie Burton), whom they both lust after. The parental struggle that split the boy's upbringings also plays a major part in ONE TREE HILL, with Nathan's father, Dan (Paul Johansson) and Lucas' mother, Karen (Moira Kelly) bringing many unneeded complications into Lucas and Nathan's lives. The first season is included here in its entirety.

Customer Reviews

Excellent Boxset
A great watch, followed the series on TV and decided it was necessary to see them all again. Some great storylines along the way. Would recommend to people who like the OC which is also brilliant. Overall a great purchase.

one of the best fulfilled tv shows
ONE TREE HILL! has met my standards for a FULFILLED TV SHOW DRAMA! it wasnt really advertised much but i saw it one day on e4 and just from the first 5 minutes of watching it i was hooked!The actors are great! Chad micheal murray rocks in it!and the storylines will get you so involved.People who love the OC ..this is a must watch! 5 stars all around!!

A MUST WATCH SERIES. espically if you loved dawsons creek
starting watching oth on e4 like so many other people and it was soooooooooo great i could not stop watching it, it has replaced the space that dawsons creek left. - which was huge. i love the love square plus one story line and cant wait until the next season hits the screen, the stories are really great and what you think of the character on the first disc by the 5 you will think so much more of them and really enjoy watching them grow. everyone of my friends remind me of the charcters - nathan, lucas, brooke, payton, hayley and even jake develops into a great character. this is A MUCH WATCH