Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #2090 in DVD
• Released on: 2006-04-10
• Rating: Suitable for 18 years and over
• Formats: Box set, PAL
• Original language: English
• Number of discs: 24

DVD Description
When death is your business, what is your life? For the Fisher family, the world outside of their family-owned funeral home continues to be at least as challenging as --and far less predictable than --the one inside. From Oscar-winning screenwriter Alan Ball (American Beauty) comes this breakout series that takes a darkly comic look at members of a dysfunctional L.A. family that runs a funeral business. With Peter Krause, Frances Conroy, Michael C. Hall, Lauren Ambrose and Rachel Griffiths. This box set contains all five seasons of the show that changed the landscape of television forever.

Special Features
Season 1
Languages: English
Subtitles: English

Season 2
Languages: English, French
Subtitles: English, French, Dutch, Arabic, Finnish, Icelandic, Norwegian, Polish, Swedish

Season 3
Languages: English, French
Subtitles: English, French, Dutch, Arabic, Finnish, Hebrew, Hungarian, Norwegian, Polish, Swedish

Season 4
Languages: English, French, Hungarian
Subtitles: English, French, Dutch, Arabic, Finnish, Hebrew, Hungarian, Norwegian, Polish, Swedish

Season 5
Languages: English, French
Subtitles: English, French, Dutch, Arabic, Finnish, Hebrew, Norwegian, Polish, Swedish

Customer Reviews

The Hard Goodbye
When "Six Feet Under" first aired in 2001, people were adamant about the idea of a Family-Run Funeral home, of which is supposed to make good television drama and with its satirical dark humour and very real characters. It seemed like a lot to gauge for a show that would constantly display death. Then again, death is a touchy subject to everyone, where do we go, what of the soul and more importantly, how we deal with it, and do we ever deal with it.

Funnily enough the idea for this show is original, who ever had the idea first wins in that respect; they get to clarify an unlooked upbringing of a Family Business and way of life for those who `cater' the dearly departed.

Result; This great show has introduced us to the Fisher Family. A lovable, quirky, witty retort type of what can be called "dysfunctional" clique, which would evidently be used as a comparison for future generations of TV clans.

You may think it would be depressing, when in fact the show is surrounded in clairvoyance. The episodic structure follows that of some random loved (or unloved) person dying at the beginning of the episode through to the eventuality that the Fishers are the one who take care of the recently passed.

The Cast; An excellently played bunch of mishaps that are such a winning cliché with each other that they come together to depict an idea of family. Peter Krause plays older extroverted son Nate Fisher Jr., named after his dearly departed father who starts off the first series (season). Nate is not built for the job but finds that being drafted as funeral director may have its merits. Nate also introduces us to his on and off love of his life Brenda Chenowith (Rachel Griffiths) whom is an Australian actor with a killing worked state-side accent. She's a pious talking sexually inhibited deviant and we love her, and she develops into a wonderfully woven character.

Middle child now fully licensed Funeral Director David Fisher (Michael C. Hall) a character pushed into a business role vacated by a late father, but doesn't gloat and makes it worth something to him. He plays the in-closet Homosexual whom is seeing his supportive and well played character and partner to be Keith Charles (Mathew St. Patrick). The grieving mother and wife, quirky and lovable Ruth Fisher, played by Frances Conroy who's variety of theatre acting pays off every little bit. And finally the youngest Claire Fisher, played by the gorgeous Lauren Ambrose, who just about reflects teenage life without giving off the false sense of adolescence played by stereotypical teens in say The OC. The inevitable wild-child, whose dalliances with an array of class A substances give us a comedy and just all round fun experiences.

Families on TV, especially American TV could learn much from this, and have. It's easy to spot the similarities in shows like "Dirty Sexy Money", "Dexter" and "Brothers & Sisters". TV drama found a mark that explored more boundaries than Scott Bakula did in Quantum Leap, more frontiers than Star Trek.
It's hard to go back to the atypical TV-centred families of so called modern life. A dark satirical backdrop of a Family-Run Funeral home opens up a more accurate approximation of current life and all its density.

Verdict:

Short but sweet, stays with you like the memory of a loved one. 10/10. Six Feet Under, you will be sadly and forever missed.

Quite Simply the Best
Never before have I seen something that has affected me and gripped me as much as Six Feet Under has. Right from series 1- series 5 I have never stopped loving the show. The plot and character development are flawless and I ended up watching all 63 episodes in about a month. I thought that shows like Lost and Prison Break were amazing before I watched this, but this has completely changed my perspective.
Just buy it,there is no way you will be disappointed...

The Meaning of life and death in 5 series
I was given the first 2 series by a freind with no recomendation, just a straight swap for the brilliant Deadwood.
I eventually got around to watching the first episode and was subsequently hooked from then on in.
As other reviewers have unashamebly admitted, I was moved beyond belief by the deep and sometimes dark subject matter brought to life by the utterly brilliant cast.
I would highly recommend this series to anyone who enjoys the seemingly endless stream of superior drama series coming from across the pond,(Sopranos, Deadwood, West Wing, Brothers and Sisters etc).

The last 3 episodes were quite the most brilliantly thought provoking peices of genius I have ever had the pleasure to witness on tv.

Excellent.