Breaking Bad: The Complete Third Season Arrives on Blu-ray And DVD 6/7

Viewers can relive the darkest and most dangerous season yet when Sony Pictures Home Entertainment brings Breaking Bad: The Complete Third Season to Blu-ray^TM and DVD on June 7th -- just prior to the start of the show's fourth season. The critically acclaimed AMC series stars Bryan Cranston, winner of three Best Actor Emmys® for his role as Walter White, chemistry teacher turned drug dealer and AaRon Paul (TV's "Big Love"), Emmy winner (Best Supporting Actor) for his portrayal as Walter's partner-in-crime, Jesse Pinkman. Breaking Bad also stars Anna Gunn (TV's "Deadwood"), DEAN NORRIS (Terminator 2: Judgment Day), Betsy Brandt (TV's "Back When We Were Grownups"), and RJ Mitte. All 13 episodes will be included on both Blu-ray and DVD. The third season release is packed with special features including deleted scenes, outtakes, cast & crew commentary on nine episodes, five all-new behind-the-scenes featurettes, 20 episodes of Inside Breaking Bad and much more! Breaking Bad: The Complete Third Season DVD will be available for $39.95 SRP, while the Blu-ray release will sell for $49.95 SRP.

Created by writer/director/producer Vince Gilligan (TV's "The X-Files"), who also serves as executive producer with Academy Award® winner Mark Johnson (Rain Man, 1988 Best Picture), Breaking Bad follows the story of Walter White (Cranston), a high school chemistry teacher who discovers he is dying of lung cancer. Desperate to pay for his cancer treatments and to secure his family's financial security, Walt discovers a new sense of fearlessness. He teams with former student, now drug dealer Jesse Pinkman (Paul) to use his scientific knowledge for financial gain, but soon finds he's trapped in a sinister world of drugs and crime. Breaking Bad will return for its fourth season on July 17th.

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Winner of two 2010 Emmy Awards, including Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series for Bryan Cranston and Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series for AaRon Paul, Breaking Bad: The Complete Third Season returns, hailed by the Los Angeles Times as "the best show on television." Even though his cancer's in remission, chemistry teacher-turned-meth maker Walter White (Cranston) still can't catch a break. His wife (Anna Gunn) has filed for divorce, his DEA agent brother-in-law (DEAN NORRIS) is out to bust him and a Mexican cartel just wants him dead. But with his family's future still at stake Walt cooks up a deal that will make him a fortune; a scheme with a terrible price.

Breaking Bad: The Complete Third Season episodes include:

No Más

Caballo Sin Nombre

I.F.T.

Green Light

Mas

Sunset

One Minute

I See You

Kafkaesque

Fly

Abiquiu

Half Measures

Full Measures

Blu-Ray & DVD Special Features Include:

Cast & Crew commentary on nine episodes, featuring Vince Gilligan, Bryan Cranston, AaRon Paul, Anna Gunn, Betsy Brandt, DEAN NORRIS, Bob Odenkirk, Jonathan Banks and more!
5 All-New Behind-the-Scenes featurettes:
Hit and Run
The Music of Breaking Bad
White Heat: Cranston on Fire
Pizza of Destiny: Cranston's Greatest Shot
Silent But Deadly: The Brothers Moncada
Outtakes
Deleted Scenes & Unused Footage
Team S.C.I.E.N.C.E featurette
AMC News Visits the Breaking Bad Writer's Room
Mini Video Podcasts for every episode with the Cast and Crew
Inside Breaking Bad: 20 episodes that give a behind-the-scenes look of what it takes to create an episode

Exclusive to the Blu-ray:

Breaking Bad Cast and Crew Photo Collection

BROADCAST YEAR: 2010 (AMC) (First Season 2008, AMC)

Breaking Bad: The Complete Third Season is not rated. The Blu-ray and DVD have a run time of approximately 613 minutes. 

Breaking Bad: The Complete Third Season Four-Disc DVD

DVD Catalog: 35332
UPC Code: 043396353329
Order Date: 5/5/11
SLP: $39.95

Breaking Bad: The Complete Third Season Three-Disc Blu-ray ^TM

Blu-ray Catalog: 36963
UPC Code: 043396369634
Order Date: 5/5/11
Disc SLP: $49.95

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