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"Linney is always to die for"
Matt Roush, TV Guide

Golden Globe Winner® Laura Linney Stars in...
THE BIG C: THE COMPLETE FIRST SEASON

Arrives on DVD on May 2




Also Starring Oliver Platt and Special Guest Star Academy Award® Nominee Gabourey Sidibe

Three-Disc Set Loaded with Bonus Features Including Deleted Scenes, Outtakes and Eight Featurettes that Showcase the Amazing Cast! London UK, 31/03/11. -- The Big C: The Complete First Season, Sony Pictures Television's critically acclaimed Showtime original dark comedy series, debuts on DVD on May 2 from Sony Pictures Home Entertainment. Three-time Academy Award® nominee, three-time Emmy® winner and three-time Tony Award® nominee Laura Linney[1], who recently won the Golden Globe® for this role, stars as Cathy Jamison, a reserved suburban wife/mother/teacher whose recent terminal cancer diagnosis forces her to shake up her life and find hope, humour and the light side of a dark situation.

The Big C boasts an all-star cast which, in addition to the Academy Award®-nominated Linney (The Savages, Kinsey, You Can Count on Me), includes Oliver Platt (Frost/Nixon), Gabriel Basso (TV's "The Middle") John Benjamin Hickey (Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen), Phyllis Somerville (The Curious Case of Benjamin Button), and special guest stars Academy Award® nominee Gabourey Sidibe[2] (Precious), Cynthia Nixon (Sex and the City) and Idris Elba (Luther). Included on the three-disc set are deleted scenes, outtakes and eight featurettes that showcase this amazing cast and the memorable characters they created.

The Big C is created and written by Darlene Hunt (TV's "90210"), who serves as executive producer along with Jenny Bicks (TV's "Men in Trees"), Laura Linney, Neal H. Moritz (I Am Legend) and Vivian Cannon (TV's "Emily's Reasons Why Not"). Acclaimed writer/director/producer and Academy
Award® winner Bill Condon[3] (Kinsey, Gods and Monsters) directed the pilot. The series is produced
by Sony Pictures Television.

SYNOPSIS:
Laura Linney stars in her Golden Globe®-winning role as Cathy Jamison, a reserved suburban wife/mother/teacher whose recent cancer diagnosis forces her to shake up her life and find hope, humor and the light side of a dark situation, while managing her immature but well-meaning husband, played by Oliver Platt.

DVD Special Features Include:
Outtakes
Deleted Scenes
Complex Characters Featurette
A Sit-Down with Gabourey Sidibe
A Sit-Down with Laura Linney
A Sit-Down with John Benjamin Hickey
A Sit-Down with Phyllis Somerville
A Sit-Down with Reid Scott
A Sit-Down with Gabriel Basso
A Sit-Down with Oliver Platt

The Big C: Season One has a run time of approximately 5 hours 48 mins and is rated 15.
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[1] (2007) ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE -- The Savages; (2000) ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE -- You Can Count on Me; (2004) ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE -- Kinsey
[2] (2009) ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE -- Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire
[3] (1998) BEST WRITING, SCREENPLAY --Gods and Monsters

PRODUCT INFORMATION

TITLE The Big C
Release Date 2 May, 2011
Format Retail DVD
RRP £15.99
Certificate 15
Genre Comedy Drama
Running Time 5 hours 48 mins

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