"One of the 10 TV Triumphs of the Year"
People Magazine
HUFF:
THE COMPLETE FIRST SEASON
Critically Acclaimed Showtime Drama Starring Hank Azaria, Emmy®-winner Blythe Danner and Oliver Platt Arrives on DVD March 21
Culver City, CA (January 9, 2006) - Showtime's critically-acclaimed, adult drama Huff: The Complete First Season debuts on DVD March 21 from Sony Pictures Home Entertainment. Starring Hank Azaria (TV's "The Simpsons," Quiz Show), Paget Brewster (My Big Fat Independent Movie), Emmy-winner Blythe Danner (Meet the Fockers), Anton Yelchin (Alpha Dog), Andy Comeau (One Hour Photo), Kimberly Brooks (Shark Tale) and Emmy-nominee Oliver Platt (The Ice Harvest, Casanova), Huff: The Complete First Season features all 13 episodes and exclusive bonus features. The four-disc DVD set is available for $39.95 SLP.
Huff debuted on Showtime November 7, 2004 and immediately became a critical favorite for its offbeat combination of drama and comedy. Hank Azaria portrays a psychiatrist who gets a wakeup call after a 15-year-old boy commits suicide in his office. His whole existence - as doctor, husband, father, son and brother - goes through a reawakening. As the series unfolds, his personal life and career blur the lines of reality, often causing his so-called normal world and family life to be as surreal as that of his patients. Soon he begins to question who he is, what he's made of and if he fits in - anywhere.
"HUFF came to life from wanting to write a script about waking up," says series creator and executive producer Bob Lowry. "Most people don't wake up until they learn they're going to die. The suicide is Huff's wakeup call. But like all the rest of us, he falls back asleep a hundred or a thousand times a day."
First season guest stars include Lara Flynn Boyle (TV's "The Practice," "Las Vegas"), Emmy-nominee Swoosie Kurtz (Duplex, The Rules of Attraction), Annie Potts (TV's "Designing Women"), Robert Forster (Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle, Jackie Brown), Bob Saget (TV's "Full House") and Hal Linden (TV's "Barney Miller").
DVD Special Features Include:
. Digitally Remastered Audio and High Definition Video
. Widescreen Presentations
. Audio: English 5.1 (Dolby© Digital)
. Subtitles: Portuguese
. Commentaries on Select Episodes with Creator/Executive Producer Bob Lowry and Director/Executive Producer Scot Winant
. Featurettes: Behind the Therapy, Character by Design and Lens of Truth
. Five Minutes of Deleted Scenes
. Bonus Previews
. Closed Captioned
Huff: The Complete First Season has a run time of approximately 676 minutes and is not rated.