Ever wonder what were the real formative moments in young Norman Bates’ life that made him the motel manager we’ve admired over the decades? What events allowed him to be seen as a pioneer of the industry like Conrad Hilton, J. Willard Marriott and Larry Redroofinn? Those formative years are covered in Bates Motel: Season One. The boxset is coming out September 17 so you might want to make reservations early. Here’s the ress release from Universal Studios Home Entertainment:
Universal City, California, June 27, 2013 – Academy Award® nominee Vera Farmiga (Up in the Air) and Freddie Highmore (Charlie and the Chocolate Factory) star in Bates Motel: Season One, a contemporary prequel to the genre-defining film, Psycho. Bates Motel: Season One will be available to own on Blu-ray™ and DVD, each with Digital including Ultraviolet™ on September 17, 2013 from Universal Studios Home Entertainment.
From the producers of Lost and Friday Night Lights comes the “moody, twisty, creepy and gloriously insane” (Mary McNamara, Los Angeles Times) Bates Motel: Season One. This re-imagining of one of Alfred Hitchcock’s beloved masterpieces weaves a web of deception, murder, and unexpected twists in a small town where nothing is what it seems.
Bates Motel: Season One also stars Nestor Carbonell (Lost), Max Thieriot (House at the End of the Street), Mike Vogel (Cloverfield), Nicola Peltz (The Last Airbender) and Olivia Cooke (Blackout). Filled with gruesome horrors, nail-biting suspense, and an eerie visual landscape ideal for Blu-ray™ Hi-Def, experience all 10 episodes back-to-back and uninterrupted of the hit series critics say is “impossible to look away” (Mary McNamara, Los Angeles Times). The Blu-ray™ and DVD also include a set of collector cards featuring artwork from the show (“Jiao’s Sketchbook”) for a limited time only.
Bates Motel was A&E’s most-watched original drama series debut in the network’s history. Be sure to watch more drama unfold with season two on A&E in 2014.
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EXCLUSIVE BONUS FEATURES (BLU-RAY™ and DVD):
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· FEATURETTE: Paley Center Panel Discussion with the Cast and Creative Team
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