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Pushing Daisies: The Complete First Season [Blu-ray] | ![Pushing Daisies: The Complete First Season [Blu-ray]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51foS%2BjX6qL._SL160_.jpg) | Actors: Lee Pace, Anna Friel, Kristin Chenoweth, Chi McBride, Swoosie Kurtz
Studio: Warner Home Video
Category: DVD
List Price: $39.99
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Rating:  191 reviews
Sales Rank: 11512
Format: AC-3, Color, Dolby, Subtitled, Widescreen
Languages: English (Subtitled), French (Subtitled), Danish (Subtitled), Finnish (Subtitled), Norwegian (Subtitled), Swedish (Subtitled), English (Original Language), French (Dubbed)
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Media: Blu-ray
Discs: 3
Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
Running Time: 379 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 6.7 x 5.4 x 0.7
MPN: 883929034178
UPC: 883929034178
EAN: 0883929034178
ASIN: B001A7X0ZO
Theatrical Release Date: 2008
Release Date: September 16, 2008
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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Product Description
Ned can bring the dead to life briefly when he touches them, and must touch them again to reverse the spell; along with a private eye, he uses his gif
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Pushing Daisies is many things at once: detective show, romantic comedy, whimsical fantasy and above all, a story about a guy who bakes pies and has the ability to bring dead people back to life. Somehow all of these things come together to make one of the most enjoyable, funny and bittersweet shows to come along in a long time. A lot of that magic comes from the near-perfect casting - Lee Pace (The Fall, Miss Pettigrew Lives For a Day) as Ned the Piemaker is wonderfully reserved and adorably neurotic; his facial expressions alone provide some of the most moving and hilarious moments in the series. Anna Friel as Charlotte "Chuck" Charles, Chi McBride as Emerson Cod and Kristin Chenoweth as Olive Snook round out the regulars at the Pie Hole and veteran actresses Swoosie Kurtz and Ellen Greene are great as Chuck's eccentric aunts whose passions include synchronized swimming, amateur ornithology and rare cheeses. Pushing Daisies exists in a world where people regularly break out into song to express their feelings, where death is never gory and usually played for comic effect, and where every color on screen is richly saturated and vibrant, creating an oddly timeless Edward Scissorhands-like world.
Bryan Fuller, the creator of cult favorites Dead Like Me and Wonderfalls has perfected his style with Pushing Daisies; this series has a broader appeal than the previous shows. Each imaginatively produced episode has such snappy writing paired with ghoulish sensibilities, heart wrenching romance and classic caper-style crime fighting, making every moment completely un-missable. The Blu-ray release of Season One contains all nine original episodes and a behind-the-scenes featurette. --Kira Canny
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Pushing Daisies.... Pushed Too Early August 29, 2010
Nate Dawg (Athens, OH USA)
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It happens from time to time: a television network cancels a truly original and artistic television series because it does not receive the ratings that the network believes it should be receiving for that time slot. Quality of programming is no longer considered by these networks as valuable. Whatever generates the most advertising revenue for the network appears to be the name of the game. A casualty of this whore of a policy (and the untimely WGA strike during its pilot season) is ABC's mystery/fantasy noir Pushing Daisies, one of the most creative television series ever. It is a shame and a sham that the series was not allowed to run its course.
Sadly, television viewership has turned towards the glitz/glamour/faux reality/sickly sweet musicals. Quick, witty shows are no longer found on television (Arrested Development, anyone?); every network seems to have a "reality" talent show, some type of police investigation show, a carousel of formulaic sitcoms and dramas. It is so rare that a show of immense quality and entertainment value comes along.
The whole concept of the show is brilliant: a pie maker can bring dead things back to life, but for only one minute or something else of equivalent life value will die after that minute; he must retouch the thing brought back to life to take it back to being dead; a private investigator discovers this power and exploits it to solve murders and claim the reward for solving the murders; it turns out his childhood love is murdered and he chooses not to take her back to being dead - all in the pilot episode ("Pie-lette"). The rest of the series is devoted to the implications of the pie-maker, Ned's, power and his decision to let his childhood love, Chuck, keep on living. It explores the notion of not being able to ever touch the one you love again. There is a terrific cast of brilliantly acted characters. Chi McBride and Kristin Chenoweth are flawless in their supporting roles.
The entire series can be found streaming on Netflix.
Fantastic! but the Blu-Ray version has no special features August 19, 2010
Dave Yost (Silicon Valley)
At least I can't find them. There is no main menu, and you have to laboriously use the >> or >>| button to work your way through all the chapters of all the episodes.
Best Show Ever July 27, 2010
W. M. Bell (Little Rock, AR)
This was the best show I have EVER seen on television. Its criminal that its not on the air anymore. It won piles of awards and comes packaged with its own devoted cult-like following, yet they never even gave it a chance.
 delightful April 19, 2010
Meredith C. Lagerman (san francisco)
pushing daisies is just so heartbreakingly sweet.
i'm glad i brought it into my life to love whenever i want.
it's visually lush, the characters and loveably quirky
and the love story is beautiful.
Pushing Daisies 1 April 11, 2010
John F. Seibel (Marion, OH)
I got hooked on this show the 1st time I saw it and love it. It is storytelling at its best. The chemistry between all of the characters is excellent. Well written and acted. Highly recommend both seasons.
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