'Sopranos,' 'Dark Knight' Dominate DVD Critics Awards

• Press Release
• Source: Home Media Magazine
• On 2:25 pm EDT, Tuesday September 8, 2009

SANTA ANA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--HBO Home Entertainment’s complete-series megaset of “The Sopranos” is the 2009 DVD Critics Awards’ Title of the Year. The Sopranos: The Complete Series also won for Best Collection/Multidisc Set.

The Fifth Annual DVD Critics Awards honor the top DVD and Blu-ray Disc titles from 2008. The awards, presented by Home Media Magazine, are traditionally held during the summer Home Entertainment Summit, which has been delayed this year.

“We still wanted to honor the best titles on DVD and Blu-ray as soon as possible,” said Thomas K. Arnold, Home Media Magazine publisher and executive producer of the Summit.

The delay allowed organizers to create special categories for an online consumer vote, a first in the history of the DVD Critics Awards.

More than 130 entries were judged by a panel of critics and journalists. Submitted titles also were placed in eight special categories for the consumer vote, bringing the total number of awards to 21.

Warner Home Video’s The Dark Knight won Best Theatrical Title, plus the consumer categories Best Action Title, Best Superhero Title and Consumer Favorite.

Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment’s Pixar release Wall-E also fared well, winning for Best Animated Title and taking the consumer vote for Best Sci-Fi Title.

In all, Warner won five awards, while sister company HBO took three. Disney earned four awards.

2009 DVD Critics Award Winners:

Consumer’s Choice Categories

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