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Breaking Bad (2008)  link to Breaking Bad on IMDb  link to trailer on IMDb

Number: 455

cover Breaking Bad

IMDb Rating:
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9.5/10 (919913 votes)

Country: USA, 49 minutes

Spoken Languages: English, Spanish

Genre(s): Thriller, Drama, Crime

Director(s): Michelle MacLaren, Adam Bernstein, Vince Gilligan, Colin Bucksey, Michael Slovis, Bryan Cranston, Terry McDonough, Johan Renck, Rian Johnson, Scott Winant, Peter Gould, Tricia Brock, Bronwen Hughes, Tim Hunter, Jim McKay, Phil Abraham, John Dahl, Félix Enríquez Alcalá, Charles Haid, Peter Medak, John Shiban, David Slade, George Mastras, Thomas Schnauz, Sam Catlin

Cast: Bryan Cranston (as Walter White), Anna Gunn (as Skyler White), Aaron Paul (as Jesse Pinkman), Dean Norris (as Hank Schrader), Betsy Brandt (as Marie Schrader)

Medium: Original DVD,

Storyline: When chemistry teacher Walter White is diagnosed with Stage III cancer and given only two years to live, he decides he has nothing to lose. He lives with his teenage son, who has cerebral palsy, and his wife, in New Mexico. Determined to ensure that his family will have a secure future, Walt embarks on a career of drugs and crime. He proves to be remarkably proficient in this new world as he begins manufacturing and selling methamphetamine with one of his former students. The series tracks the impacts of a fatal diagnosis on a regular, hard working man, and explores how a fatal diagnosis affects his morality and transforms him into a major player of the drug trade.

Loaned: No

Aspect ratio: 2.55:1