M*A*S*H - Season One (Collector's Edition)

Reseña del editor During its 11-year run, M*A*S*H™ won 14 Emmys® and millions of fans. Alan Alda leads a stellar cast through the groundbreaking 1972 season of one of television's most beloved series. Set in the 1950s near the Korean front, it's often hilarious, sometimes cynical, occasionally sentimental, and always engaging. All 24 episodes are the uncut original versions, digitally restored. Ten hours, 24 minutes on three DVDs. Amazon.com Like the TV incarnation of The Odd Couple, the M*A*S*H series has supplanted the original film in the public's consciousness. Legendary comedy writer Larry Gelbart (Your Show of Shows) deserves a medal for developing Robert Altman's bloody, funny 1970 classic for television with much of its anti-establishment spirit intact. These 24 first-season episodes--bracingly less politically correct than the shows in the final seasons--chart the program's sometimes bumpy evolution as it tried to remain true to the film's anarchic spirit while finding its own voice. The most memorable episodes include "The Pilot," which establishes the characters in broad strokes; "Sometimes You Hear the Bullet," in which a friend of Hawkeye's (Alan Alda) dies on the operating table (look for "Ronny" Howard as an underage soldier); "Cowboy," in which someone is trying to kill clueless commander Henry Blake (McLean Stevenson); and the pivotal "Dear Dad," the first of what would be a series of multistory episodes in which Hawkeye writes to his father about life at the 4077th. It is interesting to note film characters who made early exits from the series, including Timothy Brown's Spearchucker and Karen Philipp's Lt. Dish (George Morgan, who plays Father Mulcahy in the pilot, we hardly knew ye). Klinger (Jamie Farr), bucking for his Section 8 discharge, doesn't appear until the fifth episode, "Chief Surgeon Who?" And Gary Burghoff's Radar is a much more wily and savvy partner in crime to "Yankee Doodle Doctors" Hawkeye and Trapper John (Wayne Rogers) than in later seasons. In its 11-year run, M*A*S*H earned 14 Emmy Awards, and it remains one of TV's most beloved series. Though it is a staple of syndication, the episodes are presented here uncut, probably for the first time since their original broadcast. For M*A*S*H devotees, this three-disc set is just what the doctor ordered. --Donald Liebenson

Detalles del producto Descatalogado por el fabricante : No Clasificación de MPAA : Unrated (Not Rated) Dimensiones del producto : 7,75 x 5,5 x 1,25 pulgadas; 6,24 Onzas Director : Bruce Bilson, Don Weis, E.W. Swackhamer, Earl Bellamy, Gene Reynolds Formato multimedia : Closed-captioned, NTSC, Pantalla completa, Color Tiempo de ejecución : 10 horas y 12 minutos Fecha de lanzamiento : enero 8, 2002 Actores : Alan Alda, Wayne Rogers, McLean Stevenson, Loretta Swit, Larry Linville Subtítulos: : Español Idioma : Inglés (Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono), Francés (Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono) Estudio : 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment ASIN : B00005QVVC Número de discos : 3 Clasificación en los más vendidos de Amazon: nº35,779 en Películas y TV (Ver el Top 100 en Películas y TV) nº4,275 en Comedia (Películas y TV) Opiniones de clientes: 4.8 4.8 de 5 estrellas 2,612 calificaciones Descatalogado por el fabricante : No Clasificación de MPAA : Unrated (Not Rated) Dimensiones del producto : 7,75 x 5,5 x 1,25 pulgadas; 6,24 Onzas Director : Bruce Bilson, Don Weis, E.W. Swackhamer, Earl Bellamy, Gene Reynolds Formato multimedia : Closed-captioned, NTSC, Pantalla completa, Color Tiempo de ejecución : 10 horas y 12 minutos Fecha de lanzamiento : enero 8, 2002 Actores : Alan Alda, Wayne Rogers, McLean Stevenson, Loretta Swit, Larry Linville Subtítulos: : Español Idioma : Inglés (Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono), Francés (Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono) Estudio : 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment ASIN : B00005QVVC Número de discos : 3