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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
Brand: WARNER HOME VIDEO
EAN: 0883929035380
Feature: Episodes: The Vulcan Affair The Iowa Scuba Affair The Quadripartite Affair The Shark Affair The Deadly Games Affair The Green Opal Affair The Giuco Piano Affair The Double Affair The Project Strigas Affair The Finny Foot Affair The Neptune Affair The Dove Affair The King of Knaves Affair The Terbuf Affair The Deadly Decoy Affair The Fiddlesticks Affair The Yellow Scarf Affair T
Format: Box set, Black & White, Color, DVD, Full Screen, NTSC
Label: Warner Home Video
Languages: EnglishOriginal LanguageDolby Digital 1.0EnglishSubtitled
Manufacturer: Warner Home Video
MPN: 1000042020
Number Of Items: 41
Publisher: Warner Home Video
Region Code: 1
Release Date: October 21, 2008
Running Time: 5620 minutes
Studio: Warner Home Video
Theatrical Release Date: September 22, 1964
Features:- Episodes: The Vulcan Affair The Iowa Scuba Affair The Quadripartite Affair The Shark Affair The Deadly Games Affair The Green Opal Affair The Giuco Piano Affair The Double Affair The Project Strigas Affair The Finny Foot Affair The Neptune Affair The Dove Affair The King of Knaves Affair The Terbuf Affair The Deadly Decoy Affair The Fiddlesticks Affair The Yellow Scarf Affair T
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For Baby Boomers, owning a season or two of a fondly remembered TV series on DVD is enough to satisfy any nostalgic yearnings. The Man From U.N.C.L.E., though, warrants the full-series treatment. It's a wild '60s flashback to the Espionage era that was ushered in by Ian Fleming's James Bond adventures. According to a series retrospective that's just one of this cleverly packaged set's prodigious extras, Fleming himself was recruited to create a spy series for American television. His contribution was the name "Napoleon Solo," the moniker of a crime boss in Goldfinger. That movie, which would kick Bond and spy mania into overdrive, had not yet opened when viewers were introduced to Robert Vaughn's Solo and David McCallum's Illya Kuryakin, agents of the United Network Command for Law and Enforcement. This covert agency operated out of Del Floria's Tailor Shop in New York under the command of true Brit Alexander Waverly (Leo J. Carroll, playing much the same character he portrayed in North by Northwest). The Man from U.N.C.L.E. offered a bit of hope in Cold War America that an American and Russian could work together to stop a common enemy, THRUSH, a ruthless organization bent on world domination. The intriguing conceit of The Man From U.N.C.L.E. was to give audiences an empathetic surrogate who would be plucked from their humdrum lives for whirlwind adventures with Solo and Kuryakin. In the pilot episode, Patricia Crowley guest-stars as a housewife who acts as bait to foil the plans of her former college boyfriend, who is plotting the assassination of a world leader. In a series benchmark, "The Never-Never Affair," a pre-Get Smart Barbara Feldon stars as an U.N.C.L.E. translator who unwittingly becomes involved in actual espionage. Seasons one and two are the series' best, with a stellar roster of guest stars ("The Project Strigas Affair" features the first onscreen pairing of William Shatner and Leonard Nimoy), stylish direction by directors who would go on to some renown (Michael Ritchie, Richard Donner), smart scripts, and great action (a movie theatre shoot-out in "The Never-Never Affair"). In its third season, The Man From U.N.C.L.E. adopted Batman's campy and absurdist tone with shark-jumping results While this season has its share of groaners (in one episode, Sollo watusis with a gorilla), several "Affairs" stand out. Jack Palance and Janet Leigh as a long cool woman in a white dress are great villains in "The Concrete Overcoat Affair." Harlan Ellison wrote the witty "The Pieces of Fate Affair," in which he takes some sly digs at television and literary critics (a THRUSH operative is a book reviewer). Joan Collins makes like Eliza Doolittle in a dual role as a Bronx stripper and a countess in "The Galatea Affair." The series went back to basics in Season Four, but by then, The Avengers was a bigger hit and the writing was on the wall for this once trendsetting series. This lavish box set affair contains upward of ten hours of bonus features, including the unaired series pilot, a series retrospective, an interview with a reunited Vaughn and McCallum, dossiers on each season's guest stars, one of the U.N.C.L.E. feature films edited and expanded from a two-part episode, segments about the great gadgets and cool music, U.N.C.L.E. designs and blueprints, and season-specific booklets.This definitive box set does full justice to a series that had such an impact on popular culture (as witness the bonus Tom & Jerry cartoon, "The Mouse From H.U.N.G.E.R."). More than a blast from the past, The Man From U.N.C.L.E. is still a potent blend of "cloak and swagger." --Donald Liebenson
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Watching this has been so much fun! I watched them all as a kid, and watching them again is a hoot. It was a good show, mostly because it never took itself entirely seriously. It had some excellent people - especially David McCallum looking about 17 years old. And there are gems like the episode with both Leonard Nimoy and William Shatner.
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This was a gift for hubby this past Christmas from me. He loves it and buying from Amazon saved me a nice bit of change. Great packaging and it arrived sooner than my confirmation had indicated.
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Yes! This was well worth the money spent.
I could (and do) sit for hours watching and re-watching these wonderful episodes. No blood, no guts, no bad language, no sex and two extremely HOT guys.
I certainly have had no problem with these DVDs or the service from Amazon.
One very pleased, happy Amazon shopper.
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I purchased this as a gift for my dad and he says that he loves it. He used to love the show, so getting the whole series as one set was great for him. The case was also pretty nice.
It is what it is. From my dad's reactions, if you enjoyed the original show, then you will enjoy this.
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I remember this series from the sixties.It has rarely been seen since.Some of the episodes were repeated in the eighties and we occassionaly see the film spin-offs.As a younster i didn"t fully appreciate the humour in many of the episodes.I watched the episodes for the thrills,spills and action.After forty plus years the series doesn"t disappoint.The episodes are fresh,vibrant and exciting.Ithink that out of the four series,season two has to be my favourite,though they are all well worth watching.This is a lavish,lush set that fully deserves the title complete.The extras are fab too,documentaries,features,films etc,in fact everything the most devoted U.N.C.L.E. fan could want,all in a lavish box/case.At over 96 hours in length the set also represents good value for money.I think mine worked out at £1-50 sterling per disc including shipping.I have seen quite a few of the episodes and am enjoying them immensely.If this was on terrestial television i would tune in every show.So open channel D,sit back and enjoy a quality show.
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