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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
Brand: Sony
EAN: 9781404934702
Format: Box set, Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, Full Screen, NTSC
ISBN: 1404934707
Label: Columbia TriStar
Manufacturer: Columbia TriStar
Number Of Items: 3
Publisher: Columbia TriStar
Region Code: 99
Release Date: September 16, 2003
Running Time: 600 minutes
Sales Rank: 10773
Studio: Columbia TriStar
Theatrical Release Date: September 13, 1977
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The controversial sitcom that defined the late 70s and became an instant classic Soap took viewers into the homes of not one but two of the most dysfunctional families ever and we couldn t help but embrace every eccentric one of them!This first season introduces us to the quirky lives of the Tates and the Campbells. The unparalleled cast features Billy Crystal Richard Mulligan Robert Guillaume Emmy nominees Katherine Helmond and Cathryn Damon Robert Mandan Diana Canova Jimmy Baio and Arthur Peterson. The series first season was nominated for 4 Emmy® Awards and won for Outstanding Art Direction in a Comedy Series.System Requirements:Starring: Robert Mandan Katherine Helmond Billy Crystal Richard Mulligan Jimmy Baio Robert Guillaume Running Time: 200 Min. Copyright Sony Pictures Home Entertainment 2005Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: TELEVISION/SERIES & SEQUELS Rating: NR UPC: 043396012219 Manufacturer No: 01221
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Even before it premiered on September 13, 1977 (Tuesdays at 9:30 pm on ABC), Soap was mired in controversy (including 32,000 letters of protest) and primed to make television history. Conceived as a primetime satire of daytime melodramas, this groundbreaking series toppled many of the TV taboos that remained after All in the Family and M*A*S*H, openly addressing a variety of risky topics (homosexuality, infidelity, impotence, familial murder) with a deft combination of irreverent wit, wacky slapstick, supreme stupidity, and--key to its success--engaging drama from characters you could really care about, regardless of their rampant quirks and foibles.
As a friendly announcer informs us, 'this is the story of two sisters' in suburban Connecticut--wealthy dimwit Jessica Tate (Katherine Helmond) and blue-collar housewife Mary Campbell (Cathryn Damon)--whose class-divided families are bound by enough scandalous secrets to make each of these 25 episodes (all written by creator-producer Susan Harris and directed by sitcom veteran Jay Sandrich) a polished gem of half-hour comedy. The integration of plot and character is flawless, and dirty laundry was rarely this absurd: Jessica's cheating on her cheating husband (Robert Mandan, the show's underrated lynchpin); stepson Jodie (Billy Crystal) is (gasp!) openly gay, and brother Danny (Ted Wass) has Mafia connections; daughter Corrine (Diana Canova) is in love with a priest; Mary's husband Burt (manic genius Richard Mulligan) is a would-be killer who thinks he's invisible; and all of them are suspects in a murder case that fuels the season's cliffhanger finale.
This is ensemble comedy at its finest, and is it any wonder Robert Guillaume--as the Tates' insolent servant Benson--got his own spin-off sitcom in 1979? His line readings (such as 'You want me to get that?' when the doorbell rings) are instant classics, and while Helmond tops the cast with her inimitable brand of idiocy, there's not a weak link in the entire cast. All those protesting prudes fought a futile battle: Soap was never naughty without purpose (indeed, the show possesses subtle integrity) and a large and loyal audience propelled it to even crazier heights in subsequent seasons. (Technical note: Given the shortcomings of 25-year-old videotape, with minor glitches and color variations, these episodes look and sound remarkably good.) --Jeff Shannon
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Rating:  - I was in tears
When I was a kid I watched Soap all the time and remember laughing so hard I was in tears. Well 31 years later, the same thing happened as I watched it again. Can't wait to see the second season.
Rating: - great choice for the "old schoolers"
I bought Soap - season 1 for my mom. She doesn't have cable and can barely work the dvd player I bought for her, but when I gave her this Soap dvd, she perked right up! She sat on her couch and lauged so hard she squirted tears. She also wasted no time in asking for season 2 :-)
Rating: - Still frothing after 30 years
"Soap" is the story of the Tates and the Campbells, two typical soap opera families with typical soap opera problems, and some not so typical. I first heard about "Soap" from my parents, who saw it when it was first shown on television, 30 years ago. Based on their recommendation, I purchased the first season on DVD and found that it is far funnier than many of the first-run comedies that are currently being shown on TV, and that it hasn't dated at all.
"Soap" is a parody of soap operas, but unlike other soap opera parodies, such as "Tootsie" or "Grosse Pointe", where the story centers on the behind the scenes antics of the actors in a fictional soap opera and the humour arises from those antics, not from the soap opera itself, "Soap" is written as an actual soap opera, which follows all of the usual soap opera conventions, and the humour arises from the exaggeration and parodying of these conventions. Basically, "Soap" does to soap operas what "The Naked Gun" did to police movies.
Much of "Soap"'s brilliance is due to its perfect casting of the leads. Each actor is excellent in his or her role and it is not surprising that a large number of them later went onto bigger and better things. These actors include Richard Mulligan (as the nervous and occasionally invisible Burt Campbell), Katherine Helmond (as the perpetually cheerful Jessica Tate), Robert Guillaume (as Benson the objectionable butler who looks after the Tates) and Billy Crystal (as Jodie the suicidal homosexual ... Read More
Rating: - Comedy, DVD
Great Show! Got it as a gift and I am looking forward to watching this.
Rating: - Multi region
Despite the "region 1" note on the boxes, all seasons are region 1,2,3 and 4 enabled. Good to know for the regions where Soap has not been released on DVD.
Terrific show for peanuts with the current dollar exchange rate.
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