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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 0024543172130
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD-Video, Full Screen, Subtitled, NTSC
Label: 20th Century Fox
Manufacturer: 20th Century Fox
Number Of Items: 4
Publisher: 20th Century Fox
Region Code: 1
Release Date: July 26, 2005
Running Time: 1078 minutes
Sales Rank: 7537
Studio: 20th Century Fox
Theatrical Release Date: October 01, 1982
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Description:
Before he was Bond... he was Remington Steele...Private eye Laura Holt (Stephanie Zimbalist) grudgingly accepts a new partner when a mystery man (Pierce Brosnan) assumes the identity of her fictitious boss, Remington Steele. Together, the two battle crime as as their feelings for each other.
Amazon.com:
Remington Steele's fusion of whodunit mystery and screwball comedy burst onto television in 1982. After struggling to get clients to hire a female detective, Laura Holt (sultry Stephanie Zimbalist) invents a fictional boss named Remington Steele, whose dashing manly name draws in work. But while protecting some South African jewels, Holt runs across a mysterious thief and con-man (an elfin, baby-faced Pierce Brosnan) whom her client assumes is the nonexistent Steele--and when the case is resolved, the accidental detective decides he likes the work and sticks around, infuriating Holt with his arrogant ways and tantalizing her with his dashing good looks. Murders may occur at a winery, an island sex club, or a college reunion, but just about every episode plunders plot elements from classic movies like Bringing Up Baby, The Third Man, and The Trouble with Harry (even the theme song was written by film composer Henry Mancini). The writers openly acknowledge this influence by having Steele use ideas he's lifted from movies to solve crimes. The constant allusions to old films should be annoying, but the show demonstrates such a rich affection for the classics that these tips of the hat actually mesh with Remington Steele's world.
Remington Steele has become best known as Brosnan's launching pad (he later become James Bond in GoldenEye and its sequels), but Zimbalist was every bit as crucial to the show's success; her mixture of glamor and toughness gives the show a distinctly adult sexiness and grounds Brosnan's boyish charm. The dialogue sometimes slipped from arch camp to sheer cheese, but even at its most ridiculous (say, a scene where Holt and Steele question homeless bums while dressed in formal evening wear) Remington Steele remains an eminently watchable show, thanks to zippy plotting and the chemistry between Zimbalist and Brosnan. Some episodes clearly implied that the pair had become intimate, yet that didn't defuse their attraction. Even when the stories became a bit silly, the mutual respect and desire between Holt and Steele never lost its sophistication. --Bret Fetzer
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - regarding Remingon Steele...
We (family) LOVE this series! It is fun to watch. The only bad thing about it is that it only ran for five seasons. But it really is a fun series...if you want something fun for your family, give this a try.
Rating: - Nostalgia at its best!
Must be mid-life crisis because I've been watching this series every night since I bought all the seasons out on DVD. Remembering with fondness my early teen years -- a time of pre-Windows clunky computers, pre-cell phones when it was a chore to reach someone, and pre-DNA profiling when murders had to be solve with ingenuity. A younger Pierce Brosnan is eye candy too! The commentaries are a bonus because you get to see how the actors look like today. Might make you feel better that aging happens to the best of us.
Rating: - Remington Steel is Excellent
Remington Steele - Season 1 - 3 ( I have yet to go through the last season) is worth every penny. The Cast of Pierce Brosnan and Stefanie Zimbalist has great chemistry. Overall excellent.
Rating:  - A blast from the past
From the cleverness of the plotlines, to the double entendres, to the anachronisms (the limousine has a car phone that can be dialed) the first season of Remminton Steele is a joy to relive. One of the parts of the 80's that should be brought back into style, and Pierce Brosnan oozes style out of every pore.
Rating:  - Vintage Steele!!!!
Okay, I never saw Remington Steele as a comedy-drama when it aired on network television. Maybe because I thought all hourlong shows were dramas back then. Pierce Brosnan plays the title role of a fictional private investigator which Stephanie Zimbalist's character created because nobody wanted to hire a female private investigator. Of course, there is chemistry between them but not so obvious. They get in mishaps, mischief and adventures along the way. One of the main reasons that I bought this DVD was because of an actress, Beverlee McKinsey, who was only in Vintage Steele as a wealthy matriarch. Sadly, the producer and writer did not remember her name in the commentary but she is one of America's greatest soap actresses and one of my personal favorites. Of course, I can't forget Doris Roberts who would later gain fame as Marie Boyle on Everybody Loves Raymond. Vintage Steele remains a fan favorite but I hope that the fans won't forget Beverlee McKinsey who should have gone further to stardom but we can't get everything we want now can we.
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