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DVD : Gunsmoke - The First Season
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Gunsmoke - The First Season starring: James Arness, Amanda Blake, Milburn Stone, Dennis Weaver List Price: $38.99 Childrens Bookshop Price: $31.99 You Save: $7.00 (18%)Prices subject to change. |
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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1 Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated) Binding: DVD Brand: Paramount EAN: 0097368521346 Format: Box set, Closed-captioned, Black & White, NTSC Label: Paramount Manufacturer: Paramount Number Of Items: 6 Publisher: Paramount Region Code: 1 Release Date: July 17, 2007 Running Time: 1051 minutes Studio: Paramount Theatrical Release Date: September 10, 1955 Sales Rank: 5870 MPN: PARD852134D Related Items:
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Editorial Review: Description: Marshall Matt Dillon is responsible for keeping the law and respectability in Dodge City in this western action-drama. Gunsmoke captured the courage, character and spirit of the Western Frontier. Amazon.com: A TV series doesn't get a more auspicious launch than did Gunsmoke, the first episode of which, broadcast on Sept. 10, 1955, was introduced by none other than John Wayne ("Some of you may have seen me before"). In this historic prologue (included in this first-season round-up), Wayne hypes Gunsmoke as "honest, adult, and realistic." Of James Arness, starring as United States Marshal Matt Dillon, Wayne predicts, "He'll be a big star, so you might as well get used to him." Viewers did more than get used to him. "Mr. Dillon," as his sidekick Chester (Dennis Weaver) calls him, became a television icon who literally stood tall as a steadfast, incorruptible symbol of justice through two of America's most tumultuous decades. The Bravo network ranked him among TV's 50 greatest characters. Gunsmoke was television's longest running Western, and Arness's 20-year stint as Dillon would be matched only by Kelsey Grammer's Frasier Crane (and, by the way, Milburn Stone, who costarred with Arness as crusty, "vinegar face" Doc Adams). For those who grew up with Gunsmoke's full-hour color episodes, this first season will be something of a revelation. The show is in black and white, and, at a half-hour, lean and gritty. Not that Dodge City is Deadwood, by any means, but its reputation as "the Gomorrah of the plains," as Dillon notes in the first episode, is well earned. Most episodes begin with Dillon setting the stage, Dragnet-style, like a frontier Joe Friday. "A man will choose his gun quicker to make a point than he'll draw on his logic," he ruminates at one point. "That's where I come in." Gunsmoke has its share of shootouts and traditional Western action, but the best episodes are gripping psychological dramas. In "Reward for Matt," the embittered widow of a racist Dillon was forced to gun down puts a price on his head. In "The Killer," Dillon exposes a gunslinger (guest star Charles Bronson) for the coward he is. Even an otherwise light-hearted holiday episode, "Magnus," in which Chester's backwards, backwoods brother comes to visit, is darkened by a twisted man gunning for "wicked" dance hall woman Miss Kitty (Amanda Blake), queen of the Longbranch saloon (and a close friend of the marshal—just how close is only hinted at). John Wayne was right: More than 50 years later, Gunsmoke remains "the best thing of its kind to come along." --Donald Liebenson Beyond Gunsmoke
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 Rating: - Gunsmoke: tv as good as it getsWe've been pleased with the quality of these dvds: crisp black and white and good sound. And of course, Gunsmoke itself is some of the best television ever: taut plots, nuanced character studies, solid acting, careful attention to detail in the sets and costumes. I feared watching these old shows might be an exercise in nostalgia that would become boring, especially compared to today's rapid camera cuts and lavish production values, but I was wrong. They're as exciting and compelling as when my family ... Read More: Rating:  - thank youI ordered this product as a gift for my dad. We received it in a timely manner and the gift was exactly what we wanted. Thank you I will order from Amazon again. Rating: - hellogreat. but the 1/2 seasons are a ripoff. i had to go elseware to buy the 20 season complete series for a reasonable price. wish i had found that first. bet this dosen't show up on your feedback. Rating: - THE KING OF ALL TV WESTERNSThe television series ran from September 10, 1955 to March 31, 1975 on CBS for 635 episodes. Until 2005, it was the longest run of any scripted primetime series with continuing characters in American primetime television. Conrad was the first choice to play Marshal Dillon on TV, having established the role, but his increasing obesity led to more photogenic actors being considered. Losing the role embittered Conrad for years, though he later starred in another CBS television series, Cannon ... Read More: Rating: - Best TV western EverThis is it. The real Gunsmoke. This is the half hour broadcasts heavy on drama and character acting and in glorious black and white. The series picked up right from the radio program that was so popular in the early fifties. John Wayne even introduced the series with a brief introduction. These are beautiful short morality tales of the kind that have gone with the wind. Tough stuff with a heart. |
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