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Miami Vice - Season One
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Studio: Uni Dist Corp. (mca) Release Date: 02/08/2005
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To hear the opening beats of Jan Hammer's percussive, propulsive Miami Vice theme is to be instantly transported back to 1984. But this groundbreaking series, with its cinematic sensibility, cool clothes, and killer soundtrack is no mere blast from the past. It still rocks. This three-disc set would be worthless if it didn't. Music was an integral part of Miami Vice's hip vibe. The soundtrack propelled the stories and established the mood like no series before it. So the first thing you want to know is: Have the music rights been secured for this DVD release? In the pilot episode, does Phil Collins's "In the Air Tonight" still play ominously as vice undercover cops Crockett and Tubbs speed toward a bust? Does Eric Clapton's "Wonderful Tonight" serenade Sonny and Gina on his boat in the episode "One-Eyed Jack?" And what would the benchmark episode, "Smuggler's Blues" be without Glenn Frey's instant classic? From the Rolling Stones on a boombox to Elvis Presley singing "Rubberneckin'" on a TV, Vice's cutting-edge soundtrack has been preserved and honed in 5.1 surround sound glory. Miami Vice made stars out of Don Johnson, Philip Michael Thomas, and Edward James Olmos, who won an Emmy as the intense, taciturn Lt. Castillo (watching him bust some martial arts moves in "Golden Triangle" is like Yoda cutting lose in Attack of the Clones), but the first season also offers time-capsule glimpses of actors on the cusp of stardom, including a pre-L.A. Law Jimmy Smits in the pilot, a pre-Crime Story Dennis Farina in "One-Eyed Jack," and a pre-Moonlighting Bruce Willis in "No Exit." Miami Vice put a neon sheen on cop-show convention. Its fashion sense (pastel suits, no belt, no socks), and the brilliantly employed freeze frames are still arresting. Miami Vice was a TV watershed, and this DVD set does it full justice. --Donald Liebenson
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Miami Vice - Season One
- DVD: 0 pages (2005-02-08)
- Publisher: National Broadcasting Company (NBC)
- Label: National Broadcasting Company (NBC)
- Starring: Don Johnson, Philip Michael Thomas, Olivia Brown, Saundra Santiago, Michael Talbott
- Director: Abel Ferrara, Alan J. Levi, Bobby Roth, David Anspaugh, David Soul
- Encoding: Region 1
- Format: AC-3, Box set, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Full Screen, Subtitled, NTSC
- Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1,
- Studio: National Broadcasting Company (NBC)
- DVD Release Date: 2005-02-08
- Run Time: 1105
- ISBN: 1417042176
- Average Customer Review:
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- Sales Rank in DVD: #7521
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Summary: The season that made Don Johnson a star & a sex symbol 2008-12-29
Comment: This 1984-85 Season of Miami Vice is the season that started it all and the season that made Don Johnson(Crockett) a superstar and a sex symbol when Miami Vice made its debut on NBC in September of 1984, which reminds me that it just so happens that Don Johnson had also auditioned for the role of Michael Knight on KNIGHT RIDER in 1982, but Don Johnson obviously didn't get the part, since it was given to David Hasselhoff.
Fortunately, when Don Johnson got hired for the role of Sonny Crockett on MIAMI VICE and this show became an instant hit in the Fall of 1984, Don Johnson became like the new sex symbol of the 1980's and joined Tom Selleck, David Hasselhoff, and Pierce Brosnan as part of the sexiest actors of the mid 80's.
Miami Vice's 1st Season also takes me all the way back to memory lane when NBC's motto was "Let's All Be There" and when MIAMI VICE was on NBC every Friday night at 10PM after HUNTER at 9PM.
In addition to what's so awesome about this Miami Vice DVD; it doesn't have any of the episodes with all those deleted scenes and added commercials in between like they were on USA, FX, TNN, and TV Land; they were all shown complete and uncut just like they were shown on their original air dates on NBC with the exception of no commercials of course.
As a matter of fact, I like the way Universal had shown a brief summary of each episode with their original air dates on this MIAMI VICE-SEASON 1 DVD, just like Universal did with KNIGHT RIDER-SEASONs 1,2,3; MAGNUM, P.I.-SEASONS 1,2,3; THE A-TEAM-SEASONS 1,2,3; AIRWOLF-SEASON 1 DVD, but for some reason Universal had decided to stop showing a brief summary of each episode with their original air-dates all of the sudden in the Spring of 2006, just like they did with MIAMI VICE-SEASON 4, KNIGHT RIDER-SEASON 4, MAGNUM-SEASON 4, and THE A-TEAM-SEASON 4.
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Summary: Good quality 2008-12-16
Comment: The item was in very good condition and I was very pleased with the way it came promptly.
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Summary: ONE OF THE BEST TV SHOWS EVER 2008-09-30
Comment: THIS SERIES TURNED MIAMI INTO THE "HOT SPOT" IT IS TODAY. IT CHANGED THE FORMAT OF TV SERIES. A PERFECT CAST. MUCH BETTER THAN THE RECENT MOVIE.
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Summary: Kudos for the Licensing 2008-09-16
Comment: im sure i spelled licensing wrong up there and i DO NOT own this dvd, but i thought i'd like to chime in and say thank you to the makers of this and the other DVD's of MV pending. WKRP in Cincinnati cant seem to get their music fees in order and most of those songs are only 7 seconds long, so Kudos to Universal. Now the price in Best Buy and Circuit City or any retailer is still $44 for season one EVEN with NO DVD features, so that tells you that the retailers got the word that this DVD will not be underpriced ...EVER, to recoup their money. If only WKRP was willing to sell their seasons for $44 bucks, we could get by all this garbage and down to business. Batman too has some similar estate issues, but i bet if they were all tole that they would be selling the DVD's at 44$ for years[exception; Internet] they would be ready to play ball then.
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Summary: Miami Vice Exceptionally Nice 2008-05-22
Comment: Since I am old school 80s fan i say this to those that are the same. Your collection will never be complete unless you have all 5 seasons of Miami Vice. Aside from the cool music, clothes, story line and the beautiful Tessarosa. A lot of the cases they worked on gave me the chills. Now that I am a little older and have a much better understanding of the show's plot (i was barely three when it first came out in '84).
I felt bad for Tubbs alot in the show cause everytime he found a woman he really cared about they always got killed I mean once is bad enough but if remember correctly it happened four times. Geeze bad luck is a...well Crocket didn't have any easier. Being the extremly sensual divorced man who seemed to forever be in the Internal Affairs hot seat, new wife getting shot on stage in front of him and losing his memory while undercover on a sting operation talk about deep. I also enjoyed seeing how some of today's renowned actors in bit parts that got them noticed as well.
I liked how the show focused on two cops decent cops and their hardships from both sides of the badge. Including the anxiety detrminination of days worked on end.
Then there was Gina Calabreezy, Trudy Joplin, Sweitech & Zito's situations as well. Gina being raped three times while undercover got old.
The heinously clever criminals, crazy informants like Izzy and The Nuge Man,The shrewd ice man supervisor of few words wrapped it in a pretty bomb and boom. You got one raunchy intrigue after another.
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