Production Year: 1984 - Action/Adventure - Director: Donald P. Bellisario - Original Language: English - Classification: 12 years and over - Starring:Ernest Borgnine, David Hemmings, Jan-Michael Vincent, Alex Cord more
Created by Donald Bellisario (JAG, MAGNUM P.I.), AIRWOLF was among the many action-adventure shows of the 1980s that garnered a cult following. Jan-Michael Vincent stars as the... more
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Airwolf - Series 1 [1984]
Hip spy shows with covert agencies within agencies--like Alias and 24--are missing only
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one thing: A super-duper armor-plated helicopter with "nuclear-tipped shrike missiles." In the action series Airwolf, a mysterious national security agency called t...
Airwolf - Series 1 [1984]
Hip spy shows with covert agencies within agencies--likeAliasand24--are missing only one
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thing: A super-duper armor-plated helicopter with "nuclear-tipped shrike missiles." In the action seriesAirwolf,a mysterious national security agency called the Fi...
Airwolf: Season 1 (4 Discs)
Jan-Michael Vincent and Ernest Borgnine star in the cult favourite Airwolf - although some
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might call "Airwolf" itself the star. The Emmy Award-winning series followed the dangerous missions of the high-tech helicopter Airwolf and it's renegade pilot S...
one thing: A super-duper armor-plated helicopter with "nuclear-tipped shrike missiles." In the action series Airwolf, a mysterious national security agency called the Firm constructs a "Mach-one-plus chopper that can kick butt," only to have it stolen by the nefarious scientist who designed it (David Hemmings, Blowup, Barbarella). Desperate, the Firm turns to Stringfellow Hawke (Jan Michael Vincent), a soulful, cello-playing, art-loving, eagle-watching, guilt-ridden master pilot. Hawke refuses to help unless the Firm searches for his brother, who went MIA in 'Nam. Of course, he succeeds in his mission, but until the Firm fulfills its side of the bargain, he keeps the chopper--but also agrees to fly covert missions in exchange for tips about government efforts to retrieve Airwolf. This elaborate setup proves surprisingly durable. The combat scenes in Airwolf are clumsily edited, but the scripts--though firmly in the cheesy techno-thriller vein of Robert Ludlum and Tom Clancy--are pleasantly zippy. While Vincent may have gone on to a straight-to-video career (appearing in such sterling titles as Hidden Obsession, Indecent Behavior, and Animal Instincts), he's a persuasive and sexy pilot; he's got the same kind of rangy, athletic physicality that makes Kevin Costner convincing as an athlete. Add to this mix the ever-zesty Ernest Borgnine (Marty, The Wild Bunch) and it's clear why Airwolf outlived the similar series Blue Thunder. Most episodes feature international skullduggery with foreign agents trying to steal Airwolf and sell it to the Soviets or Libya, but there are enough clever details to keep you from objecting to the larger absurdity of the all-powerful helicopter. Guest stars include Shannen Doherty (Beverly Hills 90210) and David Carradine (Kill Bill). It's too bad Hemmings didn't become a regular; his sadistic, lecherous traitor gave the two-hour pilot some real juice. --Bret Fetzer
thing: A super-duper armor-plated helicopter with "nuclear-tipped shrike missiles." In the action seriesAirwolf, a mysterious national security agency called the Firm constructs a "Mach-one-plus chopper that can kick butt," only to have it stolen by the nefarious scientist who designed it (David Hemmings,Blowup, Barbarella). Desperate, the Firm turns to Stringfellow Hawke (Jan Michael Vincent), a soulful, cello-playing, art-loving, eagle-watching, guilt-ridden master pilot. Hawke refuses to help unless the Firm searches for his brother, who went MIA in 'Nam. Of course, he succeeds in his mission, but until the Firm fulfills its side of the bargain, he keeps the chopper--but also agrees to fly covert missions in exchange for tips about government efforts to retrieve Airwolf.This elaborate setup proves surprisingly durable. The combat scenes inAirwolfare clumsily edited, but the scripts--though firmly in the cheesy techno-thriller vein of Robert Ludlum and Tom Clancy--are pleasantly zippy. While Vincent may have gone on to a straight-to-video career (appearing in such sterling titles asHidden Obsession,Indecent Behavior, andAnimal Instincts), he's a persuasive and sexy pilot; he's got the same kind of rangy, athletic physicality that makes Kevin Costner convincing as an athlete. Add to this mix the ever-zesty Ernest Borgnine (Marty, The Wild Bunch) and it's clear whyAirwolfoutlived the similar seriesBlue Thunder. Most episodes feature international skullduggery with foreign agents trying to steal Airwolf and sell it to the Soviets or Libya, but there are enough clever details to keep you from objecting to the larger absurdity of the all-powerful helicopter. Guest stars include Shannen Doherty (Beverly Hills 90210) and David Carradine (Kill Bill). It's too bad Hemmings didn't become a regular; his sadistic, lecherous traitor gave the two-hour pilot some real juice. --Bret Fetzer
Production Year: 2000 - Action/Adventure - Director: Joseph McGinty - Original Language: English - Classification: 15 years and over - Starring:Cameron Diaz, Drew Barrymore, Lucy Liu, Bill Murray, Kelly Lynch, Tim Curry, Sam Rockwell, Crispin Glover
Production Year: 1965 - Action/Adventure - Director: Robert Aldrich - Original Language: English - Classification: Parental Guidance - Starring:James Stewart, Richard Attenborough, Peter Finch, Hardy Kruger, Ernest Borgnine, Ian Bannen, Ronald Fraser
Actor(s): Ernest Borgnine, David Hemmings, Jan-Michael Vincent, Alex Cord
Director(s): Donald P. Bellisario
Genre: Action & Adventure
Classification: 12 years and over
Production Year: 1984
Franchise Name: Airwolf
Video Category: US Television
Country Of Origin: United States of America
Release details
DVD Region: Region 2 (Europe)
Studio(s): UNIVERSAL PICTURES UK; UNIVERSAL MUSIC OPERATIONS
Release date: 03/04/2006
No of Discs: 4
Catalogue No: 823 830 4
Barcode: 5050582383041
DVD Description
Created by Donald Bellisario (JAG, MAGNUM P.I.), AIRWOLF was among the many action-adventure shows of the 1980s that garnered a cult following. Jan-Michael Vincent stars as the improbably named Stringfellow Hawke, a Vietnam veteran still troubled by the disappearance of his brother during the war. Secret government agent Archangel (Alex Cord) approaches Hawke with a unique offer: to help him recover and then become the de facto pilot of the powerful, top-secret helicopter known as Airwolf. With that proposal the series begins chronicling Hawke's adventures, along with his sidekick Dominic (Ernest Borgnine) as pilot of the advanced aircraft.
Advantages: Buying them together is chepaer than buying them individally Disadvantages: doesn't fit in the shelf on my dvd rack!
...is turned off leaving unexpected consequences. Salvator Biagi moves in with the Wormsley's.
SERIES1 EPISODE SIX WINNING THE DOUBLE - Jason is unhappy with team decisions and asks for a transfer.
SERIES1 EPISODE SEVEN ALL CREDIT TO THE LADS - Donna gets fed up with Ian and turns to Salvator, Tanya trys to get Jason back in the team and Chardonnay thinks she is pregnant.
SERIES1 EPISODE EIGHT THEY THINK ITS ALL OVER - Holly Wormsley is kidnapped and Salavtor uses his transfer money to pay the ransom. Chardonnay and Kyle talk about adoption. BE WARNED this episode ends on a huge cliff hanger, so buying it in this boxset is great because you dont have to wait for the next one!
SERIES 2 EPISODE 1 JUST CAN'T GIVE UP - Jackie gives birth to a baby called Paddy who is to be adopted by yle and Chardonnay but Jackies maternal instincts kick...
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Advantages: all the seasons are found together and come with a bonus disc Disadvantages: No New DVD packaging in the UK release
...This set contains all the episodes across the entire 5 seasons of Alias. The packaging itself it quite nice as it does a good job at depicticting the work of Rambaldi, which is an important theme throughout the entire series. The main dissapoint I found with this set is that even though the box itself is well designed the individual seasons inside are exactly the same as the ones you can buy individually and so dont exactly match, unlike the same set in the US which have all the individual seasons repackaged so the entrie set matches.
The quality of the actual DVDs are what you would expect for the format. Season 5 has a very good transfer, probably helped by the fact that season 5 was filmed in HD format. Season 5 does have its problems though in the fact that it is only 17 episode long compared with the usual 22 that are found...
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Advantages: Great computerised effects. Weird how they act infront of nothing. Disadvantages: You can see the computerised monsters.
.... In the previous episode, He turned into a new doctor (David Tennant) and is now in Christmas day. Santa's attack Mickey and Rose and chase them home. The Doctor is also Fainted so he cant help. Aliens teleport the new Primeinistor and The tardis with the doctor and rose and Mickey in it. What happens?
Don't ask me how i know this because i got the Doctor Who boxset. and i taped the Christmas invasion.
Here is what each DVD contains. Not bonus ferues, the episodes.
Disc 1 - Rose, The End of the Eorld, The Unquiet Dead
Disc 2 - Aliens of London, World War 3, Dalek
Disc 3 - The Long Game, Father's day, Empty Child, The doctor Dances
Disc 4 - Boom Town, Bad wolf, The Parting of the Ways
Disc 5 - Doctor Who Comentary Episodes 1-13
There. :)
More stuff will be added to this later. But i hope you are enjoying this so far. More soon! :)...
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