Dallas: The Complete Season 1 and 2 (5 Disc Box Set) [1978] [DVD] | ![Dallas: The Complete Season 1 and 2 (5 Disc Box Set) [1978] [DVD]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/5197KBMQA8L._SL160_.jpg) | Actors: Victoria Principal, Susan Howard, Larry Hagman, Sheree J. Wilson, Dack Rambo
Studio: Warner Home Video
Category: DVD
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Rating:  18 reviews
Sales Rank: 3475
Format: Box set, PAL, Subtitled
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: Suitable for 12 years and over
Region: 2
Discs: 5
Number Of Discs: 5
Running Time: 60 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.2
Dimensions (in): 7.6 x 5.4 x 1.5
EAN: 7321900043724
ASIN: B000679PWG
Theatrical Release Date: April 2, 1978
Release Date: November 1, 2004
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IDallas: The Complete First and Second Seasons/I is an American equivalent to those British mini-series about historical chapters in that country's royal monarchy. Full of family in-fighting, political intrigue crossed with personal triumph or disappointment, and plenty of sensational infidelities and betrayals, IDallas/I is a captivating story of a wealthy oil family's power and travails. It is also uniquely fun and daringly absurd, albeit with a straight face; this hugely successful, primetime soap opera began in the late 1970s and ran 14 seasons in all, built on a handful of primary relationships that stretch credulity but never descend into self-parody. p Not unexpectedly, IDallas/I begins with a Romeo and Juliet tale that instantly exposes an old feud between two families and strips the civilized veneer from several major characters. Bobby Ewing (Patrick Duffy), youngest of three sons of independent oilman Jock Ewing (Jim Davis), arrives at the Ewing clan's Southfork ranch just outside Dallas, Texas, with a new wife, Pam Barnes Ewing (Victoria Principal). Pam is the daughter of Digger Barnes (David Wayne), an old business rival of Jock's and one-time suitor of the Ewing matriarch, Eleanor (or "Miss Ellie", played by Barbara Bel Geddes). Pam's also the sister of a state senator, Cliff Barnes (Ken Kercheval), whose vendetta against the Ewings is played out in the legislature, imposing costly regulations on their business and holding committee investigations into questionable practices of company president J.R. Ewing (Larry Hagman). Pam's status as the newest Ewing causes an uproar in the family (besides being a Barnes, she also dated the Ewings' genial but lonely foreman, Ray Krebbs, played by Steve Kanaly) and prompts IDallas/I' charming villain, J.R., to make many Iago-like attempts, over the first two seasons, to drive her from Bobby's arms. Pam has a different set of problems with the other, jealous Ewing women, including J.R.'s possibly barren and alcoholic wife, Sue Ellen (Linda Gray), and teenage Lucy (Charlene Tilton), daughter of exiled Ewing son Gary (Ted Shackleford). With new and old resentments flying and everyone deeply suspicious of everyone else's motives (even the ailing Jock doesn't trust J.R.), there's plenty of drama to chew on. Still, storylines are often larger than the sum of these parts, with lots of kidnappings, marital affairs, plane crashes, and shootings ratcheting up suspense. IDallas/I is pure pleasure, a little guilty, perhaps, but not a sin. --ITom Keogh/I
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 "Ewing's my name, Oil's my game!" August 28, 2005
15 out of 15 found this review helpful
DALLAS is one of the best dramas ever from the 80s, which is why it was number 1 in the USA and UK TV ratings during its first seven seasons, and had airings in over 130 countries. DALLAS is exciting and has ingenious plots and storylines and is better quality drama in my opinion, than shows such as Desperate Houswives, The O.C., EastEnders, etc.pThis classic and timeless show is well written and has some fine actors and Larry Hagman is excellent in his portrayal as the dastardly J. R. Ewing, who is usually up to no good and has many secrets! Once you enter the home of the Southfork Ewings, you'll want to "visit" them in every episode on this DVD set!pThe video of most episodes is sharp and of high quality. The DVD commentary of a couple of episodes is rather uninteresting and slow at times.pDALLAS has 14 seasons so I hope Warner Home Video speed up the releases with at least two or three seasons a year to DVD. Seasons 3, 6 and 7 (DALLAS fans refer to them as seasons 2, 5 and 6) are indeed the BEST seasons of the entire series with such gripping, clever and solid storylines. The first two seasons in this DVD box set are very good and well worth watching with classic and entertaining episodes.
The Best Boxset Ever. April 17, 2005
12 out of 13 found this review helpful
I have been a fan of Dallas since the early 90's and when I heard that this boxset was coming out I was delighted.It took me a long time to get it but when I did I sat right down and watched hours of it the day it arrived.There werte a few problems however with sound here and there and the over use of dubbing but apart from all that the boxset is fantastic.I advise any Dallas fans to get this.You won't be sorry.
Your nothin but a drunk Darlin' August 7, 2005
6 out of 7 found this review helpful
Oh boy Dallas!!! How fantastic to see again this classic TV Drama. As camp as it is funny and as far feached as it is real. Escapism at its very best. You can't help but become totally absurbed by every character. You feel for Sue Ellen, you get a secret kick out of JR's awful underhand ways and as for Lucy Ewing!!! Can't wait for the next DVD collection.
A classic in American television if there ever was one! February 1, 2009
Reginald D. Garrard (Camilla, GA USA)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
When "Dallas" premiered as a five-part trial miniseries in 1978, it followed on the heels of the last primetime soap opera, "Peyton Place." While the earlier show had the benefit of being adapted from a bestselling novel and successful movie adaptation, "Dallas" could only find itself being a distant reminder of "Giant," featuring Elizabeth Taylor, Rock Hudson, and James Dean, a film about the struggle between two powerful Texas oil families.
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br /Also, "Peyton Place" had a cast of established stars (Oscar winner Dorothy Malone and Ed Nelson) and exciting up and comers (Mia Farrow, Barbara Parkins, and Ryan O'Neal, among others). "Dallas" boasted an actor known primarily for his successful comedic turn as an astronaut saddled with a mischievous genie (Larry Hagman in "I Dream of Jeanie"); a veteran of stage and screen (Barbara Bel Geddes); an actor that starred in the short-lived sci-fi show "The Man from Atlantis" (Patrick Duffy); an actor that had been featured in countless westerns (Jim Davis); and an actress that had some less-than-stellar appearances in television and on film (Victoria Principal). The other key roles on the show were assigned to performers that were virtual unknowns to TV audiences (Steve Kanaly, Ken Kerchival, Linda Gray, and Charlene Tilton).
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br /However, once "Dallas" premiered, it was obvious that America found something engaging about the ongoing saga of the wealthy Ewing clan and its ongoing battle to remain at the top, regardless of whatever bodies fall by the wayside. Most popular of the show's characters was the anti-hero J.R., played by Hagman. J.R. was ruthlessness personified and Hagman obviously relished playing the part.
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br /The actor could do more with a pause, a look, or an aside than more actors could do with entire pages of dialogue. Witness his look in the late-in-the-season installment, "Call Girl," when he discovers that his plan to drive hated sister-in-law Pam (Principal) out of the family has fallen through and hears her voice behind him.
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br /In the words of the credit card commercial, his expression is priceless.
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br /As far as the total DVD compilation is concerned, the show is addictive as each episode delves into not just J.R.'s machinations and addresses such topics as drug and alcohol addiction, environmental concerns, marital strife, sexuality, family in-fighting, and adolescent wanderings.
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br /Yes, for all their wealth, the Ewings reflected the America of its day.
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br /Besides Hagman's award-deserving performance, the other performers are equally up to the task. Of the remaining cast members, it is Linda Gray's longsuffering "Sue Ellen" that emerges as the breakout performance of the series. Intially a secondary character, Sue Ellen develops as the character with whom the audience can most sympathize: a woman in a loveless marriage to a man to whom she is no more than a trinket of his romantic conquest. Her scenes with Hagman, often vicious and filled with histrionics, are the stuff of legend and both actors go at it, tooth and nail.
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br /The best examples of Gray's work can be seen in the installments "Act of Love," "For Love of Money," "Sue Ellen's Sister," and "John Ewing III (Parts I and II)".
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br /The first season compilation also boasts guest star turns from a couple of western performers and one of the cast of another classic 60's comedy. Gene Evans is great as Miss Ellie's brother, Garrison, in "Home Again," while John McIntyre appears as a revered statesman in "The Outsiders." The latter episode also features Susan Howard who would later become one of the regulars in a few seasons to come.
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br /Tina Louise, late of "Gilligan's Island," appears in several episodes as J.R.'s secretary Julie, the holder of many of her boss's sinister business dealings.
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br /Also, there are appearances of future stars of film and television: Brian Dennehy, Kate Mulgrew, Peter Horton, Veronica Hamel, and Greg Evigan.
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br /Even the secondary tier of actors, those whose characters are essential to the storyline are memorable, chief among these being Fern Fitzgerald as "Marilee Stone," the widow of one of J.R.'s chief business rivals and Barbara Babcock as Pam's boss, Liz Craig.
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br /This DVD collection would also mark the first and last appearance by actors whose part will be recast in later seasons, to the betterment of the show: David Wayne's "Digger Barnes" would be later portrayed by movie legend Keenan Wynn while Colleen Camp's "Kristen Sheppard" would find itself more memorably assayed by Mary Crosby.
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br /One thing to note about a welcome change in later seasons was the change in the characters of Lucy (Tilton) and Ray (Kanaly). Though the characters had had a romantic relationship in the miniseries, as well as for much of the first half of the initial season, the producers wisely choice to eventually downplay it and ultimately remove it from the show.
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br /This is especially beneficial in that in later seasons, it would be revealed that Ray was the illegitimate son of Ewing patriarch Jock, making him Lucy's uncle.
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br /Pedophilia and incest are two things that this series didn't need to add to its other melodramatic trappings.
Cheese is best served cold January 4, 2005
10 out of 14 found this review helpful
I admit that until Xmas I had never seen a single episode of this programme and that my other half is a huge fan so I bought the box set for her. I was forced to watch a few episodes and I am now hooked. The acting is truly dreadful and it has a huge chunk of cheddar thrown in with every episode but its just so addictive.The script writers for this show were pure genius. You have to watch a few episodes then your kick started. I will finish there saying that JR is GOD.
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