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Price: $28.07
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Who better to select 6 of most sensational "Avengers" episodes than suave superagent John Steed--a.k.a. actor Patrick Macnee--himself. Hard-core fans and newcomers alike adore the crackling dialogue and brazen derring-do of Steed and his delectable partners. Macnee introduces each episode with candid comments about the three lovelies--Honor Blackman, Diana Rigg, and Linda Thorsen--who donned the legendary leather catsuit during the show's five-year run. Digitally remastered, 5 hours 30 min. on 3 cassettes or 2 DVDs.
Is Discontinued By Manufacturer : No
MPAA rating : NR (Not Rated)
Product Dimensions : 7.5 x 5.75 x 1.25 inches; 8.8 ounces
Media Format : NTSC, Box set, DVD, Full Screen, Color
Run time : 5 hours and 30 minutes
Release date : January 2, 2001
Actors : Patrick Macnee, Diana Rigg, Honor Blackman, Linda Thorson, Ian Hendry
Language : English (Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono)
Studio : A&E / Studio Canal
ASIN : B000051TVP
Writers : Sydney Newman
Number of discs : 2
Reviewer: Ron Wise
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: A great overview of a classic series
Review: This very reasonably-priced box set (six hours of entertainment for the usual price of one movie) is a bargain at any price. A&E did its usual first class job of putting together this package.I won't dwell too much on the content of each episode since the other reviewers cover them in depth, except to say the Patrick Macnee did an excellent job of selecting two episodes each featuring each of his three female leads; Honor Blackman, Diana Rigg, and Linda Thorson. And, for a man his age, Patrick is still holding up quite well in the newly-videotaped segments.The extras in the package are a strong point, too. Patrick's overall introduction is worth the time to watch before watching any of the episodes. Also, he gives a short introduction to each episode. Some of his remarks seem candid such as his displeasure about the introduction of the "Mother" character in the last season in which he states that this took away some of the mystery and charm of the Avengers team by bringing out into the open the governmental spy organization in which they worked. Before, the Avengers seemed to be more like free agents loosely working within a hidden framework. "We would just show up," he said, "at the scene of a crime" and no one would question from where.Another extra, Linda Thorson's 15 minute promo film the box set called "Town Girl" (even though no title is shown on the film) does it's best to show Linda as a happy-go-lucky star on the rise. It appears to have been filmed after the Avengers series ended around 1969 or the early Seventies. The color is crisp and sharp and shows her running around the English countryside in tight blue jeans with dirt on the seat of her pants. Then there's a scene of her jumping into a swimming pool and trying to keep her head above water. It's all good clean fun.All in all, this is a great package from Honor Blackman's film noir episode "Don't Look Behind You" to Diana Rigg's quirky department store-turned-atomic bomb episode "Death At Bargain Prices" to Linda Thornson's wonderful "All Done With Mirrors."This set is a great place to start for anyone who is interested in the evolution of the Avengers or a person who has never heard of the Avengers or for even the die-hard Avengers fan.
Reviewer: Pulpman
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Fans are the ones who will get the most fun!
Review: This is a combo set from the show the Avengers with Patrick Macnee as the one constant through out the series, The set has two of each of the ladies that starred with Macnee during the run of the series. First Cathy Gale in two episodes that show the early begginings of the show and what the Avengers would become. There is a lot of critisism of this time in the production by some who do not see the difference in crude video taping and filming of a series. i found these episodes with Honor Blackman to be very well done for those studio bound days. Diana Rigg shines in her episodes and they are of the best and show off how outrageous and fun the show became. Linda Thorson was the last but she was good at her role and was just put in to the bad luck of having to compete with the image of Emma Peel. Also Mother did not help the show. This is a compiplation of the show for us fans and a great set it is.
Reviewer: Amazon Customer
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Worth the money and effort, a sheer joy to watch these old classics.
Review: If you're a classic Avengers fan but haven't got the money for the original sets (most of which have been out of print for years) than this is definitely the set for you. The quiensial English gentleman Patrick McNee narrates/introduces six of his favorite hand-picked episodes and reflects upon each of his three leading ladies. The Avengers, where action and style go hand-in-hand.
Reviewer: andiepie17
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Still Avenging
Review: Diana Rigg and Patrick Macnee make great Avengers whether they are in black and white or color. Quality of the dvd was excellent! Patrick Macnee talking about each of his Avenger partners was an added plus; that is WHY I bought "The Best of the Original Avengers". I'd read somebody else's review, and I thought this would be a fun one to have.
Reviewer: Happy Time
Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Not as much Mrs. Peel as you might like - but still good
Review: Goes way back to the original black and white. I really wnated all Emma Peel! It's ok, it shows where the show came from.
Reviewer: Anthony D. Williams
Rating: 1.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Did not like this dvd.
Review: Only 1 episode out of the dvd I liked. Poor picture quality also. I'm sure the new avengers is much better. 1960 show not good.
Reviewer: Shamar
Rating: 2.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Disappointment
Review: What would have been a good deal, price was right and packaging was like new, wasn't a great deal afterall because one of the disc has skips and stalls. If it sounds too good to be true..
Reviewer: NICK E.
Rating: 3.0 out of 5 stars
Title: THE 'CATHY GALE' PORTION OF THESE PROGRAMS
Review: I HAVEN'T SEEN TOO MANY OF THESE (THANK HEAVENS!). THEY ARE DREADFUL! THERE'S NO OTHER WAY TO DESCRIBE THEM. IN THE FUTURE I SHALL ONLY PURCHASE THOSE STARRING DIANA RIGG & LINDA THORSON.
Reviewer: hydrangea157
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title:
Review: 6 early episodes. 4 in black and white,2 in colour.Honor Blackman features in the first 2,not bad.Diana Rigg is in episodes 3 and 4, excellent.Episodes 5 and 6 feature Linda Thorsen as Tara King, excellent. The best and funniest episode is Look (stpop me if you've heard this one),absoluteley brilliant. All inall good value and and a good introduction to the wonderfull Avengers especially at this low price.Also each episode is introduced by John Steed,which gives insight int the cult t.v. series.