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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1 Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated) Binding: DVD Brand: Sony EAN: 0043396156227 Format: Box set, Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, Full Screen, NTSC Label: Sony Pictures Manufacturer: Sony Pictures Number Of Items: 6 Publisher: Sony Pictures Region Code: 99 Release Date: September 05, 2006 Running Time: 1382 minutes Studio: Sony Pictures Theatrical Release Date: March 09, 1976 Sales Rank: 6295 MPN: COLD15622D
Product Description: The everybody knows & loves! join the lawrence family as they deal with life love health & more in the 70s. Studio: Sony Pictures Home Ent Release Date: 09/05/2006 Starring: Sada Thomspon Kristy Mcnichol Run time: 1288 minutes
Amazon.com: In the mid-'70s, Family was sort of the anti-All in the Family--dealing with the issues of the day, but far more sincerely and earnestly than Archie Bunker & tribe. In fact, the landmark series, which debuted in 1976 on ABC, quickly gained a following for its willingness to integrate controversy with a fairly typical upper-middle-class family. The Lawrences--headed by Sada Thompson as Kate and James Broderick (father of Matthew Broderick) as Doug--were close-knit but willing to face issues like infidelity, gay friends, alcoholism, divorce, and more--making it ground-breaking for primetime TV. The kids (divorcee Nancy, played in season 1 by Elayne Heilveil and replaced in season 2 by Meredith Baxter Birney; Willie, played by Gary Frank; and the heartbreakingly adorable Buddy, played by Kristy McNichol) knew they had mom and dad's support, even when the going got tough, and were there for each other when crises arose. And happily, the show's producers, which included Mike Nichols and Aaron Spelling, realized all this earnestness needed leavening with some humor. When Buddy is needling Willie for dance lessons so she can go to the Junior Jump with the babelicious Carl ("Hey, the Strawberry Shakes are playing!"), Willie balks. Then Buddy looks him square in the eye and says, "I need a personal triumph, Willie." She shoots, she scores. The show, which won Emmys for both Thompson and McNichol, boasts stellar writing and believable situations, and is still compulsive watchable years later. The boxed set includes all 28 episodes of the first two seasons. --A.T. Hurley
Customer Reviews
Average Rating:
Rating: - Where are the rest of the Seasons! Why make us wait and wait!
I feel like the studios are 'teasing' us by releasing one or two seasons of our favorite shows then the rest of the seasons are lost in oblivion!! Why bother to get us hooked again then we are left 'holding ... Read More
Rating: - Beautifuly written, heartbreakingly nostalgic.
I grew up on this show and remember loving it, but ironically I don't recall a single episode. So I bought this DVD set last week and have spent every night addicted, watching one or two episodes each evening. ... Read More
Rating: - when is season three coming out??
I always loved this show.
I just can't understand what is taking so long for the rest of the series to go to DVD.
What is the hold-up?
Rating: - So-so.....
Although I enjoyed watching the show. It was like I remembered it, the quality of some of the disks were not so good. They froze up and I had to skip certain parts of the DVD in order to get the DVD to move on.
Rating: - When is the next season coming out on DVD?
Family is one of the best shows to have ever been on TV. Why is it taking so long to get all the seasons out on DVD. I have watched the first season over and over and am ready for more. Please, please, please put ... Read More
- So-so.....