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| St. Elsewhere - Season 1 | 
 enlarge | Directors: Allan Arkush, Bethany Rooney, Bill Molloy, Bruce Paltrow, Charles Braverman
Actors: Ed Begley Jr., William Daniels, Howie Mandel, David Morse, Christina Pickles
Studio: 20th Century Fox
Category: DVD
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Avg. Customer Rating:  (85 reviews)
Sales Rank: 7742
Format: Color, Dolby, Dubbed, Dvd-video, Full Screen, Ntsc
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), English (Dubbed), Spanish (Dubbed)
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Media: DVD
Running Time: 1081 minutes
Number Of Items: 4
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.5
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6
MPN: FOXD2236077D
UPC: 024543260769
EAN: 0024543260769
ASIN: B000GPPNO2
Release Date: November 28, 2006
Theatrical Release Date: October 26, 1982
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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 Great Show Deserves Better DVD Treatment June 12, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
St. Elsewhere was a great show in its heyday. It's still a fine show though it's a bit dated in spots. Strong writing, thoughtful acting, inventive direction and camera-work (for the time). Terrific fun to sit and watch early performances of actors who went on to do more great work (the late Robert Pastorelli, for one) and those who probably should have had better careers than they've had (Lance Guest, for example).
What gives this DVD set a 4-star rating instead of a 5-star rating is the sad extras. On the plus side, St. Elsewhere has closed captioning. On the negative, there is only one episode with commentary, "Cora and Arnie." And nearly all the other extras deal with this same episode or the arc of stories in which it's included! It was a great episode and Doris Roberts (who does commentary with Mark Tinker) and the late James Coco were very credible in the title roles. In fact, they both won well-deserved Emmys. But there's a lot more to the season than this one episode (#4) and its three or four episode arc.
It'd be great to have commentary with William Daniels, Howie Mandel, Ed Begley, Jr., Bonnie Bartlett, etc. There's one very slight "Cora and Arnie" documentary which includes some comments from David Morse, but, again, it'd be great to get some talk from a variety of people on a variety of episodes.
I don't mind the double-sided DVD's all that much, and I don't need fancy packaging. I just want meatier extras, spread out over the entire season. More behind-the-scenes. The best DVD episode commentaries are those involving two or more of the cast members. Take a look at NCIS, for example. Maybe by the time the second and later seasons of St. Elsewhere roll out, they will have beefed up the extras and gotten together a few cast members to sit together and watch 4 or 5 episodes per season.
By the way, the character who dies of AIDS, Bobby Caldwell, was played by Mark Harmon NOT Mark Hamill as one reviewer stated. Just trying to clear things up.
fun to see it again April 20, 2007
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
My husband and I have been buying DVDs of the older television shows that we have enjoyed. This is a well-written, well-acted drama that is sometimes a bit kooky. It's fun to watch without commercials.
St. Elsewhere - Season 1 April 10, 2007
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
I loved this show and have been waiting for it to come out on something so I could watch the episodes again...I can't wait for season two to come out. If you were a fan of this show, you have to get it...
Fun to Watch March 13, 2007
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
We enjoyed watching this exceptional video set. You will really care about these medical soap characters and be touched in many ways includung a few chuckles along the way...very entertaining indeed.
fun to watch an oldie March 10, 2007
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
It's fun to see some of the actors when they were much younger some of the younger people would be bored with this series not up to speed with the newer hospital shows but i watched it when it was on and it's fun to watch again
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