Dallas: The Complete Season 1 and 2 (5 Disc Box Set) [1978]

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Starring: ~ Victoria Principal, Susan Howard Larry Hagman Sheree J. Wilson Dack Rambo
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Studio: Warner Home Video

Region: 2

Number of Discs: 5

Format: Box set, PAL Subtitled

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Sales Rank: 2380

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Customer Reviews:

Not a bad price, brought it all back........ (05 December 2008)
Ahhh, back to 1978! Loved it. Love the slim line packaging, cant work out why some folk can't grasp the fact they are on double sided discs.

As others have noted, there is the occasional wobble in sound and picture quality, but it is thirty years old (yikes!) and it doesnt detract from the experience.

Also, price is OK, shipping is fast. 5 stars from me.

The Origins of an Original (10 April 2008)
Here we have it - the first of the classic "Dallas" DVD sets!

The series that originally started out as a TV mini-series (the first 5 episodes on this package now re-titled as 'Season 1') and eventually was responsible for coining the term 'Soap' as a blueprint for a number of imitations to come.

This groundbreaking, award-winning ratings-grabber told the story of the oil rich Ewing family, and focused on the trials and tribulations of their everyday lives of power, wealth, love, greed, lust, and ambition. There are some wonderfully-written character portrayals and story lines that unfold in these early episodes which primarily centred around the events of youngest Ewing sibling, Bobby and his new bride, Pamela. All is not well from the off as we discover that Pammy is the daughter of 'Digger' Barnes - the oldest adversary and former oil-drilling partner of Bobby's 'Daddy', Jock Ewing. This causes quite a stir within both families and certainly doesn't bode well with Jock's eldest son, John Ross II ('J.R.'), who currently runs the Ewing Oil empire.

When "Dallas" starts to fully develop through these early seasons, so do the characters especially the dastardly 'J.R.' (brilliantly played by Larry Hagman who was robbed of an Emmy Award). For the most part, the series began to evolve around his evil doings both in bed and in the boardroom.

The "Dallas" DVD sets are a must-buy for any avid collector or television drama fanatic, and at this price this package is a steal. The series holds a highly re-watchable value and you won't be disappointed with this purchase. There aren't any doubts that you will want to continue collecting the rest of the series once you have had your first taste of the Ewing clan...at least up until the end of the so-called 'Dream Season' years later.

Missing Episodes (09 February 2008)
I hadn't realised the discs were double sided until reading another review on here. Nowhere on the packaging or discs does it mention this.

I was just about to return the boxed set to Amazon because there were episodes missing from each series, when I spotted the reference to double sided discs in another review!

Dissapointed (02 January 2008)
Being an avid Dalas Fane, I was expecting to watch in the comfort of my one living room the full Dalas senario, unfortunatelly all the DVD's received seem to only contain half of what is promissed on the cover.

This is most dissapointing due to the fact that at the end of the DVD, I was left in the middle of a series, missing half of what was expected and promissed on the cover.

Being a woman and technicaly inept, I asked my husdand to check that I was correctly using both the DVD Player and DVD'S. After He had cracked up and called me daft for ordering such an old archaich seriers of incomplete DVD's for my Christmas, as a present, we both realiesed that we were either both inept or all the DVD'S are not fully recorded.

We realise that Amazon are only a retailer and are only selling products from other manufacturers, however Amazon must be awaire that what they sell to the puplic is what is advertised. In this case something has gone wrong in the manufacturing prosess causing the loss of half the series promissed on the cover, therefore we as the customer are left short changed and unsatisfied with our purchase.

After a call to Amazon, and half the order replaced, we were still dissapionted to find that we were missing the same 3 epissodes from each DVD.

If Amazon can send an engineer to our house to make us both feel stupid about our use of a DVD Player we have owned for 5 years, we would both be pleased to be shown up. If not which is what I expect then could you please call 07789765312 and explain what you intend to do.

Dallas :Seasions 1 and 2 (15 November 2006)
"Dallas" was THE soap OF THE 70s/80s,i know it continued to the early 90s but was at its best in the 70s/80s.
The show started life as a mini-series in 1978,showing youngest son of the "Ewing Oil" empire Bobby(Patrick Duffy)marrying Pamela Barnes (Victoria Principal)the daughter of his Daddy's- Jock(Jim Davis)-bitter enemy "Digger" Barnes,(David Wayne then Keenan Wynne)his alcholic ex partner,who blames Jock for "stealing" his share and for everything else,wrong with his life.
Miss Ellie(Barbara Bel Geddes)is the voice of reason at the Southfork ranch(a totally different location in the mini series)regularly stopping Bobby and evil older brother J.R.(Larry Hagman who WAS Dallas)coming to blows,she makes Pam welcome and quickly comes to love her,also Jock but J.R. never does and continually trys to get rid of Pam throughout her time on the show.
Linda Gray as Sue-Ellen has not much to do in the mini-series although in "The Barbacue" she gets drunk which Sue-Ellen did a lot in Dallas and no-one can do such furious looks as Linda Gray!
Steve Kanaly as Ray,is more devious than the good ole cowboy,he later became,having an affair with young Lucy(Charlene Tilton)the fact that later,it was revealed Jock was Ray's son,a few seasons later and that Ray had had an affair with his niece was glossed over!
Ken Kercheval as "loser" Cliff Barnes makes a strong performance throughout but his part doesn't become bigger until towards the end of season 2.
In season 2 we meet middle son Gary and ex wife Valene(David Ackroyd and Joan Van Ark)in "Reunion",Lucy having tracked down her mother,Joan Van Ark is instantly likeable as down home Valene,its strange seeing another actor playing Gary,as Ted Shackleford,later plays the role in "Dallas" before spining-off to "Knots Landing" with Joan Van Ark.
David Ackroyd is more vulnerable than Ted Shackleford's Gary,he tends to stress out more while Shackleford's Gary tends to get more aggressive,J.R. is seen at his most ruthless here,when he sets Gary up in a buisness he knows is in a mess,causing Gary to leave Southfork,then he gets rid of Valene too,no wonder J.R. got a frosty reception whenever he visited "Knots Landing".
Victoria Principal is very strong as Pam in these early episodes,it was a shame that in later episodes,Pam became more and more a victim and lost some of the fire she had in these early shows.
The murder of Julie,J.R.'s secretary and long time lover in the 2nd season is shocking and poor old Cliff is in the frame for a while,setting up an even more bitter feud between him and J.R.
The first proper cliffhanger is at the end of season 2 with Sue-Ellen pregnant and drinking heavily,involved in a car crash,leaving her and new born baby,John Ross,on life support machines,their lives in the balance,J.R. devasted and the paternity unclear,is Cliff the father or J.R?.
It does eventually turn out to be J.R.
Some shows don't improve with age,this one does,so if you haven't seen "Dallas" before,give it a go,you'll be addicted!