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Peter Gunn Season One
RRP: £39.99
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TV-Noir
Review date: 2007-10-17 Rating: 10 out of 10
Have just received this great box set and even though I've only seen one episode so far I can see it's a cracker! Once again. it seems we British have come off better than our American cousins with this release as the American set splits the 1st season into two (fairly expensive) sets Here we get the full 1st season and, judging from the reviews on Amazon.com, the American version is of poor visual quality. Here we have nicely restored discs with crisp b&w photography and the visuals are truely classy.
This is best described as a film-noir tv series and features great moody lighting and some brilliant camera angles. The stories themselves, being only around 25mins in length, may suffer slightly but this doesn't detract from the sheer enjoyment you'll have from this ultra cool series. One thing that did suprise me was the violence in the show. Although nearly all of it is implied or off screen there were several cold-blooded killings in just the first episode!
Still, please don't let this put you off if you love cool 50's/60's shows as this is probably one of the best. And who hasn't heard that great theme music?
Buy this, fix yourself a martini, and lose yourself in some superb nostalia.
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Product Details/Specifications
Actor(s):
Craig Stevens Lola Albright
Creators:
Craig Stevens Lola Albright (Primary Contributor)
Director(s):
Recording label: Liberation Entertainment
Manufacturer: Liberation Entertainment
EAN: 5060131390543
Binding: DVD
Number of items: 5
Format: PAL,
Release date: 2007-05-28
Audience rating: Exempt
Region code: 2
Running time: 912 minutes
Language: English (Unknown)
Language: English (Original Language)