I Dream of Jeannie: The Complete First Season
 | Directed by Alan Rafkin, Claudio Guzmán, E.W. Swackhamer, Gene Nelson, Hal Cooper Starring: Barbara Eden, Larry Hagman, Bill Daily, Richard Kiel, Henry Corden Columbia Pictures Television, 1965, DVD Customer Rating: 93 reviews Recommend |
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With the blink of her eyes and a nod of her head Barbara Eden will make your wishes come true in the premiere season of "I DREAM OF JEANNIE" available on DVD for the first time! Complete with all 30 episodes this 4-disc collection introduces Larry Hagman as Captain Anthony "Tony" Nelson an astronaut who finds himself "Master" to a beautiful and crafty genie (Eden) whom he unknowingly releases from a bottle. Together he and Jeannie are a magical match. Packed with bonus features and boasting some of television's brightest guest stars such as Dabney Coleman Maureen McCormick and Bill Mumy "I DREAM OF JEANNIE" is the beloved must-own comedy series that will have you dreaming of TV's Golden Age. Remastered in color presentation!System Requirements:Run Time: 780 min.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: TELEVISION/CLASSICS UPC: 043396136953 Manufacturer No: 13695
Oh, the innocent days when the sexiest thing on television was Barbara Eden's hidden navel! In the classic 1960s sitcom I Dream of Jeannie, an astronaut stranded on a desert island discovered a bottle containing a genie — a shapely blond genie in scarves and diaphanous pantaloons! He sets her free, but she follows him back to Cocoa Beach, Florida, where her efforts to serve him only cause mischief and threaten his career in the space program. I Dream of Jeannie depicted the male fantasy of a beautiful but subservient girl — but this subservient girl was all-powerful and oddly willful in her attempts to serve. It all worked because of the leads: Barbara Eden and Larry Hagman went on to lengthy careers (later starring in Harper Valley PTA and Dallas, respectively), but arguably never matched the chemistry they had as Jeannie and Captain (soon to be Major) Tony Nelson. Jeannie, though naive and eager to please, always had Eden's intelligence and steely resolve lurking under her bubbly blonde surface, while Hagman projected a genuine decency that somehow made the potentially salacious situation seem innocent.
Still, the show would never have been more than a knockoff of the similar Bewitched (basically, the battle of the sexes with a magic twist) if Tony's secret hadn't been discovered midseason by his best friend, fellow astronaut Roger (the wonderful Bill Daily, later on The Bob Newhart Show). Unburdened by the need for decency, Roger could be the show's insatiable id, eager to use Jeannie for no end of self-serving purposes. Meanwhile, psychiatrist Dr. Bellows (Hayden Rorke) served as the show's perpetually flabbergasted superego, constantly demanding a rational explanation for all the madcap events around him. All at once the show's storylines — which had previously been dominated by Jeannie's desire for marriage — could wander in any daffy direction the writers chose. The result was deeply silly and utterly charming. I Dream of Jeannie's first season was shot in black and white, so The Complete First Season is available in its original form or colorized (which, though skin tones seem a little waxy, is relatively inoffensive). Also included is a short feature with enjoyable interviews with Eden, Hagman, and Daily, as well as the show's creator, Sidney Sheldon. — Bret Fetzer
Title: I Dream of Jeannie: The Complete First Season
Sales Rank: 5809 in DVD
Actor: Barbara Eden, Larry Hagman, Bill Daily, Richard Kiel, Henry Corden
Director: Alan Rafkin, Claudio Guzmán, E.W. Swackhamer, Gene Nelson, Hal Cooper
Studio: Columbia Pictures Television, 2006-03-14, Theatrical Release: 1965-09-18
Format: Box set, Color, DVD, Full Screen, NTSC, Acpect Ratio 1.33:1
Languages: English (Original Language), Spanish (Published)
Audience Rating: Unrated
Region Code: 99
Running Time: 527 minutes
Item Dimensions: 0.55 pounds
Package Dimensions: 7.1 x 5.42 x 0.58 inches, 0.18 pounds
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