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Hercules The Legendary Journeys - Season 1

starring: Kevin Sorbo, Anthony Quinn, Roma Downey, Michael Hurst, Lloyd Scott
directed by: Adam Nimoy, Bill L. Norton, David Grossman, Doug Lefler, Harley Cokeliss

: Hercules The Legendary Journeys - Season 1
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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 0013131254990
Format: Box set, Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, Full Screen, NTSC
Label: Starz / Anchor Bay
Manufacturer: Starz / Anchor Bay
Number Of Items: 7
Publisher: Starz / Anchor Bay
Region Code: 1
Release Date: June 24, 2003
Running Time: 1040 minutes
Sales Rank: 7664
Studio: Starz / Anchor Bay
Theatrical Release Date: November 07, 1994



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Description:
Long ago… In a time of myth and legend, when ancient gods plagued man with suffering – only one man dared to challenge their power. Hercules! This spectacular collection brings together all five full-length action-packed movies starring Kevin Sorbo as Hercules and Anthony Quinn as Zeus and includes the entire debut season in one epic collector’s set. Kevin Sorbo’s fresh, hip and good-natured spin on the legendary hero carried this witty, adventure-filled action drama to high critical acclaim. Smartly combining ancient myth with contemporary sensibilities, the series became one of television’s highest rated programs. Hercules: The Legendary Journeys Season One Collection Includes All Five Action-Packed Hercules Movies And All 13 Season One Episodes!

Amazon.com:
Forget Steve Reeves and all those Italian strongmen who played stiff, humorless versions of the mythic demigod in 1960s Saturday matinee fodder. Hercules: The Legendary Journeys (a cluster of 1990s television films followed by a syndicated series) re-imagines and re-introduces Hercules--son of Olympian chief Zeus and an earthbound, mortal mother--as a laidback but focused hero of ordinary folks with extraordinary problems. Played with casual grace and ironic wit by Kevin Sorbo, the new Hercules wanders through an equally entertaining, revisionist view of ancient Greece as, well, charming and accessible--not exactly Homeric. There are gods and monsters aplenty, but if this was the cradle of civilization, well....

This eight-disc volume includes five movie-length adventures, thirteen one-hour episodes, and numerous bonus features. Narratively, the unfolding story finds Herc doing good deeds wherever he's needed, though his backstory is more interesting, including a dubious relationship with his all-powerful dad (a sweet performance by Anthony Quinn)and a tendency to feel the wrath of Zeus's wife, Hera, simply because Hercules is the philandering old man's illegitimate offspring. The movie cycle ends with Herc in a state of domestic bliss; the subsequent, regular series darkens him considerably but then thrusts him repeatedly into adventures with redemptive possibilities.

Nifty special effects make one believe once again in centaurs, many-headed serpents, a Minotaur, a Cyclops, and several other fantastic species not included in standard references to Greek myths. The regular or recurring cast include Michael Hurst as Hercules's vain, comic-foil buddy, Iolaus; Tawny Kitaen as the hero's wife; and Lucy Lawless in a pre-Xena role (in Hercules and the Amazon Women) and then as the Warrior Princess herself for multiple episodes. All together, this is a show that turned out to be smarter and funnier than anyone might have expected in the mid-'90s, and which holds up very well today. --Tom Keogh



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Rating: 3 out of 5 stars - Not much of a family film
Not to repeat all the wonderful things that those who came before me have said, I must express some ... Read More


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - TV Shows on tape
excellent quality for a used product. Highly recommended for they don't make like they used to.


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - very different from everything else on TV
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Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - I love it
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Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - Hercules The Legendary Journeys - Season 1
I bought this for my son and he loves it. He watches it over and over.

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