The New Avengers '76
starring: Patrick Macnee, Gareth Hunt, Joanna Lumley, Maurice Marsac, Pierre Vernier
directed by: Desmond Davis, Donald W. Thompson, Ernest Day, George Fournier, Graeme Clifford
directed by: Desmond Davis, Donald W. Thompson, Ernest Day, George Fournier, Graeme Clifford
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Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 9780767054416
Format: Box set, Color, DVD-Video, Full Screen, NTSC
ISBN: 0767054415
Label: A&E Home Video
Manufacturer: A&E Home Video
Number Of Items: 4
Publisher: A&E Home Video
Region Code: 1
Release Date: July 29, 2003
Running Time: 650 minutes
Sales Rank: 11532
Studio: A&E Home Video
Theatrical Release Date: September 05, 1978
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Editorial Review:
Amazon.com:
Sometimes dismissed as a pale descendant of a great original, The New Avengers deserves a second look and is perhaps best considered as a largely successful attempt to re-imagine its predecessor for 1970s audiences. Patrick Macnee was never the most convincing of action heroes, and the decision to make his John Steed the supervisor and mentor of two younger agents was a sensible one--Steed's virtues are style, wisdom, and fortitude rather than physical prowess. Gareth Hunt's Gambit has an unattractively smug side, but also has charm. Joanna Lumley's Purdey is one of the most attractive heroines of genre television, astonishingly leggy and beautiful. Those who only know her later incarnation as Patsy in Absolutely Fabulous will now understand why such a fuss is made over her. The script team overlaps heavily with that of the original series; the new show has the same quirkiness, only occasionally varying it with a rather darker Le Carré-esque complexity or sudden outbreaks of Hammer Horror. If it lacks some of the sheer style of the original, that is a reflection of its period--the 1970s were less visually imaginative than the '60s. Tightly plotted and imaginatively cast with interesting guest stars, it is only with The Avengers that The New Avengers suffers by comparison. --Roz Kaveney
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- A treat to watch....This box set is a welcome addition to anyone's collection; anyone, that is, who loves 70's TV from England! ... Read More
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- The greatest show of all time!A month and a half ago I got the first season of The New Avengers, and truly I tell you this was the greatest ... Read More
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- What fun!The New Avengers is just as good as the "Old" Avengers in its own quirky way. I love the banter between Purdy ... Read More
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