I really wish they'd get around to releasing this series on DVD. I've only seen a handful of episodes in reruns on TV and would like to see more. I know my dad would love to see these again too since he used to watch the show around the time he got out of high school and always talks about how great it was.
sharethey have
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Can you give us an address or URL where to find this DVD offering?
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He can't tell you where to get it because it hasn't been put out on DVD anywhere as yet. However the movie has been put out numerous times along with some documentaries/nonfiction using the Untouchables name. There are those who say that the show's controversial nature in its original run (violence etc) is a reason for its lack of availability but in this day and age that is not an excuse. It is most likely tied up in legal wranglings but I predict it will probably arise within the next two years, along with probably 90% of the rest of successful US TV shows ever made.
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It's really a shame that this great TV series has not been released on DVD; with the proper introduction on the DVD market it would sell like gangbusters and "rub-out" all the competition in the TV series market.If the powers that rule the DVD world can't make million$$$$$$ with these classic gangster mini-films, let me show you how.
shareIT'S BEING RELEASED ON AMAZON.COM IN APRIL ALTHOUGH IT IS AVAILABLE FOR PRE-ORDERING.
I DON'TIKE THIS CUSTOM OF RELEASING THE SHOWS IN A KIND OF "RATIONING" STYLE THOUGH, E.G. SEASON ONE VOLUME ONE.
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Same here, I'd see this tv series on dvd.
shareTry this web site:
http://www.raredvds.tv/products.php?iProductID=329&iCollectionID=72
I haven't ordered yet, although I'm planning to. It claims to be ALL 118 episodes of The Untouchables. This has to be bootleg, although photos of the packaging would suggest (allow me to emphasize "suggest") that the quality may be good--for a bootleg. The seller claims these episodes are "unedited"--which means they should run about 50 mins each. A bootleg edition is also for sale on eBay but only has 46 episodes but these, too, are allegedly "unedited" and not taped from tv--so no logos on the screen.
I can't personally vouch for this site. I have absolutely no affiliation with them whatsoever. Order (or not) at your own expense. I am NOT encouraging the purchasing of bootleg merchandise and this is strictly for informational purposes only.
Another site, for instance, offers DVD episodes that it calls the "best of [I don't recall the number] episodes" of The Streets of San Francisco. A photo of the collection looks bootleg. The fact that it states "the best of" these episodes suggests to me that they were taped off TV in an edited for commercials state. As we all know, up until about 25 years ago, a "one-hour show" ran anywhere from 48 to 50 to 52 minutes, less commercials. You can check this on "Rawhide," "Kojak," "The Rockford Files," "Combat," and other TV series from that era now available legitimately on DVD. Today, a one-hour show runs no longer than 44 or 45 minutes, minus commercials (and as little as 40 mins on ABC--including opening credits), which means the "best of" Streets of SFO is a veiled reference that these are "highlights" of truncated episodes taped off TV. Let the buyer beware.
don't buy from these guys, no good.
most of the dvds of the show are poor quality.
apparrently the rights to many Desilu productions is in dispute and thus the hold up.
I will snatch em up when they do though.
Season 1 Vol. 1
Arrived today.
A 4 DVD set it includes 14 episodes plus a 2 hour movie that was created from 2 episodes first broadcast in April 1959.
I'm an hour into that and the quality is very good, EXCEPT...the disc keeps locking up for a second or two at a time. Annoying.
8/05/06 If anyone knows where I can buy or rent copies of the original Untouchables, please let me know at [email protected] ( Louisville, KY)
shareHere, here!! What's the hold up? For crying out load if you can release a show like F Troop on DVD what's the problem?
shareOne of the best shows ever on tv and not yet on DVD, must be a legal thing, with all the junk thats IS on dvd you would think it must be a legal hang up keeping this great show off of dvd, I have waited for years on it, guess I will have to check out the bootleggers, they seem to be the ones who know what people want.
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There were many volumes of THE UNTOUCHABLES released on VHS by the CBS Video Library, but you could only get them by mail directy from them. I had a video store and I used to order them under my personal name and sell them in the store. They never semed to question why I kept ordering more than one copy of the same title or kept reordering them over and over.
They came in silver colored clamshell cardboard boxes with 2 shows per tape.
For all I know, they may still be availble from them in VHS and maybe in DVD by now.
Paramount is releasing season 1 on DVD 4/3/07. We've had a long wait, but it'll be well worth it!
shareI just ordered it from Amazon. Thanks to the NY Times for listing it today in it's new releases.
shareIt's now out on DVD as of April 10, 2007. You can order it from Amazon.com. It couldn't hurt to try Best Buy too. My Amazon copy is "in the mail."
shareI picked up a copy of The Untouchables, Season 1, Volume 1 DVD(4-disc set) this week from WalMart for $19.96.
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I got mine from Barnes & Noble (overpaid), but it is fabulous! Any news about Season 1, volume 2 being released?
shareseason 1, volume 2 is slated for release on september 25, 2007
sharehey guys... i found this site... all the seasons, 22 dvds
http://www.tvboxset.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=394&gclid=CKbLz7Ok1IwCFRDVYAodZEnPrg