REGION 2 DVD (U.K Release)

The Partridge Family: The First Season [DVD] [2005]

Good Condition, case has scuffs

Product details

• Actors: Susan Dey, David Cassidy, Danny Bonaduce, Shirley Jones
• Format: Subtitled, PAL
• Language: English
• Subtitles: Dutch, English, German, Turkish
• Dubbed: German
• Region: Region 2
• Aspect Ratio: 4:3 - 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 3
• Classification: U
• Studio: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
• DVD Release Date: 27 Jun. 2005
• Run Time: 603 minutes

Product Description

All 25 episodes from the first season of the popular television series about surburban widow Shirley and her kids as they tour the country in a wildly painted bus, performing music as a family. Episodes comprise: 'What? And Get Out of Show Business?', 'The Sound Of Money', 'Whatever Happened To The Old Songs?', 'See Here, Private Partridge', 'When Mother Gets Married', 'Love At First Slight', 'Danny And The Mob', 'But The Memory Lingers On', 'Did You Hear The One About Danny Partridge?', 'Go Directly To Jail', 'This Is My Song', 'My Son, The Feminist', 'Star Quality', 'The Red Woodloe Story', 'Mom Drops Out', 'Old Scrapmouth', 'Why Did The Music Stop?', 'Soul Club', 'To Play Or Not To Play?', 'They Shoot Managers, Don't They?', 'Partridge Up A Pair Tree', 'Road Song', 'Not With My Sister, You Don't', 'A Partridge By Any Other Name' and 'A Knight In Shining Armor'

Like a groovy Family von Trapp, The Partridge Family arrived in 1970 with matching velvet outfits and wholesomeness bursting from every pore. Watching it now, you expect little more than kitsch--but the show, though certainly a sitcom representation of the world, is curiously fresh and appealing. This sheer likeability comes partly from the cast--Shirley Jones (The Music Man) looks foxy in mini-skirts while still being the cool mom everyone wishes they had; teen idol David Cassidy is unexpectedly engaging as an actor (his charisma is all the more apparent when another teen idol, Bobby Sherman, makes a wooden appearance); and Danny Bonaduce's child-star rise sprang not from cuteness but his genuine comic timing. It doesn't hurt that many of the troubles the characters faced--swelled heads, rivalry, groupies(!)--were undoubtedly problems the actors were facing as their show became a hit. Sure, there are utterly ridiculous episodes--such as when Danny is tutoring a mob boss's girlfriend about the stock market and the gangster, not knowing Danny is only 10 years old, gets jealous--but most episodes feature ordinary show business conflicts or straightforward family issues, like how the kids cope when their mother starts dating or how teenager Laurie (Susan Dey, who later went on to L.A. Law) feels ugly when she gets braces. This simplicity, combined with some classic vaudeville-style humour, proves surprisingly durable. Plus, the list of guest stars ranges from Ray Bolger (best known as the Scarecrow in The Wizard of Oz) to a young Richard Pryor, as well as other soon-to-be-famous folk like Charlie's Angels' Farrah Fawcett and Jaclyn Smith and a pre-Star Wars Mark Hamill. The first season collection includes a bonus CD with four of the Partridge Family's actual radio hits; their sound, a fusion of the Monkees and the Mamas and the Papas, is pure pop sugar (created by a host of Brill Building songwriters like Neil Sedaka). If the Mondrian-inspired paint job on the Partridge Family bus gives you childhood flashbacks, you'll happily regress when you watch this box set.
Region 2 - Will only play on European Region 2 or multi-region DVD players.