Green Hornet - Vol. 1
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Actor: Bruce Lee, Lloyd Gough, Van Williams, Walter Brooke, Wende WagnerProducer: Richard M. Bluel
Writer: George W. Trendle
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono
Format: Color, DVD, Full Screen, NTSC, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.85:1
DVD Release Date: 2000-11-21
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Bci / Eclipse
Movie Reviews of Green Hornet - Vol. 1
Movie Review: Someone PLEASE Release the Entire Series on DVD!!!
Summary: 5 Stars
First, some technical specifications. DVD made by Brentwood Home Video, Copyright 2000. DVD is in widescreen, 1:1.85 ratio. The DVD cover states that it is from a "brand new" 35mm print of the original 1974 movie. DVD is not in stereo, but something the DVD cover describes as "Digital Dolby Mono." DVD has excellent bonus features including a Featurette called "The Black Beauty" which details a Green Hornet fan's restoration of one of the original Black Beauty cars. Also included is a loop of Bruck Lee's greatest fight scenes from the movie along with a photo gallery.
Even in this limited format, I was struck by what an amazing show "The Green Hornet" was, especially for 1966 television. Great writing, excellent casting and superlative design must have made this show jump off the tv screen in 1966, even if you had a black & white set. It's rumored that the staggering cost of each episode made the network drop the series and I can see why. If not for the shoddy editing, this compilation of episodes stands right alongside "James Bond," "Our Man Flint" and "Matt Helm" as a prime 60's super-spy movie. It is one of the few TV shows I have ever seen that actually LOOKS like a movie.
I agree that the movie is hard to follow in places due to the poor editing and the focus on The Master Bruce Lee, but it's the ONLY non-bootleg DVD of anything having to do with the 1966-67 TV series available. Note to all who have bootleg Green Hornet dvds: if you see an "FX" logo in the bottom of your screen, that means the person that burned it taped it (or the person that you bought it from who bought it from someone else who taped it) from re-runs of the Green Hornet that FX network did over ten years ago. It's sad that Fox or whoever holds the rights to this character are letting dvd bootleggers rob them and fans of money (go ahead and do a google search on the Hornet and see what the first hit is!). It's also sad that the FORTIETH Anniversary of the TV show has come and gone with NOTHING to commemorate it! Hopefully, the eventual DVD release of the 60's "Batman" TV show (the two shows had a crossover) will inspire someone at Fox to release the Green Hornet in the format that this excellent show deserves, but until then, this is all we have.
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