The A-Team - Season One
by Stanley Ellis, Nicholas Sgarro, Bernard McEveety (II), John Peter Kousakis, Bruce Kessler
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Director: Bernard McEveety (II), Bruce Kessler, John Peter Kousakis, Nicholas Sgarro, Stanley EllisDVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0; English (Subtitled)
Format: Box set, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Full Screen, NTSC, Subtitled
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 677 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2004-06-08
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Universal Studios
Movie Reviews of The A-Team - Season One
Movie Review: You Know You Love It.
Summary: 5 Stars
I loved it as a kid and I love it probably even more today. The friggin' A-Team, man!!! Anyone who grew up in the 80s knows the adventures of fugitive Vietnam vets, Hannibal, Face, B.A. and Murdock. It's a great memory and also a sad reminder of how lousy television shows are today. There is absolutely nothing like this on T.V. anymore. The A-Team do-gooders for hire, but it seems like they're always working Pro Bono. It makes you wonder how they make any money at all. The show is sorta like a mix of McGyver, Mission: Impossible and any given Cannon action film from the 80s.
Season One introduces us to the crew and sets them off on a series of adventures. They're pursued by Colonel Lynch, who just can't seem to get his hands on them(even when he does, he can't hold on to them!). A female reporter named Amy also joins the team. Tim Dunigan plays Face in the pilot episode, and he's not quite as bad as everyone says, but Dirk is Dirk, and he'll always be Face.
The first season doesn't have as much Macgyver-ish stuff as we'd see later on. The most entertaining aspect of the show is the personalities of the characters and how they interact with one another. They're all goofballs, and even B.A., who is supposed to be the straight and serious guy, is funny in his attempt to be so serious amongst a group of loonies. Basically the show can almost be seen more as a comedy than an action show.
There are some notable appearances to those who dig cult and B films, like John Saxon, William Smith and Dean Stockwell to name a few. Also of note to cult horror fans(Karen Shaub especially!), the show was produced by Filipino horror(and Frankie Avalon beach movie)star John Ashley, who also does the narration on the show's intro.
Season One isn't regarded as the best season. The characters are well established, but the show still had some evolving to do. It's still highly entertaining and has some of my personal favorite episodes. And it's a helluva lot more fun than reality T.V.
Summary of The A-Team - Season One
Guilty pleasures don't come more guilty than The A-Team, television's only tongue-in-cheek drama about the exploits of renegade Vietnam vets. The primetime series' 1983 debut season, gathered here on The A-Team: Season One, was intentionally ludicrous, encouraging viewers to enjoy sundry talents of a colorful cast and laugh off storylines perhaps sillier than those on Charlie's Angels. Co-created by Stephen J. Cannell (Wiseguy) and Frank Lupo (Hunter), The A-Team introduced Lt. Col. John "Hannibal" Smith (George Peppard), the cocksure leader of a band of fugitive American soldiers framed for a crime in Vietnam and now thriving in Los Angeles. Hiring themselves out as soldiers of fortune, Hannibal's crew--including Lt. Templeton "Face" Peck (baby-faced Tim Dunigan in the pilot, Dirk Benedict thereafter), Sgt. Bosco Albert "B.A. (for 'Bad Attitude')" Baracus (Mr. T, outfitted with his trademark gold), and, most comically, Capt. H.M. "Howling Mad" Murdock (Dwight Schultz)--assist (mostly) ordinary people having a problem with bad guys. The A-Team ostensibly charges large fees, but much of the time the guys seem to be doing pro bono work for the helpless.Season One highlights include "Children of Jamestown," starring John Saxon as a Jim Jones-like religious cult leader who captures Hannibal, Face, B.A., and first-season sidekick Amy "Triple A" Allen (Melinda Culea). While the resourceful group invents a super-weapon out of farm equipment, crazy Murdock commandeers a helicopter and dynamite. Also good is "A Small and Deadly War," featuring Dean Stockwell as one of several uncontrolled L.A. cops committing murder-for-hire. "The Out-of-Towners" takes a page from the Death Wish movie series with a story about New York City shop owners harassed by a protection racketeer (Yaphet Kotto). Hannibal and company retaliate with machine guns (no one is ever seen killed in this series) and, more effectively, public humiliation of the villain. The best thing about The A-Team is the relationship between the four offbeat heroes, who may not always like each other (B.A. usually looks as if he'd like to leave Murdock in a shallow grave) but get the job done expertly. --Tom Keogh
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