The Complete the Persuaders Series
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Actor: Roger Moore, Tony CurtisBrand: A&E
Audio: English (Original Language)
Format: Box set, Color, DVD-Video, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
DVD Release Date: 2006-10-31
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: A & E Home Video
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Movie Review: Very pursuasive indeed
Summary: 5 Stars
The 1971 series "The Persuaders" is nothing short of a television equivalent to a truck load of precious gems. With an, at that time in British television uheard of, huge waddle of cash thrown at the production of this series (around 100K pounds per episode), they had the means to make "The Persuaders" big. And they did. The signature theme music by John Barry and the colourful introduction of the characters that comes with it. The lavishness of the sets and on-location shootings, the signature Bahama Yellow Aston Martin DBS and the red Dino Ferrari, the scotch.
They managed to create a world, a believable world, in which British peer Lord Brett Sinclair, in the comely shape of Roger Moore, and American diamond-in-the-rough oil millionaire Danny Wilde, played to perfection by Tony Curtis, would solve cases that the courts could not, or would not, handle all while keeping up a busy globetrotting playboy lifestyle with fast cars, fast women, gambling, and plenty of fine cognac. It is a safe and entertaining world to get immersed into with proper fistfights, loads of drink, and beautiful women. Much like James Bond as it were.
But the biggest boon, by far, is the humour, much of the which derives from the observations of differences between the British and the Americans as seen in the relationship between, as well as the laddish and playful wit of, the two main protagonists.
"The Persuaders" may seem old and tired and a bit ridiculous to modern eyes, like indeed any old TV series might, but I dont think it is. The stories are well written, well acted, and well directed. It is an innocent and interesting world in which Sinclair and Wilde work their magic, and I think, a world we all would like to be in (in some way or other).
It's a shame that Sir Lew Grade, co-creator of the series, was so keen on breaking into the American market (where the series fared badly), that he cancelled the series after only one season although it was doing very well in the rest of the world. Although I guess that only makes it that much more precious, doesn't it?
In a word: definitely one for the lads (lads here meaning men and women). Highest possible recommendation.
Summary of The Complete the Persuaders Series
Join these two bachelors as they fight crime and win the hearts of many women in their adventures.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: TELEVISION/SERIES & SEQUELS Rating: NR UPC: 733961762471 Manufacturer No: AAE-76247Television DVD Video
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