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Touched by an Angel - The Complete First Season by Bethany Rooney, Bruce Bilson, Burt Brinckerhoff, Chuck Bowman, Gene Reynolds
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DVD Cover InformationActor: Brian Patrick Clarke, Bryan Cranston, Della Reese, John Amos, Roma Downey Director: Bethany Rooney, Bruce Bilson, Burt Brinckerhoff, Chuck Bowman, Gene Reynolds Brand: Paramount DVD: Region Code 1 Audio: English (Unknown), Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo; English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo; Spanish (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo Format: Color, DVD, Full Screen, NTSC Picture Format: 1.33:1 Running Time: 693 minutes DVD Release Date: 2004-08-31 Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated) Studio: Paramount
Movie Reviews of Touched by an Angel - The Complete First SeasonMovie Review: A family-friendly breath of fresh air... Summary: 5 Stars
Nominated for 3 Golden Globes and 12 Emmys, including two by Della Reese for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series, Touched By An Angel built a sizeable and loyal audience with its upbeat themes and inspirational storylines. The brainchild of John Masius, creator of Providence (1999) and writer for such hit series as St. Elsewhere (1982) and LA Law (1986), Touched By An Angel follows in the footsteps of Michael Landon's successful series Highway To Heaven, which chronicled the exploits of a single angel who wandered across the United States providing support for lost souls in need of aid. Touched By An Angel is quite similar, but the series uses multiple angels to achieve its purpose. Like Highway To Heaven the series utilizes a contemporary setting and modern problems, allowing the show reach a broad audience who enjoy its themes of love, hope, and redemption...
Touched By An Angel follows the exploits of several angels sent to Earth as "caseworkers" so as to bring God's message of love, peace, and hope to the distressed people of the world. When the series begins, Monica (Roma Downey) is a novice caseworker still in training (having just been promoted from "search & rescue"). Assisting Monica, and a caseworker in her own right, is Tess (Della Reese) who lends the wisdom of her many years of experience in dealing with the problems afflicting humanity at large. Together, these two angels interact with people on Earth, easing the burden of each soul with which they come into contact. In later seasons, Monica and Tess would be joined by Andrew (John Dye), the Angel of Death who also fills in as a caseworker to help lighten the load, and in the final two seasons (2001-2003), Gloria (Valerie Bertinelli) would join the trio as a regular recurring angel character... Overall, Touched By An Angel filled a desperately unmet need along the TV programming landscape. With much of today's programming fixated on sex, violence, and "reality," the hour-long CBS drama provided deeply probing family-oriented content which always left its viewers with a positive and upbeat feeling...
The Touched By An Angel (Season 1) DVD features a number of touching episodes including the series premiere "The Southbound Bus" in which Monica is prepared for her first case since being promoted from angel "search and rescue". While on the southbound bus, she befriends a young boy named David who tells her the story of his sister and mother's death in a car accident. But when Monica is hired as David's nanny, she soon learns the truth. David's mother is still alive, and Monica's assignment is to reunite her with her family... Other notable episodes from Season 1 include "Cassie's Choice" in which Monica and Tess help a teenager deal with the birth of her child and the decision of whether or not to give her baby up for adoption, and "There, But for the Grace of God" in which Monica is stripped of her angelic powers in order to learn a lesson of her own while on a case working with several homeless individuals...
Below is a list of episodes included on the Touched By An Angel (Season 1) DVD:
Episode 1 (The Southbound Bus)
Episode 2 (Show Me the Way Home)
Episode 3 (Tough Love)
Episode 4 (Fallen Angela)
Episode 5 (Cassie's Choice)
Episode 6 (The Heart of the Matter)
Episode 7 (An Unexpected Snow)
Episode 8 (Snow)
Episode 9 (Fear Not!)
Episode 10 (There, But for the Grace of God)
Episode 11 (The Hero)
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Summary of Touched by an Angel - The Complete First SeasonTOUCHED BY AN ANGEL ? THE COMPLETE FIRST SEASON delivers inspiration in the form of Monica (Downey), Tess (Reese) and Andrew (Dye), three angels dispatched from heaven to inspire people who are at a crossroads in their lives. Features notable guest appearances by Randy Travis, Phylicia Rashad and Malcolm-Jamal Warner,
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