The Rockford Files - Season Five | 
 enlarge | Directors: James Garner, Richard Crenna, James Coburn, Harry Falk, Lawrence Dobkin
Actors: James Garner, James Luisi
Studio: Universal Studios
Category: DVD
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Rating:  18 reviews
Sales Rank: 6232
Format: Box Set, Color, Dolby, Dvd-video, Full Screen, Subtitled, Ntsc
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Subtitled)
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Number Of Discs: 5
Running Time: 1101 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 7.4 x 5.6 x 1
MPN: MCAD61102094D
UPC: 025195017237
EAN: 0025195017237
ASIN: B000XJD3K2
Release Date: January 15, 2008
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Studio: Uni Dist Corp. (mca) Release Date: 01/15/2008
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 Man oh man! November 21, 2008
Clem (Somewhere)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
What a great show this was. Season 2 is my favorite but I gotta' have em' all.
 Brillaint! June 28, 2008
J. Mills (Seattle, WA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
What else can I say? One of the greatest series ever! Every season so far has been incredibly entertaining.
Rockford Files Season 5 Excellent June 22, 2008
Richard L. Honnick (Las Vegas, Nevada)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Anyone who enjoys Rockford's exploits will find this season excellent viewing. It simply is great TV and super music too!
Maybe The BEST Television Detective June 11, 2008
Mark (Toronto, Ontario)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Season 5 might be worth the price of admission alone for an episode entitled "White On White and Nearly Perfect".
In this episode, our favorite PI, our world-weary and cynical Jim Rockford is coupled with Lance White, played to perfection by Tom Selleck. While poor Jim lives and works out of a trailer, is continually stiffed by his clients for his fees and is constantly bumping heads with the LAPD and Lt. Chapman in particular, Lance White can do no wrong.
Lance's office is as big as the Taj Mahal, everybody he comes in contact with is forever in his debt, it seems, because Lance saved his / her life at one time or another and Lt. Chapman is little more than a groupie when he's around Lance.
Of course, Lance gets the girl in this episode, who just happens to be the daughter of the head of an international defense contractor and at their wedding, Lance's father-in-law announces his retirement and is turning over the company to Lance.
Jim Rockford was one of the best television characters ever created. He was a thoroughly likeable guy and you were always hoping that once, just once, poor Jim would enjoy a great payday.
But you knew that it would never come. You can't help but think of the old adage "if I didn't have bad luck, I would have no luck at all" when thinking about Jim Rockford.
This show ran for about 6 years (sadly with the release of season 5, we only have one more season to enjoy)and week in and week out,the writers came up with superb stories and some of the best writing around. Just listen to Rickford when somebody's giving him a hard time. Nobody - and I repeat NOBODY - came up with better comebacks than Jim Rockford. While other televsion PI's relied on toughness or connections to get the job done, Jim relied on the gift of the gab, a con and a scam. And he played them to perfection..!!
The show also enjoyed an excellent supporting cast as well - the hallmark of any great show - with characters like Rocky (his dad), Angel Martin (a sleazy ex-con who happened to be Jim's cellmate at San Quentin), Beth Davenport (Jim's lawyer), Dennis Becker (a sargeant on the LAPD and Jim's friend) and several other recurring characters.
Jim Garner is one of those guys who is just so damn likeable - in common with all of the characters he plays - and he always made it look so effortless. While some stars give off a vibe of being unapproachable, Jim Garner is one of those guys who you would feel comfortable sharing a beer with and watching a football game with.
This was a great television show and I'm so pleased that the entire series is being released as quickly and as economically as possible (unlike so many of the other cash grabs where a season is released in 2 volumes)
If you enjoyed this show 30 / 35 years ago, treat yourself to this season - and seasons one through four - and relive a great series.
You won't regret it..!
Well worth your time... May 13, 2008
Quality Quest
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
Viewing Rockford after all these years, I realize that my own nostalgia and an appreciation for the groundbreaking aspects of this show is much of its appeal. Pre-Rockford TV heroes typically swaggered and talked tough and never failed. Supporting characters were shallow "yes men/women" who were present to make their hero look good. Rockford, however, is surrounded by much more richly drawn and quirky characters--some true and loyal, all of them very human and many with questionable ethics and hidden agendas. Human weakness is often an important part of the plot and, occasionally, our hero fails. Clients lie, don't pay their bill and sometimes don't appreciate Jim's (clever and fruitful) efforts. In other words, Jiim's life can be just a little bit like ours--and we relate to him because of it. It's worth watching every episode.
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