Murder, She Wrote - The Complete First Season | 
 enlarge | Actors: Angela Lansbury, William Windom
Studio: Universal Studios
Category: DVD
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Rating:  95 reviews
Sales Rank: 4466
Format: Box Set, Color, Dolby, Dvd-video, Full Screen, Subtitled, Ntsc
Languages: English (Original Language), Spanish (Subtitled), French (Subtitled)
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Number Of Discs: 3
Running Time: 1114 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.7
Dimensions (in): 7.7 x 5.5 x 1.9
MPN: MCAD26105D
ISBN: 1417023694
UPC: 025192610523
EAN: 9781417023691
ASIN: B00005JN8S
Theatrical Release Date: September 30, 1984
Release Date: March 29, 2005
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Product Description
Studio: Uni Dist Corp. (mca) Release Date: 03/29/2005 Run time: 1114 minutes
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There are two audiences for this DVD compilation of the first season of the enormously popular TV series Murder, She Wrote. The first enjoys the classic pleasures of the pre-forensics "whodunit," stories in which murder was not so much a crime as a logic puzzle; the joy here lay in how skillfully a writer could misdirect you. Murder, She Wrote--in which mystery writer Jessica Fletcher constantly stumbles across dead bodies in every setting imaginable, from a San Francisco drag show to a football field--doesn't have the elegance of an Agatha Christie or Rex Stout mystery, but the show was efficient at laying out its clues and cunningly used the audience's familiarity with television itself (the relative star power of the guests, the need for a dramatic high point before every commercial break, etc.) to mislead and manipulate. And of course Angela Lansbury, as Fletcher, was an ideal television presence: Warm and friendly, but with just a hint of the fierce, steely will she revealed in The Manchurian Candidate. Lansbury drove the show through an impressive twelve seasons (for which she received twelve Emmy nominations), plus multiple TV movies after its cancellation. The other audience for Murder, She Wrote: The Complete First Season consists of viewers for whom names like Bert Convy, Dack Rambo, and Barbara Babcock send waves of guilty pleasure down their spines. The promotional materials for this boxed set make much ado about brief appearances by stars-to-be like Andy Garcia (who appears briefly as "1st White Tough" in the pilot TV movie) and Joaquin Phoenix (who's around 10 years old and still going by the name Leaf), but every single episode is a festival of B-, C-, and Z-grade celebrities from the 1970s and '80s: Claude Akins, Tom Bosley, Jeff Conaway, David Doyle, Samantha Eggar, Lynda Day George, Morgan Brittany, Belinda Montgomery, Gabe Kaplan, and Lyle Waggoner, just to name a handful. Some of these names may be forgotten, but their faces (and scenery-chewing performances) will spark a Proustian rush of television memories. --Bret Fetzer
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 Jessica is America's Miss Marple... November 29, 2008
Judy Smith (jamestown, ky United States)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I have always loved this show and have watched every one of the episodes during the years and am now watching them all over again. Don't you just love Jessica, our own Miss Marple. In the shows she is a retired school teacher who is now into writing murder mysteries, but who is solving a real life murder in every show. The cops may be stalled (or stupid), but Jessica is always on the ball. She's no namby pamby little old lady either. That tongue of hers can be quite sharp too and no one can best her when it comes to a battle of wits. Another reason to watch the shows is seeing all the actors and actresses you have forgotten over the years. I'm watching one now with Chuck Conners in it (from season 2) and I'd forgotten all about him. Every show is like that. You are constantly wandering who is that person? Jessica's facial expressions are hilarious to watch. She is a great actress, although this is the only role Angela Lansbury was in that I really liked all that much. I do believe that I like Jessica as much as I like Miss Marple.
 Murder, She Wrote: The First Season September 8, 2008
Ricky C. Nelson (Commerce, GA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
My wife and I started watching "Murder, She Wrote" on the Hallmark Channel last year and we really enjoyed it. This is an entertaining show with a mystery writer, Jessica Fletcher from Cabot Cove Maine, solving murders. Judging from the number of shows she made, Jessica has an unusually large number of friends and relatives. These shows are light entertainment and having the DVD's makes it even more enjoyable because there are no commercials. The negative reviews about product quality made us hesitant to order them, but we have had no trouble with the quality of the DVD's. I think Universal has solved the problem people had earlier.
Just as good as I remembered! August 11, 2008
sewingmom
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
I was hesitant to order a DVD of "Murder She Wrote" because of some bad reviews of the video quality. However, my copy came and I have viewed it with no trouble. The "missing scenes" mentioned in other reviews are simply planned cuts for the commercials - no scenes are omitted. I also had no trouble adjusting the color for good viewing - just used the contrast adjustment on my DVD player. For the shows themselves, there are outstanding with wonderful plots. I don't have cable so it has been sometime since I first saw these shows. I only regret that I did not purchase more of the videos when they were on sale.
Very Good Quality DVDs July 17, 2008
Carl B (Arvada, CO)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
If you are a fan, you will love this collection. The DVDs are of very good quality and will give the viewer the best PQ for MSW that they have ever seen.
Summer Movies June 28, 2008
NANA MARY (Arm Pit of America, OK)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Arrived on time. No damage. Gave as a gift and recipient has watched them over and over again.
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