DVD : American Gothic - Complete Series
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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 9781417067732
Format: Box set, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Full Screen, Subtitled, NTSC
ISBN: 141706773X
Label: Universal Studios
Manufacturer: Universal Studios
Number Of Items: 3
Publisher: Universal Studios
Region Code: 1
Release Date: October 25, 2005
Running Time: 1002 minutes
Sales Rank: 6449
Studio: Universal Studios
Theatrical Release Date: September 22, 1995
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Finally, the complete cult hit series American Gothic, produced by Sam Raimi, comes to DVD for the first time ever! Visit Trinity, South Carolina, a small town with more chills than charm. Sheriff Lucas Buck (Gary Cole) won’t let anyone - including local doctor Matt Crower (Jake Weber) or the determined Gail Emory (Paige Turco) - stand in the way of his evil plans. Marking the tenth anniversary of its broadcast debut and packed with all 22 episodes, including four "lost" ones never broadcast on network television, American Gothic’s eerie storylines of intrigue and suspense are sure to hold you captive!
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Every single genre fan knows what it is like to suffer that terrible sense of loss you can only undergo when one of your favorite television series has been cancelled, because it happens to us all the time! Its infinitely worse than a death in the family because shows of this calibre are a rarity and relatives are a dime a dozen--mine are at any rate. I'll bet that every one of you could sit down right now (well, you're probably sitting already, so scratch that) and make a list of ten shows that you loved with all your heart that never made it out of their first season. Am I right? Sure I am. My own list would include some real obscure shows like QUARK (about intergalactic garbage collectors), WIZARDS AND WARRIORS (it lasted 8 whole episodes!), STRANGE DAYS, EERIE INDIANA, WONDERFALLS, THE ADVENTURES OF BRISCO COUNTY JR., which is the only one that comes close to qualifying as a big success story on my list, and last but not least AMERICAN GOTHIC. Now THERE was a real winner!
AMERICAN GOTHIC which aired in 1995 was the brain-child of Shaun Cassidy,(yes, that Shaun Cassidy) and was produced by Sam Raimi's Renaissance Pictures company. It was set in the fictional town of Trinity, South Carolina, and for 22 episodes it exposed the unsuspecting American public to more evil and nasty goings on than they had any right to hope for. The town was aptly named for no matter what smaller stories seemed to be going on from week to week, there was always a greater story being ... Read More
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"Lucas Buck. That's Buck, with a B." And indeed, Gary Cole is terrific as the sheriff of a seemingly quiet, southern town, but where strange and unexplained occurrences make it "just another day in Trinity," as one of the characters says.
American Gothic is a great show, and I was happy to find it on DVD ... however, the person or persons who put the episodes together was NOT paying attention! As several of the other reviewers have said, this DVD set is not in order, so if you buy it please watch it in the order that was intended:
1. Pilot
2. A Tree Grows in Trinity
3. Eye of the Beholder
4. Damned if You Don't
5. Potato Boy
6. Dead to the World
7. Meet the Beetles
8. Strong Arm of the Law
9. To Hell and Back
10. The Beast Within
11. Rebirth
12. Ring of Fire
13. Resurrector
14. Inhumanitas
15. The Plague Sower
16. Doctor Death Takes a Holiday
17. Learning to Crawl
18. Echo of Your Last Goodbye
19. Strangler
20. Triangle
21. The Buck Stops Here
22. Requiem
My favorite episode is "Meet The Beetles," guest starring Sam Raimi favorite, Bruce Campbell. What strikes me most about this whole collection is how good the actors were (Lucas Black as the young Caleb Temple is a standout), and it's not surprising that several of the cast members have graduated to other great television and movie roles.
It would ... Read More
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I am only giving this DVD release three stars due to the whole thing being played out of order of the story line. I thought the acting was good. You can't go wrong with Gary Cole. However, would it have killed them to put the episodes in the correct order on the DVD release. Joss Whedon made sure the same was done for Serenity...would it have killed em to do it? By the time I made it to Requiem I had gone online and read that the DVD was being shown in TV airing order and not in the order that told the story...I think that had a lot to with the show getting cancelled the way it did. I did not even want to watch the last three episodes that were on the disc...I was like, "eh...well I know how it all works out, so whats the point."
I bought this set as I was heading out the door to Iraq. My uncle reccomended it to me and I bought it sight unseen. I enjoyed the series but if you are buying this read the review that shows the correct order to watch them. You will enjoy this much, much more.
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This is a neat series. We watched a few episodes when it was on tv the first time around, but we really got into it when it was put on the chiller channel. We couldn't wait for the episodes to be recorded on our tivo so we broke down and bought it! It's good! The characters are right and the plot is addicting! It has a story not just horror.
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This show is like putting Twin Peaks, the Stand, Picket Fences and Omen in a blender. Each episode is almost a story in it's own. The evil Sheriff Lucas Buck (Gary Cole) is evil incarnate, while his bastard son Caleb Temple (Lucas Black of Sling Blade) has to choose between him and his murdered sister Merilyn (Sarah Paulson), a ghost of good or a angel. It is the story of the struggle of good and evil within all of us, and it also shows that not everything is completely black or white, yet there is individuals more evil than good and vice versa, but even the bad have a little good in them. The show deals in folklore, myth, the supernatural, and it is very dark. Most people will not like this show as evidenced by it's cancellation. To many the last episode will be a major let down, no resolution but that wasn't the creator of the shows fault, it was the network CBS that canceled it not only that, when it was shown on TV it was constantly shuffled around and shown out of order with episodes that weren't even aired that even confused me as a viewer. They had plans to do another season that is why it seems there is no closure, one can only imagine what could've happened as endless fan fiction web sites have shown. There is commentary from the show's creator which is a bit lack luster and the episodes are out of order like on TV. The show seemed to come on at a time that Twin Peaks was going out on a low ebb but still influential and X Files the bastard child of the just mentioned show ... Read More
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directed by: Bruce Seth Green, Doug Lefler, Elodie Keene, James A. Contner, Mel Damski
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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 9781417067732
Format: Box set, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Full Screen, Subtitled, NTSC
ISBN: 141706773X
Label: Universal Studios
Manufacturer: Universal Studios
Number Of Items: 3
Publisher: Universal Studios
Region Code: 1
Release Date: October 25, 2005
Running Time: 1002 minutes
Sales Rank: 6449
Studio: Universal Studios
Theatrical Release Date: September 22, 1995
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