DVD : Spain... On The Road Again
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Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 0767685147429
Format: Box set, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, NTSC
Label: DOCURAMA
Manufacturer: DOCURAMA
Number Of Items: 4
Publisher: DOCURAMA
Region Code: 1
Release Date: January 20, 2009
Running Time: 690 minutes
Sales Rank: 11771
Studio: DOCURAMA
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Product Description:
Get ready for the road trip of a lifetime
From the seaside cliffs of Mallorca to the bustling tapas bars and majestic museums of Barcelona, this is the ultimate road trip across Spain. Academy Award®-winning actress Gwyneth Paltrow, celebrity chef Mario Batali, celebrated author Mark Bittman (How to Cook Everything), and Spanish actress Claudia Bassols embark on a ten-week tour of a country at the forefront of the culinary and cultural worlds. Each episode finds the four in a new locale, from learning how Cava is made in Catalunya to meeting the famed pigs of Salamanca, as they steadily reveal the undiscovered delights of a country brimming with gastronomic and aesthetic treasures.
DVD Features: Deleted Scenes; Filmmaker Audio Commentary; Behind the Scenes
Stills from Spain…on the Road Again (Click for larger image)
Average Rating: 
Rating:  -
This DVD show is from the PBS series which I have watched and is really not about Spain. Most of the Spain you will see will be zipping by as a background in a moving car. This series is about the fours hosts and their egos. I found most hours of this show the hosts are talking about themselves and their discussion have nothing to do about Spain.
Case in point
Mark Bittman and Gwyneth Paltrow are in the Alhambra. Do they walk around the Alhambra to take in the magic of this place? No and spend a 10 seconds talking about the interior details of the palace. They find a window with a view and then spend most of their time talking about if Gwyneth would in the future write a cook book with Bittman's help. Does anyone really care if Gwyneth writes a cookbook? Does writing a cookbook have anything to do about Spain? Bittman and Paltrow seem not to care how lucky they are to have visited the Alhambra.
Then they go to the gardens and pilfer some persimmons. This is Gwyneth after taking a bite:
"Oh my God, God, God, God, God."
That's pretty much the kind of stuff she says when she tastes something because she does not have a movie script to explain the how good "oh my god" tastes.
This show is about four people that spend hours talking about themselves and you soon realized five minutes into their discussions it has nothing to do about Spain. Most of what you see is host talking about themselves with little ... Read More
Rating:  -
I am not sure if it is the players, the setting, the food (or all three) but this series resonated deeply. It is, without a doubt, one of the best documentaries ever filmed, a masterwork of editing. First and foremost is Mario - chef, critic, story teller, flirt and gadabout. Gwyneth ("GP") offers insight and humor as well as a good appetite. Mark, the reporter, is the perfect foil to Batali and Claudia is the gorgeous dressing on the salad.
Two distinctive elements stand out: First, they do more than run around gobbling food. They visit sites, investigate history and lore, talk culture and politics and religion AND - the perfect touch - family and kids. Second, the fantastic meals are not at five star restaurants but in mountain shacks, on the beach, in a smoky underground cooker, over an open fire in a vineyard. We are introduced to the cuisine of Spain in a unique and mouthwatering way.
The humor is infectious, like when the gals go to the spa and the guys insist they are going to "work out at the gym". Gwyneth thinks the idea is hilariously preposterous and swears she will run through the vineyard naked if they are exercising. The camera switches from the girls to scenes of Mark and Mario eating, laughing, drinking at one establishment after another. Both offer running commmentary on the food and the trip as the girls undergo beauty treatments. Hilarious!
My grade: A+
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