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- Region: Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe. Read more about DVD formats.)
- Number of discs: 1
- Classification: 15
- Studio: Warner Home Video
- DVD Release Date: 7 Sep 2007
- Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- ASIN: B000S6UZLU
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8 of 10 people found the following review helpful
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As with Volume 2, which I received first, these tales are in no particular order so there are episodes from several series of the Hitchhiker here.
Disc 1
Last Scene - with Peter Coyote as a director struggling to get the best out of an actress
Nightshift - Margot Kidder as a strict nurse in a retirement home.
The Miracle of Alice Ames - a fake preacher, this didn't do much for me.
Ghostwriter - Willem Dafoe and Dayle Haddon, Dafoe plays an writer who fakes his death, one of the best tales here.
Man's Best Friend - a nice ending to disc 1 as a man's life turns upside down after his wife throws him out.
Disc 2
W.G.O.D. - Gary Busey plays an evangelist with a secret.
Homebodies - Two killers on the run seek refuge in a show home.
Why Are You Here? - a TV host seeking a story with an edge gets more than he planned, co-starring Helen Hunt.
In The Name of Love - Lucy Gutteridge plays an assassin, but who is after who?
There are no really bad tales here although the Alice Ames tale didn't quite reach the standard of the others. There are several audio commentaries here, all the tales on Disc 1 (apart from Alice Ames) have a commentary by their director and Homebodies on Disc 2 also has a commentary.
It's just a shame they did not release them in season box sets.
Disc 1
Last Scene - with Peter Coyote as a director struggling to get the best out of an actress
Nightshift - Margot Kidder as a strict nurse in a retirement home.
The Miracle of Alice Ames - a fake preacher, this didn't do much for me.
Ghostwriter - Willem Dafoe and Dayle Haddon, Dafoe plays an writer who fakes his death, one of the best tales here.
Man's Best Friend - a nice ending to disc 1 as a man's life turns upside down after his wife throws him out.
Disc 2
W.G.O.D. - Gary Busey plays an evangelist with a secret.
Homebodies - Two killers on the run seek refuge in a show home.
Why Are You Here? - a TV host seeking a story with an edge gets more than he planned, co-starring Helen Hunt.
In The Name of Love - Lucy Gutteridge plays an assassin, but who is after who?
There are no really bad tales here although the Alice Ames tale didn't quite reach the standard of the others. There are several audio commentaries here, all the tales on Disc 1 (apart from Alice Ames) have a commentary by their director and Homebodies on Disc 2 also has a commentary.
It's just a shame they did not release them in season box sets.
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26 of 27 people found the following review helpful
volume one 10 tales 2 disks
5 Jun 2008
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The Hitchhiker (30 min.) HBO
Season 1 episodes 1-26 Nov 1983 to Apr 1986
Season 2 episodes 27-39 Feb - May 1987
Season 3 episodes 40-65 Apr-Dec 1989
Season 4 episodes 66-85 Sept 1990 - Feb 1991
This set, (Volume One) has 10 episodes:
24 Last Scene
14 Nightshift
46 The Miracle of Alice Ames
19 Ghostwriter
18 Man's Best Friend
17 W.G.O.D.
33 The Legendary Billy B.
31 Homebodies
30 Why Are You Here?
34 In the Name of Love
This series continued the 'wandering adventurer' style of storytelling wherein the main character is only a witness sharing his experiences. Like Route 66, The Fugitive, or The Incredible Hulk, to name a few, each story is unrelated to any other except by the conceptual vehicle of the perpetual wanderer. Like One Step Beyond or The Twilight Zone, The Hitchhiker himself is not a player in the tales. Occasionally stories involved supernatural forces, but most plot twists stemmed from the dark side of the human spirit.
In 1996, The Hitchhiker entered into syndication on the USA Channel and so was re-edited to remove the violence and/or nudity and sexuality that were featured on the HBO runs (and to make room for commercials). Originally the Hitchhiker was cast with Nicholas Campbell as the host, but Campbell was quickly replaced with Page Fletcher. In order to preserve continuity during the syndication runs, Campbell's scenes in the first three episodes were later re-shot with Fletcher. But because the character of the Hitchhiker initially had more interaction with the people in the stories, this caused certain scenes to appear very choppy.
There is a little confusion as to how many seasons the show actually ran since season one ran for two and a half years! The Hitchhiker ran for a total of seven and a half years with a ten month break between season one and two, and a two year break between two and three. There were a total of 85 episodes over four seasons on HBO (six seasons on USA Channel). The series is available on DVD in two different versions. The HBO two-disc sets for sale in the US contain episodes that are out of sequence to their original US broadcast order. The Canadian DVD box sets by Alliance Atlantis have the episodes arranged by season in the same order in which they were broadcast in Canada.
Season 1 episodes 1-26 Nov 1983 to Apr 1986
Season 2 episodes 27-39 Feb - May 1987
Season 3 episodes 40-65 Apr-Dec 1989
Season 4 episodes 66-85 Sept 1990 - Feb 1991
This set, (Volume One) has 10 episodes:
24 Last Scene
14 Nightshift
46 The Miracle of Alice Ames
19 Ghostwriter
18 Man's Best Friend
17 W.G.O.D.
33 The Legendary Billy B.
31 Homebodies
30 Why Are You Here?
34 In the Name of Love
This series continued the 'wandering adventurer' style of storytelling wherein the main character is only a witness sharing his experiences. Like Route 66, The Fugitive, or The Incredible Hulk, to name a few, each story is unrelated to any other except by the conceptual vehicle of the perpetual wanderer. Like One Step Beyond or The Twilight Zone, The Hitchhiker himself is not a player in the tales. Occasionally stories involved supernatural forces, but most plot twists stemmed from the dark side of the human spirit.
In 1996, The Hitchhiker entered into syndication on the USA Channel and so was re-edited to remove the violence and/or nudity and sexuality that were featured on the HBO runs (and to make room for commercials). Originally the Hitchhiker was cast with Nicholas Campbell as the host, but Campbell was quickly replaced with Page Fletcher. In order to preserve continuity during the syndication runs, Campbell's scenes in the first three episodes were later re-shot with Fletcher. But because the character of the Hitchhiker initially had more interaction with the people in the stories, this caused certain scenes to appear very choppy.
There is a little confusion as to how many seasons the show actually ran since season one ran for two and a half years! The Hitchhiker ran for a total of seven and a half years with a ten month break between season one and two, and a two year break between two and three. There were a total of 85 episodes over four seasons on HBO (six seasons on USA Channel). The series is available on DVD in two different versions. The HBO two-disc sets for sale in the US contain episodes that are out of sequence to their original US broadcast order. The Canadian DVD box sets by Alliance Atlantis have the episodes arranged by season in the same order in which they were broadcast in Canada.
13 of 14 people found the following review helpful
HBO in the 80's!!!!
10 Mar 2004
Format:DVD
This was a spooky, gory and weird series that truly pushed the limits of HBO at the time. Kind of like The Outer Limits mixed with Tales From The Crypt, it features a hitchiker that kind of "introduces" a new story every episode. Many famous faces and directors got a start on this series. HBO used to run this show at about 11:00 at night to make sure all the kids were asleep!
14 of 17 people found the following review helpful
Welcome back Hitchhiker
2 April 2004
Format:DVD
Wow, there's a great collection of talent there! With episodes featuring award-winning actors such as Helen Hunt and Joe Pantoliano, and participation from fan-favorite director Paul Verhoeven, this surely is a must-have for any DVD collector
Koch Canada will release The Complete First Season on DVD April 20th. This 3 disc set will contain 26 episodes The show must have aired differently in Canada because what Koch considers the first season is actually the first 3 seasons according to the episode guide at EPGuides.com. It's not all good news though; the people at Koch Canada said that they don't own the Canadian rights to the second Canadian season so they're unable to release those episodes.
Koch Canada will release The Complete First Season on DVD April 20th. This 3 disc set will contain 26 episodes The show must have aired differently in Canada because what Koch considers the first season is actually the first 3 seasons according to the episode guide at EPGuides.com. It's not all good news though; the people at Koch Canada said that they don't own the Canadian rights to the second Canadian season so they're unable to release those episodes.
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