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  • Actors: Telly Savalas, Dan Frazer, Kevin Dobson, George Savalas
  • Directors: William Hale, Richard Donner, Charles S. Dubin, Gary Nelson
  • Format: Box set, PAL
  • Language English
  • Region: Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe. Read more about DVD formats.)
  • Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
  • Number of discs: 6
  • Classification: 15
  • Studio: Playback
  • DVD Release Date: 18 July 2005
  • Run Time: 999 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B0009NS9HY
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 8,909 in DVD (See Bestsellers in DVD)

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On the timeline of successful TV cop dramas, Kojak offered bold authenticity and paved the way for NYPD Blue. As immortalised by Telly Savalas, veteran detective Theo Kojak was introduced in the 1973 TV movie The Marcus-Nelson Murders, a ratings hit that encouraged CBS and writer-producer Abby Mann to create a trend-setting series (based on a book by Selwyn Raab) that premiered on October 24 of that year. The Greek, bald-headed, snappily attired Kojak brought no-nonsense bravado to homicide cases in South Manhattan--a setting that lent a gritty, urban edge to intelligent plots that won the respect of real cops with an emphasis on diligent police work instead of overblown action and phony glamour. While working cases with his captain Frank McNeil (Dan Frazer) and closest colleagues Crocker (Kevin Dobson) and Stavros (played by Savalas's brother George, credited as "Demosthenes" for the first two seasons), Kojak had a knack for bending the rules (but never breaking them) if he knew it would solve a crime.

Kojak came at a perfect time for Savalas and cop dramas in general. The actor's career was slumping in the early '70s (he'd just appeared in the Italian horror film Lisa and the Devil), and he quickly put his personal stamp on the role with street-wise sarcasm and trademark lollipops (a perfect prop that Savalas adopted to quit smoking). Consistently well-written, the series was realistically rooted in a broad spectrum of New York City crime. These qualities attracted plenty of fresh and established talent, and these 22 well-preserved episodes include guest appearances by Harvey Keitel, James Woods, Richard Jordan, Hector Elizondo, John Ritter (in one of his first TV roles), Paul Michael Glaser, Dabney Coleman, Tina Louise, and a host of familiar TV veterans. For this debut season, Savalas won the Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series, and Kojak ran for five well-rated seasons, followed by several TV-movie revivals in 1985, 1989, and 1990. The enduring popularity of Kojak was further proven when the show was revived yet again in March of 2005, with Ving Rhames in the title role. --Jeff Shannon

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Telly Savalas stars as the bald-headed, lollipop-licking, tough-guy title character in KOJAK. Kojak is a detective for the NYPD, and solves crimes in the Big Apple during the 1970s, which was one of the roughest decades the city has seen. Location shooting in the city itself enhances the series' gritty, realistic feel. KOJAK: SEASON ONE introduces the investigator in a movie-length pilot and 22 standard episodes, with guest stars like Harvey Keitel, James Woods, and John Ritter, and one episode directed by filmmaker Richard Donner (SUPERMAN, LETHAL WEAPON). Savalas won two Golden Globes for his performance as Kojak, and was nominated a further two times for this role. Kojak depicted the mean streets of New York City with realism that few other television series have since matched.

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25 of 25 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars BRILLIANT!!!, 16 Sep 2005
It may be old, but its certainly not dated, the storys are gritty and realistic, and still have the power to grab you, mainly due to the quality of the writing, and the excellent, low key performances of the actors, which prevent it looking like 70's kitch.An award winner in its day, and it's easy to see why.
One question.....when's season 2 coming out?
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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Just super, 9 Sep 2007
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I can remember 'Kojak' as the number one TV show from the 1970's. A must see for Saturday night at 9.00 p.m. then!

This DVD box set brings all this back.

A must for a fan from the 1970's - a must for the new fans today.
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32 of 35 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars The Best New York Cop, 17 July 2005
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Kojak is a terrific show. Great performances and chemistry from a terrific cast. No chocolate box good looks here, these are real characters played believably by real actors in a gritty situation which today's voguing TV cops in their stylised grittiness would do well to take a lesson from. The plots are suprisingly hard nosed and the episodes are often bitter sweet with more of a gallows humour of cops who have seen the seedy underbelly of society rather than other shows of the period the tone of which was far lighter and eventually degenerated into more humour than drama (Starsky & Hutch) or ridiculous premises such as McCloud (the plot of the cowboy in New York worked for Coogan's Bluff because it was a one-off and besides Dennis Weaver is no Clint).
My one complaint is the packaging. Kojak is a New York cop. New York as in Manhattan: an island with a number of bridges, beautiful bridges; the Brooklyn or Queensboro bridges over the East River the washington Bridge over the Hudson. these are good bridges, nothing wrong with these bridges so why is there a picture of San Francisco's Golden Gate bridge on the DVD cover? Dumb graphic designers. Sad.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Telly is Terrific !
Kojak is not just a cop with a lollipop, it's a well crafted, well acted feast of great TV. Telly Savalas is superb as the tough cop with a compassionate heart and a great sense... Read more
Published 4 months ago by Joe Guida

5.0 out of 5 stars VERY SURPRISED
BOUGHT THIS AS A PRESENT FOR MY PARTNERS BIRTHDAY. WAS VERY SURPRISED . NOT THE TYPICAL ACTION AMERICAN COP SERIES WE'VE BECOME USED TO . Read more
Published 9 months ago by P. Williams

4.0 out of 5 stars Telly Savalas as Kojak
The success of this show is illustrated by the fact this show is back on TV with Ving Rhames as Kojak. Read more
Published on 16 Nov 2007 by Rama Rao

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