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Dariusz reviews

Distributed by

Universal Pictures Video

Cert:

Cat.no: 0781752

Running time: 138 minutes

Year: 1984

Pressing: 2001

Region(s): 2, 4, PAL

Chapters: 21

Sound: Dolby Digital 2.0

Languages: English

Subtitles: None

Fullscreen: 1.33:1

16:9-Enhanced: No

Macrovision: Yes

Disc Format: DVD 9

Price: £12.99

Extras: None

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Cast:

John "Hannibal" Smith: George Peppard
Face: Dirk Benedict
"Howlin' Mad" Murdoc: Dwight Schultz
B.A. Baracus: Mr T
Amy: Melinda Culea

"If you have a problem, if no-one else can help, and if you can find them, maybe you can hire, the A-Team."

A tag line surely everyone remembers from this famous 1980s TV show about a group of ex-soldiers that are on the run from the military for a crime they did not commit. But whilst they are, they "problem solve", if you're the underdog and can convince them you have a problem they can solve. But it's not the kind of problem solving that seems to get anyone killed by all the shooting that invariably goes on in each episode.

Contains three episodes of the A-Team. Although they are listed in transmission date order on the DVD, it doesn't mean they were transmitted in that order - could have missed an episode or two. So if there were any continuing character lines it might not make sense.

• 1. "The Taxicab Wars" (46m 28s)
• 2. "The Maltese Cow" (45m 41s)
• 3. "Chopping Spree" (46m 24s)

The disc opens with the Universal titles, then a copyright notice - both unskippable or speed-upable. Then into the menu where you can choose from watching each titled episode and an "A-Team Files" option (A-Team theme tune plays in the background). The Files option takes you to a menu which presents text about the A-Team (no music in background).

All the episodes have chapters where advert breaks could / would have been intented when they were originally transmitted on TV. When you finish watching an episode, it takes you back to the main menu where you can select another episode to watch.

The audio sounds very good, and the picture quality looks excellent, especially considering the age of the programme.

Overall, a bare bones DVD which is great if you want to look at a TV show that never took itself too seriously, and if youre a fan - you'd buy it anyway.

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Review copyright © Dariusz, 2004.

As of April 2009, Blu-rays and DVDs reviewed by the editor are watched on a Panasonic TH-37PX80B 37" Plasma TV with a Sony BDP-1500 Blu-ray player and played through a Yamaha DSP-AX820 amplifier.

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