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| Tales of the City (Collector's Edition) | 
 enlarge | Director: Alastair Reid
Actors: Olympia Dukakis, Donald Moffat, Chloe Webb, Laura Linney, Marcus D'amico
Studio: Acorn Media
Category: DVD
List Price: $59.99
Buy New: $34.98
You Save: $25.01 (42%)
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Avg. Customer Rating:  69 reviews
Sales Rank: 12006
Format: Box Set, Closed-captioned, Collector's Edition, Color, Dvd-video, Ntsc
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: Unrated
Number Of Items: 3
Running Time: 300
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.6
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.5 x 0.9
MPN: 5424
ISBN: 1569385424
UPC: 054961542499
EAN: 9781569385425
ASIN: B00006BT1A
Theatrical Release Date: January 10, 1994
Release Date: February 25, 2003
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Condition: BRAND NEW AND FACTORY SEALED
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"The City" in question is San Francisco, and the tales are novelist Armistead Maupin's, his romantic, affectionate, and spirited homage to the glory days of his hometown. Maupin's idea of SF's glory days isn't the drug-filled Summer of Love (1967), but rather the drug-filled lust-in of the late '70s. Replacing acid with coke and ludes, psychedelia for disco, this six-hour miniseries (which caused controversy for its open drug use, nudity, and direct depiction of homosexuality upon its initial airing on PBS) follows the romantic struggles and identity crises of a colorful cast of characters. The action--as addictive as the drugs the characters ingest--is seen mostly from the innocent point of view of Mary Ann, the city's newest culture-shocked resident--so its presentation is rather decadent and hedonistic. Because the story originally ran as a daily serial in the San Francisco Chronicle before being compiled into a novel, its serialized structure suffers from typical soap-opera mawkishness and the need to shock with ridiculous revelations. Thankfully, this degeneration mostly occurs during the final two hours, allowing you to just enjoy the personalities and hilarious and often-touching interactions of the richly drawn characters before they're manipulated by plot devices. The performances are all outstanding, especially Chloe Webb's spacey ex-hippie Mona, Marcus D'Amico's romantically doomed Michael, and Olympia Dukakis's Anna Madrigal, the enigmatic mother hen/landlady of many of the film's central characters. --Dave McCoy
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| Customer Reviews: Read 64 more reviews...
 love it July 29, 2008
This is a great series for those of you that didn't see it the first time around. It's also great for those of us that did.
Not For Everyone/But I Loved It July 25, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Every So Often You Watch A Mini Series That Has That Something Extra//
This Is It//All The Cast Is Wonderful But The Performance Of Olympia
Dukakis Playing Anna Madrigal Is So Much Of A Masterpiece If Her Performace Was A Painting It Would Be Hanging In A Museum//What A Wonderful Wonderful Actress//Also Donald Moffat Also Has That Something Extra That A Lot Of Newcomers Just Don't Have//Something That You Do Not Learn In Acting Classes It's What I Call Being A Natural//Actors Like Jimmy Cagney Olivia DeHavilland Edward G.Robinson Paul Muni They All Were
Originals And So Is Olympia Dukakis/On To More Tales Of The City And Further Tales Of The City
Stanley Cooper Jupiter Florida
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The DVD is (mostly) NOT edited April 1, 2008
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
Let me say right here and now that this DVD edition (contrary to what some people have posted on here) is, for the most part, UNedited. The language (with one exception I noticed on episode 2), and nudity, are intact -- it is not edited, replaced or otherwise "cleaned up." People who claim the whole DVD is edited have been partaking too much of what Mrs. Madrigal grows in her garden.
Acorn Media has done an excellent job with this -- the picture and sound quality are excellent.
Avoid the lackluster follow-up sequels -- the original "Tales of the City" remains one of the finest miniseries ever filmed, and this DVD edition doesn't disappoint.
 Cleaned-up Dialogue is Offensive Idea March 17, 2008
1 out of 3 found this review helpful
San Francisco is my hometown. Armstead Maupin's "Tales of the City" is about my hometown and the "real" people who live there. I've been a big fan of Maupin's work from the start and own the original VHS tapes of "Tales". I was about to order the DVD set until I read a couple of reviews that alerted me the dialogue had been "cleaned up." I wouldn't have the DVD set under any circumstances!!!
Tails of the City Review January 20, 2008
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
I was very pleased with both the price and quick turn-around and would definitely recommend this seller.
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