Tour of Duty - The Complete Series
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List Price: $121.95
Our Price: $89.97
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Manufacturer: Sony Pictures
Starring: Terence Knox, Stephen Caffrey, Tony Becker, Stan Foster, Ramon Franco
Directed By: Stephen Caffrey, Reynaldo Villalobos
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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: Unrated
Binding: DVD
Brand: Sony
EAN: 0043396131842
Format: Full Screen
Label: Sony Pictures
Manufacturer: Sony Pictures
Publisher: Sony Pictures
Region Code: 99
Release Date: 2005-12-13
Running Time: 2718
Studio: Sony Pictures
Theatrical Release Date: 1987-09-24
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Spotlight customer reviews:
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Customer Rating:
Summary: Mixed feelings
Comment: I have been waiting for this product for years tocome out on DVD. The quality is perfect, but the music score which made this series a classic has been replaced by some bad copies.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Never saw this show before, enjoyable without the music
Comment: I've read the reviews of those that have seen this show before; about how they can't find reason to buy this set without the original score. To those that have seen the show before and paid attention to the music (perhaps more than the show itself?) I can only state, then this set is not for you.
I had not ever heard of this show. I came across the listing as I was looking for something else (I guess Amazon's ideas do work). I read the reviews and thought I would give it a try sometime. I decided to buy the whole series even though I could have purchased the individual sets for less (the sets and the series were both on sale; the series cost $10 more than the individual sets combined). I would suggest if this happens again, NOT to buy the series box. It is constructed of cheap cardboard and the 3 sets are merely placed inside. Only worth it is the series cost is less than the sum of the individual sets.
There is an episode in the first season where the actors come into screen talking about Marvin Gaye and begin mouthing the words to whatever song originally played. Not only was the replacement music not Marvin, it was instrumental. The guy dancing around in the background "singing" to nothing was a little distracting, but this was the only time I noticed.
Tour of Duty is a poignant and sometimes disturbing look at what occurred during the Vietnam War. Each episode in seasons 1 and 3 have a tidbit of information about Vietnam, and the episode often touched on that information and in a very real way. I was a little kid in the 60's and was sheltered from this war. I've learned more from this series than from school and recommend it to anyone that has not seen it before.
Peace
Customer Rating:
Summary: Great TV series
Comment: I watched this TV show from its original broadcast and yes, the music was great, especially the opening theme: Paint It Black, but, I bought the complete series because the TV show was very good and I don't mind the new music.
You see the new recruits starting out from the beginning of there tours of duty to the end after the 3rd season, these soldiers start out green, gung ho etc...you see them go through many transformations, from drugs, AWOL, scared, mistakes, depression, anger, the stories are very good, reflecting upon the times of the late 60's.
By the third season, they are veterans and when they get new soldiers into the squad, they either help them or keep them away at arms length, not wanting to know them because, most likely, these new soldiers will die in there first couple of missions.
In the second season, some female characters were added, and it turned out to be a great addition to the cast, the stories were great, they added something to the main characters in the show, like the lieutenant and the especially the sergeant, who we get to see with his daughter.
The TV series does a great job of showing what "Brothers In Arms" is all about. The war was very unpopular in the US, but in the Nam, it was your buddy next to you in the jungle who mattered most. Highly recommended for people who liked Platoon like I did.
Customer Rating:
Summary: tour of duty complete
Comment: one of the best veitnm war shows to ever come out julian ben-david independent film maker
Customer Rating:
Summary: Back to Vietnam
Comment: Didn't miss an episode when Tour on Duty was on TV and it's great to have the complete series on DVD. A really good story with nice characters and a mix of war scenes, humour and romance. Since it's pure fiction it doesnt get as good as Band of Brothers, but it's definetely is worth buying if you like war movies.
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Editorial Reviews:
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Customer Rating:
Summary: Mixed feelings
Comment: I have been waiting for this product for years tocome out on DVD. The quality is perfect, but the music score which made this series a classic has been replaced by some bad copies.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Never saw this show before, enjoyable without the music
Comment: I've read the reviews of those that have seen this show before; about how they can't find reason to buy this set without the original score. To those that have seen the show before and paid attention to the music (perhaps more than the show itself?) I can only state, then this set is not for you.
I had not ever heard of this show. I came across the listing as I was looking for something else (I guess Amazon's ideas do work). I read the reviews and thought I would give it a try sometime. I decided to buy the whole series even though I could have purchased the individual sets for less (the sets and the series were both on sale; the series cost $10 more than the individual sets combined). I would suggest if this happens again, NOT to buy the series box. It is constructed of cheap cardboard and the 3 sets are merely placed inside. Only worth it is the series cost is less than the sum of the individual sets.
There is an episode in the first season where the actors come into screen talking about Marvin Gaye and begin mouthing the words to whatever song originally played. Not only was the replacement music not Marvin, it was instrumental. The guy dancing around in the background "singing" to nothing was a little distracting, but this was the only time I noticed.
Tour of Duty is a poignant and sometimes disturbing look at what occurred during the Vietnam War. Each episode in seasons 1 and 3 have a tidbit of information about Vietnam, and the episode often touched on that information and in a very real way. I was a little kid in the 60's and was sheltered from this war. I've learned more from this series than from school and recommend it to anyone that has not seen it before.
Peace
Customer Rating:
Summary: Great TV series
Comment: I watched this TV show from its original broadcast and yes, the music was great, especially the opening theme: Paint It Black, but, I bought the complete series because the TV show was very good and I don't mind the new music.
You see the new recruits starting out from the beginning of there tours of duty to the end after the 3rd season, these soldiers start out green, gung ho etc...you see them go through many transformations, from drugs, AWOL, scared, mistakes, depression, anger, the stories are very good, reflecting upon the times of the late 60's.
By the third season, they are veterans and when they get new soldiers into the squad, they either help them or keep them away at arms length, not wanting to know them because, most likely, these new soldiers will die in there first couple of missions.
In the second season, some female characters were added, and it turned out to be a great addition to the cast, the stories were great, they added something to the main characters in the show, like the lieutenant and the especially the sergeant, who we get to see with his daughter.
The TV series does a great job of showing what "Brothers In Arms" is all about. The war was very unpopular in the US, but in the Nam, it was your buddy next to you in the jungle who mattered most. Highly recommended for people who liked Platoon like I did.
Customer Rating:
Summary: tour of duty complete
Comment: one of the best veitnm war shows to ever come out julian ben-david independent film maker
Customer Rating:
Summary: Back to Vietnam
Comment: Didn't miss an episode when Tour on Duty was on TV and it's great to have the complete series on DVD. A really good story with nice characters and a mix of war scenes, humour and romance. Since it's pure fiction it doesnt get as good as Band of Brothers, but it's definetely is worth buying if you like war movies.
TOUR OF DUTY - THE COMPLETE FIRST SEASON: The first TV series about the Vietnam War, TOUR OF DUTY focuses on a single platoon of young U.S. Soldiers during their one-year of combat duty in Vietnam during the late 1960s. Terence Knox, Kevin Conroy, Stephen Caffrey, Joshua Maurer, Steve Akahoshi, Tony Becker, Eric Bruskhotter, Stan Foster, Ramon Franco and Miguel A. Nunez, Jr. star as the infantrymen who represent diverse racial, cultural and philosophical backgrounds but must ultimately depend on one another to face enemy troops and survive in the hostile Southeast Asian terrain. Full of thrilling combat action, TOUR OF DUTY also goes deeper to portray the dramatic human side of war and the camaraderie of the men who gave it all for their country.TOUR OF DUTY - THE COMPLETE SECOND SEASON: The courageous soldiers of Bravo Company are back for more action-packed fighting and riveting human drama in the second season of the landmark Vietnam series, "TOUR OF DUTY." When the platoon is transferred to the Tan Son Nhut Base outside of Saigon, it's a whole new war with different battles and new faces, including some beautiful women. Kim Delany (TV's "CSI: Miami"), Dan Gauthier, Richard Brestoff, and Betsy Brantley join series stars Terence Knox, Stephen Caffrey, Tony Becker, Stan Foster and Miguel A. Nunez, Jr. Guest stars include Angela Bassett (How Stella Got Her Groove Back), Michael Madsen (Kill Bill Vol. 1 & 2) and Malcolm Jamal-Warner (TV's "The Cosby Show"). In the second season of "TOUR OF DUTY," the fresh-faced recruits are becoming battle-weary fighters whose personal battles are just beginning amidst the daily grind of warfare. TOUR OF DUTY features a new music soundtrack including songs from the Vietnam era! TOUR OF DUTY - THE COMPLETE THIRD SEASON: The men face their toughest challenges yet when their platoon (now called Team Viking) is transferred to Camp Barnett to become part of a Special Ops unit. This season delivers extreme combat action and intense human drama focusing on issues unique to the Vietnam era: the devastating effects of chemical warfare, the massacre of Vietnamese civilians, the growing problem of heroin addiction, and the difficulties the soldiers faced returning home to a country bitterly divided by the war. The powerful third season, collected on this five-disc, 21 episode set, is a fitting finale to one of the greatest war dramas ever.
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