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| Directors: Eddie Saeta, James Goldstone, Theodore J. Flicker, Alex March, Don Medford
Actors: Robert Vaughn, David McCallum, Leo G. Carroll
Studio: Warner Home Video
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Rating:  122 reviews
Sales Rank: 5990
Format: Box set, Black & White, Color, DVD, Full Screen, NTSC
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Subtitled)
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Number Of Discs: 41
Running Time: 5620 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 6
Dimensions (in): 14.2 x 8.6 x 4.2
MPN: 1000042020
UPC: 883929035380
EAN: 0883929035380
ASIN: B00005JM5Z
Theatrical Release Date: September 22, 1964
Release Date: October 21, 2008
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 Just as I remembered it May 9, 2009
John Rofrano (NY, USA)
From the moment I heard Napoleon Solo say "Open channel D" into a pack of cigarettes, I was instantly transformed into being 8-10 years old again. This series is bringing back a lot of memories but even if you have no memory of The Man from U.N.C.L.E., as long as you like early James Bond stories this is a great series for you. It's a classic 1964 cold war spy series that is full of those James Bond era gadgets. You'll also be surprised at how many well known actors of today were on this show (Carroll O'Connor, William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, etc.). Sometimes you go back and watch old TV series and they are not as good as you remembered them but not this one. The Man from U.N.C.L.E. has fulfilled all of my expectations and it's just as I remembered it. I highly recommend it.
worth it May 7, 2009
Rick Meyer (Las Vegas, NV United States)
I have several older collections (e.g. Secret Agent Man, Route 66) and was wondering how bad I really needed this purchase.
After watching just the first disc I'm glad I did
I will be looking forward to watching them all
Many old stars are in it - Anne Francis, Jill Ireland, and Richard Anderson are all in one episode
Open Channel D, Please. . . May 6, 2009
LP45CDwoman (Virginia Beach, VA United States)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
After a very. very long wait, THE MAN FROM U.N.C.L.E. is finally available on DVD, and it was well worth every moment of anticipation. Every episode from the three full seasons and the short, fourth season is here, complete, on 41, count 'em, 41 DVDs. Also included are hours of bonus material, an appropriate Tom and Jerry cartoon, history on the show and its principals, extensive interviews with Robert Vaughn, David McCallum, writers, producers, directors (including up and comer Richard Donner), and so much more! Also in this set you will get to see the original COLOR pilot for the show, when it was still tentatively entitled SOLO (this pilot would be edited down to 50 minutes and shown in black and white as "The Vulcan Affair" when the show premiered on September 22, 1964), and one of the re-edited two-parters which played around the world as feature films, "One Spy Too Many" (shown as "The Alexander The Greater Affair" on September 17 and 24, 1965 to kick off the second season). Dig down in the two bonus DVDs and you will also find David McCallum on the Andy Williams Show", a featurette on U.N.C.L.E. memorabilia, show promos, feature trailers, and lots more.
And did I mention that the whole shebang comes in a nifty briefacse with the U.N.C.L.E. logo on the front? Way cool!
Now, down to the facts of the affair, Mr. Solo: the quality of the video (on dual-layer discs, so there is no compression) on most of the episodes is top-flight, although it appears Warners has not done any correction or scratch removal. Yes, there are some parts of certain episodes (especially in the third season) that could stand some upgrade work. But this is not likely to happen. Besides, since they did no correction, it makes the use of obvious stock footage from MGM's libraries so much more easy and fun to spot! (My favorite is the use of elephant footage in "The My Friend The Gorilla Affair", a very silly episode from December of 1966. They managed to have the bad guy of the week run over by said herd of pachyderms without actually renting any!) Overall, the video is as good as we are going to see, especially for a forty-year-old TV show. One important fact is that the shows are all the complete fifty minute episodes--no cut-down syndication prints here! The sound is straight Mono, as originally mixed, but is clear and easy on the ear. The nice, clear sound makes the classic Jerry Goldsmith theme even more dynamic, and the rest of the scoring (by Gerald Fried, Robert Drasnin, Morton Stevens, Lalo Schifrin and Nelson Riddle, among others) very shaggable, baby!
Note: listen to the scoring and you'll swear you hear cues by Gerald Fried which are very close to his for Star Trek's "Amok Time"; Morton Stevens establishing what would become his signature "Hawaii Five-0" style; Lalo Schifrin in the batter's box, readying his percussive music for "Mission: Impossible"; and last, but not least, Nelson Riddle rescoring and adapting some of his exact same "Batman" music! I kid you not! As a fan of film composers, I had a ball listening to the music for these shows.
Two more notes: One, no commentary tracks. Well, the bounteousness of the rest of the set makes up for it. Two, the DVDs for the individual seasons are housed in flipper boxes with hard plastic hubs which hold the discs so tightly that removal is difficult. To make sure that I wouldn't crack a disc, I took all the individual DVDs and put them into soft plastic cases for safekeeping.
The bottom line, Mr Kuryakin, is that this presentation of THE MAN FROM U.N.C.L.E. is the best we're likely to see, and the bonus material is fabulous, so go ahead and plunk down your rubles. It's well worth the price (I nabbed mine during a one-day sale, so shop around).
And, as always, our thanks go out to the United Network Command for Law and Enforcement, without whose assistance this project would not be possible.
 excellent DVD's April 28, 2009
A. Hernandez (San Antonio Texas)
Loved this series when I was young. My son and I watch them now and he enjoys them even though he is in his early 20's. We both get a kick out of seeing the guest stars and while it is a little campy the series still has charm. The notes are excellent and make the viewing of the various episodes even more interesting. I only wish like the others who have reviewed this product that the over case would have been made out of something other than cardboard. I would of paid extra for a metal or plastic option. That is really the only reason I did not give this series a 5 star rating.
Man from Uncle highly recommended April 22, 2009
D. Judson (Texas)
I highly recommend the "Man From U.N.C.L.E. - The Complete Series" for both original and new fans of the program. Some of the things that amaze me about the show are the science fiction props in the show that are reality today. For example, the cigarette case size communicator from the first season that was about the size of a cell phone today. It was shrunk to the size of a pen in later shows. In one show Illya Kuryakin (David McCallum), the Russian member of the the U.N.C.L.E. team, says that it saves a lot of money on long distance bills.
One show had an umbrella that fired a poisonous dart, an invention actually later used by a Soviet block country. They also had a GPS type tracking device and small self- guided missiles to name a few inventions that are now reality. I should mention that Ian Fleming who created James Bond contributed to the show's creation. The show also highlighted the ability of Russians and Americans to work together for a common good. Star Trek was later credited with this attribute and the communicator that appeared first on U.N.C.L.E.. In fact, William Shatner and Leonard Nimoy, of Star Trek fame, both appeared together in a 1964 episode of U.N.C.L.E., two years before Star Trek debuted.
There is a lot of enjoyable history in these DVDs for spy and sci-fi fans.
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