Product Details

• Actors: Jennifer Garner, Ron Rifkin, Michael Vartan, Bradley Cooper, Merrin Dungey
• Directors: Barnet Kellman, Daniel Attias, Davis Guggenheim, Harry Winer, J.J. Abrams
• Format: Box set, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD, NTSC
• Language: Spanish, English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
• Number of discs: 6
• Rated: Unrated
• Studio: Buena Vista Home Entertainment
• DVD Release Date: September 2, 2003
• Run Time: 1007 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (399 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B00005JLF1
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #12,082 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "Alias - The Complete First Season" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

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Sydney Bristow (Jennifer Garner) is a super (and super sexy) spy, fighting nefarious villains and working for the good guys--or so she thinks. Recruited as a college freshman for espionage work, Sydney found her true calling with SD-6, a secret division of the CIA. When her hunky doctor-boyfriend proposes to her, she decides to let him in on the truth she's not supposed to tell anyone: she's not a grad student with a demanding job for an international bank, but a secret agent who constantly puts her life on the line for the free world. But when SD-6 discovers her security breach, her fiancé is brutally assassinated, and Sydney suddenly finds herself face-to-face with the truth: she's been working for the bad guys. Deciding to become a double agent for the CIA and bring down the evildoers, Sydney gets one more surprise--her estranged father (Victor Garber) is also working for SD-6, and the CIA as well. Welcome to the family, Syd!

Confusing? This is all just in the first episode of Alias, the brainchild of Felicity creator J.J. Abrams that plays like a cross between Buffy the Vampire Slayer and James Bond. With its double-edged tension (how long can Syd play double agent?) and one heck of a MacGuffin (the dreaded Rambaldi device, the mythic creation of a Renaissance genius), the show leads its viewers from episode to episode with visceral, compelling action, not to mention the nascent romance between Syd and her CIA handler, Vaughn (Michael Vartan), and her clashes with her heretofore distant father. Sharp, smart, and always suspenseful, Alias' center was held by the gorgeous Garner, a stellar action heroine and an even better actress who could pull off Sydney's exotic undercover missions and conflicted emotions with equal dexterity. By the end of this first season, which concludes with a breathtaking cliffhanger, you'll be seduced into Alias' world with, happily, no desire to escape. --Mark Englehart

Product Description

Sydney bristow is a part-time grad student and a full-time spy for the c.I.A.s super-covert sd-6 division. One problem sd-6 isnt really a division of the c.I.A. Once sydney learns this secret her life will be in constant danger as she sets out to bring the terrorist leaders of sd-6 to justice. Studio: Buena Vista Home Video Release Date: 12/26/2008 Starring: Jennifer Garner Michael Vartan Run time: 990 minutes Director: J.j. Abrams

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198 of 218 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars WARNING: A well thought out script., November 12, 2003

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Jason K. Rindge (Putnam, CT USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Alias - The Complete First Season (DVD)

My wife has watched this show since the beginning, but I never have as it interfered with my sleep schedule. After recently buying a new DVD player I was anxious to get started watching something. I bought "Alias Season 1" and "Six Feet Under" (which I would also recommend highly). Anyway, my plan was to watch one episode a week, or at most a couple, so I could make it last. So I'm thinking I can get through the 22 or so episodes in 10 weeks. Try 2.

Thats right! I would watch like three a day. I was addicted. Conversations in my house sounded something like this...

"Honey, come eat dinner."
"No, I'm watching Alias."

"Honey, help me with the groceries."
"No, I'm watching Alias."

"Honey, I'm pregnant."
"Wow, thats great, we'll talk later, I'm watching Alias."

I'm really serious. Every episode would end on such a cliffhanger you had to see at least the beginning of the next episode. But then the middle was so good you wanted to see how it would develope. But then another darn cliffhanger and you were locked in the cycle for good.

I can't wait for Season 2. I pre-ordered it at 3 in the morning because that was a minute after I finished Season 1. I'm thinking about starting AA (Alias Anonymous) until I can get my fix.

50 of 52 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A great first season, September 10, 2003

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Garrett Aja (North Las Vegas, NV) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Alias - The Complete First Season (DVD)

Alias is, simply put, one of the best shows currently on TV. Few shows (especially action series) are able to move at such a fast pace, yet retain a truly human element throughout. The mark of a good show is the ability to keep the viewer begging for more, and Alias is a master at this, with every Act and/or episode ending capable of making me groan simply because I have to wait for the conclusion.

Jennifer Garner leads a superb cast as Sydney Bristow, a double agent for the CIA who, until recently, had been working for SD6, which she thought was a secret unit of the CIA, but is really part of a shadowy organization known as the Alliance. In this first season, she has to keep her affiliation with the CIA a secret from both her friends and with her coworkers at SD6, while finding out about the details of her mother's death, and her father's role in both the CIA *and* SD6.

The DVD set is presented in widescreen, with some documentaries, a gag reel, a few deleted scenes, and a handful of commentaries (the best of which being the cast commentary for the season finale). Aided by good writing and direction and a few well-placed instances of "stunt" casting (Patricia Wettig, Roger Moore, and a delicious turn by Quentin Tarantino), Alias is not to be missed, and this DVD set should be a joy for fans (even if the special features are a tad too sparse).

40 of 44 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars DVD Release set for September 2, 2003, January 31, 2003

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"totallyrawe" (Provo, Utah USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Alias - The Complete First Season (DVD)

J.J. Abrams confirmed to TV Guide Online that the first season is being preped for release:

"There are going to be a lot of great special features," he says of the mult-disc set, wich is slated to arrive in stores on Sept. 2. "When I filmed the pilot, a good friend of mine shot like eight or nine hours of behind-the-scenes footage and did interviews with most of the cast. So, in addition to a number of other really cool features, we're going to edit together a behind-the-scenes piece on the making of the pilot."