Product Details

• Format: Box set, Color, DVD, NTSC
• Language: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 3
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: FIRST RUN FEATURES
• DVD Release Date: December 24, 2002
• Run Time: 280 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B00004RF69
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #100,387 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "Behind The Scenes - The Complete Series" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Behind the Scenes w/Penn & Teller, May 14, 2007

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Tony Shopinski "ts" (Detroit MI) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Behind The Scenes - The Complete Series (DVD)

I teach elementary art. These videos are great! They're not too long and are entertaining enough to keep the kids' attention and interest. I use a different one for each grade and follow up w/a series of projects from painting to photography to sculpture.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great for kids, February 18, 2007

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CB "CB" (Tennessee) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Behind The Scenes - The Complete Series (DVD)

I bought these DVDs to show to my students when I have to be out of school. They are very informative and entertaining and the kids enjoy them.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars parts are very useful, August 30, 2011

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artsie mom (Ephrata, PA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Behind The Scenes - The Complete Series (DVD)

This is a GREAT DEAL! These DVD's usually go for $40 EACH in education catalogs so I'm thrilled to find them all at such a low price... partially because I feel I can use only parts of the videos. I had a few of these years ago and I showed them to my elem students, but I found the kids lost interest part of the way through. Penn and Teller do an amazing job of "acting out" some important art concepts. One part I remeber is when they are holding up a large foam board tree. Teller cuts out a tiny tree (about 2 inches) from the large foam board tree. Penn then drives his motorcycle with the tiny tree in hand, down a long hill until the large tree in the distance appears to be the same size as the tiny tree in Penn's hand. While I was going to use this to illustrate size and distance, Pen and Teller use it to illustrate color and distance. (The tiny tree is still bright green while the tree in the distance appears light blue/green.) Either way, it's a great visual for the kids. Now as great as those portions are, there are also portions I can't show at all. For example in the video with the artist for The Simpsons, he draws a cartoon in which (if I remember correctly, it's been several years) Bart says somehting about a bomb or blowing up the school or something along those lines. That kind of thing just can't be shown today... so beware if you do order the videos, I'd definitely preview them all before showing them to the students.