Product Details

• Actors: Blondie, Clem Burke, Jimmy Destri, Nigel Harrison, Deborah Harry
• Format: Color, DVD, Import, NTSC
• Language: English (Dolby Digital 2.0), English (Dolby Digital 5.1), English (DTS 5.1)
• Region: All Regions
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: Immortal
• DVD Release Date: July 24, 2007
• Run Time: 55 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B000SAA0UW
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #139,699 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Get it, but don't expect it to be the best video you've ever seen, August 31, 2007

By 

Adipocere "adipocere" (United States) - See all my reviews

Amazon Verified Purchase

This review is from: Blondie: Live in Toronto (DVD)

If you're a true Blondie fan, of course you have to own it. Recorded in 1982, it's probably the closest you'll ever come to seeing a concert recorded just before Blondie stopped touring and recording not long after release of The Hunter. As such, the performances are fair to middlin' on most songs. Frank Infante isn't even present.

Personally, I like the energy and enthusiasm of the Glasgow concert and the Musikladen videos better than this one.

And if you haven't already purchased the Eat to the Beat CD/DVD...don't even think of buying this before you've purchased that one!

High point: probably the performance of War Child has the most energy.

Low point: Frank Infante's replacement seems to be singing background vocals annoyingly off key in spots.

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Finally on DVD in the USA!, September 18, 2007

By 

Henry Branham (Howell, MI USA) - See all my reviews
(REAL NAME)   

This review is from: Blondie: Live in Toronto (DVD)

I can't believe this is finally on DVD in America! I LOVE THIS SHOW! My first concert ever was Blondie & Duran Duran in Detroit (August 9, 1982) only a week or so before this concert was filmed and it is one I will never forget. This Toronto show originally aired on HBO in March 1983 and has been on VHS ever since. Each time I watch it I am instantly transported back to that 1982 concert.
Obviously this was the end of the first phase of BLONDIE and critics were harsh in their reviews of the band's performance. While there may have been fighting, drug abuse, and intense drama behind the scenes at the time, I never would have known it watching this show. When Debbie Harry comes up in the elevator in the opening number ("Rapture") it's pure magic! I love how she loses her shoe in "Danceway" (such a classic Debbie mishap) and goes crazy during "One Way Or Another", to the point where she almost transforms into Cousin It from 'The Addams Family' (you have to see it to appreciate it)!
My only complaint is that the concert is too short (4 songs that were performed during the tour are left out) and that the box art is clearly a picture of Debbie from the 1970's and not 1982. There is also a CD version of this concert that was released earlier this year.
If you are a BLONDIE fan do not hesitate to buy this incredible and historic concert.

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Blondie Live In: The Grainy DVD, January 15, 2008

By 

C. W. Schultheis (Las Vegas) - See all my reviews
(REAL NAME)   

Amazon Verified Purchase

This review is from: Blondie: Live in Toronto (DVD)

This DVD release is awful!
Immortal DVD should be ashamed. I have owned this concert on two other VHS releases and they both looked way better than this DVD.

My original 1984 Mono VHS of this looks entirely better.
This DVD looks like it was transfered from VHS and not taken from the original footage that was used for the HBO special this was filmed for.

The only reason I give this release 3 stars is becuase it contains 3 audio options:
2.0 Surround
5.1 Surround
DTS Surround

It sounds awesome but looks crappy.
There are other DVD releases of this concert out there. Get those instead.