Product Details

• Actors: Lorne Greene, Pernell Roberts, Dan Blocker, Michael Landon
• Directors: Various
• Format: Box set, Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, NTSC, Original recording remastered
• Language: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 8
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: Echo Bridge Home Entertainment
• DVD Release Date: August 17, 2004
• Run Time: 1550 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 2.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B0002S64LO
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #152,198 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

These are the Western adventure stories of the Cartwright family: Ben Cartwright, the father, played by Lorne Greene; Adam, the eldest son, played by Pernell Roberts; Hoss, the middle son, played by Dan Blocker; and Little Joe, the youngest son, played by Michael Landon. Each of the boys was born to one of Ben's three wives, none of whom are alive. The Cartwrights run a 600,000 acre ranch, The Ponderosa, outside of Virginia City, Nevada. This 1960s TV series depicts the stories of a single father raising his sons and helping his neighbors. FEATURING 31 EPISODES: Feet of Clay; The Last Viking; Bitter Water; The Savage; Showdown; San Francisco Holiday; The Mill; Escape to the Ponderosa; Badge Without Honor; The Blood Line; The Courtship; Death at Dawn; The Trail Gang; Denver McKee; Blood on the Land; Dark Star; Day of Reckoning; The Avenger; The Ape; Breed of Violence; Desert Justice; The Fear Merchants; The Gunmen; The Abduction; The Last Trophy; Silent Thunder; The Hopefuls; The Spanish Grant; The Spitfire; The Stranger; The Mission

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

64 of 66 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Would have been 5 stars but..., August 8, 2007

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John Davis (Florida, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Bonanza 8-DVD Pack (DVD)

Lovers of the original Bonanza will like these episodes. The video is good, the audio is loud & clear, you don't have to turn the volume up like other dvd's but....

That wonderful theme music is missing both at the beginning & at the end - that cost this one star

BUT EVEN WORSE !!! ... (and costing another star)

The Platinum Video people must think it's OK to put their name and a logo in the bottom right of the screen. I DON'T !!!

I hate it on broadcast & cable TV and I wouldn't have bought this if I'd known about the logo.

Platinum Video in on my "no buy list" because of that logo policy.

16 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Long Live The Cartwrights, November 15, 2007

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J. Mason "The Nintendo King" (New Mexico) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Bonanza 8-DVD Pack (DVD)

I bought this 8-DVD set a couple years back from Best Buy and I really love it! The picture quality is great! The only thing's I didn't like were the unoriginal theme music and the logo on screen [as the last reviewer mentioned]. I noticed that other Bonanza DVD's that I've purchased [mainly 1 dollar DVD's] by 'Digiview productions' also have unoriginal theme music in them! I can't figure out why? Even a Dan Hernandez "1 dollar" Sport Fishing DVD that I purchased by Digiview Productions has the same exact unoriginal theme music as one of their Bonanza DVD's! Stupid!!!! But as far as this particular box-set goes...If you don't mind it not having the famous Bonanza theme song and the logo on the screen the whole time you're watching it, then I highly recommend this set for you!

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars bonanza, February 5, 2010

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Raymond Martucci "raymond" (long island) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Bonanza 8-DVD Pack (DVD)

These videos could have been made better. Th e videos are not as clear and the music isn't what i
I remember.