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Falcon Crest: The Complete First Season

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Of all those great prime-time soaps from the 1980s, the one that I watched religiously was "Falcon Crest," a gripping tale of love and ambition, greed and power amidst the vineyards of California's (fictional) Tuscany Valley. Featuring a phenomenal cast including Jane Wyman, Robert Foxworth, David Selby and Susan Sullivan, not to mention smart, complex scripts and possibly TV's greatest theme music (by Bill Conti), "Falcon Crest" is a must and I hope it gets a DVD release soon!!!

Okay, Dallas and Dynasty have now been released on DVD, now it is time to release the BEST of The Prime Time Soaps on DVD, FALCON CREST! Falcon Crest really set themselves apart from the rest of the pack! The Characters were Rich in Style and Complexities and the scenery was Breathtaking! Casting Jane Wyman as Angela Channing was a major coup. Falcon Crest has such a Gothic Feel to it, I dont even think the Words Soap Opera does it justice. More Like a Machivallian Play! Please Release this on DVD!

One of the best prime time soaps, "Falcon Crest" is at the top of the "got to have it" list, of prime time soap fans everywhere, when it's finally released to dvd. Leading a stellar cast of talented actors is the undisputed Queen of cunning, scheming, and conniving, the incomparable Jane Wyman (Johnny Belinda, Pollyanna). The head of a vast California wine vineyard estate, Wyman controls her family with the same iron fist that she uses to control her business. The cast includes Robert Foxworth, Susan Sullivan, Lorenzo Lamas, and David Selby. From the beginning of this flamboyant tale of wealth and extravagance, you'll get swept up in the lives of Wyman's TV daughters, the quite and elegant Abbey and the kooky, but sweet tempered Emma. Robert Foxworth and Susan Sullivan play the new neighbors who become the thorn in Wyman's side from the beginning. "Falcon Crest" was a worthy frontrunner with TV's "Dallas," "Knots Landing," and "Dynasty," giving it's fans a weekly dose of some of the best plot lines and including new and interesting cast members. Some of that cast included handsome and debonair talents, Simon MacCorkindale and Parker Stevenson, beautiful and mesmerizing Ana Alicia and Morgan Fairchild, and a list of Hollywood film legends that no other prime time soap has come close to beating. Lana Turner, Rod Taylor, Celeste Holm, Cliff Robertson, Gina Lollobrigida, and that's just to name a few. To sum up this review, "Falcon Crest" is an essential part of television's prime time history and one of the best and eagerly anticipated tv to dvd releases mentioned for release. All we need now is a release date....

Angela Channing's final words at the end of the ninth season of Falcon Crest still ring -- and we need this wonderful series on DVD. I am waiting to buy all nine seasons. I was only a teenager when Falcon Crest was on TV, but 20 years later, I long to see it again. I enjoyed Dallas immensely, tolerated Dynasty as long as I could, but I never, ever missed Jane Wyman's Angela Channing at Falcon Crest Friday nights at 10.

Falcon Crest was easily one of the best TV soap operas ever. Cliffhangers have never been the same since. So surely its about time that Warners who I believe own the rights should think about making this available to its obvious huge fan base (and certainly judging by the rave reviews here)either by DVD release or at least downloads. They made a feeble excuse recently by saying that they didnt consider it for release because it had been made available on IN2TV which, for those of you who may not know, was ONLY available to USA. Lets campaign for its release in 2007.
WE WANT FALCON CREST ON DVD - we have waited long enough.

I think Falcon Crest was one of the best night time tv-series in the 1980's.Angela Channing, Melissa and Richard were amazing characters on the show.I hope it comes out soon on DVD like Dynasty and Dallas.

Come on Warners, bring FALCON CREST out on DVD. One of the best shows of the 1980's, with a superbly droll central performance from Jane Wyman as Angela Channing, matriarch of Californian wine country, complimented by a great cast (Susan Sullivan, David Selby, Robert Foxworth, Lorenzo Lamas, Ana Alicia, Billy Moses, Margaret Ladd), fantastic guest stars (Lana Turner, Gina Lollobrigida, Robert Stack, Cesar Romero, Kim Novak, Leslie Caron, Ursula Andress), beautiful location filming in the Napa valley and OTT storylines - plane crashes, earthquakes, fires, Nazis, gangsters.

FALCON CREST was the perfect halfway house between the rivals DALLAS and DYNASTY - more glamorous than the former yet not as camp as the latter.

Come on Warners, don't let this quality show gather dust in your vault, release the first season on DVD in 2007!!

I would happily purchase all nine seasons.

At last we were going to see the first season of Falcon Crest in its original, uncut glory. However, our hopes are now faded with the poor quality of the prints used for this DVD set. Apparently WHV didn't want the expense of digging out the original masters from their vaults, and instead used some older prints that are very dark and have color stability issues. Witness the final episode in the set, "Ultimate Answers", with the flashback scene in the final act. You can't even make out Angela and Emma sitting in the car waiting for Uncle Jason's truck to be sent over the cliff. The source material for one episode, "Heir Apparent", must have been in very bad shape or missing, as the 1986 version mastered for syndication (with the Lorimar tag at the beginning) was used, which of course is shorter in length: 45:18. All the other episodes are pushing a length of 49 minutes, which indicates they are uncut (except for the missing trailers for the next episode). It's hard to watch any of these episodes. What a shame. This set could've been so enjoyable.

What is taking so long? Is Jane Wyman balking over royalties? Is Robert Foxworth holding things up? Or, more likely, is the studio making a huge mistake and not bringing out this classic 80s soap on DVD? Falcon Crest is long overdue on DVD! Get a move on!

Okay people, let's get with the program. The first three seasons of Dallas have been released, as has the first season of Dynasty. The time is LONG overdue to release the gem of a nighttime soap that showed those two how it was done: Falcon Crest. A stellar cast, an impressive roster of guest stars, complex, intricately woven storylines, breathtaking scenery, and the best musical score in the history of primetime made FC a joy to behold on Friday nights back in the '80s. The fact that the show ran for NINE seasons should be more than enough evidence that there is a strong enough fan base to support a DVD release--and the sooner, the better!