Product Details

• Actors: Lauren Graham, Alexis Bledel, Keiko Agena, Scott Patterson, Yanic Truesdale
• Directors: Adam Nimoy, Alan Myerson, Amy Sherman, Arlene Sanford, Bethany Rooney
• Format: Color, Closed-captioned, DVD, NTSC
• Language: English (Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround)
• Subtitles: English, Spanish, French
• 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: WB Television Network, The
• DVD Release Date: May 3, 2005
• Run Time: 2853 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (26 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B0007OY2MQ
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #173,544 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "Gilmore Girls - The Complete First Three Seasons" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

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Studio: Warner Home Video Release Date: 11/14/2006

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars just loved it, May 30, 2005

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javiera ribalta "jav!" (chile) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Gilmore Girls - The Complete First Three Seasons (DVD)

gilmore girls, is the kind of show, you cry with, laugh with and believe me, once you see it you will love it.
the cool thing about this serie, is that is a good drama, with very realistic characters, that you can relate to, but it also has a great touch of humor. the dialogs are amazing! it's very fun to see how the writters, include pop culture into the story.
the characters are so sweet, even the bad guys can be loved, because a good thing in this show is that none of the characters is perfect, so we can se the good side and the bad side of the story
I reccomened 100% to buy this set of dvd, you will never regret it. gilmore girls rock!

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars "Gilmore Girls": The Chilton Years (Seasons 1-3), December 27, 2005

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Lawrance M. Bernabo (The Zenith City, Duluth, Minnesota) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Gilmore Girls - The Complete First Three Seasons (DVD)

Set in the storybook Connecticut town of Stars Hollow, the "Gilmore girls" are 32-year-old Lorelai (Lauren Graham) and 16-year-old Rory (Alexis Bledel). When Lorelai was Rory's age she became an unwed mother, to the bitter disappointment of her parents (Kelly Bishop and Edward Herrmann). But Lorelai has carved out her own life, managing an inn, and having a relationship with her daughter which is more like best friends than mother and daughter. The only problem is that Rory has her heart set on going to Harvard and being able to attend Chilton, a private school in Hartford, would be a big help. That means Lorelai has to ask her parents for financial help and the price is steep: every Friday Lorelai and Rory have to go to dinner at the Gilmore mansion.

The first season of the show is essentially about the ironic contrast between the relationship Lorelai has as the daughter of her mother and as the mother of her own daughter. On top of that Rory has to make her way at Chilton, where she has to contend with the formidable Paris Gellar and gets to deal with the throes of first love with Dean Forester. Meanwhile, Lorelai is making a connection with one of Rory's teachers, Max Medina. Yes, Lorelai and Luke (Scott Patterson) are the last too people in town to know they are meant for each other, but they will have to catch on eventually. "Love, Daisies and Troubadours" is still my favorite all-time episode because of Rory's speech, her calling Dean an idiot, and the 1000 yellow daises.

The second season of "Gilmore Girls" is when a lot of things did not happen to Lorelai Gilmore. It started with Lorelai not marrying Max and ended with her not marrying Christopher, but Sookie got married so at least there was some progress in that area, although the duo's plan to open an inn together hits a major roadblock. As for Rory, her junior year at Chilton has its ups and downs. and not just because of Paris. The ups would be the road trip to Harvard and making her society debut, while the downside would be the rift between her and her grandfather because of Dean and the problems with Dean because of Jess. The common denominator is to make sure that none of the Gilmore women are happy, which means Rory is mad at Lorelai for blaming Jess for the accident, Lorelai is mad at Emily for arranging their going to a spa together, and Emily is mad at Richard for quitting his job without consulting here.

For me some of the most memorable moments from season two are when Emily orders Richard to make up with Rory because if their granddaughter ever gets married she to know about it and the look on the faces of her parents with Lorelai gets her business school diploma. But then a good rule of thumb is anytime we see a chink in Emily's armor it is a moment that will be hard to forget. The two emotional highpoints of the second season are in "Teach Me Tonight" when a totally distraught Lorelai goes after Luke because of the car accident where Rory gets hurt, and in "Lorelai's Graduation Day," when Rory misses the big event and offers the most high speed combined heartfelt apology and verbal self-flagellation in television history.

The third season of "Gilmore Girls" offers a lot of ups and down for Lorelai and Rory. I though Rory's choice to ditch Dean for Jess was the lost of the innocence that made the character so endearing in the first place, but if Rory could dump Dean I knew Jess could never go the distance and I could take heart in that fact. Ultimately, what defines this third season for Lorelai and Rory are not the men (or boys) in their lives but rather the realization of their dreams. For Lorelai this means opening up her own inn with Sookie, which gets put on the front burner when a fire damages the Independence Inn and when buying the Dragonfly Inn proves to be a problem. When Lorelai insists on spending the money she got from her father on her daughter's education at Yale it is Rory who has to cut her own deal with Richard and Emily so that her mother can get her dream too.

Rory getting into the college of her dreams is the real defining element of the season, which starts to turn into a nightmare when Rory's application for Harvard has to be put together. Two of Rory's best moments in this season are when she tells Richard he did the right thing the wrong way when he got her an interview to Yale and when she apologizes to Dean. The best part of Rory and Jess was Lorelai giving Luke lessons on what it means to be a parent of a teenager in love. Other big moments are the dance marathon, the poignant flashback's to the pregnant young Lorelai, and Emily standing up to Trix. For me the funniest moment of the entire season is in "I Solemnly Swear" when Emily reads the transcript of Lorelai's deposition. Yes, I cried when Rory talked about her mom in her graduation speech, but the sweetest moment of the season was when they came up with the great payoff for the running gag about the t-shirts Kirk was selling at the end of "A Tale of Poes and Fire."

Now we can send Rory off to college in Season 4 so that Luke and Lorelai can finally get on the same page and kiss already. These DVDs offer up extra scenes, which is certainly ample justification for fans of the show to check it out in this format, to go along with interviews and other featurettes. However, the "Guides to Gilmore-isms" in each will probably be the favorites for fans of the shows. Besides, I am preaching to the choir here, right?

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Writing, September 25, 2005

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Fancy Pants "clb" (Burbank, California USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Gilmore Girls - The Complete First Three Seasons (DVD)

Recovering from spinal surgery, with nothing to do but watch TV, I ordered the first 3 seasons of a show I'd seen once...Now I'm a Gilmore Girls fan. The writing in that show is nothing short of brilliant. The actors are fun and the stories, though at times ridiculous, are amusing and endearing. It sure made recovery go more quickly.