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Max Headroom: The Complete Series
 
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Max Headroom: The Complete Series (1987)

Matt Frewer , Amanda Pays    Unrated   DVD
4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (62 customer reviews)

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Product Details

  • Actors: Matt Frewer, Amanda Pays, Chris Young, Jeffrey Tambor, Lee Wilkof
  • Format: Box set, Color, Dolby, DVD, Full Screen, NTSC
  • Language: English
  • Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  • Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
  • Number of discs: 5
  • Rated: Unrated
  • Studio: Shout! Factory
  • DVD Release Date: August 10, 2010
  • Run Time: 660 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (62 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B00005JNU5
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #374 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
    #13 in  Movies & TV > Horror
    #21 in  Movies & TV > Science Fiction & Fantasy > Fantasy
    #22 in  Movies & TV > Television > Science Fiction & Fantasy
  • For more information about "Max Headroom: The Complete Series" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

Special Features

Live On Network 23: The Story Of Max Headroom – The creative team shares their stories

Looking Back At The Future: An intimate roundtable discussion with members of the cast

The Big-Time Blanks: Morgan Sheppard and Concetta Tomei reflect on Max Headroom

The Science Behind The Fiction – George Stone reveals the role of technology in the creation of Max Headroom

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Television networks battle one another in an unrelenting ratings war. Whoever controls the airwaves controls the dystopic world in which they broadcast. So when Network 23s star reporter, Edison Carter, uncovers a deadly secret that could shake up the dominion the station has over its viewers, the only option is to eliminate Carter before he can make his story public. After his “accident,” his mind is uploaded to create the world’s first self-aware, computer-generated TV host: Max Headroom! But will Max bow to his creators? Or will he be the key to his human alter ago bringing down a network superpower?
Able to boast his own international talk show, music videos, countless endorsements and merchandising, the puckish Max Headroom became more than just a character on television. He was a decade-defining icon, never better represented than in this sardonically witty, adventurous look at society and the place of media within it. Now all 14 uncut episodes — starring Matt Frewer (Watchmen), Amanda Pays (The Flash), Jeffrey Tambor (Arrested Development) and Morgan Sheppard (Star Trek) — are finally available together in one long-awaited DVD collection!

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34 of 34 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars a REVIEW from an OWNER of the set!, August 5, 2010
This review is from: Max Headroom: The Complete Series (DVD)
They had this at my local DVD Planet a week early so I picked it up.... I enjoyed this show on its first run, and I do like science fiction. To answer many of the speculations...it doesn't look that great. Most shows in the 70s were shot on FILM but alas the 80's brought on the video age and these shows that were shot that way suffer greatly when they come out on DVD...which seems to accentuate their soft, poor color saturation and poor contrast...which make most of them barely watchable for me. I had just watched an episode of Mannix (from the late 60's) on DVD before sticking the Max DVD in and it was like night and day..sadly.

Many have asked if "20 minutes into the future" is included...it is NOT.
the 5th DVD is a bonus disc which contains..
1) an hour making of ....featuring the behind the scenes/camera/creative folks
2) Looking back at the Future...a 35 minute "round table"discussion with a some of the cast members , Tambor, Pays,Tomei, and Chris Young...(NO Frewer)
3)The big Time Blanks...Tomei and Morgan Sheppard chatting for 12minutes
4)the science behind the fiction...one of the creators discussing the science of the show 12 minutes
5)The writers remember....11 minute interview with a couple of the writers
6)Brian Frankish discusses "producing" the show...8 minutes

I usually enjoy watching the behind the scenes on most DVD sets....these were pretty tedious and seemed inflated....of course they could not resist playing with graphics , sound and textures to try and make them appear videoish from the old 34......
but I can't imagine watching any of these features...ever again.

its curious that the star of the show was absent these 2hours of extras and even more interesting that SHOUT factory says on the back cover "members of the cast" are in the bonus content instead of listing them so that folks would assume that the star would be involved?
None of the coke commercials are included
Not using the art of noise music video
Not included: the telefilm "20 Minutes into the future"
Not included any of the other Max Headroom clips from Muppets to the interview show on Cinemax.

If you are a big fan of the show you have the 14 episodes from "Blipvirts" to "Baby Grobags" most likely as good as they ever looked.. and for those of you crying about the lack of a Blu Ray release...I'd say WHY? this is cheap video....and boy does it look it ....Blu Ray would only make it look cheaper.

All that said...I liked and still do ...some of the ideas presented and some of the characters. I do feel that SHOUT has put a pretty high price on essentially a 4 DVD set....and have deducted my stars for the lacking bonus features and for the heavyweight price...not a great value for money in my humble opinion...at $29 its a 5 star set....and the lack of more creative extra features or even the star of the shows participation understood...but at 50 bucks....I expect more.

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25 of 26 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Max Headroom & The Matrix, July 20, 2006
By John E. Clancy "Merlyn The Musician" (Highland Village, TX United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Max Headroom: The Complete Series (DVD)
My wife Kathleen & I just watched the Video Tape version for the 1st time in maybe 10-15 years, and we were really surprised at how well it holds up; really much better than I remembered, and I thought it was pretty fantastic back then. I had watched it perhaps half a dozen times in the 1980's.

The other remarkable thing is - there is so much from The Matrix that was 'borrowed' from this production - a controller surrounded by CRT's in communication with and directing the actions of Edison Carter, telling him when to pass through corridors, monitoring the bad guys (agents) - even fighting someone else for control of the "system". And then an actual 'Matrix' with Bryce's code figures in the story (only called 'The Matrix' by Max during the promo contest announcement at the end of the video.) The world outside Network 23 looks so much like the 'true world' Morpheus shows Neo - it is all here.

But Max holds up just fine on his own. Max has Blank Regg, and Edison has Theora. They do not make them like this anymore.
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90 of 105 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Ahead of Its Time, April 10, 2005
This review is from: Max Headroom: The Complete Series (DVD)
"Max Headroom" was originally a character used by Channel 4 in Britain, in 1984. Matt Frewer portayed Headroom, as he did in the ABC television programme in America.
Predicting a 500-channel smorgasboard of channels, reality television and webcams, MH was clearly ahead of its time. Let's hope we get a DVD soon, complete with clips from the original broadcasts, and even the entire made-for-tv movie by Channel 4.
Incidentally, going by Steve Roberts's novelisation, MH takes place in the year 2004.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Better than you remember!
When I was a kid, I LOVED this show. When it went off the air, I remember scouring every video store for miles looking for those pink video tapes that they were for sale - it was... Read more
Published 15 hours ago by justsomeguy

4.0 out of 5 stars Fantastic Show, Tolerable DVD Set
For anyone who remembers Max Headroom fondly, this DVD set will be a gem. Not a perfect gem, and perhaps even a bit rough; but one well worth having, despite its minor (and... Read more
Published 1 day ago by Akashishi

5.0 out of 5 stars Why Didn't They Include ... ?
* Why didn't they include the talk show/music video show?

* Why didn't they include the original Channel 4 pilot? Read more
Published 10 days ago by FlaLiz

4.0 out of 5 stars "Morals are one thing,ratings are everything"
It is 20 minutes into the future and this is the world as the series Max Headroom sees it.A medium that has often been called a "vast wasteland" is now the very thing that... Read more
Published 14 days ago by Robert Badgley

5.0 out of 5 stars Great! Been waiting for this for a long time..
Just got the dvd set in today and really happy with it (would give it six stars if I could). This is a series I've been waiting to come out on dvd for a long time. Read more
Published 17 days ago by K. Rowley

5.0 out of 5 stars Max Headroom is so... retro!
It's ironic, but Max Headroom is so... retro!

Don't get me wrong, I loved this series. It was even better than I remembered it. Read more
Published 19 days ago by Martin L. Shoemaker

1.0 out of 5 stars Where is the original pilot film?
I have waited long and hard like everyone else for this. I saved decaying Betamax tapes for years and finally found a homemade set complete online "somewhere" which was of decent... Read more
Published 19 days ago by Sean M. Mcghee

4.0 out of 5 stars It's good, but it could have been better
After a very long wait, Max Headroom is finally available on DVD. The episodes stand up to the years and are still 20 minutes ahead of their time. Read more
Published 21 days ago by Mark J Dulcey

3.0 out of 5 stars Terrible Quality, Great Show!
It's great to finally get this show on DVD, but the video looks like they digitized old SLP VHS recordings. Read more
Published 23 days ago by ShortRound

3.0 out of 5 stars Don't Expect HD from This One
My rating is for the DVD set and not the series. While the presentation case is quite nice with its lenticular graphic, the quality of the DVDs show their age. Read more
Published 23 days ago by Thursday's Child

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