Product Details

• Actors: Nicholas Guest, James Horan, Alexander Polinsky, Rino Romano, Elizabeth Daily
• Directors: Andre Clavel
• Writers: David S. Clark, Michael Kramer, Pat Allee, Paul Diamond, Tim Schlattmann
• Producers: Jeffery Scheetz
• Format: Animated, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD, Full Screen, NTSC
• Language: English (Dolby Digital 5.1)
• Region: Region 1 encoding (US and Canada only)
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• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
• Studio: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
• DVD Release Date: August 19, 2003
• Run Time: 96 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B00009ZPU2
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #113,689 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "Roughnecks - The Starship Troopers Chronicles - The Zephyr Campaign" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

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ROUGHNECKS:STARSHIP TROOPERS:ZEPHYR - DVD Movie

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53 of 55 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Ice Planet Arc -Zephyr..., June 18, 2003

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Catharsise (Washington, D.C., District of Columbia United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Roughnecks - The Starship Troopers Chronicles - The Zephyr Campaign (DVD)

The World Wide Web and some dedicated websites (to include Amazon.com) can be instrumental in obtaining a large concensus that can sway a major producer of DVDs to complete a series. Kudos to the above (and you "Roughnecks" know who you are)!

This story arc had become the lost episodes of the Starship Troopers Chronicles, and was previously referred to as the "Ice Planet" story arc. This arc will fill-in most of the loose ends (Zander's plight is explained, new bugs are introduced, etc.) and takes place between The Tesca Campaign and The Klendathu Campaign.

So now we face the Frozen Drool Campaign of anticipation.

34 of 35 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars At last, the Missing Week, September 4, 2003

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Dennette A. Harrod Jr. "-=Dennette=-" (Washington, DC USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Roughnecks - The Starship Troopers Chronicles - The Zephyr Campaign (DVD)

After almost a year of waiting, we finally have episodes 21 through 25 of this 40 episode series, bringing the total number available on DVD to 35 ... maybe we'll see the other five episodes some day. <Sigh!>

This disk does not have quite as many features as the other disks in the series (multiple languages, for example), but they did go back to the studio and enhance the music and audio effects, and the full-length commentary track provides insights into the making of the series.

Even though the target audience was adolescents, I'm in my 50s, and have been anxiously awaiting this "missing week" to complete my collection. (I pre-ordered it as soon as it was available, as I did with the other disks in the series.) As different from the movie as the movie was from the book, it is still Very Entertaining, and I really enjoy watching the reactions of people who see it for the first time. :-)

As revealed on one of the other disks, the actors recorded the scripts of two additional episodes, but they were never animated ... budget constraints near the end led to the creation of two "clip shows" to deliver the promised 40 episodes (5 episodes a week for 8 weeks.) We now have 7 of what should be 8 DVDs, and if enough fans buy them, maybe the producers will complete the unfinshed episodes and include them on a final DVD.

Cast your vote for completing the collection by buying this disk ... and if you haven't purchased any of the others yet, get this one first, because it's a well constructed, self-contained story arc that stands OK by itself, even if it is out-of-context.

17 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Buggalicious!, September 4, 2003

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Edward Lee "Trekscribbler (NCC1205)" - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Roughnecks - The Starship Troopers Chronicles - The Zephyr Campaign (DVD)

Another absolutely stunning adventure for the ROUGHNECKS, the "Zephyr Campaign" has long been referred to as the 'lost campaign,' seeing as it was skipped over in the DVD production schedule due in large part to what the producers had deemed 'questionable effectiveness' to their animation. Some of the imagery had been dubbed 'watery,' and there was thought that this campaign had a snowball's chance of seeing the light of day.

Thank goodness the kind folks decided to release it!

In the scope of the entire ROUGHNECKS series, ZEPHYR introduces some mighty fine species of new bugs for our heroes to fight, and the digital transfer is wonderfully done. The story also expands heavily upon the possible relationships between the principle characters, and the non-stop action continues from start to finish.

Please, please, please! Buy this product so that the producers will be able to justify completing the final three-episode installment to give us a fitting conclusion to one stunning series.