Product Details

• Actors: Olympia Dukakis, Donald Moffat, Chloe Webb, Laura Linney, Marcus D'Amico
• Directors: Alastair Reid
• Writers: Armistead Maupin, Richard Kramer
• Producers: Alan Poul, Antony Root, Armistead Maupin, Matthew Loze, Peter Ansorge
• Format: Color, Collector's Edition, DVD, NTSC
• Language: English (Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo)
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 3
• Rated: Unrated
• Studio: Acorn Media
• DVD Release Date: February 25, 2003
• Run Time: 300 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (76 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B00006BT1A
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #93,984 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "Tales of the City (Collector's Edition)" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

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199 of 200 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Would have been perfect, but..., January 12, 2004

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S. Antonio Arch (Toronto & Grand Cayman) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Tales of the City (Collector's Edition) (DVD)

To begin, I give Tales of the City itself five stars. I would give it ten if I could. I get sentimental every time I catch it on TV, loved it on PBS ten years ago and just as much now.

My problem is with this DVD Collector's edition. It states very clearly on the box that this is the original, unrated, unedited version. Which is why I buy it, take it home and wait for one of my favourite scenes. Finally Brian picks up Connie Bradshaw at the Laundromat and I'm waiting for that wonderful post-coital confrontation. And I realise that the dialogue has been DUBBED OVER. Over the course of the next three hundred minutes I agonise over the several other scenes that have been cleaned up.

This boxed set is beautiful. It has some wonderful extras including rehearsals and commentaries, but the dialogue has been tampered with and yes it does absolutely detract from the story

277 of 282 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars BEWARE: THIS VERSION IS EDITED, June 11, 2003

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hewasacloud "hewasacloud" (Gloucester, MA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Tales of the City (Collector's Edition) (DVD)

I've been waiting for "Tales of the City" to come out on DVD for years.
The first intallment of this series is excellent ****** The actors give such fun, humane and real performances. The entire production is a true gem. However, though the DVD box claims it is the unedited version,
all of the "curse" words are over-dubbed with "clean" words. Unfortunately, this really alters the dialogue is certain scenes.
Being such a fan of the series, I sadly returned my copy, and will

continue to watch it on VHS, unless they put out a truly "unedited" DVD.

33 of 36 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars The DVD issue is a rip-off., April 30, 2006

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KellyL - See all my reviews

This review is from: Tales of the City (Collector's Edition) (DVD)

Ah, if only I had read these reviews BEFORE spending my money. I concur with the complaints here: the quality of the transfer is horrid, and the dialogue has been dubbed. The box states that this is the "Complete 6-episode unedited version." False advertising.