Product Details

• Actors: Richard Basehart
• Directors: László Benedek, Alex March, Abner Biberman, James B. Clark, John Brahm
• Format: Black & White, Closed-captioned, Color, Dubbed, DVD, Full Screen, Subtitled, NTSC
• Language: English (Dolby Digital 1.0), English (Dolby Digital 2.0), Spanish (Dolby Digital 1.0)
• Subtitles: English, Spanish
• 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: 20th Century Fox
• DVD Release Date: February 21, 2006
• Run Time: 818 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (82 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B000BZISS0
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #18,426 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea: Season One, Vol. 1" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

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129 of 131 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Bon Voyage Seaview!, November 21, 2005

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H. N. Dohe (My Sanctum Sanctorium) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea: Season One, Vol. 1 (DVD)

This was my favorite TV series in the 1960s. While sometimes derided by serious Sci-Fi fans, Voyage was very successful in its day, and actually lasted a season longer than Star Trek. The casting of Richard Basehart was a real coup, and David Hedison, who turned down the Captain Crane role in the VTTBOTS movie, came aboard in the TV show. Featuring special effects that still hold up today, VTTBOTS originally started out as serious sci-fi, whose first season episodes still stand tall with the best of TV sci-fi. The second season brought color episodes, a re-designed Seaview, and a new invention, the Flying Sub, to help expand the action. As often happened with Irwin Allen's shows, writing became spotty as time went on. Solid sci-fi stories were often sandwiched between "monster of the week" shows. Even the cast was surprised when the show was picked up for a fourth season. From what I've read, Basehart was anxious to get out of the grind of a TV series, and frankly back into what he considered serious acting. So one will notice an episode or two where he's absent, or obviously being doubled (the episode with the giant sea spider and the hyper fast submarine was one where he was doubled, and he literally duped his lines). There's also another episode where Basehart's son John had a guest part (playing a crewman named "Johnson". Get it? John? Basehart's son?).

I had the pleasure of meeting David Hedison at a convention a few years back. He recounted many fine stories about Voyage, including his relationship with Basehart, working with Irwin Allen, and his years as Captain of the Seaview.

I have waited a long time for this to come out on DVD. I am glad to see it is finally going to hit the DVD shelves!

33 of 35 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars WHY CAN'T THEY RELEASE THE WHOLE SEASON ON DVD??????, February 8, 2006

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Philly (Philadelphia, PA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea: Season One, Vol. 1 (DVD)

Is it all companies or just Irwin Allen TV shows???? This seems to be the newest plot in rapidly separating the consumers from their money. Manufacturers take years releasing the public's favorite shows on DVD and, when they do, they only release half seasons. They're releasing only 15 of the 32 episodes of Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea's First Season. I'm sure Vol.2 will be out in 3 to 6 months, but it will probably mean 8 box sets to cover the entire 4 season run of this show. They released Lost in Space in 5 box sets for the 3 seasons it was on and they're even splitting up the Time Tunnel episodes in 2 sets and it was only on for one season! You know we're waiting for these shows and, as a result, you bleed as much money out of us as you can. GIVE THE PUBLIC A BREAK!!!!!!!!!!!!!

30 of 32 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Skipping problem remains unaddressed, June 9, 2006

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Dance Day and Night (Montreal, Quebec Canada) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea: Season One, Vol. 1 (DVD)

A number of previous reviewers have reported skipping and freezing problems with this set of DVDs, some reporting mailing back their DVDs repeatedly in the hope of obtaining a set which wasn't defective. A previous reviewer recommended that potential buyers contact Fox home entertainment and plead with them to fix the DVDs to correct this problem, so I did. Their phone number is 1 877 369-7867, by the way. So much for pleading; after some discussion, I finally convinced the telephone attendant to inquire about problems with these DVDs. After less than a minute on hold, she came back on and reported that they have no record of any problems existing with these disks and no record of any returns. All that she could assure me of is that if I purchased a defective set, I could return them. Conclusion: Not only does the skipping problem remain unaddressed but no one is even paying attention. Sometimes the only power that the consumer has is to NOT purchase a shoddy product. I'll wait a few years - maybe they'll get it right on whatever format will follow DVD. You can always try calling them also. If the response I got is any indication, you're probably wasting your time, however.