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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
Brand: Lions Gate
EAN: 0031398157526
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, NTSC
Item Dimensions: 50
Label: Lions Gate
Languages: EnglishOriginal LanguageDolby Digital 2.0 Surround
Manufacturer: Lions Gate
MPN: D15752D
Number Of Items: 4
Publisher: Lions Gate
Region Code: 1
Release Date: August 10, 2004
Running Time: 616 minutes
Studio: Lions Gate
Theatrical Release Date: September 22, 1986
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Product Description:
On September 221986 a lovable alien named Alf crashed his spaceship into the home of unsuspecting tanner family for the next four years Alf elusively avoided houseguests chased the family cat ate everything in sight and broke anything of value but the Tanners always loved the old Alfer.System Requirements: Running Time 616 MinFormat: DVD MOVIE Genre: TELEVISION/SERIES & SEQUELS Rating: NR UPC: 031398157526 Manufacturer No: 15753
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"He's just like E.T.," says a character of the fuzzy extraterrestrial stranded on Earth in the pilot episode of ALF. But the fun of this late 1980s family sitcom is that the sardonic ALF (an acronym for Alien Life Form) is nothing like the interplanetary innocent of Steven Spielberg's classic. With his whiplash wit and huckster sensibility, ALF (real name: Gordon Shumway from the late planet Melmac, Lower East Side) enters the lives of the Tanner family as a fully formed rascal whose spacecraft crashes into their garage one night. Worried that the feds will chop ALF up for research purposes, the Tanners--father Willie (Max Wright), a cautious civil servant who doesn't like a lot of fuss at home; wife Kate (Anne Shedeen), and kids Lynn (Andrea Elson) and Brian (Benji Gregory)--reluctantly take ALF in like a shambling, profligate uncle who cracks wise despite having fallen on hard times.
There is a touch of darkness to ALF that inspires some interesting episodes. While most of season 1's episodes find the Tanners and their permanent guest struggling with compatibility, certain stories are sharper for indulging a little black comedy. "Looking for Lucky," for instance, finds Willie and Kate assuming that ALF--who is quite open about his fondness for eating cats--made a snack out of the family kitty. In "Pennsylvania 6-5000," Willie is accused of being a terrorist after ALF uses his host's ham radio to contact Air Force One. One of the best episodes, "Wild Thing" (written by David Silverman, later a co-producer on The Simpsons), is a nutty burlesque in which ALF asks the Tanners to lock him in a crate while he undergoes a 24-hour madness peculiar to Melmac-ians. After he escapes, chaos ensues in the community as cats disappear, a gorilla is freed at the zoo, and Willie--looking for ALF--prowls the streets in his pajamas. Fans of Jerry Stahl's book Permanent Midnight: A Memoir, in which the Hollywood writer describes working on ALF while supporting a severe drug habit, will be interested in his season 1 scripts, particularly the surreal "La Cucaracha," in which ALF and Willie do battle with a car-size cockroach. --Tom Keogh
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Rating:  -
Product is defective and not the "good quality" that the seller portrayed. I would not purchase from this seller again. I did take the time to send the seller an email with no response.
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UNfortunately, it' usual for this late 70/80 TV shows to be released in DVD format with a minimun of care and love by the company which own the rights. ALF - Season One is another of thoses cases. The extras (or lack of) are a joke. And the ultimate sin is to release the syndicated versions... Man, what were they thinking?!!
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I agree 100% with the many reviews here that denounce the mutilation that Lions Gate performed on the episodes. It's a
shame! But there is good news for us. Season One has just been released in Brazil by Warner in its fullness! UNCUT! And they
ship it to the US. The address of the store is:
[...].
Soon they'll be releasing the other seasons, I was told.
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I did not like how the episodes were syndicated like other reviewers have mentioned but I think the show deserves 5 stars anyway. ALF Season One is one of my favorite seasons. With episodes like "Looking Through the Windows", "Baby You Can Drive My Car", "Strangers in the Night", and "La Cucaracha" its hard not to laugh. I still enjoy watching the Old Alfer to this day. Great show!
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I purchased these DVDs for my grandchildren; but I find myself watching the stories with them and by myself. My 8 year old grandson can't stop talking about how funny Alf is; he wants to take them home. His other grandmother gave him an Alf stuffed animal that she had saved when my son-in-law was growing up. It turns out that Alf was a favorite of his also. My grandchildren, my husband, my son and I are enjoying the DVDs very much.
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