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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 0043396129627
Format: Color, DVD, Full Screen, NTSC
Label: Sony Pictures
Languages: EnglishOriginal LanguagePCM Mono
Manufacturer: Sony Pictures
Number Of Items: 2
Publisher: Sony Pictures
Region Code: 99
Release Date: March 07, 2006
Running Time: 340 minutes
Studio: Sony Pictures
Theatrical Release Date: January 17, 1981
Editorial Review:
Amazon.com:
Not to be confused with the popular movies of the same name, Walking Tall - The Complete Series is a two-disc set containing seven episodes made for NBC television in 1981. Bo Svenson, who replaced Joe Don Baker as Sheriff Buford Pusser for the 1975 sequel to the original 1973 film (the 2004 remake featured Chris "the Rock" Vaughan), stars again as the no-nonsense rural lawman who uses a high-falutin' moral sensibility and a large club to keep order. Svenson is no Olivier (or Baker, for that matter), but pretty much anyone would have a tough time lifting this show above its level of mediocrity. What we have here is cornpone with a conscience, The Dukes of Hazzard with principles, tackling big issues (teen drug use in "The Killing of McNeal Country's Children," racism in "The Protectors of the People," industrial pollution in "Deadly Impact") with all the subtlety and nuance of Pusser's two-by-four, featuring villains who are beady-eyed, white trash lowlifes, mealy-mouthed corporate liars, or other stereotypes. And while Pusser freely delivers sententious pronouncements like "the law is this county's gotta stand for something other than just right or wrong" and lectures the townspeople about what's best for them and his families ("I'd think about that if I were you"), when things go too far he's only too ready to take matters into his own hands and bust a few heads, the law be damned. On the other hand, it's fun to see pre-stardom guest turns by actors like Robert Englund (Freddy Krueger from the Nightmare on Elm Street films) and Eric Stoltz, along with former NFL star Merlin Olsen, who does a decent job as a former friend-turned-bad guy in "The Hitman." Although there is plenty of violence, none of it's particularly grisly by new millennium standards, and Walking Tall's touting of traditional family values will certainly have its adherents. The DVD set incudes no bonus features. --Sam Graham
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After reading the Buford Pusser biography by W.R. Morris, the fiction of the walking tall movies started with the first film not the television series. Liberties were taken while pusser was present during the first film and because of that it opened the door for more and more fiction. How accurate was "tombstone" not very much. As far as entertainment level the WT television series is better than the sequels and is probably just behind the original w/Joe Don Baker. Bo Svenson plays the sherrif without ... Read More
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Loved thismovie now I can watch when ever I want & believe me I've watched it several times, My son has borrowed it more than once. Everything it was stated. A++++++
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The original WALKING TALL movie shocked people of the time with its violence and straight forward, no-nonsense route to justice. To a lesser degree, the sequels tried to do the same thing. In the case of this series, an attempt was made to commercialize the idea. The attempt was not all that successful.
The movie worked because of a desire to see justice and because of a frustration with the system. In that context, Sheriff Buford Pusser's violence made sense. In the TV series, however, it ... Read More
Rating:  -
These episodes/stories are all fictional.
I saw all of the Walking tall movies as a child and recently bought them all on DVD.
I don't even remember knowing of the series when it was on TV.
I bought the series on DVD hoping that it was somewhat based on true life events from the life Buford Pusser.
I was very disappointed to find out that the series had nothing to do with the true life, events of the legendary hero of a Sheriff, Buford Pusser.
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For me, Bo Svenson IS Buford Pusser. Of course Joe Don Baker played the role in the first (And many say the BEST) film.
But growing up in the late 70's and early 80's, it was Svenson's version that I saw the most. Svenson played the part on film, in Part II:Walking Tall, and Final Chapter:Walking Tall.
And in 1981, Svenson picked up the club again for this short lived TV show.
I was 12 when the show came out and I loved it. I had seen the 2nd and 1st film (in that order) and the story ... Read More
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