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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
Brand: PARAMOUNT PICTURES
EAN: 0097361227344
Format: Box set, Color, DVD-Video, NTSC
Label: Paramount
Manufacturer: Paramount
Number Of Items: 4
Publisher: Paramount
Region Code: 1
Release Date: December 18, 2007
Running Time: 693 minutes
Sales Rank: 12449
Studio: Paramount
Theatrical Release Date: September 24, 1968
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Meet Pete Linc and Julie: The Mod Squad. This trio consisted of rich long-haired Pete Cochran Lincoln Linc Hayes from the tough streets of inner city Los Angeles and beautiful flower child Julie Barnes a runaway from San Francisco. They re recruited by police captain Adam Greer (Tiger Andrews) for a covert unit that will help bridge the generation gap. Each week these three cops with love beads wrestled with criminals and their own consciences. They may have been the fuzz but they were determined to never compromise their values. They were The Mod Squad! Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: TELEVISION/SERIES & SEQUELS UPC: 097361227344 Manufacturer No: 122734
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Revisiting this groovy, groundbreaking 1968 series is anything but a bum trip! The Mod Squad was a hip makeover of the traditional cop show. The Squad was comprised of three "lonely, angry kids," one black, one white, one blonde: "Linc" Hayes (Clarence Williams III), a soul brother from Watts; privileged rebel Pete Cochran (Michael Cole), who split from his 14-room home in Beverly Hills; and runaway Julie Barnes (quintessential hippie chick Peggy Lipton), described as "a "canary with a broken wing." Their mentor is Capt. Adam Greer (the late Tige Andrews), who bucks his superiors to form the squad. "The times are changing," he argues. "They can get into places we can't," like a high school to solve a teacher's murder, an underground newspaper plagued by a bomber, and an acting class to flush out a strangler who preys on blonde actresses. The trio are perfectly matched, with Cole doing his tortured James Dean bit and Williams simply the coolest cat on TV (undercover as a high school teacher, Linc calms the unruly students by asking them how they want to learn about the Civil War: "the book version, or like it was?" Julie is all too often a damsel in distress when she's not being used as bait.
The Mod Squad bridged the generation gap. Kids dug that the Squad walked the walk and talked the talk ("Solid"), didn't carry heat, and didn't bust their own. Adults dug Capt. Greer, who played "Mr. Tough Cop," but was more like a father figure, and was anything but square. "What do I have to do to win your trust?" he thunders in the episode "The Guru," "wear beads?" He does let his guard down in the memorable episode "The Price of Terror," in which he is being stalked. The Mod Squad got further cred from a roster of veteran character actors, many cast against type in villainous roles, including J. Pat O'Malley (the voice of Colonel Hathi in Disney's The Jungle Book) in "Bad Man on Campus." It's also fun to spot future stars, such as future Oscar-winner Louis Gossett Jr. as a falsely accused Vietnam vet in "When Smitty Comes Marching Home." And that uniformed cop who gets the drop on Pete in the pilot episode? An unbilled Harrison Ford!
There is no cast commentary, but this four-disc set contains new interviews with Cole and a still ravishing Lipton that put the show in pop-culture context. A warning: If you love The Mod Squad's classic theme song: It is used ad nauseum in one of the featurettes to punch up some 1968 factoids. But that's the only bummer in this otherwise far-out release. --Donald Liebenson
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I'm so glad that they are now releasing The Mod Squad on DVD! This show was groundbreaking for television with young relatively unknown actors/actresses playing the lead roles, addressing issues of the 60's and 70's head on, and an opportunity for law enforcement to be seen in a different, positive light.
The Mod Squad is my favorite show of all time, and I watched the whole DVD set in one weekend reliving my childhood! It is an awesome DVD set, and I enjoyed the interviews and extra ... Read More
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The lingo and fashions may have changed, but the issues tackled by this show remain among us today.
(And, to my pleasant surprise, even the street talk and apparel have a coolness that just begs a comeback or reinvention.)
Like many TV shows, The Mod Squad addressed perennial issues such as the generation gap, exploitation of idealists by crooks, the moral dilemmas of young cops, family breakdown, and race relations.
Unlike other shows, however, The Mod Squad didn't ... Read More
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Gotta tell ya, I truly never thought I'd buy a half season DVD, but I'm as sold as anyone else who was mesmerized by the MOd Squad. It too was one of my favorites and ditto to all the other positive comments made thus far!!! I'm hoping the popularity will grow and that we'll be treated to the remaining seasons at a faster rate or relaease. BTW...Amazon is a great place to purchase; however, I have seen this DVD series as Sam's Club also for a lowere price. Pays to shop areound and not get hung up on the ... Read More
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The Mod Squad is a terrific series for those who can relate to the late 60's. Peggy Lipton carrys the series on pure beauty and down to Earth simple acting. Michael Cole is one cool cat. Clarence Williams III is one of the few black actors to come across the TV as a real Bro: and not cosmetic and without the gratuitous hiphop or the 'fittin in token' as most. A cool series from a cool era.... unsurpassed.
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A half a season for a full seasons price??? I loved this show but I'm drawing a line in the sand. I'm not paying this for just a half season, I don't care how much I loved it. Stubborn? yes, but I'm sick of being taken for a sap by greedy, money grubbing studios.
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