Dallas - The Complete Sixth Season

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Dallas: The Complete Sixth Season begins with a bang: Miss Ellie (Barbara Bel Geddes), Bobby (Patrick Ewing) and Lucy (Charlene Tilton) vote to remove J.R. Ewing (Larry Hagman) as president of Ewing oil. Big stuff, but J.R. soon lands a job running competitor Harwood Oil. Meanwhile, in this classic primetime soap, J.R. and brother Bobby find themselves on opposite ends of a titanic clash set in motion by patriarch Jock Ewing's will once the latter is declared legally dead. And now that he is officially deceased, Jock's widow, Miss Ellie, becomes interested in a social life again. This results in some discomfort for J.R., who wants his mom to be mom, despite having almost blackmailed her in the first place to release the will. Ludicrous as it all might sound, Dallas is always nothing less than absorbing, and the changes and surprises that come with the territory--the ever-shifting alliances, the come-from-behind victories, the constant scheming to tear down family and friends--are fascinating.

In Dallas: The Compete Fifth Season, J.R. won back his estranged wife, Sue Ellen (Linda Gray). Yet she seems to be having second thoughts about life as a Ewing, prompting J.R. to take another crack at convincing her to stay with him--while doing his bidding in unscrupulous business maneuvers, of course. Sue Ellen and sister-in-law Pamela (Victoria Principal) become unexpectedly close, and even more unexpected is Pamela's request to husband Bobby that he drop the fraternal competition with J.R. to run Ewing Oil for good. Abortions, tensions, and a chance for longtime, obsessive enemy of the Ewings Cliff Barnes (Ken Kercheval), so recently comatose, to get even with his nemesis are all on the menu. As usual, watching Dallas is like witnessing a car crash and being too mesmerized to leave. --Tom Keogh

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The saga of the wealthy Ewing family continues in its sixth season - full of sibling wars, adultery, reconciliation and power struggles. Season 6 starts with ice: J.R. gets the cold shoulder when the family votes him out as president of Ewing Oil. And it ends with fire: Southfork ablaze, with four Ewings trapped by roaring flames. In between, J.R. and Bobby bare-knuckle it out in their biggest fight yet over Ewing Oil, thanks to their father's will. It seems Jock just couldn't decide who should inherit, so he split the company in half and gave his boys one year to see who could make the biggest bucks ? and win the whole shebang. Plus Bobby and Pam split up, J.R. and Sue Ellen remarry and J.R. sees Cuba's jail system from the wrong side of the bars. Add a Texas whirlwind of lying, cheating and bed hopping and, as J.R. might say, "Darlin', this here is Dallas!"

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Season 6 More Entertaining Than Season 5.......2007-07-20

One of the best seasons of Dallas. We get to see Pam and Cliff's mother die, the return of Katherine, the return of Sue Ellen the alcoholic and the season finale when South Fork burns. One of the most underestimated actresses is Audrey Landers. She does an excellent job playing Aston and proves to be a fine actress. Of course, what would Dallas be without J.R. doing his underhanded tricks. He is caught in the sack with his business partner Holly by Sue Ellen, which drives her back to the bottle and eventually into a horrible car accident. A sad note is the deteoriation of Bobby and Pam's marriage. A good note is the romance of Miss Ellie and Clayton Farlow. Highlights: Sue Ellen finding out that Dusty is not impotent and has remarried, Sue Ellen trying to go to bed with Clayton and Ray and Donna's relationship with Ray's family. This is a great season of Dallas and worthy for your dvd collection.

Bar none: one of the best seasons, if not THE best........2007-07-04

Dallas season 6(really season 5) is unbelievable.like some other seasons, the storylines and arcs in this season come fast and strong. I even liked this season more than season 3, which everyone seems to favor the most. But i think this is my favorite with the season before it maybe in 2nd place.The end of the previous season, everyone finds out Cliff Barnes attempted suicide partly because of being cheated by J.R.Miss Ellie tells him something to the effect of" You are a cold and unfeeling man,J.R, and as soon as BObby gets back( from California with pam, investigating christophers birth),I will dismantle you as president of Ewing OIL", and in this season opener, she does just that...Little does she know J.R, soon runs another oil business,Harwood Oil, via a pretty little thing named Holly Harwood, who at once becomes Jr's reluctant ally,and then rival. Holly plans her revenge,and has much to do with changing his and SueEllens life in a way that has reprecussions for the rest of the series.The previous seasons, you got glimpses that Pam and Bobbys marraige was headed for trouble.When Jocks will is read and announces the fight for Ewing oil, their marraige cannot survive the intense change in Bobby and the toll it takes.In some episodes Bobby is irritable and downright nasty!(around the time he and ray are following Walt Driscoll), and this is the first season Bobby resorts to J.R like tactics like blackmail, to get his way in the business world..also worth mentioning is the more prominent reintroduction ( she was introduced in a previous season as were many other characters)of Cliff and pams devious half sister Katherine Wentworth, and Prescilla Pointer as their mother, Rebecca respectively. Miss Ellie gets closer with Clayton....boring, and Cliff is an amazing actor,,,he really owns the scenes he is in and ended up as one of my favorite characters as the series progressed although i feel he was unlikeable in the early seasons.lastly, The Lucy/Mickey storyline just kills me.The writing and chemisty between is so soft, and feels so special, you almost forget you are watching two characters in a tv show...I dont want to give anything away, but they make him out to be the love of Lucys life, certainly much more of a connection than she ever had with Mitch.Their story arc culminates in a very important plot point ...Charlene Hilton(lucY) is another one that won me over this season, from the abortion storyline at the beginning of the season( she was really pregnant by the time they started shooting the season, which explains all the funny/clever ways they had her sitting down or standing behind something for the first few episodes), to the Mickey storyline, you could really see what a good actress she was, and her costar was very talented too.All the episodes are excellent, none are boring,like all dallas seasons, the last 4 or 5 episodes are especially juicy, and the season finale office confrontation between J.R and Pam is classic, I promise you will want to watch this season over and over.

Compelling Viewing.......2007-05-21

We love Dallas! The storylines just keep getting more intriguing. Can't wait to purchase Seventh Season. Hope they never come to an end!

Dallas Season 6.......2007-05-21

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The best season so far........2007-05-16

Up until this sixth season came along, season 3 was my favorite. The 6th season sees J.R. more vicous and cold as ever before. With Jock dead, J.R. and Bobby are at each others throats to see who will gain full control of Ewing oil. Bobby gets his hands dirty in a blackmail scam, and when J.R. attempts to take over and run another oil company with his usual form of manipulation, and double dealing, he finds himself staring down the wrong end of a gun. I enjoy Dallas for the dirty business deals, and back-stabbing, I could'nt care less for the soft, emotional, feel sorry for me, crybaby junk, so if you want to know about that, read someone elses review.

Akeelah and the Bee (Widescreen Edition)

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Akeelah and the Bee (Widescreen Edition)
Starring: Keke Palmer , Laurence Fishburne , Angela Bassett , Curtis Armstrong , and J.R. Villarreal
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There aren't enough superlatives in the dictionary to describe the excellence of Akeelah and the Bee. Superbly written and directed by Doug Atchison, this PG-rated family drama covers the same dramatic territory as the acclaimed 2002 documentary Spellbound and the 2005 drama Bee Season, but the fictional story of 11-year-old Akeelah Anderson (Keke Palmer) is, if anything, even more entertaining, inspiring, and full of hope for the potential of children everywhere. Although reluctant at first (and fearful of being labeled a "brainiac" by classmates at her under-funded middle school in South Central Los Angeles), Akeelah grows determined to win the district, regional, and ultimately the Scripps National Spelling Bee, aided by the able coaching of an English professor (Laurence Fishburne) who, like Akeelah's overworked single mother (Angela Bassett) is slowly recovering from a devastating personal loss. Structured like a conventional sports drama, Akeelah and the Bee rises above its generic trappings to become an uplifting and deeply moving study of friendship, pride, fair play, and above all, the value of self-confidence and realization that there's more to life than winning. As played by the young Palmer in an award-worthy performance, Akeelah is a winner in the best sense of the word, and so is this wonderfully positive movie. --Jeff Shannon

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An inspirational drama, Akeelah and the Bee is the story of Akeelah Anderson (Keke Palmer), a precocious eleven-year-old girl from south Los Angeles with a gift for words. Despite the objections of her mother Tanya (Angela Bassett), Akeelah enters various spelling contests, for which she is tutored by the forthright Dr. Larabee (Laurence Fishburne); her principal Mr. Welch (Curtis Armstrong) and the proud residents of her neighborhood. Akeelah's aptitude earns her an opportunity to compete for a spot in the Scripps National Spelling Bee and in turn unites her neighborhood who witness the courage and inspiration of one amazing little girl.

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Outstanding.......2007-08-21

One of the best movies of the year. Excellent acting and script. Heartfelt and humorous, also inspiring and intellectually engaging.
Totally excellent.

You go, Akeelah!.......2007-08-18

Truthfully, I was NOT expecting to like this movie. I was sure I had seen it before in the same, tired, mentor-underprivileged kid(s) genre.

Three things made me give it a chance:

1. Laurence Fishburne who is always delicious to watch and can give a quiet dignity to any scene in any movie.

2. Angela Bassett who in her ever present gorgeousness and grace must have descended from a line of ancient royalty.

3. I am one of those nerds who actually watch the Spelling Bee on ESPN.

I am glad I watched it. My eyes stayed moist almost throughout the entire movie but my heart glowed. Keke Palmer does an awesome job as Akeelah blossoming from an uncertain progidy into becoming 'powerful beyond measure' and every nuance, change and unfurling is expertly captured on camera and that was my undoing: this subtle and powerful transformation.

Palmer holds her own amidst the screen legends and it was fascinating for me to see how both Fishburne and Basset somehow tone done their huge screen charisma on this small movie. It proved to me that these two are in a great class of actors, as yet undefined.

The DVD has pretty good extras and I do like how everything is spelt and pronunciations given. I thought is was funny, silly and slightly quirky.

My only hope is that Keke Palmer keeps this pace because if she does, she will one day hold Hollywood in the palm of her hand as do Fishburne and Bassett.

It's Often The "Small" Films That Pack The Most Punch!.......2007-08-07

I have come across a number of gems in "small" movies that tend to have the most impact. These are movies that seem to be overlooked at the box office by movie-goers. Perhaps there is a fear that they are too corny, sentimental, or just plain boring. However, many of these films are anything but.

Akeelah and the Bee dares Americans to face a glaring paradox: Everyone is a winner. Yes, we preach this and we try to teach this. This film actually makes this concept work. In a society that thrives (many times too much) on competition, we often forget that people have feelings. How often is it the kids who need to remind us of that fact. For example, in the Little League World Series, you often see many acts of sportsmanship.

Akeelah and the Bee is about a young African-American girl who lives in south central Los Angeles. She lives with her mother who works as nurse and struggles just to make ends meet. Akeelah discovers that she has a love for words, and spends hours looking through the dictionary to not only be able to spell the word, but also understand what the word means.

This is a hobby that she keeps to herself. She doesn't want her classmates to get wind of the fact that she just might like something academic at school. However, when her English teacher notices that Akeelah does exceptionally well on her spelling tests, the teacher immediately attempts to get Akeelah to participate in the school spelling bee. Reluctantly, she agrees.

As briliant as Akeelah is with words, she still needs a lot of work and help. Enter her "spelling coach," Dr. Larabee (played magnificently by Laurence Fishburne who was also a producer for the film). Dr. Larabee also has a love of words, but he has to encourage Akeelah to study the origins of the different words, and perhaps even more importantly, he helps to instill a confidence and a sense of self-worth in Akeelah. One of the first steps is that Larabee will not allow Akeelah to speak ghetto-talk. "You will speak intelligently," he says. It is a bit of a mystery at first as to why Larabee wants to coach Akeelah as it is apparent that there is something else going on. There is a touching reason that I will not disclose here.

Angela Bassett plays Akeelah's mother. And her performance, as in so many of her films, she does a great job. She plays a hard mother but a caring one. She is so busy with work, that it comes as a surprise to her when she finds out about Akeelah's talent.

Another surprising performance is given by Curtis Armstrong as Akeelah's principal. Armstrong has done mostly comedic roles, such as the infamous "Booger" in "Revenge of the Nerds." I was slightly apprehensive at first, but he also turns in a very credible job. He plays a very supportive school principal. After seeing this role, you might wonder why we don't have more "supportive" principals in our schools.

Of course, I can't mention performances without mentioning Laurence Fishburne. He is still one of my favorite actors. He is so brilliant at embodying the sage-like man who has an unswerving, and yet quiet wisdom. My two favorite roles of his are Morpheus from the "Matrix," and Furious Styles from "Boyz and the Hood." His performance here in this film is no less inspiring and thought-provoking.

At last, I have to talk about newcomer, Keke Palmer (Akeelah). This amazing, young actress turns in a great performance as the young spelling, whiz kid. While she plays Akeelah with a young, impressionable sweetness, she is also able to tap into the brewing teenage arrogance that is starting to come out. Akeelah has got some attitude, but Palmer is careful to not let that overshadow the softness and kindness of Akeelah.

This film may seem a bit formulaic, but I assure you, it has a surprise at the end that I would bet few people see coming. This is a film that will have you feeling good no matter how many times you've seen it. It has that kind of power that very few films are able to capture. These kinds of movies are called "gems" because very few of them seem to come along. I truly wish that there were more films like this out there. It demonstrates that movies can be so effective in inspiring and educating, but few movies are made to do this. Anyway, you can't possibly go wrong with this film which is easily watchable fo the entire family.

I'm a sucker for a good montage sequence.......2007-07-13

There are too few good family films around these days. Some of the kid's movies peddled by the major studios are okay, but they mostly try to appeal to adults by being saturated with snarky in-jokes and cultural references that only adults would get. I guess we are suppose to giggle demurely when the writers throw us a little treat right over our children's heads. They then try to appeal to kids with flatulence humor (which I'm all for by the way), by completely overpowering their senses, and, of course, the melodramatically enhanced death of a parent, which I guess is suppose to hook the young viewers by setting up some sort of repetition compulsion.

Akeela and the Spelling Bee is a breath of fresh air. It is a beautiful story that focuses on a young girl gaining confidence and a sense of mastery through working hard, using her natural gifts, and an impressive display of resilience. There are good messages in the film. Every character set up to be a villain is ultimately redeemed by Akeela's unflappable grace and inability to be seduced by thoughts of retribution. You do have the death of a parent as part of the backstory, but it is not played up in that manipulative lets-traumatize-the-children Disney style. It is there as a necessary part of explaining Akeela's character and the complexities in her bond with her coach.

And, you get montage sequences of Akeela cramming for the spelling bee. Not just one, but three. I always love that in a movie, when the music starts and you just see brief clips of the character studying in various settings. Many is the time in my own life that I gutted through exam preparation by dissociating to my own little montage sequence.

Some critics have focused on clichés in the movie. But they are not clichés to little kids who haven't spent the bulk of their time deconstructing cinema. And they aren't clichés to parents who can make a vicarious, playful connection with their kids and just take the movie at face value. In the end, your kids will love this movie and, if you let yourself get swept into it, you too will find yourself both inspired and entertained.

Family film with all the right touches, heart, soul and charm..........2007-07-09

Well, `Akeelah and the Bee' was not a film I initially jumped at the chance to see, but after the raves poured in my wife and I decided to give it a shot, and at the end of the day with credits rolling and smiles plastered on our faces we have come to the conclusion that `Akeelah and the Bee' was a genuine surprise, and a good, no great one at that. If anyone ever tells you that a film about a spelling bee must be boring or worthless has never seen this film, I can guarantee you that much. Doug Atchison beautifully captures heart and soul in this fantastic drama featuring an awards worthy performance by its young star Keke Palmer.

The film moves along briskly and is completely engrossing from start to finish and just an utter delight to watch. As much has been said for Palmer's brilliant performance should be said for the script, direction and film as a whole. Everything is top notch and effortless. The script is tight and entertaining, fresh and believable. The characters for the most part are fleshed out properly, the film itself coming off very polished and detailed just right.

Palmer plays young Akeelah Anderson, your typical young teen trying to find herself. She lives in a not so wonderful part of town and goes to a not so wonderful type of school. But Akeelah is special. She has talent and a love for learning, especially for words, a talent and love that are hard to find in the area in which she is growing up. With a little push Akeelah is persuaded to take a hold of her talent and turn it into something very good, not just for her but for her community as a whole. Palmer invests so much spunk and charm into Akeelah that the audience can't help but fall in love with her with each passing scene. As Akeelah trains and then eventually competes in the Scripps National Spelling Bee we are intertwined in her life and love every minute of it.

To me, the only downfall to `Akeelah and the Bee' is Laurence Fishburne who doesn't seem to play any character apart from Morpheous. He's way too serious, so serious that even his cracked smiles and laughs appear forced and harsh. I found him hard to watch. He comes off very actorly, very technical and overtly dramatic. Angela Bassett at times finds herself in the same boat, but she's able to pull herself out of it enough to make her character a little more real and relatable. Don't read me wrong, Fishburne is far from enough reason to skip the movie all together, but he is my one critique. Apart from his performance I adored the movie. It's a great family film with heart and it teaches valuable lessons for children and parents alike. It's a pure joy and a film that will touch just about everyone.

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We understand why J.R was shot
And now we know the rest of the story
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THIS AWESOME SHOW NEVER GOES OUT OF STYLE
Dallas- fourth season

Dallas - The Complete Fourth Season
Starring: Howard Keel , Victoria Principal , Susan Howard , Priscilla Presley , and Sheree J. Wilson
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Release Date: 2006-01-24

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Following a tumultuous third season that culminated in the shooting of likeable villain J.R. Ewing (Larry Hagman) by an unknown assailant, Dallas: The Complete Fourth Season is relatively tame by comparison. Still, it begins with no fewer than four episodes stretching out the mystery of who (from a wide field of candidates) actually shot J.R., with the victim's alcoholic wife, Sue Ellen (Linda Gray), looking like the chief suspect. Meanwhile, with J.R. out of commission and possibly paralyzed by a bullet pressing against his spine, brother Bobby (Patrick Duffy) reluctantly takes the reins of Ewing Oil at the insistence of his father, Jock (Jim Davis). Prepared to buy a refinery at a bargain price—something Jock always wanted but J.R. could never deliver—Bobby is set to take Ewing Oil to a new level of success, but finds his authority undercut by J.R., who is pulling strings from his hospital bed.

Another suspect in the shooting, Cliff Barnes (Ken Kercheval), brother of Bobby's wife, Pam (Victoria Principal), tries to jumpstart his return to Texas politics by making trouble for the Ewings in the Texas legislature. Bobby himself, burned out on the family business, tries his own hand at the state senate, a useful place to be once Jock and Ewing matriarch Miss Ellie (Barbara Bel Geddes), mired in a personal conflict that heads toward divorce, find themselves on opposite sides in a land dispute. Other story threads include a rocky marriage between granddaughter Lucy (Charlene Tilton) and a medical student (Leigh McCloskey), and extramarital distraction for lonely Pam and Sue Ellen. Perhaps the biggest scandal of the season is J.R.'s manipulation of a counterrevolution in the Southeast Asian country where Ewing Oil fields were disastrously nationalized--a crime that could come back to haunt him. --Tom Keogh

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The saga of the wealthy Ewing family continues in its fourth season - full of sibling wars, adultery, threats of divorce and doomed new marriages. In its fourth season, Miss Ellie learns shocking news about Jock that she finds unforgiveable, J.R. battles for his life and for control of Ewing Oil and the Ewing wives look elsewhere for love. Don't miss out on the season that solved the greatest cliffhanger in television history: Who Shot J.R.?

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We understand why J.R was shot.......2007-09-02

After the third season cliffhanger "WHO SHOT J.R.?"
Season four comes back with a vengance. The story line stays strong as they suck us into the Ewing Clan, 100%.
Side characters like Ray, Donna...become strong main characters.
Miss Ellie proves to be more than the little wife in this season as she battles many causes, not excluding "JOCK" and "J.R".....and we start to see the first signs of trouble for love birds "Pam & Bobby".
Looking forward to Season 5

And now we know the rest of the story.......2007-04-10

Okay, so without a doubt, the biggest moment in season four of the legendary prime time soap opera Dallas was the revelation of who really shot oil big wig JR Ewing (Larry Hagman) in television's ultimate cliffhanger at the end of the third season.

The shooter is revealed in the fourth episode of the season, and that episode ranked as one of the most watched episodes of any series in television history. I won't spoil the surprise if there are still one or two people who don't know and don't want to know who pulled the trigger, but the writers and actors and everyone did a great job of making sure that viewers were led down many paths and had many choices as to who it was that pulled the trigger.

The fourth season began immediately after JR was shot and continued through some tumultuos times for the oil-rich Ewing family. As the previous season ended, JR's brother Bobby (Patrick Duffy) and his wife Pamela (Victoria Principal) were leaving the family's ranch, Southfork, heading for a new life in California. They were tired of JR's shady dealings and packed up and left, much to the dismay of matriarch Miss Ellie (Barbara Bel Geddes).

JR's shooting brings Pamela and Bobby back to Southfork, where Bobby takes over as temporary boss at Ewing Oil. As JR recovers, he finds ways to sneak back into power, finally leading to Bobby stepping down and JR resuming his "rightful" spot at the head of the company. However, Bobby's leadership helped the company break new ground and for that, he earned his father Jock's (Jim Davis) respect. Of course running Ewing Oil quickly taxed Bobby's marriage and sent his wife towards the arms of another man. Pam, back at her former job at a department store, finds it hard to resist the urge to cheat on her husband with a magazine editor she works with.

JR and his wife Sue Ellen (Linda Gray) have more marital problems of their own, as she is a prime suspect in his shooting and eventually finds herself in the arms of a few different men, including her former college sweetheart Clint Ogden. While Sue Ellen finds herself dedicated to motherhood, she doesn't find herself dedicated to JR, as his continued relationships with other women drive her over the edge. JR's most prolific affairs in this season are with his niece Lucy's sister-in-law Afton Cooper (guest star Audrey Flanders) and with PR maven Leslie Stewart (Susan Flannery, now of The Bold and the Beautiful). As the season draws to a close, Sue Ellen is reunited with Dusty Farlow, (guest star Jared Martin) a man she fell in love with in an earlier season and was presumed dead in a helicopter crash. She makes plans to take her baby and leave JR for the Farlow's Southern Cross Ranch, with a little help from Pamela.

Miss Ellie and Jock go through a tough time when they are on opposing sides of a development deal. When it is revealed that ranch foreman Ray Krebbs (Steve Kanaly) is Jock's son from an affair he had during the war, Miss Ellie believes that her husband begins to favor Ray a little more. The Takapa development deal widens the gap between the heads of the Ewing family before Bobby, who was elected a state senator in a special election, works out a compromise that suits both. After Miss Ellie and Jock make up, they head to Paris for a second honeymoon.

Ray also reconnects with the love of his life, Donna Culver (guest star and future series regular Susan Howard). They get married, much to the dismay of Cliff Barnes (Ken Kercheval), the brother of Pamela, who is the arch-rival to the Ewing family. Cliff and Donna had been dating for a while as he ran her son's campaign.

Cliff and Pamela also track down their mother, or really, Pamela tracks her down and Cliff gets mad. Rebecca Barnes Wentworth (guest star Priscilla Pointer) moves to Dallas to try to get closer to the family she left many years earlier. Though Cliff rebuffs her attempts of reconciliation at first, he is later swayed to reconcile with his mother.

Young Lucy Ewing (Charlene Tilton) meets Mitch Cooper (guest star Leigh McCloskey) at college and the two get married, despite the fact that he is struggling to make ends meet. He resents the Ewing money and he and Lucy have many arguments over that. Lucy gets a modeling job thanks to Pamela's editor friend and that furthers the divide between the two and as the season ends, Lucy is heading back to Southfork.

The cliffhanger end to season four once again involved JR. Cliff showed up at Southfork for a meeting with Bobby, who he had been working with in the senate. He arrives and finds a body in the pool. He dives in, notices the (still unrevealed) body is dead. Looking up, he sees a broken railing and JR standing looking down over the pool.

The extra on this set was a pretty decent look into the show, a 2004 reunion entitled Return to Southfork, hosted by Larry Hagman, Patrick Duffy, Linda Gray, Victoria Principal, Ken Kercheval, Steve Kanaly and Charlene Tilton. The original stars talk about life on the set, the famous cliffhangers and more. I found this an interesting piece, as I never watched the show when it was on the air and have yet to see many of the famous scenes.

Sadly, this season marked the last appearance of Jim Davis as Jock Ewing. Though his character would continue on in the next season (on a trip to South America), the actor died before the shooting began. Davis was fantastic as the family patriarch and it is hard to imagine the series carrying on without him, though it did for another 10 years.

All in all, if you're looking for soapy drama in a true 80s fashion, you really can't go wrong with Dallas: Season Four.

dallas IV.......2007-01-18

My wife loves the Dallas series and watches them every chance she gets, from season one on. It is a good way to watch a series with fewer interruptions and on your own schedule.

THIS AWESOME SHOW NEVER GOES OUT OF STYLE.......2007-01-10

THIS SHOW WILL NEVER GO OUT OF STYLE

Dallas- fourth season.......2006-11-03

If you are a Dallas fan, then you will like this season.

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You go, Akeelah!
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Akeelah and the Bee
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Outstanding.......2007-08-21

One of the best movies of the year. Excellent acting and script. Heartfelt and humorous, also inspiring and intellectually engaging.
Totally excellent.

You go, Akeelah!.......2007-08-18

It's Often The "Small" Films That Pack The Most Punch!.......2007-08-07

I'm a sucker for a good montage sequence.......2007-07-13

Family film with all the right touches, heart, soul and charm..........2007-07-09

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DALLAS - 5TH SEASON
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dallas the fifth season
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A year of obsessions and tragedy

Dallas - The Complete Fifth Season
Starring: Howard Keel , Victoria Principal , Susan Howard , Priscilla Presley , and Sheree J. Wilson
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Release Date: 2006-08-01

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Blink while watching Dallas: The Complete Fifth Season, and one might miss some of the fastest moving nastiness ever seen on the granddaddy of primetime soaps. Hovering over everything is the tragic loss of grizzled patriarch Jock Ewing (Jim Davis, who died prior to season 5), off on business in South America but dead before he returns to Southfork Ranch and the arms of Miss Ellie (Barbara Bel Geddes). While the widow grieves for her loss, charming scoundrel J.R. (Larry Hagman) finds new lows to reach as he conspires to woo estranged wife Sue Ellen (Linda Gray) back to Southfork and blackmail younger brother Bobby (Patrick Duffy) into abandoning his shares in Ewing Oil, thus giving J.R. control. Even J.R.'s schemes mask deeper ploys: getting back Sue Ellen means getting back their toddler son, John Ross, which means adding John Ross's ten shares to J.R.'s arsenal. Sheesh.

There's also more collateral damage than ever from J.R.'s machinations, notably the complete destruction of chronic loser Cliff Barnes (Ken Kercheval), whose romantic overtures toward Sue Ellen stand in J.R.'s way. Not only does poor Cliff lose Sue Ellen's affections, he falls hook, line, and sinker for a fake deal dangled by a J.R. confederate, costing him the respect and support of his family and threatening his health. But there's also the infant son of Sue Ellen's late sister to think about: Bobby and baby-starved Pam (Victoria Principal) want to adopt him, but J.R. claims to be the father and threatens to take the boy away. (How do most of these people manage to live under the same Southfork roof?) Meanwhile, young Lucy (Charlene Tilton) deals with divorce and the emotional aftermath of being held hostage, and Jock's son Ray (Steve Kanaly) threatens his marital stability with impulsive investments in real estate. Everything comes to a head with a new eruption in the old Ewing-Barnes family feud, and an internal fight for control of the Ewing empire. Down and dirty, and completely irresistible. A nice special feature provides a tour of the real-life Southfork ranch. --Tom Keogh

Description

The saga of the wealthy Ewing family continues in its fifth season - full of sibling wars, adultery, reconciliation and power struggles. In its fifth season, the Ewing Family is struck by tragedy when Jock is presumed dead in a plane crash , J.R. schemes to gain ultimate power over the Ewing business and battles for custody of his son and ultimately tries to win Sue Ellen's love back. Bobby adopts Kristin's baby and gets caught up in a murder charge.

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DALLAS - 5TH SEASON.......2007-05-18

RECEIVED IN EXCELLENT CONDITION - VERY FAST! WILL PURCHASE FROM THIS SELLER AGAIN.

Excellent transaction.......2007-01-17

It was very good price, and fast shiping. What else could you ask for?

dallas the fifth season.......2007-01-12

I loved every eposide there was I loved the show when it was on the air I love it better now that I am older to understand it and know what is going on I love this drama I wish that show was still on the air. I look forward to ordering the complete set.Thanks sincerely jonathan carmical

NEVER WILL GO OUT STYLE.......2007-01-10

This show just gets more popular as the next generation gets the chance to see it.

A year of obsessions and tragedy.......2006-12-09

SPOILERS!

Major points of the season are as follows:

After suffering several miscarriages, Pam (Victoria Principal) is obsessed with motherhood.

Bobby (Patrick Duffy) is obsessed with finding the father of Kristen's baby.

Ray (Steve Kanaly) is obsessed in proving tht he can make it on his own without his wife Donna's (Susan Howard) money.

Cliff (Ken Kercheval) continues his obsession in destroying the Ewings.

Rebecca (Priscilla Pointer) is obsessed with proving herself a "good mother" after having abandoned her children when they were young.

In light of his impotency, Dusty (Jared Martin) is obsessed to show how much of a "man" is he.

Lucy (Charlene Tilton) is obsessed with winning her husband back, while hubby Mitch (Leigh J. McCloskey) is obsessed with making it on his own.

Lucy's photographer, Roger (Dennis Redfield), has an unhealthy obsession with her, leading him to begin stalking the model-wannabe.

Katherine (Morgan Brittany) begins her obsession with brother-in-law Bobby, which will come to a head when she mows him down in a couple of seasons.

Vaughn Leland (Dennis Patrick) returns in his obsessive quest to bring down J.R.

And J.R. (Larry Hagman) continues, after a few missteps, to run over everyone!

Also, the writers were able to stretch out the absence of "Jock" (the late Jim Davis) by having the character noticeably absent and finally "announcing" his death in a mid-season installment, thus opening the door for the fight for control of Ewing Oil.

"The Search" becomes a tribute to Davis, interspersed with clips from previous episodes that showcased the towering and much beloved actor.

Boy, did a lot happen in these twenty-two episodes!

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ol' boys of Dallas
The greatest cliffhanger ever?
Gotta watch the fourth!
Fantastic!

Dallas - The Complete Third Season
Starring: Howard Keel , Victoria Principal , Susan Howard , Priscilla Presley , and Sheree J. Wilson
Director: Michael A. Hoey , Don McDougall , and Vincent McEveety
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ASIN: B0009IW894
Release Date: 2005-08-09

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Dallas: The Complete Third Season, originally broadcast in the fall of 1979 through early 1980, surely represents one of the most raucous and tantalizing years in the life of any television series in history. Murder, banking fraud, kidnapping, adultery, alcoholism, cancer, vengeance, a miscarriage, extortion, bribery, and astounding levels of betrayal both in business and private lives are just part of the catalogue of sins that make season 3 particularly juicy. Actually, what makes the 25 episodes in this box set so much fun to watch is a viewer's gradual awareness that every crime committed, every ethical breach or personal tragedy is part of an overall design, reverberating in dozens of directions and affecting multiple relationships and numerous schemes. As enjoyable as each program is on its own terms, it's quite clear that by the 25th episode, "A House Divided," in which a major character receives a surprise-ending comeuppance, that all chickens were intended to come home to roost in the last show's very clever script.

A remarkable number of story threads found their way into season 3. Starting with a two-parter concerning the kidnapping of a newborn baby belonging to J.R. (Larry Hagman) and Sue Ellen Ewing (Linda Gray), problems just keep on sprouting like weeds. First, there's Sue Ellen's emotional deep-freeze and refusal to nurture her child as a healthy mom should, which in turn prompts the childless Pamela Ewing (Victoria Principal) to free her maternal instincts toward J.R.'s son, much to the chagrin of J.R.'s brother, Bobby (Patrick Duffy). Meanwhile, teenager Lucy (Charlene Tilton), abandoned daughter of missing Ewing son Gary (David Ackroyd), threatens to teach J.R.'s son, one day, to turn against the Ewing clan, inspiring J.R. to escalate plans to get rid of Lucy any way possible. (Gary, by the way, kicks into gear a famous Dallas spin-off by moving to Knots Landing, California.) Matriarch Miss Ellie (Barbara Bel Geddes) faces a mastectomy, making her worry that husband Jock (Jim Davis) will stop loving her, though he faces problems of his own when a skeleton found buried on Ewing property turns up near Jock's missing handgun. (Whoops.) Finally, J.R.'s almost Shakespearean manipulation of the sale of Asian oil fields to old family friends, just before those fields are nationalized, is brilliantly wicked stuff. His actions have enormous, grievous ramifications--not least of all for J.R. --Tom Keogh

Description

The series that invented the season cliffhanger and left the world guessing "Who Shot JR?", is now available in this special 5-disc collector's set. Relive the drama, intrigue and deception of TV's most watched event of the 80's, complete with all 25 season three episodes and never-before-seen special features. Dallas recounts the tale of Texas sons and daughters whose lives revolve around oil, family and power. And Larry Hagman portrays petroleum magnate J.R. Ewing, whose pursuit of, in no particular order, money and clout knows no limits.

DVD Features:
Audio Commentary
Documentary

Customer Reviews:

Wonderful Show.......2007-08-09

Dallas night in our house has become a weekly "date" for my husband and I. We were too young to remember the series the first time around, so this volume is terrific. The episodes are so creative and enticing - it doesn't really compare to anything on T.V. today.

ol' boys of Dallas.......2007-05-09

watching this dvd set was great. I had forgotten how much went on in the lives of the Ewings. It was a regular night time soap opera of it's time. It was great fun to watch.

The greatest cliffhanger ever?.......2006-07-25

Season Three of the long-running primetime soap opera Dallas featured quite possibly one of the busiest television seasons ever and featured what is called the greatest cliffhanger in television history in the final episode.

Of course throughout its run, Dallas was known for having great cliffhangers, but in season three, the writers and producers really hit the nail on the head. To someone who was watching the show in 1980, the final scene of the final episode of season three probably came as quite a shock. I knew what was going to happen and I was still a little taken aback. That's what great television is all about.

And season three completely plays up to that moment right from the start. With all the lying and cheating and backstabbing that take place, the writers are building viewers up so that when the big moment happens, it seems justified, yet at the same time, still comes as a shock.

The shooting of Ewing Oil president JR Ewing (Larry Hagman) created quite a buzz in the television world and when it was revealed who shot him near the beginning of season four, that episode ranked as one of the top-rated television shows of all time. But surely just about everybody would say that JR deserved the bullets.

In the age of the Internet and all other forms of information, even though I have never seen an episode of Dallas beyond the first three seasons on DVD, I know who shot JR, but I still will buy season four and get the inside track on just what he or she was thinking when pulling the trigger.

Season three certainly ran the gamut of emotions, with no time to stop and catch your breath. It began with the two part story about the kidnapping of JR and Sue Ellen's (Linda Gray) baby, John Ross Ewing III. With suspects aplenty, the Ewing Oil magnate's first thought turns to his brother in law, Cliff Barnes (Ken Kercheval) who may or may not be the baby's father.

When the youngster is finally returned to the family, Sue Ellen becomes cold and detached from the child, while Pamela Barnes Ewing (Victoria Principal) grows attached to the child after losing a baby of her own in a horseback riding accident. Sue Ellen continues to grow detached from John Ross and an affair with Dusty Farlow, who's family would come to play a huge part in future seasons, and trips to see a psychiatrist just estrange her more. As the season ends, the entire Ewing family is concerned about Sue Ellen's drinking and JR is ready to commit her to the sanitarium, much like he did in season two.

Bobby (Patrick Duffy) and Pamela Ewing have an up and down season, as they lose a baby and also have to deal with the fallout between her brother Cliff and the Ewing family. After Pamela loses the baby, she grows very attached to John Ross, which upsets Bobby as he wants to have a baby of his own. But unbeknownst to him, Pamela is scared that a disease she may carry could affect her child. She goes on a search for her mother when it is revealed that her father Digger is not really her father. As the season winds down, Bobby and Pamela are leaving Southfork after another of JR's schemes pushes Bobby over the edge.

Ewing matriarch Miss Ellie Ewing (Barbara Bel Geddes) faces a battle with breast cancer, which forces her to get a masectomy. She keeps everything to herself as she is afraid that the change in her life will stop her husband Jock (Jim Davis) from loving her. Jock also faces a tough fight from Miss Ellie when it is revealed that he was married before he met her and divorced his wife when she developed mental problems. Jock, JR, Bobby and ranch foreman Ray Krebbs (Steve Kanaly) go on a hunting trip that finds them being shot at and JR and Jock's lives at stake thanks to Jock's business tactics many years earlier when he still ran Ewing Oil.

Young Lucy Ewing (Charlene Tilton) is enrolled at college and starts dating a lawyer named Alan Beam (guest star Randolph Powell) who JR is using to set up Cliff Barnes. Lucy dates the young man mainly because she thinks JR hates him, but secretly, he and JR are working together to get Cliff out of the Office of Land Management. They become engaged as JR hatches a plot to get Lucy out of Dallas for good, but his plan backfires when Jock gets Alan a job in Dallas. Lucy also gets to spend time with her parents, Gary (Ted Shackleford) and Valene (Joan Van Ark) who also spin off into their own prime time soap opera Knot's Landing, during this season.

And of course JR. His biggest storyline of the season is his mortgaging of Southfork to finance oil wells in Asia, wells which strike it rich and become a boon for Ewing Oil. But nationalization of the Asian wells sends JR scrambling to sell off most of his shares to his "Business partners," who in turn are dealt a staggering loss, giving any of them a motive to shoot him in the finale. He also has an affair with his wife's sister Kristin (guest star Mary Crosby), who plots with Alan Beam for revenge, giving both of them, as well as Sue Ellen, who he is planning on sending to a sanitarium, a motive to shoot him. It seems JR had a lot of enemies. No wonder the ratings were so high for the who done it show.

As for extras, this set has a couple of good commentaries with Linda Gray and Patrick Duffy, including on the "A House Divided" episode, the final cliffhanger at the end of the season. There is also a featurette on the show and its popularity, particularly in dealing with the cliffhanger of JR being shot.

All told, this was a great follow-up to a solid releas of the first two seasons. I never watched this show on television, mainly because I was too young, but I am thoroughly enjoying the episodes on DVD.

Gotta watch the fourth!.......2006-06-13

This show just keeps getting better and better with each season. this season dealt mostly with Sue Ellen, JR, and their baby(or more importantly who the baby's real father was). other episodes include Jock being accused of murder. Miss Ellie finding out she may need a masectomy, Sue Ellen trying to decide between staying at Southfork with JR and going with her new love Dusty, Sue Ellen's trampy sister Kristen coming to Southfork and screwing with people in more ways then one, and of course J.R. trying to put Sue Ellen back in the sanitarium. has some great one liners also. my favorite had to be Sue Ellen talking to J.R. saying "which [...] are you gonna be with tonight." which J.R. replies back "anybody's better then the [...] I'm looking at right now!"
cant wait to watch season 4 and season 5 will be out soon!!!

Fantastic!.......2006-05-31

I just LOVE the show, and owning the DVD's is WONDERFUL!

Additionally, the book "Dallas: The Complete Story of the World's Favorite Prime-time Soap" by Barbara A. Curran is fun to own along with the DVD's. You can see what was going on behind the scenes in each of the episodes and glean amazing facts about the cast and characters.

At least go for the DVD's. They are fun to watch.

Dallas - The Complete First and Second Seasons

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have a soapy good time
Not what it appears to be
Who wants to remember this garbage......
A very slow start...
I loved it!

Dallas - The Complete First and Second Seasons
Starring: Howard Keel , Victoria Principal , Susan Howard , Priscilla Presley , and Sheree J. Wilson
Director: Don McDougall , Alex March , and Linda Day
Manufacturer: Warner Home Video
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ASIN: B00028G7LG
Release Date: 2004-08-24

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Dallas: The Complete First and Second Seasons is an American equivalent to those British miniseries about historical chapters in that country's royal monarchy. Full of family in-fighting, political intrigue crossed with personal triumph or disappointment, and plenty of sensational infidelities and betrayals, Dallas is a captivating story of a wealthy oil family's power and travails. It is also uniquely fun and daringly absurd, albeit with a straight face; this hugely successful, primetime soap opera began in the late 1970s and ran 14 seasons in all, built on a handful of primary relationships that stretch credulity but never descend into self-parody.

Not unexpectedly, Dallas begins with a Romeo and Juliet tale that instantly exposes an old feud between two families and strips the civilized veneer from several major characters. Bobby Ewing (Patrick Duffy), youngest of three sons of independent oilman Jock Ewing (Jim Davis), arrives at the Ewing clan's Southfork ranch just outside Dallas, Texas, with a new wife, Pam Barnes Ewing (Victoria Principal). Pam is the daughter of Digger Barnes (David Wayne), an old business rival of Jock's and one-time suitor of the Ewing matriarch, Eleanor (or "Miss Ellie," played by Barbara Bel Geddes). Pam's also the sister of a state senator, Cliff Barnes (Ken Kercheval), whose vendetta against the Ewings is played out in the legislature, imposing costly regulations on their business and holding committee investigations into questionable practices of company president J.R. Ewing (Larry Hagman). Pam's status as the newest Ewing causes an uproar in the family (besides being a Barnes, she also dated the Ewings' genial but lonely foreman, Ray Krebbs, played by Steve Kanaly) and prompts Dallas' charming villain, J.R., to make many Iago-like attempts, over the first two seasons, to drive her from Bobby's arms. Pam has a different set of problems with the other, jealous Ewing women, including J.R.'s possibly barren and alcoholic wife, Sue Ellen (Linda Gray), and teenage Lucy (Charlene Tilton), daughter of exiled Ewing son Gary (Ted Shackleford). With new and old resentments flying and everyone deeply suspicious of everyone else's motives (even the ailing Jock doesn't trust J.R.), there's plenty of drama to chew on. Still, storylines are often larger than the sum of these parts, with lots of kidnappings, marital affairs, plane crashes, and shootings ratcheting up suspense. Dallas is pure pleasure, a little guilty, perhaps, but not a sin. --Tom Keogh

Description

Power, wealth, sex, glorious extravagance. One place has them all - Dallas. This 5-disc set includes all 29 of the hugely entertaining show's First- and Second-Season Episodes, including a cast reunion special. Patrick Duffy, Victoria Principal and more play Texas sons and daughters whose lives revolve around oil, family and power. And Larry Hagman portrays petroleum magnate J.R. Ewing, whose pursuit of, in no particular order, money and clout knows no limits.

DVD Features:
Audio Commentary:Commentary featuring Larry Hagman, Charlene Tilton, and creator David Jacobs
Featurette:Soaptalk Dallas Reunion, SOAPnet special featuring Larry Hagman, Patrick Duffy, Linda Gray, and Charlene Tilton

Customer Reviews:

have a soapy good time.......2007-09-08

"Dallas" is the standard of night-time soaps. For more than 10 years America watched J.R, Sue Ellen and all the rest of the Ewings on this enticing drama because it was so fascinating. Here's your chance to see how it all began with the Season One and Two set!

Not what it appears to be.......2007-07-03

THe first season isn't really the first season of Dallas in this box set. I'm a true Dallas fan. The first few episodes was actually the mini-series version, then the block of the first Season. So Season Two isn't included in this set at all! I was disappointed and wanted everyone else to know that if you're thinking about buying this set, please be aware that it doesn't include Season Two.

Who wants to remember this garbage.............2007-05-09

This was one of the worst Tv shows ever. We had to put up with almost a decade of back stabs, booze, a murder climax, the infamous shower season opening, and the list goes on. You must be a fat guy who is unemployed to watch this.

A very slow start..........2007-04-06

DALLAS was one of my all-time favorite TV shows. However, I didn't start watching it until 1980, around the time the entire world was in the grips of "Who shot J.R.?" fever. Now, for the first time, I went back in time to the very beginning, when it first premiered as a 5-part mini-series in April 1978 and was picked up again the following Fall.

This was a show that definately took some time to get jump-started into the nasty, continuous nightime soap opera that fans came to know and love. In fact, not until the last two episodes on the 5th disc ("John Ewing III"), does the series have any real juice to it. Nearly every episodes plays out like a three-act play, with a convenient and almost "happily-ever-after" resolution at the end. Some of the acting by supporting players can be pretty bad, too - particularly in some episodes (3 of them) that involve members of the Ewing family being taken hostage.

Boring as much of this collection may be, it is inevitably, necessary to watch to know the origin of the Ewing family and it's empire. By the time you get into the third season, though, you definately become hooked.

I loved it!.......2007-03-22

I loved Dallas the first and second series! I haved always loved Dallas from the first time that I saw it many years ago and I fell in love with it all over again. I especially liked the characters Jock and Miss Ellie. I will watch it over and over again it is one of my favorite tv shows of all time!

How to Eat Fried Worms (New Line Platinum Series)

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For Children As Well As Children At Heart
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Amusing for Kids
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How to Eat Fried Worms (New Line Platinum Series)
Starring: Luke Benward , Hallie Kate Eisenberg , Adam Hicks , Austin Rogers , and Alexander Gould
Director: Bob Dolman
Manufacturer: New Line Home Video
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