World Famous Comics: Hawaii Five-O - The Fourth Season
Hawaii Five-O - The Fourth Season
Directed By: Robert Butler, Danny Arnold, Marvin J. Chomsky, Harry Falk, Bernard McEveety (II) Average Rating: Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1 Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated) Binding: DVD Format: Box set, Color, DVD-Video, Full Screen, Subtitled, NTSC Label: Paramount Number of Items: 6 Region Code: 1 Release Date: June 10, 2008 Running Time: 405 minutes Theatrical Release Date: September 26, 1968
Product Description: Filmed entirely on location in Hawaii the show followed Jack Lord as he played Steve McGarrett head of an elite state police unit investigating "organized crime murder assassination attempts foreign agents felonies of every type." James MacArthur played his second-in-command Danny ("Danno") Williams with local actors playing members of the Five-O team.System Requirements:Running Time: 1215 minutesFormat: DVD MOVIE Genre: TELEVISION/SERIES & SEQUELS Rating: NR UPC: 097368920743 Manufacturer No: 892074
Amazon.com: Could it be that with Hawaii Five-O’s fourth season, a third of the way into its remarkable '60s-'70s run, the show has gotten... well, cool? Actually, there are signs throughout this six-disc set of 24 digitally-remastered episodes that point to yes. Let’s not get carried away here; Five-O is still basically as square as Tiananmen and Trafalgar, and as long as Steve McGarrett (portrayed, as ever, by Jack Lord) is in charge, its groove factor will never rival that of, say, CSI: Miami, or any other glossy new millennium cop drama. Indeed, the show’s corniness and utter lack of irony remain integral to its charm. But there are a few interesting developments in this ’71-’72 season. There’s a good complement of snappy dialogue (one particularly large perp is "so big he could go bear-hunting with chopsticks"). And although the pacing can be pretty stodgy, the editing is a bit more deft; many scenes flow more naturally, and in at least one instance ("I Want Some Candy, and a Gun that Shoots," wherein a sniper is picking off cops on a coastal highway), the entire episode is more exciting than the Five-0 norm. The direction and lighting are also more stylish, while the music (not just Morton Stevens' classic theme song but the incidental sounds as well) and location scenery, two elements that have always been among the series’ strong suits, are as good as ever; in fact, the islands look so lush and inviting that one wonders why the bad guys can even get motivated to commit their dirty deeds.
But they do, of course, and McGarrett and his faithful team (James MacArthur as Danno, Kam Fong as Chin Ho, and, in what remains one of the great TV credits ever, "Zulu as Kono") are there to stop 'em. This time around they’re dealing with everything from a big money travelers check scam ("3,000 Crooked Miles to Honolulu," with Jed Clampett... er, Buddy Ebsen as a guest villain), eco-terrorism ("Is This Any Way to Run a Paradise"), political assassination ("Rest in Peace, Somebody"), and racism-rape ("Skinhead"), along with the usual murders and encounters with Red Chinese nemesis Wo Fat (Khigh Dhiegh). McGarrett is for the most part still as stiff as his hair, but Lord occasionally displays considerable passion, as when he breaks down in tears upon being informed that a nasty car accident did not leave him paralyzed (in "The 90-Second War," a two-parter). As always, bonus material is limited to brief, previous-week promos for each episode. --Sam Graham
HAWAII FIVE O the fourth season I can say that the quality of this product is very good, But for me, I'm french lady, In my country the américans DVD can't be reed by our dvd reeder. the zone is different and I Have to incode all the collection with my computer to be able to watch them in AVI film. That's a problem for me. I wait for the fifth season to by this in France.It's damadge because in France the price is more hight. excuse me for my bad english.Hawaii Five-O - The Fourth Season
Hawaii Five-0 Hits its Stride Having watched each subsequent Hawaii Five-0 DVD official release since the First Season, this set is really the first one that doesn't come off as being overwhelmingly dated. The plots and execution of most of the episodes in the set compare favorably with the best of contemporary police dramas and the characters interact with ease and familiarity. The only caveat I would offer is a technical one: The fourth episode on disk five seems to have been mastered incorrectly. When I began playing it, I noticed interlacing artifacts whenever there was movement within a frame. I thought it might have been a problem with my equipment, but the other episodes played fine. The nearest I can tell is that the episode was encoded with reversed field dominance that could be corrected by ripping the episode and re-encoding it with an application like Apple's Final Cut.
Jack Lord lives forever on these DVDs... thank you Amazon! Having multiple seasons of Hawaii 5-0 is great, especially when there are so few shows on today that I like. Good clean drama with no killing and no off color schemes. Sex and violence are an addiction in today's culture... lets go back to the 50's - 70's.
best ever So far, the best in terms of storylines, tight editing and even music, especially after the lukewarm third season. great entertainment here if you are a fan.
Best looking set yet Season 4 has a few great things going for it:
-They tackle the most diverse set of topics yet in this season, and explore darker territory without ever resorting to exploitation........in other words it's remained a decent and noble show. -one of the best set of episodes of any season regarding scripts and acting. -It's the best looking picture quality yet for this series on DVD -The actors are incredibly set in their roles and it perfectly gells in season 4 -The return of McGarrett's comic, man-of-a-thousand-faces foil, Louis Avery Filer! It's always a treat to see an episode featuring him.
This is one of the best all-around seasons of the show ever. I believe a step up from season 3 although they of course are all excellent.
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