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The Adventures of Brisco County Jr. - The Complete Series
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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
Brand: Warner Brothers
EAN: 0012569768338
Format: Box set, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Subtitled, NTSC
Item Dimensions: 95
Label: Warner Home Video
Languages: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 StereoSpanish (Subtitled), French (Subtitled),
Manufacturer: Warner Home Video
MPN: 76833
Number Of Items: 8
Publisher: Warner Home Video
Region Code: 1
Release Date: July 18, 2006
Running Time: 1385 minutes
Studio: Warner Home Video
Theatrical Release Date: August 07, 1993
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Editorial Review:
A science fiction-Western and comedy-drama with echoes of The Wild Wild West and Raiders of the Lost Ark, The Adventures of Brisco County Jr.: The Complete Series is uniquely entertaining. Anchored by the comically heroic style of likable B-movie actor Bruce Campbell, Adventures lasted one television season in 1993-94. But it left behind a full 27 episodes (including two two-part stories) full of classic TV Western production values and a running storyline that resembles The X-Files after awhile.
Campbell plays Brisco County Jr., a bounty hunter and son of a legendary U.S. marshal (R. Lee Ermey) gunned down by the villainous John Bly (Billy Drago) and his band of misfits. The younger Brisco is hired by a consortium of businessmen to protect their interests from the likes of Bly, and while he's dedicated to that cause, Brisco is also determined to avenge his father's murder. Helping him do a little of both is a fussy attorney, Socrates Poole (Christian Clemenson); a rival bounty hunter, Lord Bowler (Julius Carry); a wacky inventor, Professor Wickwire (John Astin); and a sultry saloon singer, Dixie (Kelly Rutherford). Rockets, mysterious orbs, and superhuman strength are some of the delightfully out-of-their-element phenomena that find themselves alongside more conventional cowpoke ingredients, including a horse so smart he can chew the ropes binding Brisco's hands. For the most part, the stories stand alone. But as the season progresses, a lot of things get weirder, albeit in a good way: the truth about Bly and his connection to a golden orb everyone wants, for example, are certainly unexpected. But the show is always dazzling, often satiric ("Oy!" Dixie exclaims when Brisco outlines the steps involved in stopping a runaway wagon they're trapped within), yet heartening in an old-fashioned way. Special features include Campbell's reading of a chapter about the series in his autobiography. --Tom Keogh
The world's favorite western/sci-fi/comedy/action cult hit rides again! Here on 8 discs is the complete series about Brisco (Bruce Campbell) a tough-as-rawhide cowpoke debonair ladies' man and Harvard-educated smarty-britches who roams from Frisco to Jalisco in pursuit of outlaws who killed his father...and in search of a mysterious orb possessing out-of-this world powers. Hot lead and cool anachronisms await Brisco as he and his sidekicks - including Comet the intellectual equine who doesn't know he's a horse - fight for justice in the way way way-out West. Put your boots in your stirrups your tongue in your cheek and join the fun. Let's play cowboys and aliens.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: WESTERN/MISC. UPC: 012569768338 Manufacturer No: 76833
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating: - ``Brisco County'' - What a great show!
I missed this lengthy one-season series when it aired on Fox, and frankly I was sorry I had once I finished watching this. This was really my first opportunity to really see actor Bruce Campbell, whose hamminess is readily evident in other bodies of work such as ``Jack of All Trades'' (another one-season wonder of a show he starred in) and the more recent ``Burn Notice''. In this show, he plays the main character, a lawyer turned bounty hunter who comes west to avenge his fathers death at the hands ... Read More
Rating: - OLDIES LOVER
WOULD HIGHLY RECOMMEND THIS DVD. ARRIVED IN EXCELLENT CONDITION & I THOROUGHLY ENJOYED WATCHING BRUCE & HIS COHORTS CATCH THE BAD GUYS & SAVE THE WORLD.
Rating: - A show better than other series out at the time - deserved better success
I enjoy satire, tongue-in-cheek sendups of various genres, and this series seemed poised to do just that when it first aired. Sadly, it may have missed the mark for other viewers, but I feel that it was in the same vein as the classic "Wild, Wild West" series. Good actor rapport and ensemble acting, just plain fun to watch. I also thought the stories were well-written on the whole. I am a fan of much of Bruce Campbell's work - he has the dry quips and retorts down pat. The sci-fi, almost H.G. Wells ... Read More
Rating: - Classic Bruce Campbell
I think this series is a must-have for the Bruce Campbell fan. I wish it would have run longer. I thought it was way too expensive to buy when it first came out on DVD, though. I'm glad to see that the price has finally come down.
Rating: - The best show on television. EVER.
Quick equation for you: Western + Sci-fi overtones + Snappy, witty dialogue + "STARRING BRUCE CAMPBELL" = Best television show EVER. No wonder it was cancelled after one season.
If you're a Brisco fan, you should pick this up for the sprinkling of commentaries alone. If you're not a Brisco fan, you should pick this up so that you can become one.
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