Bonanza:
The Official Seventh Season - Volumes 1 + 2
(1965 - 1966/CBS DVD Sets)
Picture:
B Sound: B Extras: B Episodes: B
Stampeding
onto DVD in two separate volumes is Bonanza!
This Seventh
Season
of the beloved show has thirty three episodes and continue the Golden
Years with Ben, Hoss, and Joe. Each episode on these sets are
digitally restored from the original 35mm film elements with the
original music and loaded with cool extras that any fan would adore!
This season aired between 1965 and 1966. Total episodes are 31
spanning both volumes.
For
those unfamiliar with the show it is set around the Ponderosa Ranch
near Virginia City, Nevada and chronicles the weekly adventures of
the Cartwright family, consisting of Ben Cartwright (Lorne Greene)
and his three sons (each by a different wife), Adam (Pernell
Roberts), Eric "Hoss" (Dan Blocker), and Joseph (Michael
Landon).
Here
are the fifteen episodes contained in the first volume of DVDs:
1
- The Debt
2
- The Dilemma
3
- The Brass Box
4
- The Other Son
5
- The Lonely Runner
6
- Devil on Her Shoulder
7
- Found Child
8
- The Meredith Smith
9
- Mighty Is the Word
10
- The Strange One
11
- The Reluctant Rebel
12
- Five Sundowns to Sunup
13
- A Natural Wizard
14
- All Ye His Saints
15
- The Dublin Lad
Volume
Two features:
16
- Bank Run
17
- The Fugitive
18
- Vengeance
19
- The Tax Collector
20
- The Rescue
21
- The Dark Gate
22
- The Duke
23
- Cutthroat Junction
24
- The Gift
25
- The Rival
26
- The Infernal Machine
27
- The Thunderhead Swindle
28
- The Secret
29
- The Dream Riders
30
- Elizabeth, My Love
31-
Sam Hill
Sound
and picture on the discs are top notch for the DVD format and are
presented in standard definition with a 4:3 aspect ratio in Full
Frame (1.33:1). Audio on the disc is in lossy Dolby Digital 2.0
English Mono to match the original recordings and have been improved
for this released thanks to CBS having those preserved elements.
There are also subtitles on the discs in English SDH.
Extras
include:
Ride
The Wind (1966) - rare feature film version and trailer
Impact
'66 featurette with Lorne Greene - PSA with Dan Blocker
Audio
Commentary: actor Clint Howard and his father Rance (who also
appeared in the episode as one of the search party) comment on All
Ye His Saints,
each remembering a warm, friendly set and exciting times filming both
on location at Lake Tahoe and at the Paramount lot. On Volume
Two,
there's a commentary with Andrew J. Klyde on Ride
The Wind: Part Two.
Photo
Galleries: twelve of the fifteen episodes offer photo galleries
(usually just a couple of black and white pictures featuring the
guest star though The
Other Son
has 31 stills in black and white and color) and another gallery which
was used to publicize the series with its three remaining regulars.
Original
Network Logo, Bumpers, and Sponsor Promo: eight of the fifteen
episodes offer the option to view the show with the half and 3/4 hour
bumpers and a Chevrolet promo featuring one of the cast at the
conclusion. All of the episodes feature the legendary NBC Peacock In
Living Color logo.
Michael
Dante Interview: in a 2011 interview the actor recalls guest starring
on The
Brass Box
and reveals he was among those originally considered to play Adam
since he and all the other stars were all with the William Morris
Agency. He recalls working with and being friends with the stars,
working with guest star Ramon Navarro, and some other memories of his
subsequent career.
Dan
Blocker Interview: Interviewed in 1965 by fellow Texan Richard Pryor,
Blocker briefly mentions the loss of Pernell Roberts from the series
and offers some views on his character and also on his emerging
interest in speaking out for liberal causes.
And
MORE!
This
is a must for any Western fan! Recommended.
-
James Harland Lockhart V
https://www.facebook.com/jamesharlandlockhartv
