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List Price: $49.98 | | Label: Universal Studios
Salesrank: 2249
Released: March 29, 2005 |
| Our Price: $31.05 |
| Used Price: $26.99 |
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MPAA Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Media: DVD |
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Editorial Review:
Studio: Uni Dist Corp. (mca) Release Date: 03/29/2005 Run time: 1114 minutes
Description of Murder, She Wrote - The Complete First Season:
There are two audiences for this DVD compilation of the first season of the enormously popular TV series Murder, She Wrote. The first enjoys the classic pleasures of the pre-forensics "whodunit," stories in which murder was not so much a crime as a logic puzzle; the joy here lay in how skillfully a writer could misdirect you. Murder, She Wrote--in which mystery writer Jessica Fletcher constantly stumbles across dead bodies in every setting imaginable, from a San Francisco drag show to a football field--doesn't have the elegance of an Agatha Christie or Rex Stout mystery, but the show was efficient at laying out its clues and cunningly used the audience's familiarity with television itself (the relative star power of the guests, the need for a dramatic high point before every commercial break, etc.) to mislead and manipulate. And of course Angela Lansbury, as Fletcher, was an ideal television presence: Warm and friendly, but with just a hint of the fierce, steely will she revealed in The Manchurian Candidate. Lansbury drove the show through an impressive twelve seasons (for which she received twelve Emmy nominations), plus multiple TV movies after its cancellation.
The other audience for Murder, She Wrote: The Complete First Season consists of viewers for whom names like Bert Convy, Dack Rambo, and Barbara Babcock send waves of guilty pleasure down their spines. The promotional materials for this boxed set make much ado about brief appearances by stars-to-be like Andy Garcia (who appears briefly as "1st White Tough" in the pilot TV movie) and Joaquin Phoenix (who's around 10 years old and still going by the name Leaf), but every single episode is a festival of B-, C-, and Z-grade celebrities from the 1970s and '80s: Claude Akins, Tom Bosley, Jeff Conaway, David Doyle, Samantha Eggar, Lynda Day George, Morgan Brittany, Belinda Montgomery, Gabe Kaplan, and Lyle Waggoner, just to name a handful. Some of these names may be forgotten, but their faces (and scenery-chewing performances) will spark a Proustian rush of television memories. --Bret Fetzer
Murder, She Wrote - The Complete First Season Reviews:
Horrible customer service 
2009-11-20 - First off I read the reviews about the seller and started off feeling confident.However. After my purchse I was provided with no tracking numbers even a week after my purchase.My credit card was already charged and I didnt even know the status of my order.I contacted the seller on three seperate occasions and never recieved a response. I couldn't file a claim because the system wouldnt permit me. I was furios and just when I had given up on the thought of my merch arriving it came USPS. They experience wouldnt have been so bad if the seller would have responded and let me know something and not leave me hanging. The dvds arrived in perfect condition but one of the disc was scratched and skips at the most suspenseful part of the movie. I would buy again from this sell because at least I'll know what to expect.
On time, good price, exactly as described. Overall - great! 
2009-09-11 - This was purchased as a gift for my mother, who loves the TV series. The product arrived very quickly, and was very well packaged. It was exactly as described. An excellent value. Very good merchant!
Very Happy
2009-08-29 - I bought these dvds with some trepidation since there are so many bootleg sites selling crummy dvds or outright scams but I am very happy to report that this product was exactly what was described...the uncut original versions of season one. Seller was great and prompt with delivery! Would gladly deal with this seller again!
Jessica's Done It Again
2009-06-05 - This is yet another great season of Murder, She Wrote. I recommend getting this season if you want to continue your Murder, She Wrote collection.
Blast from the past! 
2009-06-02 - I'm enjoying watching the old Murder She Wrote episodes. It's a "blast from the past," seeing many well known actors in their younger days. The trendy fashions are also fun to see again. The best part is no commercials!
Enjoy!
