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List Price: $69.99 | | Label: Shout! Factory
Salesrank: 1396
Released: October 30, 2007 |
| Our Price: $32.49 |
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MPAA Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Media: DVD |
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Editorial Review:
Named Entertainment Weekly's best DVD of 2007, this poignant series launched the career of actress Claire Danes and served as a role model for many of the teen oriented shows on television today. Although the original series aired for less than six months (enjoying a subsequent lengthy rerun on MTV) in the mid-'90s, it has gone on to acquire legendary cache. Smart, bold and real, this series raised the bar for television shows about coming-of-age and life s transitions. Whether you ve memorized every line, or it s your very first time, My So-Called Life remains as fresh and honest today as when it premiered.
Along with nineteen episodes, the bonus features illuminate the origin, life and afterlife of this benchmark series with all-new interviews, episode commentaries and archival footage.
Bonus Features:
Featurettes with the cast and creators:
* My So-Called Life Story: The amazing story of the origins, life and afterlife of the series.
* A Conversation with Claire Danes and Winnie Holzman
* The Characters: Exploring the backstories and relationships of the characters.
* An exclusive interview with Claire Danes
* Photo gallery
* The Music: with composer Snuffy Waldren
* Deluxe book accompanies set and includes original art alongside full-color cast photos and liner notes from Winnie Holzman, Joss Whedon, Janeane Garofalo, and Michele Byers.
My So-Called Life - The Complete Series (w/ Book) Reviews:
Good series but questionable picture quality 
2009-11-20 - I used to love MSCL so I am glad to have it on DVD, however the picture quality is on the grainy side and it does not look very good on my 42 inch HDTV.
brought me back to high school! 
2009-11-17 - i loved my so-called life when it first came out and had not seen it in years. although some of the episodes are a bit cornier than i remember, i still really enjoyed watching it. it really brought me back to my days as a teen and all the big emotions that go along with that time. claire danes really steals the show as angela, and wilson cruz's character, rickie, still speaks to me as a gay man who once struggled with my identity. if you liked the show the first time around, get this box set.
Loved the Series
2009-10-27 - When this series came out back in 1994, i was just getting into high school and i have to say that what Winnie Holzman did with the writing of this series, really saved me and showed me that i was not alone. Her character's were so true to life that even today, 15 years after the show got cancelled, it still has an effect on people's lives. My mom bought this DVD series for me for my 30th birthday and i still love the show, it brings me back to when i had those thoughts that Angela felt and did those things that they did. Claire Danes' character Angela Chase, was very much me when i was in high school. I wore the flannel shirts, the combat boots and the jeans. And i even had friends like Rickie and Rayanne and had that huge crush on that unattainable guy like Jordan Catalano. The only disappointing feature in this DVD series is the fact that Jared Leto didn't come back to do any commentary or talk about his experience when he was on the show.
To this day, i wish that ABC could have at least gave MSCL a second season, because i would of liked to have seen through the eyes of Rayanne, Rickie, Sharon and Jordan more that what they showed from the first and only season.
I miss the 90's because even though i hated being a teenager, i miss what it was like to discover new things about yourself and feeling your first crush, that first puppy love that it's so strong you think you'll die, or that first really embarrassing zit or the first time you dyed your hair.
This series showed me that i have a voice and i can tell people what i really think and feel and it has made me the person i am today.
I would recommend this series to all teenagers who feel lost and think that no one understands them. Even though the clothing and the music has changed, the feelings are the things that have remained the same and to me that is the most important.
Love this show
2009-10-14 - I love this show and I like how they kept it in sequence so I didn't have to keep going back and forth between discs.
renaissanceguy
2009-10-11 - At least a decade before it's time. the writing in this series is right on and if you can't relate maybe you were in a coma or grew up in another country or something. Everytime I watch another episode I have a new favorite character. Nine so far, not to mention the awesome music you've turned me on to. Juliana Hatfield was a great touch and I've become a lifelong fan of hers. A shout out to paul dooley, he can be a judge, a dad to patty and susan lewis and I saw him as a car salesman in something else lately, and he can do these convincingly well. Great acting all around. I imagine Tino is a (slightly older) male version of Rayanne.
