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List Price: $29.95 | | Label: Sony Pictures
Salesrank: 7142
Released: March 2, 2004 |
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MPAA Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Media: DVD |
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Editorial Review:
Produced by Aaron Spelling, "Starsky & Hutch" roared onto small screens in 1975 to become one of the most popular, iconic series of the decade. This was TV’s coolest buddy cop show, fueled by full-throttle car chases, offbeat humor, colorful characters and a hip vibe. Now the first season of this landmark show is available on DVD for the first time in an action-packed 5-disc set!
Description of Starsky & Hutch - The Complete First Season:
In the rough-and-tumble, wildly entertaining world of Starsky & Hutch, impatient cops--anxious to join a foot race in pursuit of a villain--throw themselves out of moving vehicles and roll to a bruising stop. Undercover detectives Dave Starsky (Paul Michael Glaser) and Ken "Hutch" Hutchinson (David Soul), hardly imbued with the powers of Spider-Man, routinely scale walls, hop from rooftop to rooftop, and fling themselves down steep hillsides to stop bad guys from doing what bad guys do.
Two years before Hill Street Blues redefined the cop genre as a mesh of overlapping storylines and workaday frustrations, Aaron Spelling's Starsky & Hutch capped a five-year run (1975-1979) portraying LA's finest as madly heroic creatures of reckless determination and physicality. The Complete First Season reminds us how startlingly brutal this primetime series could be while maintaining a delightful, often incongruous, self-deprecating humor.
From the series pilot on, partners and best pals Starsky and Hutch work a fine line between predator and prey, relentlessly pursuing suspects while also snared by crime chieftains or short-sighted superiors. In "The Fix," Hutch's secret romance with the former girlfriend of a mafia boss (Robert Loggia) results in the lawman's kidnapping and forced addiction to heroin. Similarly, in "A Coffin for Starsky," a mad chemist injects the wisecracking cop with a slow-acting but lethal poison. "Jo-Jo," written by Michael Mann, finds our guys at loggerheads with federal officers over a dumb deal the G-Men make with a serial rapist.
The 23 episodes in this set are all fun, if sometimes shocking, viewing. Expect each character to take as much abuse as he dishes out. Still, the comic sight of Starsky and Hutch (in "Death Notice") trying to conduct business amidst busy strippers is well worth the surrounding violence. --Tom Keogh
Starsky & Hutch - The Complete First Season Reviews:
Best Show Ever 
2009-07-27 - Starsky And Hutch is the best show that was ever on TV. It was well written and had good plots. Growing up in Southern California, I recognize a lot of back ground scenery in all the episodes.Too bad there was only 4 seasons.
Thank You Amazon.com for selling these priceless Dvd's. Steve from Arizona
Not Just For Nostalgia
2009-03-21 - As someone who was born years after this series ended, it's odd to me to be writting a review to praise something that, to many people, must seem simple and out-dated. In light of the drama and action of modern television, I doubt there are many fans of Starsky and Hutch under 30, but for those few of us that are out there, I'll try and put it in a modern light.
First of all, this series is great for what it is: an original buddy-cop series that came about in the seventies and was filmed with one camera, and was heavily editted for T.V. Unlike some of the more gritty series of today, there is no graphic violence or obvious sex (although the hints are certainly there), so I'd recommend it for a more casual look, or for younger audiences not already used to blood and gore. It's pleasant and fun, and, while not exactly suspenseful, interesting enough to keep you watching if you start.
Second, this is quite the revolutionary series, and, even if it isn't your thing, it probably should be watched for that alone. It was one of the first series with a mixed race cast, with policemen who didn't just follow the rules, and a sign of the times to people who didn't grow up in the midst of the seventies (from clothes to portion sizes to slang). From an entertainment standpoint, it's leaps and bounds above Beretta (similar idea, also funny) and historically, it has much more to offer than any of the contrived police shows of today.
And, finally, it is almost relaxing to watch. The episodes change from light and funny to somewhat more on the side of edgy, but there's none of the ego of modern shows where, if you miss one episode, you have no idea what's going on. I guess what I'm trying to say is that it's a popcorn-series, not an addicting one (not compared to shows like House or Supernatural or Psych).
Besides that, season one is the best, like many series. They were still trying to get that second season, so the episodes are somewhat more intense than in other seasons, although season four has a bit more meat to it as far as changes to their careers and their health (can't get over that mustache, though.)
Starsky and Hutch, Rocks
2008-12-10 - Starsky and Hutch Is My Favorite alltime show.That was Back when people knew how to make tv shows.
A Red car with a White strip. 
2008-07-01 - This was My High school days revisited and A great team of street detectives at work...
Great series...
2008-01-23 - I got these as a gift. I watched this show growing up, but had not seen it since. It is just as entertaining today as it was then. It is fun watching the episodes and seeing a lot of actors who became stars later. It was one of the great 'buddy cop' shows, and still better than most of the cop shows on TV now. I would recommend this DVD set to any fan of the original show or to anyone for that matter.
