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Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
Brand: Buena Vista Home Video
EAN: 0786936749601
Format: Box set, Color, DVD-Video, NTSC
Label: Buena Vista Home Entertainment
Manufacturer: Buena Vista Home Entertainment
Number Of Items: 3
Publisher: Buena Vista Home Entertainment
Region Code: 1
Release Date: June 10, 2008
Running Time: 552 minutes
Sales Rank: 1057
Studio: Buena Vista Home Entertainment
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Product Description:
UPC:786936749601
DESCRIPTION: Army Wives tells the story of four women and one man who are brought together by their common bond they all have enlisted spouses. They form an unlikely alliance as they help one another through the challenges, tragedies, and struggles of army life. END
Amazon.com:
Lifetime's spectacularly successful first original series, Army Wives, hit a home run out of the gate. By focusing on those 'keeping the home fires burning' and largely ignoring politics, the series appeals to fans of great drama all over the political spectrum. The Season One boxed set shows a key reason for its strength: the first-rate cast, led by Catherine Bell (JAG) as Denise and Kim Delaney (NYPD Blue) as Claudia, but also featuring the seasoned TV actress Wendy Davis (Joan) and plucky newcomer Sally Pressman (Roxy). (There's also one prominent Army husband, Claudia's husband Roland, played by the handsome Sterling K. Brown.) The chemistry among these women, living together at an Army base while most of their husbands are off at war--or helping to orchestrate the battles afar--is as undeniable as in any great TV ensemble, reminiscent of the early days of ER. This territory has been for some reason largely unexplored by Hollywood, but what a rich territory it is: Americans may exhort 'Support our troops,' but the ones who do that day in and day out, on a deep emotional level, are the troops' families. In one moving mid-season scene, Claudia gives a speech, exclaiming, 'We serve too!' which is no less moving for being obvious.
The series also doesn't stint on its visuals and sets. Shot on location in South Carolina, using a variety of vacant military bases and stately historic homes, Army Wives has a richness, a depth rarely seen on TV. The optional commentary, by the episode's director and its visual effects director, helps the viewer appreciate the cinematic techniques employed in the shots--lingering tracking shots, for example, and fewer cuts back and forth. But Army Wives is not without humor. When Roxy overhears a conversation in a ladies' room about one wife's possibly being beaten, she announces for the full room to hear: 'He hits you once, hit him back. Hits you again, shoot him in the b--ls!' Cut to closed stall, where a couple has been trying to have a secret tryst, stifling laughter. The laughs leaven the tears, but the drama of the series overall is always first-rate --A.T. Hurley
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - One of my FAVESSSSSS
Big season 1 fan and absolutely loveddddd season 2...well except for the ending..and if you've seen it you know what i mean...I saw the previews last year and watched it like a fan hahah every sunday...Definitely glad it came out on dvd because I got tired of watching on the lifetime website. It's not your typical sopa opera show like you'd expect and easy to relate or sympathize to. I love/hate cliffhangers and this show definitely has that. It leaves you hanging wondering what will happen next ... Read More
Rating: - ArmyWives
This is an awesome series. I would recommend it to anyone. I can't wait for season 2 come out on DVD
Rating: - Once You Start, You Can't Stop
After watching the 1st episode, I became hooked. The Producer's sure do seem to have done A great job in choosing the acter's on the show. My favorite is 'Roxy's' husband 'Treaver', played by Drew Fuller, whom I became A big fan of after is 1 season one the show 'Charmed'. I diffently look forward to more.
Rating: - Once you start watching, you can't stop...
I bought this series cause a friend recommended it to me. And let me tell you she was completely right when she told me I was going to become an addict to it.
Being a Army Wife myself, I have to recognize that there are certain things in the script that are a little bit different from the real Army Life and the Army Policies, Procedures and way to handle things. Anyway we all know it's all been adapted with purposes of entertainment. We all know that right? But on the other side, I think that ... Read More
Rating: - I'm a guy who likes Army Wives
While the first season was airing, I saw previews for Army Wives and laughed. No way was I going to watch that show. Well, my fiance had me watch an episode at the beginning of season 2. I thought I would watch, not expecting to like it. Then I watched another episode, then another. I was hooked quickly. This show keeps conflict and interest in the characters high. I had to buy season 1 on DVD so I could fill in the gaps with all the characters. This DVD set is really good. I can't wait to ... Read More
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