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Hawaii Five-O - The Fourth Season | 
| Directors: Alf Kjellin, Allen Reisner, Beau Vanden Ecker, Bernard Mceveety, Bob Sweeney
Actors: Jack Lord, James Macarthur, Kam Fong, Herman Wedemeyer, Harry Endo
Studio: Paramount
Category: DVD
List Price: $49.99
Buy Used: $24.99
You Save: $25.00 (50%)
Rating:  26 reviews
Sales Rank: 8696
Format: Box Set, Color, Dvd-video, Full Screen, Subtitled, Ntsc
Languages: English (Original Language), Spanish (Subtitled), Portuguese (Subtitled)
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Number Of Discs: 6
Running Time: 405 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 7.7 x 5.5 x 1
MPN: PARD892074D
UPC: 097368920743
EAN: 0097368920743
ASIN: B0014FAIXE
Release Date: June 10, 2008
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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Product Description
Studio: Paramount Home Video Release Date: 06/10/2008
Amazon.com
Could it be that with Hawaii Five-O's fourth season, a third of the way into its remarkable '60s-'70s run, the show has gotten... well, cool? Actually, there are signs throughout this six-disc set of 24 digitally-remastered episodes that point to yes. Let's not get carried away here; Five-O is still basically as square as Tiananmen and Trafalgar, and as long as Steve McGarrett (portrayed, as ever, by Jack Lord) is in charge, its groove factor will never rival that of, say, CSI: Miami, or any other glossy new millennium cop drama. Indeed, the show's corniness and utter lack of irony remain integral to its charm. But there are a few interesting developments in this '71-'72 season. There's a good complement of snappy dialogue (one particularly large perp is "so big he could go bear-hunting with chopsticks"). And although the pacing can be pretty stodgy, the editing is a bit more deft; many scenes flow more naturally, and in at least one instance ("I Want Some Candy, and a Gun that Shoots," wherein a sniper is picking off cops on a coastal highway), the entire episode is more exciting than the Five-0 norm. The direction and lighting are also more stylish, while the music (not just Morton Stevens' classic theme song but the incidental sounds as well) and location scenery, two elements that have always been among the series' strong suits, are as good as ever; in fact, the islands look so lush and inviting that one wonders why the bad guys can even get motivated to commit their dirty deeds. But they do, of course, and McGarrett and his faithful team (James MacArthur as Danno, Kam Fong as Chin Ho, and, in what remains one of the great TV credits ever, "Zulu as Kono") are there to stop 'em. This time around they're dealing with everything from a big money travelers check scam ("3,000 Crooked Miles to Honolulu," with Jed Clampett... er, Buddy Ebsen as a guest villain), eco-terrorism ("Is This Any Way to Run a Paradise"), political assassination ("Rest in Peace, Somebody"), and racism-rape ("Skinhead"), along with the usual murders and encounters with Red Chinese nemesis Wo Fat (Khigh Dhiegh). McGarrett is for the most part still as stiff as his hair, but Lord occasionally displays considerable passion, as when he breaks down in tears upon being informed that a nasty car accident did not leave him paralyzed (in "The 90-Second War," a two-parter). As always, bonus material is limited to brief, previous-week promos for each episode. --Sam Graham
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| Customer Reviews: Read 21 more reviews...
 Missing Gems revealed. January 6, 2009
R. Bland
I was pleased to be able to see several episodes that to my knowledge had not been rebroadcast on televsion since the original series was on air. My guess is that they were not politically correct given this decade of being careful and using euphemisms in the news and media. As I said before, HF0 was decades ahead of dramatizing real crime now common place with L&O. The fourth season began to add more depth to the series than before.
Correcting the asinine Amazon review January 1, 2009
R.J. (Toronto, Canada)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Very quickly, unlike what the Amazon in-house review states, Steve McGarrett was the embodiment of cop show cool. Team leader, type-A personality, taskmaster and hands-on investigator, Steve faced down arch criminals on a weekly basis, almost always succeeding. A fine supporting cast and a plethora of fine guest stars added to the appeal. The best seasons are now being released, as Hawaii Five-O started to really hit its stride around the time of the fourth season.
Five-0 rocks! October 20, 2008
K. Queen
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
I only recently discovered this show, but I quickly fell in love with Hawaii Five-O!
beautifiul locations, good writing, loathsome bad guys, and some seriously cool good guys (anyone who can have a hairdo like Steve McGarrett's and still command respect the way he does has GOT to be cool) makes for an exciting, adrenaline-laden cop show that's clean enough for anyone to watch.
I watch this with my little brothers all the time, Five-O is responsible for my 7 year old brother going around saying things like "groovy", "dig", and "chickie baby." Oh well. He missed out on the 70's, I guess one little part of it in his vocabulary isn't going to hurt anything.
but regardless, this is a seriously fun show for anyone who likes a good cop drama!
Some of my favorite season 4 episodes inclue Skinhead and Highest Castle, Deepest Grave. I think they're all good though.
Highly recommended!
Hawaii Five-O - 4th Season October 12, 2008
Lexi (Carmel, New York)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
The old shows are just great, and Hawaii 5-0 is a wonderful series. I am looking forward to more. Yes, life did exist without cell phones, and crimes were being solved.
 THIS IS ***NOT*** A COMPLETE COLLECTION September 12, 2008
Dadio (Florida)
1 out of 10 found this review helpful
This is not a review of the series, which in my opinion is the greatest Crime Drama ever made. As for the VERY long-awaited DVD release, I've been Very disappointed. Stated in the fine print on the boxes, unfortunately Paramount/CBS decided to offer us an INCOMPLETE (missing episode(s)) and EDITED set. In addition, it's NOT-SO-SHARPLY "remastered". Compared to broadcast recordings, it doesn't appear to be remastered at all to me. I'm sure that Jack Lord, being the perfectionist he was about this show, would NOT approve.
If I like a show enough to want to collect it and to pay hundreds of $$$ for it, I expect a few minimum basic qualities. Those are: EVERY EPISODE, UNEDITED, and digitally remastered at least to the resolution at which it is noticeably clearer than my own recordings. This set is missing all of those essential qualities. So it seems VERY expensive to shell-out ($36 x 12 Seasons == $432) for it when I can record the same thing free. It's kind-of insulting for Paramount to offer an INCOMPLETE SET at that price.
Unless you don't get re-runs (you'd have to live in Mongolia) and you just can't wait to see the edited episodes they chose to include, it may be well worth just waiting another 2 years or so for the inevitable boxed set. Of course, a series this popular, will be offered in a boxed set (and for Half that price) after they've exhausted all the individual season sales, as we've seen every Christmas with even less popular series. Those always include "Previously Unreleased Episodes", "(Complete) Director's Cuts", and "High Resolution Digital Remastering", etc. to compel even those who paid $432 for the individual sets to buy it - Exactly what they're withholding from this set. And they always come packaged in some collectible tin or box. Maybe a die-cast Mercury in this case.
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