This American Life - Season One
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Actor: Ira, Ira GlassBrand: Paramount
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language); Spanish (Dubbed)
Format: AC-3, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD, NTSC, Widescreen
Picture Format: 2.35:1
Running Time: 120 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2008-09-23
Audience Rating: Unrated
Studio: Showtime Ent.
DVD Reviews of This American Life - Season One
DVD Review: Love this show, both auditory and visual, but...
Summary: 3 Stars
Quality of the transfer to the DVD is subpar, they decided to cram everything (if you can call a little over 2 hours everything). Not really a lot of extras if thats your thing. The stroies were great though - I watched all 1 disk of this in a single sitting and I laughed and cried, sometimes at the same time. Its shows like this that make paying for cable worthwhile.DVD Review: Fantastic
Summary: 5 Stars
Ira Glass and the This American Life crew deliver yet another outstanding compilation of American stories. The story-telling maintains the typical flawless delivery that captivates you and keeps you there.DVD Review: A work in progress
Summary: 4 Stars
First of all, I have been listening to This American Life on NPR for quite a while now. That being said my expectations of the show were very high. I thought the overall content of the stories in the first season was good however the television version just doesn't tie everything together like the radio show does. I still enjoy the television show I think it is important to remember that this isn't the radio show.DVD Review: In love with Ira
Summary: 5 Stars
Even thought I had showtime, I had never been able to successfully catch a full episode of this show. It was recommended by my little sister, who has the same taste as me when it comes to documentary type shows. I watched every episode the first night I got it. I absolutely LOVE how every episode has a topic, and 3 different stories on this topic. To be able to peek inside the lives of fellow americans, and see life through others' eyes is my cup of tea. I have shared this DVD with my family and friends (the ones who have good taste, at least) It really bums me out that the show was cancelled, and not just because I think Ira Glass is a dreamboat, because in my perfect world, all TV would be this good. DVD Review: Cloning, Bathroom Accidents, Jesus as a model - It's This American Life
Summary: 5 Stars
If you are a fan of This American Life, you will enjoy the re-telling of several familiar stories with well-recorded video. If you are not familiar with TAL, what are you waiting for? The stories are rich, vibrant, well-researched, and real. Told with complete respect for the subjects - the stories will move you - make you laugh, make you cry - make you think. As a biology instructor, I enjoyed the coverage of Second Chance (a story about cloning) and the description of breeding strategies in pigs - the stories were accurate, fun, and enjoyable - favorites of mine in the classroom. Enjoy!
Description of This American Life - Season One
The widely popular, award-winning Chicago Public Radio show of the same name is now a Showtime show. Drawing on a different theme each week, viewers hear compelling stories from everyday folks culled from six months on the road. Host Ira Glass and company create a captivating look at the American Life in a series that's not quite documentary, not much of a news magazine and definitely not a reality show - it's simply unlike anything else.Host of Chicago Public Radio's This American Life since 1995, Ira Glass segues successfully to the small screen with this Showtime series. The first season begins with the saga of Chance, a Brahma bull who met President Bush, appeared in a movie with Vince Vaughn, and guested on The Late Show. To prepare for the passing of their elderly pet and "business associate," Chance's owners clone him, but things don't go as planned. Their segment airs in tandem with a piece in which an improv group gives a band their best gig ever--to mixed results. In other episodes, Glass profiles a late-in-life screenwriter, the stepson of a one-hit wonder, and a 14-year-old who's sworn off love. As quirky as these one-act movies sound, Glass and reporters Jorge Just, Nancy Updike, Nazanin Rafsanjani, and Alex Blumberg play up the universality of their subjects rather going for exploitation or easy laughs. They also leave it up to viewers to provide morals and conclusions (We never find out, for instance, whether the short featured in "Lights" makes it into the Sundance Film Festival). In each of the six half-hour programs, prologues or epilogues reinforce the theme, such as Chris Ware's animation about a childhood craze for fake TV cameras. Emmy voters presented This American Life with awards for outstanding non-fiction series and direction, while Showtime renewed the show for a second season. Bonus features include a photo gallery, a Glass biography, and commentary from Glass and director Christopher Wilcha on the pilot. --Kathleen C. Fennessy
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