FAWLTY TOWERS (1975-1979): COMPLETE TV Season Series

Description: US/Canadian buyers please see note below! Fawlty Towers (1975-1979) - COMPLETE Remastered Series (3 Disc Set) * DVD Edition! * Region 2 PAL Version - Brand New, Factory Sealed DVD Set US/Canadian buyers please see note below! These are original and factory sealed. They are Region 2 PAL and play beautifully on modern Multi-region DVD players. DVD FEATURES: Description: This Special Edition marks the 30th Anniversary of one of the greatest situation comedies British television has ever seen. Every episode of the BAFTA winning sitcom has been fantastically remastered and for the first time ever John Cleese provides audio commentaries on all 12 episodes. Basil Fawlty, as created and performed by John Cleese, is the rudest, most boorish, most hilariously obnoxious man on the face of the planet. What a natural for a TV sitcom! His screen wife, Sybil (Prunella Scales), put it best in the episode "The Psychiatrist": "You're either crawling all over them, licking their boots, or spitting poison at them like some Benzedrine puff adder." He mockingly replies, "Just trying to enjoy myself, dear." With his gangly frame and contortionist abilities, Cleese brilliantly punctuates Basil's outrageous faux pas with absurd gymnastics and turns Three Stooges-style pokes and kicks into a slapstick ballet. Scales's Sybil is the genial but obliviously chatty voice of reason and Andrew Sachs mangles the English language as the Spanish bellhop Manuel, whose struggles with simple directions results in comic lunacy reminiscent of Robert Benigni. After a six-episode run in 1975, Cleese and co-writer and co-star Connie Booth (who plays Polly, the maid all too often pulled into Basil's ridiculous plans) reunited the cast in 1979 for another six episodes without missing a punch line. Remember to watch the opening credits of each show to spot the creative misspellings on the hotel sign. Season 1 (1975): 1 A Touch of Class 2 The Builders 3 The Wedding Party 4 The Hotel Inspectors 5 Gourmet Night 6 The Germans Season 2 (1979): 7 Communication Problems 8 The Psychiatrist 9 Waldorf Salad 10 The Kipper and the Corpse 11 The Anniversary 12 Basil the Rat SPECIAL FEATURES: * Exclusive commentaries by John Cleese * 2009 Extended Interviews * Includes exclusive interview with Connie Booth * Accompanying booklet * Interviews with John Cleese, Prunella Scales and Andrew Sachs. * Series 1 director’s commentary by John Howard Davies * Series 2 director’s commentary by Bob Spiers * Artist profiles * Out takes * Torquay Tourist Guide (short documentary film) * Cheap Tatty Review * Audio Description & Navigation Option Cast List: John Cleese ... Basil Fawlty Prunella Scales ... Sybil Fawlty Connie Booth ... Polly Sherman Andrew Sachs ... Manuel Brian Hall ... Terry Gilly Flower ... Miss Tibbs Ballard Berkeley ... The Major Reneé Roberts ... Miss Gatsby Bernard Cribbins ... Mr. Hutchinson Michael Gwynn ... Lord Melbury André Maranne ... André Geoffrey Palmer ... Dr. Price John Quarmby ... Mr. Carnegie Joan Sanderson ... Mrs. Alice Richards James Cossins ... Mr. Walt Claire Davenport ... Mrs. Wilson Robin Ellis ... Danny Brown David Kelly ... O'Reilly Steve Plytas ... Kurt Basil Henson ... Dr. Abbott Una Stubbs ... Alice Allan Cuthbertson ... Colonel Hall Elspet Gray ... Mrs. Abbott James Appleby ... Stubbs Richard Caldicot ... Mr. Twitchen Encoding: Region 2 PAL Directors: John Howard Davies, Bob Spiers Writers: John Cleese, Connie Booth Producers: John Howard Davies, Douglas Argent Format: Original recording remastered, PAL Language: English Subtitles: German, French, Dutch, English Subtitles For The Hearing Impaired: English Region: Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe. Read more about DVD formats below.) Aspect Ratio: 4:3 - 1.33:1 Number of discs: 3 Classification: 12 Studio: 2entertain DVD Release Date: 19 Oct. 2009 Run Time: 370 minutes Happy Bidding! PLEASE READ BEFORE BIDDING/BUYING: You must contact me within 48 hours from purchase date to arrange payment Please arrange to make payment within 10 days from purchase date If you have any financial issues please contact me so I can assist Terms of Sale By purchasing this item you confirm that you understand the below points: 1. Shipping Time 2. Region Encoding 3. Handling Time 4. Refunds/Returns 1. Shipping time: If your item is to be sent to/from an International destination your delivery tends to take about 2-4 weeks. If you have not received your goods at close of business approx. 6-8 weeks after shipping (see date quoted by post office after which we can lodge a complaint in delivery estimate email), please get back to me ASAP so I can chase it up for you. 2. DVDs and Blu-Ray discs are released with Regional encoding. 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Please contact me if the above should occur so that I can try to assist in alternate ways. Hello :-) IMPORTANT DVD INFORMATION FOR MY US & CANADIAN CUSTOMERS: As per the auction these are Europe Region 2 DVDs (US/Canada are Region 1) and you need a multi-regional (multi-zone) DVD player to play them! BUT don't panic just yet :-) Many DVD players are easy to unlock. Let me know the brand and model number of your DVD player so I see if there is a simple unlock code for your player. Many of my US/Canadian customers chose to play or copy these DVDs on a PC before playing them. I also see there are many economical Multi Region DVD players on EBay ($35-50). Just do a search if you wish. It seems a shame to let go of this great DVD set. Cheers :-)

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