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With a catchy Mike Post theme song, The Rockford Files began each week with a new message on Rockford's telephone answering machine, usually a humorous indication that Rockford's life was always in some kind of financial disarray. Garner played this angle to the hilt, portraying Rockford as a nice guy who knew all the scams and wasn't above using them if it aided his case. His portrayal, and the show's excellent writing, attracted a wide variety of new and established guest stars, and these 23 episodes (24 if you count the two-part "This Case Is Closed," originally broadcast as one 90-minute episode) feature appearances by Joseph Cotten, James Woods, Sharon Gless, Lindsay Wagner, James Cromwell, Suzanne Somers, Ned Beatty, and others, along with lesser-known but familiar TV regulars like Sian Barbara Allen and Mills Watson, all adding flavor to a series that was routinely hailed by mystery writers as one of the best private-eye shows in TV history. Speaking of mysteries, one can only wonder why Universal failed to include the series' 90-minute pilot (originally aired in March 1974), and while this reviewer experienced no playback problems with these three double-sided DVDs (four episodes per side), many consumers have reported DVD freeze-ups likely resulting from lower-quality players less capable of handling high-compression DVDs. These caveats aside, season 1 of The Rockford Files is a bona fide treat, setting the tone for even better episodes that followed in subsequent seasons. --Jeff Shannon
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15 of 15 people found the following review helpful
3.0 out of 5 stars
Great Series, Horrible Media,
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This review is from: Rockford Files Season 1 (DVD)
I have been a fan of The Rockford Files ever since it first aired on NBC in the 1970s. I loved the car action, the great L.A. scenes in the background, and of course, Jim Rockford as played by James Garner, along with the supporting players such as Noah Beery Jr., Stuart Margolin and Joe Santos. I think it might be the best detective series of all time and I have long looked forward to its release on DVD.I bought the box set as soon as I could get my hands on it, and almost immediately experienced disappointment. Several episodes experienced freezing, skipping, or picture breakup, and one ("Just By Accident") refused to play at all. I returned the set and got a substitute, only to experience exactly the same problems. A word of comment on the editorial review above -- the reviewer mentions cheap DVD players as being the cause of this problem. My player is only a year old and certainly was not cheap. It never has had a problem with any discs prior to this. Just to double-check, I tried the discs in a second player, and that was a total disaster. For all intents and purposes, virtually none of the discs were playable in that. It is all well and good to suggest that a new, expensive player would make these discs watchable, but that ignores the reality that the majority of players in peoples homes are neither, and in such cases these discs will not be watchable. Univeral Home Entertainment must take the responsibility for releasing a product that the majority of buyers will have problems with. It is simply unacceptable. For the episodes I was able to watch, I have only good things to say. The images are crisp and clean, the sound is as good as you could expect from a series of this vintage, and the colors are rendered properly. The L.A. backdrops during the driving scenes are for me almost worth the entire price of admission, and then on top of that you have the good writing with wit and style. All of which has been spoiled by Universal's shoddy presentation and manufacturing. Surely it cannot be that hard to produce a set of discs that ar eplayable by most people. Shame, Universal, shame!!!
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
BEST TELEVISION EVER!,
By Mark "viguy" (Victoria, BC, Canada) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Rockford Files Season 1 (DVD)
Yes.....you read right, the best TV show ever! Seinfeld was great, the Simpsons wonderful and many others are of note. The Rockford Files was so masterfully written, episode after episode. The casting is marvelous and of course James Garner plays the anti-hero character to perfection. With his quirks, faults and odd nuances Garner breathes life into the character like no other character ever on television. The performances by Garner are simply brilliant and his chemistry with cast mates and guest stars is unrivaled. The Rockford files endures as clearly the best detective show ever and certainly seriously rivals others for best TV show period because it has such human characters. Of course I'm on the side of best ever but the debate of who's best is not what this review is about, it's about the pure joy of watching genius at work. It's about great writing, great casting, some of the finest acting on television and the pure pleasure of savouring each episode.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
1.0 out of 5 stars
Great Show - Terrible DVD's,
By Marki "Marki" (Canada) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Rockford Files Season 1 (DVD)
A great show & James Garner is truly a perfect "Jim Rockford". Actually he pretty much was perfect in every role he did.My only complaint is, like the other viewer, the DVD's are crap. I've so far been able to only watch a maximum of 2 episodes per disc. If I'm lucky. THe rest freeze, skip, stutter and quit. I have a Bose system which usually manages to override any disc problems, but not here. I'm terribly disapointed & hope the other seasons I bought don't have the same problem.
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