Green Hornet - Vol. 1 |  | Actors: Van Williams, Bruce Lee, Wende Wagner, Lloyd Gough, Walter Brooke
Studio: Bci / Eclipse
Category: DVD
Buy New: $37.99
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Seller: dvdhitz
Rating:  21 reviews
Sales Rank: 79471
Format: Color, DVD, Full Screen, Widescreen, NTSC
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 90 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6
UPC: 090096097695
EAN: 0090096097695
ASIN: B00004YNUP
Theatrical Release Date: September 9, 1966
Release Date: November 21, 2000
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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 A great Gift February 1, 2010
Lawrence S. Taylor (Bronx, New York)
I bought this item as a gift for a Bruce Lee vintage video fan. He loved it.
Green Hornet, classic! January 7, 2010
Lewis Soldatek (Warren, mi)
Brought back memories of when I was a kid. Great history on the Black Beauty! I wanted to jump on a plane just to go see it in person!
Fantastic! May 1, 2009
Brian K. Adams (Cleveland Oh. USA)
I love the Green Hornet. Van Williams, Bruce lee what a combo!
I highly recomend this one to add to your collection.
brian
cleveland ohio
 A Shadow of What It Rightfully Should Be... April 10, 2007
Daniel Judkins (Whitefish Bay, WI)
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
Did P.T. Barnum pioneer the idea of slapping together several random episodes (out of an ORIGINAL 28) of a once-excellent series, just for a few unsuspecting victims who might buy it? Usually POLITICS cancelled good series at the network level, NOT viewer popularity, or lack thereof; hasn't Star Trek haunted NBC long enough? The Green Hornet DID run a full season; there WERE re-runs back then, too. While I like and respect Bruce Lee, watching too many of his movies becomes like being stuck in a revolving door; they start to look too much alike. This was NEVER the case with Green Hornet episodes. I am blessed with the bootleg versions-all 30, including the two 'crossover' ones with Batman. The Black Beauty and Batmobile in each of two shows together? WHAT MORE CAN YOU ASK?!?! Sadly, that's certainly NOT what you're getting here...
Someone PLEASE Release the Entire Series on DVD!!! February 16, 2007
Marcus H. Smilfer (Chicagoland, USA)
5 out of 6 found this review helpful
First, some technical specifications. DVD made by Brentwood Home Video, Copyright 2000. DVD is in widescreen, 1:1.85 ratio. The DVD cover states that it is from a "brand new" 35mm print of the original 1974 movie. DVD is not in stereo, but something the DVD cover describes as "Digital Dolby Mono." DVD has excellent bonus features including a Featurette called "The Black Beauty" which details a Green Hornet fan's restoration of one of the original Black Beauty cars. Also included is a loop of Bruck Lee's greatest fight scenes from the movie along with a photo gallery.
Even in this limited format, I was struck by what an amazing show "The Green Hornet" was, especially for 1966 television. Great writing, excellent casting and superlative design must have made this show jump off the tv screen in 1966, even if you had a black & white set. It's rumored that the staggering cost of each episode made the network drop the series and I can see why. If not for the shoddy editing, this compilation of episodes stands right alongside "James Bond," "Our Man Flint" and "Matt Helm" as a prime 60's super-spy movie. It is one of the few TV shows I have ever seen that actually LOOKS like a movie.
I agree that the movie is hard to follow in places due to the poor editing and the focus on The Master Bruce Lee, but it's the ONLY non-bootleg DVD of anything having to do with the 1966-67 TV series available. Note to all who have bootleg Green Hornet dvds: if you see an "FX" logo in the bottom of your screen, that means the person that burned it taped it (or the person that you bought it from who bought it from someone else who taped it) from re-runs of the Green Hornet that FX network did over ten years ago. It's sad that Fox or whoever holds the rights to this character are letting dvd bootleggers rob them and fans of money (go ahead and do a google search on the Hornet and see what the first hit is!). It's also sad that the FORTIETH Anniversary of the TV show has come and gone with NOTHING to commemorate it! Hopefully, the eventual DVD release of the 60's "Batman" TV show (the two shows had a crossover) will inspire someone at Fox to release the Green Hornet in the format that this excellent show deserves, but until then, this is all we have.
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