Alias - The Complete First Season | 
| Directors: Barnet Kellman, Craig Zisk, Daniel Attias, Davis Guggenheim, Harry Winer
Actors: Jennifer Garner, Ron Rifkin, Michael Vartan, Bradley Cooper, Merrin Dungey
Studio: Buena Vista Home Entertainment
Category: DVD
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Rating:  371 reviews
Sales Rank: 9010
Format: Box Set, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dvd, Ntsc
Languages: Spanish (Original Language), English (Original Language)
Rating: Unrated
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
Number Of Discs: 6
Running Time: 1007 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.1
Dimensions (in): 7.7 x 5.6 x 1.9
MPN: DISD31216D
ISBN: 0788847201
UPC: 078693622229
EAN: 9780788847202
ASIN: B00005JLF1
Theatrical Release Date: 2002
Release Date: September 2, 2003
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Product Description
Sydney bristow is a part-time grad student and a full-time spy for the c.I.A.s super-covert sd-6 division. One problem sd-6 isnt really a division of the c.I.A. Once sydney learns this secret her life will be in constant danger as she sets out to bring the terrorist leaders of sd-6 to justice. Studio: Buena Vista Home Video Release Date: 12/26/2008 Starring: Jennifer Garner Michael Vartan Run time: 990 minutes Director: J.j. Abrams
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Sydney Bristow (Jennifer Garner) is a super (and super sexy) spy, fighting nefarious villains and working for the good guys--or so she thinks. Recruited as a college freshman for espionage work, Sydney found her true calling with SD-6, a secret division of the CIA. When her hunky doctor-boyfriend proposes to her, she decides to let him in on the truth she's not supposed to tell anyone: she's not a grad student with a demanding job for an international bank, but a secret agent who constantly puts her life on the line for the free world. But when SD-6 discovers her security breach, her fiance is brutally assassinated, and Sydney suddenly finds herself face-to-face with the truth: she's been working for the bad guys. Deciding to become a double agent for the CIA and bring down the evildoers, Sydney gets one more surprise--her estranged father (Victor Garber) is also working for SD-6, and the CIA as well. Welcome to the family, Syd! Confusing? This is all just in the first episode of Alias, the brainchild of Felicity creator J.J. Abrams that plays like a cross between Buffy the Vampire Slayer and James Bond. With its double-edged tension (how long can Syd play double agent?) and one heck of a MacGuffin (the dreaded Rambaldi device, the mythic creation of a Renaissance genius), the show leads its viewers from episode to episode with visceral, compelling action, not to mention the nascent romance between Syd and her CIA handler, Vaughn (Michael Vartan), and her clashes with her heretofore distant father. Sharp, smart, and always suspenseful, Alias' center was held by the gorgeous Garner, a stellar action heroine and an even better actress who could pull off Sydney's exotic undercover missions and conflicted emotions with equal dexterity. By the end of this first season, which concludes with a breathtaking cliffhanger, you'll be seduced into Alias' world with, happily, no desire to escape. --Mark Englehart
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 Addicting June 18, 2009
jessjess
I enjoyed the entire series of Alias, but the first season definitely was the best.
You really got to see all sides of Sydney's life and the dichotomy of her two existences really pull against each other creating an intense inward struggle. Once the series gets on a ways, her personal life and her work life kind of merge together and that see-saw balances out.
One of the great things about it is it just throws you in, no slow lead in. The moment you start the first episode, you're deep in it and hooked.
Jennifer Garner has such a girl next door look to her, that before I watched it, I couldn't imagine her in this role. But once I started watching it, I couldn't imagine anyone else in the role of Sydney.
Acting, writing, directing... all superb.
best show ever! May 26, 2009
Alonso G. Rebaza (Dallas, TX)
acting,writing and direction at its best. will always be my favorite show it always leaves you with a huge cliffhanger that u have to see what happened next
awesome!
LOVE, LOVE, LOVE IT!!! May 10, 2009
R. Herington (WA)
This show is recommended for any person who likes action packed shows with great twists!! Character development and story plots are aboslutely fantastic! the first season is the best by far, and definitely worth watching over and over and over again...
Absolutely brilliant show!! April 11, 2009
Martin Madsen (Denmark)
This show is SO good, it's not like any other "agent/spy/CIA series" you've seen before, it's a completely different plot, dramatic, funny, sad, exiting and realistic at the same time, and the acting's amazing.
I remember watching the very first episode back when it first came out, we were on vacation and my sister and I watched it together, I had just turned 9. I specifically remember the scene when Sydney is in a basement and is asked by that man, "Who are you working for?" while he gets ready to pull her teeth out. Then she mumbles desperately, and when he loosens his grip on that terrible torture instrument, she says flippantly, "I just wanted to say ... Start with the teeth in the back - if you don't mind?" (Fantastic scene!)
Unfortunately, not long after, the holidays were over and I couldn't watch it anymore - I had to go to bed (remember I was 9 years old?), it was on at 11 PM or so.
And so I almost completely forgot about the series, even though that specific scene has been so clear in my head all the years from the broadcast of that pilot and to this very day.
But then I actually bought the first season this year, and I watched it, and it's just fantastic! In my opinion it's the best tv series ever, the plot is brilliant, it's very exciting, and the acting is absolutely outstanding! Especially Jennifer Garner, she fits and plays perfectly in that part, no one else could have done it half as well as her.
That was a long story, but I wanted to share my memories of that series from when I was a little boy, and how I feel about it now.
Really great show.
I love it!
Alias February 20, 2009
Diane Forman (Calgary, AB)
Fast, affordable and easy to order. I couldn't find this in any stores and already having all of the other seasons, it was nice to be able to complete the set. I never saw any of the original shows and now I'm very happy that I can watch it without commercials or the waiting for the next episode. Great show!
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