Current Sales Rank: 6033
All-Time Sales Rank: 2568
| Overall Rating:   3.67 out of 5, including 3 reviews
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The Critically Acclaimed Epic Event
Steven Spielberg presents an epic entertainment event spanning three families, four generations and 50 years of unearthly secrets. With cutting-edge special effects and a storyline of gripping, otherworldly suspense, Taken launches you into a realm of alien abductions and deadly conspiracies reaching from World War II to the present. An extraordinary chronicle of humankind's relationship to the mysterious extraterrestrials in our midst, this visionary adventure is being hailed as "the best television miniseries since HBO's Band of Brothers" (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette).
Disc 1: Roswell - The Landing
Disc 2: A New Generation
Disc 3: Abductions & Government Conspiracies
Disc 4: Alien Contact
Disc 5: The Gift
Disc 6: Bonus Features
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| Disc 6: Bonus Features:
Inside Taken
The Cast of Taken
A New Reality: The Visual Effects Team
A Singular Vision: The Directors Time Warp
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| | Widescreen 1.78:1 Color (Anamorphic) | | Audio: (more info) | ENGLISH: Dolby Digital 5.1 [CC]
ENGLISH: Dolby Digital Surround [CC]
FRENCH: Dolby Digital 5.1
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| Studio: DreamWorks Home Ent.
Production Year: 2003
Release Date: 10/21/2003
Length: 885 mins
Rating: NR
| Packaging: Custom Case
Number of Discs: 6
Disc: SS-DL
Item Code: 90555
UPC Code: 678149055528
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Overall Rating: 3.67 out of 5, including 3 reviews
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Empire Review
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Epic story of three families involved with aliens - 4.25 out of 5 (10/23/2003)
One of my personal favorite types of novels are those that are thick, rich in detail and cover many generations, like the works of Michener with books like Hawaii. Usually, the time constraints on films keep such a project off the screen. With the advent of the mini-series on television these longer stories can be told better than ever. One of the most ambitious is the Sci-Fi channel's presentation of Taken, a twenty hour long look at three families touched by extra-terrestrials. Naturally, the
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Customer Review
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Typical Spielberg treatment - 3 out of 5 (2/3/2004)
Like A.I. and Close Encounters of the Third Kind, this multi-part miniseries starts out with what seems like a good idea, but then it degenerates into a series of mysterious motives and behavior on the part of the participants.
Probably the biggest mystery is why an ambitious Air Force Captain assigned to cover up the Roswell crash would murder his girlfriend early in the investigation and his wife years later. But, after all, he's with the government, and governments in Spielberg epics ar
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Customer Review
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Great Miniseries Gets Mediocre Treatment on DVD - 3.75 out of 5 (10/23/2003)
I rated the film, audio, and video as above average to best. I think this is a great miniseries with production value equal to that of Band of Brothers, which I think is one of the best miniseries of all time. The story line is interesting and keeps your interest throughout the film. The audio and video on this DVD are also very clear with good use of surround speakers. The packaging is similar to that of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, and is acceptable, although I would really like to have had a
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