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All-Time Sales Rank: 3466
| Overall Rating:   3.5 out of 5, including 2 reviews
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Believe it or not he's walking oniair!
William Katt stars as the mild-mannered high school teacher Ralph Hinkley whose close encounter with aliens leaves him with a super power suit that only he can control. But when Ralph loses the instruction manual, the safety of mankind is left in his fumbling hands. Now with the help of his attorney girlfriend Pam Davidson (Connie Sellecca) and FBI agent Bill Maxwell (Robert Culp), the world's most unlikely flying crime fighter is ready for action. It's a bird! It's a plane! It's...THE GREATEST AMERICAN HERO!
Michael Pare and Faye Grant co-star in the Emmy-nominated '80s hit created by Stephen J. Cannell. This collection features every first season episode - including the Emmy-nominated pilot - plus all-new interviews with the show's stars and the unaired pilot for the proposed spin-off series THE GREATEST AMERICAN HEROINE.
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Features:
| | All 8 episodes from Season One including the 2 hour pilot
The unaired pilot for THE GREATEST AMERICAN HEROINE spin-off series
Brand new interviews with: Stephen J. Cannell, Robert Culp, Michael Pare, William Katt, Connie Selleca | Video:
| | Standard 1.33:1 Color | | Audio: (more info) | ENGLISH: Dolby Digital Stereo [CC]
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| Studio: Starz / Anchor Bay
Production Year: 1981
Release Date: 2/15/2005
Length: 417 mins
Rating: NR
| Packaging: Custom Case
Number of Discs: 3
Disc: SS-SL
Item Code: ZDV12808
UPC Code: 013131280890
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Overall Rating: 3.5 out of 5, including 2 reviews
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Believe It Or Not...GAH Is Finally On DVD! - 4 out of 5 (2/14/2005)
Believe it or not, one of the best shows of the 1980s has finally been released on DVD - and unlike all those other 80s shows on disc that just don't hold up after all these years, The Greatest American Hero still proves to be very entertaining viewing. Oh sure, the special effects look pretty cheesy by today's standards (heck, those flying sequences didn't even look that great back in 1981!), but both the stories and the acting hold up...and that's because The Greatest American Hero<
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Greatest American Hero - B+ - 3 out of 5 (7/14/2005)
The pilot for this thing holds up rather well as retro-80's TV. It's not bad. If you like the characters and the scenario, subsequent episodes hold up as background chatter, but be warned this is of principal interest to those who were children in its initial airing on television. Be aware, the reason shows like this one, as well as Dukes of Hazzard and Magnum P.I., succeeded was due to the viewership of children. This isn't Hill Street Blues. Only recommended for nosta
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