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The set begins with the complex, two-part "The Doorbell Rang" (directed by Hutton). A demanding heiress (Debra Monk) offers an enormous retainer to Wolfe, a high-living epicurean always in need of money, to prove her dubious claim that the FBI is harassing her. Once Wolfe takes the job, a murder is committed, and Archie hits the streets in search of answers. Hutton also directs the two-part "Champagne for One" with a snap and verve reminiscent of old Howard Hawks comedies, but it is on "Prisoner's Base" that all of the series' best elements are firing at once: Chaykin's performance as a prideful, narcissistic boy-man genius, Hutton's sleek heroics, and a tone largely more optimistic than the grave determinism of much detective fiction. The excellent "Eeny Meeny Murder Moe" finds the thin-skinned Wolfe apoplectic when a client is murdered in the sleuth's own brownstone, and worlds tumble when Archie discovers Wolfe might have a long-lost adopted daughter in "Over My Dead Body." All in all, Nero Wolfe refreshes the television detective genre. --Tom Keogh
| CATEGORY: | DVD |
| THEATRICAL RELEASE DATE: | 22 April, 2001 |
| MANUFACTURER: | A&E Home Video |
| MPAA RATING: | NR (Not Rated) |
| FEATURES: | Box set, Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, Full Screen, NTSC |
| TYPE: | Drama, Movie, TV Shows, Television |
| MEDIA: | DVD |
| MPN: | AAE-70884 |
| # OF MEDIA: | 3 |
| UPC: | 733961708844 |
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Customer Reviews of Nero Wolfe - The Complete First Season
Not for a Stout appetite Let me get this straight. <
> The purpose of a pilot episode is to introduce, as background material, the various characters and locations to the viewer. <
> When bringing this series to DVD the pilot is included in the second season set. <
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> If you're an avid Rex Stout enthusiast this attempt at dramatization will leave you hungry. <
> Maury Chaykin as Wolfe is fine casting but the poor scripting has turned the intense Nero into an eccentric grouch. <
> Timothy Hutton, who is also Director and Executive Producer, is way offline trying to act Archie. <
> Fritz and Cramer? Same thing. Out of character. <
> Saving grace. The venerable Saul Rubinek who nails Lon Cohen to the veritable "T". <
> If you want real Rex see the 1979 film with the late Thayer David. <
> A "right on" version.
I Lived within the Nero Wolfe Milieu
Nero would have loved that word milieu. My Uncle Pat (P.J. O'Connor) owned the Galway and and Kerry Bar at 58th Street and Second Avenue. His ties were pure Forties and Fifties, odd designs, garish, stylish. He seemed like a simple Irishmen but his stock market investments were astute. Another Nero word.
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> In Brooklyn, you could pass the brownstones in Bedford-Stuyvesant area near Lewis, Willoughby and Broadway. The city was still noisy and gritty and the Dodgers were still in Ebbetts Field. I went in one of those brownstones for a first year high school reunion. Green baize cover to an ornate table, polished wood, carved balustades, wealth, political influence and class, tough men who had made deals and still went to confession from time to time.
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> Nero Wolfe makes me feel comfortable, there. Time has moved on but then was then and it's a pleasure to see it re-created.
Exceptional!
I love Rex Stout's novels, and this show was not a disappointment. There are several reviews here, and I don't want to be repetitive, so here is the only thing I really wanted to say:
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>The 'pilot' episode that the only negative review here talks about is actually an A&E original movie that came before the series. It is found as a bonus feature in the DVD set for the second season. (It's true that that episode wasn't excellent, but we can excuse that - there are so many other episodes that are!)
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