At the tail end of 2003, we brought you
this word that
Combat! was coming to DVD in 2004. Well, it's all coming about now. Image Entertainment has successfully licensed the property from Buena Vista, and is putting together the first season for DVD release on
July 20th.
In fact, you should expect not one release, but two. Just like in
this Lost In Space - Season 2 report, the first season of
Combat! is being split up into 2 separate box sets in order to make them more affordable for the fans. Expect each to list price for $39.95, but of course the discounted price in-stores will be cheaper than that. In fact, you can already pre-order these from DVDPlanet for under $28 each. Click on each title to purchase
Combat! - Season 1, Campaign 1 and/or
Combat! - Season 1, Campaign 2. However, the e-tailer has no informaton about the specs, content, or extras. Don't worry, though: we came through for you!
Steve Dawes and his wife, Marta, have been contributing to the
Combat! DVD production, and Steve alerted us to the following post he made
here at the "CombatFan" Yahoo Group (free registration required):
Image says it is ok to start spreading the word. Here is the scoop!
For now, Season 1 will contain Combat! Memories: Season 1 which is a 23-min video interview piece with Richard Donner, Sutton Roley, Pierre Jalbert, Tom Lowell, Michael Caffey, Ted Post, Eric Braeden, Joe Campanella, etc. as they recall their favorite Combat! memories. The box sets will also contain several audio commentaries by Robert Altman, Tom Lowell, Ted Post, Richard Donner and much much more!
Combat! is in its authoring / compression phase. In a few days, we should be receiving the sample DVDs for QC (Quality Control check). Also, Disney gets a copy for approval. Upon approval, we should be ready for replication.
More info will be coming soon.
A couple of days later, CombatFan's organizer (and fellow DVD contributor) Jo Davidsmeyer goes on
in this post to add:
They've done a nice of splitting up the new material evenly between the sets. The "making of" special, at this point, will be included on both Season 1 sets. But the specials are going between the two.
Davidsmeyer also mentions that she is interviewed as well, and that among the "much much more" commentaries that Dawes talks about are tracks by Pierre Jalbert and Joe Campanella. This sounds like an exciting pair of releases coming up. It will be great to have all 32 episodes from the first season at your fingertips. Don't just stand there sucking on a prune pit, get these men some DVDs!
Stay tuned, and we'll have the official announcement and cover art from Image Entertainment just as soon as we can!
