FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
"Smiles Everyone, Smiles!"
FANTASY ISLAND: THE COMPLETE FIRST SEASON
Debuts on DVD November 15
Special Features Include Interviews With the Cast and Creators,
a Featurette on the History of Fantasy Island and More
Culver City, CA - Join Mr. Roarke and "Tattoo" to see fantasies come to life when
FANTASY ISLAND: THE COMPLETE FIRST SEASON debuts on DVD November 15, from Sony Pictures Home Entertainment. Featuring all 16 episodes of the debut season, including the pilot episode,
FANTASY ISLAND: THE COMPLETE FIRST SEASON also includes a featurette on the history of
Fantasy Island, as well as cast and crew interviews with Ricardo Montalban, Herve Villechaize, Leonard Goldberg, several of the show’s guest stars, and more. The four-disc DVD set will be priced at $ 49.95 SLP.
From the masterminds of TV drama, Aaron Spelling ("
Charlie’s Angels," "
Beverly Hills, 90210") and Leonard Goldberg ("
Charlie’s Angels," "
Starsky and Hutch"),
Fantasy Island premiered in January 1977, and became one of ABC’s’ most popular guest-cast series. Starring Ricardo Montalban (
Star Trek: The Wrath of Khan, Spy Kids 2: Island of Lost Dreams) and Herve Villechaize (
The Man with the Golden Gun) as the unique leading characters, the show entranced viewers with tropical settings and engaging stories, and kept them hooked with its weekly parade of name actors. During its successful seven-season run,
Fantasy Island was nominated for six Emmy Awards. It is best remembered for Villechaize’s performance as "Tattoo," whose cry of "Da plane! Da plane!" made him an ‘80s pop culture icon.
Imagine a place where any dream or fantasy can come true. Welcome to
Fantasy Island. Each week two guests arrive on the island looking forward to getting their fantasy fulfilled. Their host is the sophisticated Mr. Roarke, a charming and fashionable gentleman who, along with his diminutive assistant, Tattoo, sees to it that their guests’ island visit is all they could ever have imagined ... literally. Each fantasy comes with danger, suspense, and surprises, for after all, guests always get what they ask for, but rarely what they expect.
Fantasy Island’s guest stars from this first season include Mary Ann Mobley ("
Diff’rent Strokes," "
General Hospital"), Diana Canova ("
Soap"), Robert Clary ("
Hogan’s Heroes"), Mabel King (
The Wiz, "
What’s Happening") and baseball legend Tommy Lasorda.
DVD Special Features Include
- Featurette: Creating the Fantasy - a brief history of how Fantasy Island came to be
- Featurette: Be Our Guest - interviews with Leonard Goldberg, Ron Friedman (writer/producer of several episodes), Cliff Bole (director of several episodes) and guest stars: Adrienne Barbeau, Mary Ann Mobley, Joe Campanella and Ken Berry plus vignettes with stars Ricardo Montalban and Herve Villechaize
- Episode Promos for 11 of the 16 Episodes
- Full Screen Presentation
- Audio: English, Spanish, Portuguese
- Subtitles: Spanish, Portuguese
- Bonus Previews
FANTASY ISLAND: THE COMPLETE FIRST SEASON features the following episodes:
- FANTASY ISLAND – PILOT (1977 PILOT/Movie of the Week)
- RETURN TO FANTASY ISLAND (Movie of the Week)
- ESCAPE / CINDERELLA GIRLS
- MR. IRRESISTIBLE / BET A MILLION
- THE PRINCE / THE SHERRIFF
- VOODOO / FAMILY REUNION
- RACER / LADY OF THE EVENING
- TREASURE HUNT / BEAUTY CONTEST
- THE FUNNY GIRL / BUTCH & SUNDANCE
- SALEM / SUPERSTAR
- TROUBLE MY LOVELY / THE COMMON MAN
- POOF, YOU’RE A MOVIE STAR / OVER THE HILL CAPER
- ANNIVERSARY / REUNION
- KING FOR A DAY / INSTANT FAMILY
- DOUBLE YOUR PLEASURE / FOOL FOR A CLIENT
- CALL ME LUCKY / TORCH SONG
Closed Captioned
Running Time: approximately 776 minutes
SLP: $ 49.95
