The great folks at
RoswellMovie.net (who are working hard to convince the powers-that-be to make a feature film based on the series), have posted the offiical press release for
Roswell - The Complete 3rd Season. It's chock-full of information about the set that reveals the show's last year on the air (when it was broadcast on UPN). Thanks to Cindy for bringing this to my attention first. Here's the cover art again, followed by the press release:
BY POPULAR DEMAND, THE LAST SEASON OF THE CULT SERIES FAVORITE LAUNCHES ONTO DVD FOR FINAL SEND OFF
"ROSWELL" SEASON THREE DVD COLLECTION
The Highly Praised Television Series Lands On DVD
August 9, 2005 From Fox Home Entertainment
Loaded With All 18 Episodes From The Final Season
With Commentaries, Bonus Featurettes And More
CENTURY CITY, Calif. - The engaging drama of three teenage aliens struggling to find their purpose and identity on earth returns to DVD for the final time when "ROSWELL" SEASON THREE DVD COLLECTION debuts on August 9, 2005 from Fox Home Entertainment. The collectible five-disc box set includes all 18 episodes from the third and final season of the cult television phenomenon, following the alien trio and their handful of loyal human friends as the Air Force and FBI close in. Bonus material includes select episode commentaries, "Class of 2002" featurette, "Shiri Appleby's DVD Tour to Japan" featurette and new cutting-edge songs selected by the original Roswell music team. The "ROSWELL" SEASON THREE DVD COLLECTION box set is priced at $59.98 US/$89.98 Canada. Prebook is July 13, 2005.
Marketing Support
Fox Home Entertainment will support the home video DVD release of "ROSWELL" SEASON THREE DVD COLLECTION with an extensive advertising and marketing campaign aiming at the rabid "Roswell" fan base. The release of "Roswell" Season One and "Roswell" Season Two is Fox Home Entertainment's appreciation to the thousands of fans who signed a petition to bring the series to DVD.
"Roswell" Synopsis
Living among the citizens of the infamous New Mexico city of Roswell are four who are not there by choice. They are there to follow a destiny given to them by the members of their dying race, a race that they are someday destined to save. Max Evans, Isabel Evans, Michael Guerin and Tess Harding are teenage humans with extraordinary gifts - gifts that are "not-of-this-earth." They are human/alien hybrids, sent here as replacements for the royalty of an alien race. Their counterparts have already perished in a war of attrition, thus one day, the "royal four" will return to their home planet and save their race. Before a fateful day in 1999, the teens hid their gifts. The event that forever changed their lives was when Max healed Liz Parker (a classmate) after she was fatally shot in the stomach in a dispute between two customers at the restaurant where she was a waitress. A close relationship then developed between Max and Liz. "Roswell" is a distinctly science-fiction based show built on the relationships between humans and aliens.
"Roswell" Season Three Synopsis
Having grown up in Roswell with only a few close friends aware of their alien origins, Max, Isabel and Michael have finally come of age. Uncertain about what lies ahead of them after graduation, they are suddenly forced into action when it becomes clear that the incidents in which they have used their alien powers to help others have finally caught up with them. As the Air Force and FBI close in, the trio realizes that Roswell is no longer the safe haven it once was. But as they prepare to leave their friends and families behind, Liz has a shocking vision which makes everyone realize that it is not only the aliens who are in danger but their human friends as well.
"ROSWELL" SEASON THREE DVD COLLECTION Special Features:
All episodes are compiled on five discs presented in 1.78:1 widescreen with English Dolby 5.1. The following is the breakdown for each disc:
- Disc 1:
- BUSTED
- MICHAEL, THE GUYS AND THE GREAT SNAPPLE CAPER
- SIGNIFICANT OTHERS
- SECRETS AND LIES
- Additional Bonus Feature:
- Commentary on Secrets and Lies by Director/Executive Producer Jonathan Frakes
- Disc 2:
- CONTROL
- TO HAVE AND TO HOLD
- INTERRUPTUS
- BEHIND THE MUSIC
- Additional Bonus Feature:
- Commentary on Behind the Music by Director/Executive Producer Jonathan Frakes
- Disc 3:
- SAMUEL RISING
- A TALE OF TWO PARTIES
- I MARRIED AN ALIEN
- CH CH CHANGES
- Additional Bonus Feature:
- Commentary on I Married an Alien by Writer/Executive Producer Ronald D. Moore
- Disc 4:
- PANACEA
- CHANT DOWN BABYLON
- WHO DIED AND MADE YOU KING
- CRASH
- Disc 5:
- FOUR ALIENS AND A BABY
- GRADUATION
- Additional Bonus Feature:
- Commentary on Graduation by Writer/Executive Producer Jason Katims
- Class of 2002 Featurette
- Shiri Appleby's Roswell DVD Tour to Japan
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