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Seinfeld - Seasons 1 & 2 - The Complete First and Second Seasons (1990)
Front Cover Actor Back Cover
Jason Alexander
Julia Louis-Dreyfus
Jerry Seinfeld
Michael Richards
Movie Details
Director Tom Cherones; Art Wolff
Producer Jerry Seinfeld; George Shapiro
Studio Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Language English
Audience Rating NR (Not Rated)
Running Time 448 mins
Country USA
Color Color
Plot
Nothing? Seinfeld is a show about everything! It's about the appeal of the posse and coma etiquette. It's about importing and exporting. It's about sneaking a peek, and seeing the baby. It's about this, that, and the other. TV Guide ranked Seinfeld the best TV series of all time. It has become the master of its syndication domain. Its most devoted fans can quote each episode chapter and verse; their absorption of each scene's minutiae anything but a trivial pursuit. With such fervent devotion to the show, and demand for its DVD release, series creators Jerry Seinfeld and Larry David could have easily just OK'd a bare-bones set containing nothing but the episodes. Not that there would have been anything wrong with that, but instead, the creative team came together to create extensive and encyclopedic features that make this four-disc set buy-worthy. The candid and revealing audio commentaries and interviews, deleted scenes and original episode promos, and optional "Notes About Nothing" pop-ups are as irresistible as a Drake's coffee cake.

It's always fun and instructive to return to the humble beginnings of a series that became a pop culture benchmark. Here are Kramer's first not-so-grand entrance, Jerry's first contemptuous "Hello, Newman," and Elaine's first "Get Out!" shove. But what is most revelatory about these episodes from the first two seasons is what Jason Alexander, during his commentary for the episode "The Revenge," calls a "sweet quality" that somehow redeems these characters' more base instincts. Consider the scene in which Jerry gives a freshly unemployed George some career guidance, or Jerry and Elaine's palpably affectionate banter throughout. The "Inside Look" episode intros offer fascinating insights into this singular show that subverted sitcom convention with such now-classic episodes as "The Chinese Restaurant," in which Jerry, George, and Elaine wait in vain for a table. We learn, for example, why movie tough guy Lawrence Tierney, who guest starred in "The Jacket," never reprised his role as Elaine's father. All of this, of course, is yadda yadda yadda to Seinfeld fans, whose patience for the show's DVD debut has been amply rewarded. As Elaine screams in the third-season episode, "The Subway," "It's not nothing, it's something!" --Donald Liebenson

Personal Details
Seen It Yes
Index 200
Collection Status In Collection
Links Amazon US
DVD Empire
Product Details
Format DVD
Region Region
Screen Ratio Standard 1.33:1 Color
Layers Single Side, Dual Layer
UPC (Barcode) 043396053410
Release Date 11/23/2004
Subtitles English; French; Portuguese; Spanish
Packaging Custom Case
Audio Tracks ENGLISH: Dolby Digital Stereo [CC]
FRENCH: Dolby Digital Stereo
SPANISH: Dolby Digital Stereo
Nr of Disks/Tapes 4
Extra Features
Approximately 13 hours of exclusive special features from the creative talents behind the show, including all-new interviews with Jerry Seinfeld, Larry David, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Michael Richards, Jason Alexander and more!
How It Began: An hour long look at how Jerry Seinfeld and Larry David came up with the idea for the show, how it almost didn't get made and how they emerged with the show that changed the face of television forever.
Notes About Nothing: Behind the Scenes Scoop and Production Notes
Inside Look: The cast and creators talk about what was happening behind the scenes of certain episodes.
In The Vault: Saved from the cutting room floor...Seasons 1 and 2 deleted scenes never seen before! Includes two versions of the pilot episode!
Not That There's Anything Wrong With That: Never before seen outtakes and bloopers.
Yada, Yada, Yada: Creator and Cast Audio Commentaries
Master Of His Domain: See Jerry Seinfeld in exclusive, never before seen stand-up comedy footage.
Featuring the original (1-2 minutes longer) NBC Network Versions, not seen since their original broadcast runs.
and More!