DVDs are coming!
Apparently music rights were cleared. Tv shows on DVD sent notices to people who had requested the info. Here's hoping they were able to keep original music!
China Beach - Press Release: Music Cleared! Time Life to Release 'The Complete Collection' in 2013
TVShowsOnDVD's (currently) 6th-most-requested unreleased-on-DVD show, starring Dana Delany, is coming out at lastPosted by David Lambert
12/14/2012
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
TIME LIFE TO RELEASE LONG AWAITED,
EMMY AWARD-WINNING TELEVISION GEM
CHINA BEACH
One of the Most Requested Unreleased TV Series
To Make its Home Entertainment Debut in 2013
FAIRFAX, VA, December 14, 2012 - Following in the footsteps of critically acclaimed and best-selling deluxe DVD sets of THE CAROL BURNETT SHOW, THE SIX MILLION DOLLAR MAN and many others, the TV DVD archivists at Time Life, in conjunction with Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Group, will release the beloved ABC-TV series CHINA BEACH in 2013. One of the most eagerly-anticipated unreleased television programs of all time, according to TVShowsOnDVD.com, the release marks the first time the complete series will be available on any format. CHINA BEACH: THE COMPLETE COLLECTION will be offered as a singular collector's set featuring all 62 episodes (64 hours), and several hours of specially-created bonus features including a cast reunion and interviews with Dana Delany, Marg Helgenberger, producers John Sacret Young and John Wells, and many other cast and crew members. CHINA BEACH: THE COMPLETE COLLECTION will initially be available exclusively online, available for pre-order at www.TimeLife.com/ChinaBeach in early 2013, before it rolls out nationally to retail later in the year.
From the moment CHINA BEACH debuted in 1988 with its iconic opening credits backed by the Supremes' "Reflections," it was hailed as groundbreaking. In an era of testosterone-driven Vietnam movies such as Platoon, CHINA BEACH - created by award-winning journalist and Vietnam vet William Broyles Jr. and John Sacret Young - delivered the war from a unique perspective: that of the women, military personnel and civilians who were present during the conflict. Set in the Vietnam locale of China Beach, at the "Five and Dime" (a.k.a. the 510th Evacuation Hospital and R&R), the cast was made up of US Army doctors and nurses, officers and soldiers, Red Cross volunteers and civilian personnel, either on leave or at the end of their tour of duty. The supremely talented ensemble cast featured many actors beginning to make their marks on the industry, and included Dana Delany (First Lieutenant/Captain Nurse Colleen McMurphy), Marg Helgenberger (K.C. Koloski), Michael Boatman (SP4 Sam Beckett), Robert Picardo (Captain Dr. Dick Richard) and Ricki Lake (Holly Pelegrino). The other side of the camera boasted such accomplished talents as multiple Emmy Award-nominee Writer/Director/Executive Producer Sacret Young and producer John Wells, who would go on to executive produce "ER" and "The West Wing."
One of the hallmarks of the series was the use of music -- iconic, emotional music from the era featuring everyone from Bob Dylan and Joan Baez, to Aretha Franklin and Stevie Wonder. It's the music, in fact, that has prevented CHINA BEACH from being released at all. Time Life spent over a year painstakingly clearing the rights to nearly 500 musical copyrights, so the program will be released with almost all of the original music intact.
Taken from: http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/news/China-Beach-Complete-Collection/17869#ixzz2F3oFKTKj
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I am so excited!!!! I have been waiting years to get China Beach on DVD! :)
According to the press release, it appears that "almost all" the music will be on the DVDs:
"Time Life spent over a year painstakingly clearing the rights to nearly 500 musical copyrights, so the program will be released with almost all of the original music intact."
As long as they have kept the important songs, like the finale ending and Laurette's rendition of "A little help from my friends", anything more is a big bonus.
The DVDs will also be worth it for the extras such as the cast reunion and cast interviews.
Thank you Time Life and Warner Bros! :)
I have only ever seen the pilot, which aired like a movie on some cable channel a few years ago. Since then I've been patiently waiting as it blew my mind. That was a powerful two hours, and had the level and dramatic impact of a movie on the same subject
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