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Tour of Duty - Season 1 Announcement
Posted by David Lambert
3/29/2004


Almost two months ago we had the scoop that Tour of Duty - The Complete 1st Season was coming out on DVD this June. Since then we've had to hold off on releasing further information about this, until the studios' official announcement day arrived. Well, today is that day, so we finally have a release date, price, cover art, menu, and a couple of details:

Columbia Tristar today announces a June 8 release date for Tour of Duty on a 5-disc set that encompasses 21 episodes (including the pilot) in the first of its three seasons. This was the first time that the Vietnam War was depicted in a television series, and it tried to do so with a gritty realism. Series star Terence Knox, who is also known for his role as Dr. Peter White on St. Elsewhere, won a Founder's Award for Tour of Duty, voted on by participants in the now-defunct Viewers For Quality Television organization. Unfortunately the music for the series will be replaced; we're unsure if this includes the theme song.

$49.95 is the suggested retail price for 1003 minutes. It looks like there are no extras on this set other than bonus trailers, but then again the studio hasn't issued their press release yet today so perhaps we'll learn more from it.

This link will give you a summary of all Season 1 eps.....

http://tourofduty.de/season1.php

bboisvert

Hmmmm.... you know, the main thing I remember about that show is the music. It's kinda like Miami Vice in that respect, almost pointless to put it out if you have to replace that stuff.

Too bad.

nemein

Don't recall much about the music in the show but changing the theme song would suck

djones6746

I would imagine they will at least retain the opening song.....at least we can hope for that anyway.

MaudlinHarold

Although the theme song ("Paint It Black") might be pricey to keep since it's a Rolling Stones song.

Wag

I know they replaced the opening song, Paint It Black by the Rolling Stones, in syndication, at least when I saw it on TNT. In fact the syndicated episodes seemed to have most the in episode music replaced, having most of the 60s hits replaced by more generic theme type music...at least that is how I remember the syndicated eps.

Contrasting those eps to those from the original run, they just seemed kind of lifeless and without character, like something was missing (the music duh). The stories were still good but it was missing the color and time reference that the music gave it.

I was looking forward to getting these on DVD, but after hearing about the lack of original music, I don't know.

Mike Lowrey

While the music is being changed, I'm still getting these sets. Kinda like 53 episodes of Band of Brothers. Hopefully they remaster them in 5.1