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7th Heaven - The Complete First Season
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Unlike the Brady Bunch, the Camdens of Seventh Heaven aren't a blended family. And unlike the Partridge Family, they aren't a band. They're just a family--a large, if normal family with normal problems and concerns. A little like the Waltons, perhaps, but set in the present day. The parents are Eric (Stephen Collins from All the President's Men), a minister, and Annie (Catherine Hicks from Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home), a homemaker. They live in the suburbs of Glenoak, California, with their five children: 16-year-old Matt (Barry Watson), 14-year-old Mary (Jessica Biel), 12-year-old Lucy (Beverley Mitchell), 9-year-old Simon (David Gallagher), and 5-year-old Ruthie (Mackenzie Rosman). By the end of the pilot ("Anything You Want"), they'll add the dog Happy to their household. Created by Barbara Hampton (Blossom) and produced by Aaron Spelling (Beverly Hills 90210), Seventh Heaven premiered on the WB in 1996 and would become its most enduring hit. It may lack a gimmick, but this heartwarming family drama doesn't lack a theme: communication. And since the Camdens are a minister's family, faith comes up often, as well, which gives the show something in common with such otherwise disparate programs as Touched by an Angel and Joan of Arcadia. Throughout 1996-1997, the Camdens would deal with many tough issues, both internal and external, including teen pregnancy ("Family Secrets"), death ("In the Blink of an Eye"), racism ("The Color of God"), spousal abuse ("What Will People Say"), and alcoholism ("Last Call for Aunt Julie"). In the years to come, the cast would have their own real-life issues with which to contend, such as Watson's battle with cancer (after taking 2003 off to recover, he would return in 2004) and the gradual loss of Biel (The Texas Chainsaw Massacre) to the movies. --Kathleen C. Fennessy
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Item Specifications...
Record Label Paramount
Format Closed-captioned / Color / DVD / Full S
Dimensions: Length: 5.4" Width: 7.5" Height: 0.7"
Weight: 1 lbs.
Binding DVD Video
Publisher Word Entertainment
ISBN 1415701571
EAN 9781415701577
UPC 097360537147
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Availability 7 units.
Availability accurate as of May 26, 2012 02:18.
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 | The most excelllent family show Feb 18, 2010 |
| This is a great, quality family christian t.v show. Definately worth your money. The family goes through realistic adventures and each episode teaches important life and christian lessons. | | |  | You Won't Be Disappointed Aug 6, 2009 |
When it comes to TV, I am a sitcom junkie. I want to be entertained. Make me laugh and I am happy. I have collected the complete series of several sitcoms and am working on others as the seasons become available.
But sometimes I feel the need to get more serious and my 2 favorite dramtic TV shows of all time were "Touched By an Angel" and "Little House on the Prairie." I have collected the entire series of Little House and am impatiently waiting for the remaining 5 seasons of TBAA. In the mean time I felt the need to find something else like them.
So I did some searching and stumbled on "7th Heaven." It sounded good. A minister and a stay-at-home mom with five children ranging in age from 5 to 16. The this site reviewers promised laughter and tears. But I was skeptical and finally decided to buy the first season as a test. I wasn't disappointed. Over time I bought seasons 2 through 8 and am now impatiently waiting for seasons 9 to 11.
The show delivered exactly what I wanted and what the reviewers promised. One minute I was laughing and the next I was fighting back tears. Then suddenly out of blue, I wanted to stand up and cheer. The acting is not the greatest in some scenes, but there are some well acted scenes too.
It tackles some very tough issues and doesn't always try to come to some absolute solution. One example would be racism. There are episodes that are all about it and tackle it head on. But many more of the episodes show white and black people interacting with absolutely no regard to (or mention of) their differences. Isn't that what we really want?
It also has episodes where the minister father has to make peace with his God. He has to go through heart surgery and becomes angry that his God did this to him. He considers leaving the ministry. There are a lot of tough issues (like sex) that are not for very young children. But children in or near their teens can or maybe should watch some of them with parental guidance. I'm not going to set an age. You know your children better than I do.
It bothers me that Jessica Biel could not come to terms with the producers. Jessica, in my opinion is not that great an actress (at least in this case), and there are actresses that are much better looking. But the family jigsaw puzzle seemed to missing a piece without Mary. I thought Mary (not Jessica) was a very mixed up girl, and would like to have seen her wake up and smell the coffee. The producers just had her basically run away from home and we hear very little about her after that. Well, I've seen it before where an actor's ego (or greed?) takes over and they walk out on the very role that made them so popular in first place.
Is it real life? Of course not. Its TV. But it is good TV. If you want reality, turn the TV off. There is nothing on TV that is reality. So called "reality" shows are just real people puttting on a show for the camera. The closest TV ever came to having a real "reality" show was Candid Camera where people did NOT know they were being filmed. But even that was just a snapshot of the movie we call life.
All things considered, I think if you liked TBAA and Little House, and want to be entertained, you'll like 7th Heaven.
| | | | Really good, family show Mar 31, 2009 |
My husband, daughter (age 14) and I have just recently watched the first season of this series. I really hadn't been aware of it before, but someone recommended it to me and we are now hooked. We often sit down and watch one of the episodes together after dinner and it is a nice way to end the evening.
The Camden family is a nuclear family consisting of the parents (on their first marriage) and their five children ranging in age from pre-school to high school. The father (Eric) is a minister and the mother (Annie) is a stay-at-home mom and they have their hands full dealing with all the issues that arise with raising five children.
Warning: while this is definitely a family show, topics are dealt with that may not be appropriate for younger children. There is teen-age pregnancy, church burning and racism along with a host of other serious/mature issues. All are dealt with very well in the show and I feel very comfortable with my 14-year-old watching this but I would not have liked for her to see this much younger than that (maybe age 12 and up would be the right age?). | | | | A Joy to Own Mar 22, 2009 |
| We absolutely love this series so it is so good to be able to see all of a season at your own pace. We'll be collecting the other seasons, too for sure. | | |  | Silly little show. Mar 8, 2009 |
| 7th Heaven is one of those shows you love to hate. I couldn't stand this show but I kept coming back every week like a junkie. The family is too perfect you just want to punch them. Jessica Biel was really the only star to break out and she's not that good of an actress! You may call this Aaron Spelling show a guilty pleasure, I wouldn't disagree. | | | Write your own review about 7th Heaven - The Complete First Season
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