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List Price: $19.98
Our Price: $15.99
Your Save: $ 3.99 ( 20% )
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Manufacturer: BBC Warner
Starring: Jeremy Clarkson, The Stig, Russ Swift
Directed By: Brian Klein
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Aspect Ratio: 1.66:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
Brand: Warner Brothers
EAN: 0794051287922
Format: Closed-captioned
Label: BBC Warner
Manufacturer: BBC Warner
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: BBC Warner
Region Code: 1
Release Date: 2007-03-27
Running Time: 72
Studio: BBC Warner
Theatrical Release Date: 2006
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Editorial Reviews:
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If the mere mention of Porsches, Ferraris, and Maseratis is enough to get your heart racing, you'll want to take Heaven and Hell out for a spin. Jeremy Clarkson, host of the International Emmy award-winning British series Top Gear, puts you in the driver's seat of the sports cars of your dreams (and other ill-fated vehicles of your worst nightmares). You only have to be a fan of vintage James Bond films to get a rush from the tire-smoking test drive of the Aston Martin V8 Vantage. Clarkson is authoritative and funny, and his enthusiasm is contagious. But woe to "the unimaginative junk built with no soul, flair or passion." "Seven deadly sinners" are dispatched to "hell" in creative ways. Clarkson purchases a Perodua, drives it across the street from the dealer, and then pummels it with a sledgehammer. He stages a jousting match between the "hateful" TR7 and a Ford Scorpio, A Citron gets the Monty Python treatment when a dumpster is dropped atop it. The test drives around the track can get repetitive, but considering that this is the closest many of us will ever get to a Ferrari 612 Scaglietti or a Porsche 911, just strap yourself in, sit back, and enjoy the ride. --Donald Liebenson
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Spotlight customer reviews:
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Customer Rating:
Summary: If you love Top Gear...
Comment: While the Heaven portions of the DVD were just that...the demolition of innocent cars was a bit disturbing in a Monty Python sort of way...
I love Top Gear and Jeremy never lets me down when I need a laugh or an "oooh" at some amazing piece of art/machine.
A fun way to spend a bit of time.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Great Cars but not as funny as the show
Comment: The DVD is entertaining and contains a boat load of great cars, of course, however it's not as funny as the show "Top Gear". That being said the DVD has this feature, which lets you cut out all the music so you can listen just to the car engines.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Entertaining
Comment: Nope this isn't as good as Top Gear, but it does feature some superb cars, as well as the rubbish.
FYI the cars are:
Maserati Quattroporte
Renault Espace
Aston Martin DB9 Volante, Aston Martin V8 Vantage
Range Rover Sport
Triumph TR7
Ford Scorpio
Perodua Kelisa
BMW M5
Ferrari F340, Ferrari Enzo, Ferrari 612 Scaglietti
VW Golf GTI
Citroen 2CV
Chevrolet Corvette
TVR Sagaris
Vauxhall Monaro
As some previous reviewers have already said, in places it is funny, but it lacks the spark that Clarkson has when he's working with Hammond and May. He may be the star, and the best thing about Top Gear, but he is not as good without Hammond and May.
Fortunately for me I picked this up very cheap. If I'd paid the normal price for this it would only have got 3 stars from me.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Decent
Comment: I bought this DVD as I am a huge fan of Top Gear and needed more to get me through between episodes. The DVD is basically about a dozen or so car features like Top Gear already shows. There are some cars which Jeremy claims are great and goes through the sideways tire smoking sequences he is known for. And then there are a few cars which he destroys as they are rubbish.
The other reviews say that this is not as good as Top Gear, and I will have to agree. The reason is that it is all car review segments which are just as good as ones in the show, but it really gets to be too much. All the other segments of Top Gear along with the interaction of three hosts together really make the show.
Basically if you are a huge fan of Top Gear, especially Clarkson's car review segments, its worth picking up, but it's not a must have. If you think the show is all right, it probably wouldn't be worth it.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Classic Clarkson, but Top Gear it's not...
Comment: The DVD is entertaining, yes, but does not feature Hammond or May - and suffers a bit by their absence.
The true test was when I tried to watch this with my wife (who is definitely *not* a "car person"). While she and I watch Top Gear together - in fact, she even prompts ME when there is a new episode on BBC America ! - she lost interest in this DVD within 5 minutes, once whe realized that it featured Clarkson exclusively (with only a minor bit with The Stig). She complained that it just wasn't the same without the rest of "the lads", and the humor is kind of flat. I agreed.
So, if you are looking for a Top Gear on DVD experience, this is not it.
But I still enjoyed it...so I give it a 4 of 5 star rating.
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