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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated) Binding: DVD EAN: 0786936296204 Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, NTSC Label: Buena Vista Home Entertainment Languages: Manufacturer: Buena Vista Home Entertainment MPN: D41357D Number Of Items: 2 Publisher: Buena Vista Home Entertainment Region Code: 1 Release Date: November 22, 2005 Running Time: 385 minutes Studio: Buena Vista Home Entertainment Theatrical Release Date: December 03, 2003 Editorial Review: Amazon.com: Get out your handkerchiefs. Extreme Makeover: Home Edition is all about warm fuzzies, tear-jerking, and a lot of cool houses. In this edition (it should be noted that the DVD is a best-of from Season One, not the complete season), a crew, led by former Trading Spaces carpenter Ty Pennington, finds families with extreme needs, such as a child allergic to his mold-infested house and a pair of siblings who became guardian to their six younger brothers and sisters when their parents died within days of each other. They send the family off on vacation for seven days and work around the clock to gut, design, build, and decorate their dream house. Watching them bicker (particularly between building planner Constance Ramos and exterior designer Preston Sharp) and stress out over making their deadline, you wonder: why don't they just keep the family out of the house an extra day or two? But then again, that's what creates drama. Some of the transformations are truly impressive: a family of three sons receives a mini-baseball field at 1/7th scale in their backyard, complete with authentic Dodger Stadium grass. A tri-level home is completely transformed--including an elevator--to accommodate a teen in a wheelchair. Sometimes they even throw in bonus prizes: a grill the size of a truck for a community mother figure who liked to barbecue for the homeless in her front yard; paying off the mortgage for the eight siblings living on their own. While the ideas make for good television, some of their shtick is all too repetitive, particularly prank-calling each family on vacation to trick them into thinking their house will be lined with fluorescent orange carpet. Host Pennington is especially guilty of this, and his hunk-on-sugar routine can get tiresome. Still, if you enjoy watching nice people's dreams come true, Extreme Makeover: Home Edition will tickle your fancy. --Ellen A. Kim Description: Experience the most unbelievable transformations from EXTREME MAKEOVER: HOME EDITION SEASON 1 in this inspiring 2-disc set, including exclusive bonus features that take you behind-the-scenes! In just seven days, Ty Pennington and the remarkable design team will present a deserving family with the home of their dreams. In a race against time, on a project that would normally take a crew four months to complete, designers and contractors, hundreds of workers and community members, plus special guest stars come together to build homes and change lives.~ Average Rating:
 Rating:  - Love the showI woul like to see the rest coming out on DVDS as I only get to see it when it is on UKTY STYLE I purchased this for my mother as she loves the show. TY and his team are the very best at making dreams for all the people they help out looking forword to looking at the dvd when I get it.writing from Ireland Amazon is the best to get your dvds from Rating: - gotta love it!Well, this is one of the first seasons, and its funny how much everything has changed since then. But its still a great show, and we shed the occasional tear! Rating: - Great Purchase!!!Everything is ok. This DVD is amazing and also the delivery was on time. Thank you!!! Rating: - You just can't beat this show!It makes me cry every time. This is the kind of thing we all should be doing on some level of our lives and it inspires me to reach for that every time I watch it. A feel good show that we could all use in such dark times. Rating: - Extreme Home Makeover Season 1Loved it! Definitely worth the $$ - nice to see the first evolution of the show and the bonus segments were killer! |
