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China Beach | 
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| Actors: Dana Delany, Michael Boatman, Robert Picardo, Concetta Tomei, Marg Helgenberger
Category: DVD
This item is no longer available
Rating:  118 reviews
Format: Ntsc
ASIN: B00005JMSD
Theatrical Release Date: April 26, 1988
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| Customer Reviews: Read 113 more reviews...
I sooo hope they release this soon November 16, 2008
This show ran from the time I was 9 until I was 12, and I was absolutely in love with it. War movies and TV shows have never particularly been my first choice...maybe because I've always been overly sensative and it's hard to see so much pain...maybe it's because I'm a girld and it usually seems to be more of a guy genre, but in any case this is a TV show that takes place during the Vietnam war mainly centered around the doctors and nurses that run the hospital at the R & R base at China Beach. The stories are well writen and well acted...I was so obsessed with this show that once I found out that the show was going off the air I taped the last 7 episodes so that I would at least have something to watch in the future. Back then I never dreamed that one day (not to many years away) companies would start releasing TV shows on DVD...I'm am still a huge fan of this deeply moving show! With the writing, acting, and visuals coming together so beautifully in this show I am very, very, very hopeful that it will soon be released on DVD.
P.S. the CD soundtrack was/is also amazing!
Hope it's a good "clean" release October 4, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
My mother bought a release of China Beach for my birthday. We didn't, obviously, get it from Amazon.com. The provider of my copy recorded the shows off of the History Channel (logo in corner). I'm about 1/2 way through and so far, 2 episodes are completely missing and 2 are repeated. I don't know who the provider of Amazon.com's copies will be/is, but we are going to try again and hope for a cleaner, better copy with all the episodes. We are trying to get at least part of our money back on the DVD's I have now. I recorded China Beach off Lifetime years ago onto VHS tapes but they are too old now and aren't watchable. I love China Beach and, although I wasn't born until 1971, I relate to several of the characters and the 1960's in general. This series was, and is, a considerable influence on my life and values. Excellent TV that was canceled way too soon!
One of my all time favorites. August 7, 2008
This show was a part of my teenage years. As a girl I loved shows with historical backgrounds and from the momemt I heard the themed song I was hooked. Dana Delaney was amazing as Nurse McMurphy. To this day she is one of my favorite actresses beause of that role. I wish that they would release it on DVD. I don't own many television series on DVD, but this is one that I would most definetly add to my collection.
No show had ever before or since, touched me so deeply. July 9, 2008
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
Maybe it was because I was serving in the U.S. Army at the time China Beach had aired. Maybe it was because I was 19. Maybe it was because I had just fallen in love. Whatever the reason, this show used to make me laugh and cry, (usually both) at least once or twice during every episode. "Those dissapointing eyes" of "Murph's" KC's ambition and drive which she used to cover her woundedness. Boonie's caring nature. I loved all of those charaters and followed them even after my tour of duty was up. I followed them on "Lifetime" and "The History Channel" and have pleaded with everyone I could call or write to please bring back the show but, to no avail.
The comeraderie I was developing and experiencing in my own life while serving in the Army helped me to understand, appriciate and connect with these character's all of them, in real life and on the show China Beach. I still am in contact with several friends I made in the Army at the time. But, I still miss my old friends on China Beach and I sure hope I can see them again on DVD. The entertianment industry baffles me. They don't want people to download items without paying for them but "they" don't offer a way we can get them and pay for them. It's very frustrating. John Sacret Hart should do "China Beach" proud, honor the work and respect the fans and release it on DVD.
We're still waiting May 12, 2008
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
I once again signed up on the "waiting" list. Actually I think it should be called the hoping list. I am begining to think no one is listening. I'll be short by saying it is absolutely amazing whoever owns the rights to China Beach, one of the best television shows ever, is still not available. I haven't even seen a marathon on TV that I can record. Please let us buy it. First quality boxed sets. Based on the other reviews, cost is not a deterant. IF YOU OFFER IT, WE WILL BUY IT!!!!
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