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Fantasy Island: Season 1

Fantasy Island

Fantasy Island: Season 1

Columbia TriStar (1977)
DVD
NR (Not Rated)
043396114906
TV Series | Action | Adventure | Comedy | Drama
USA | English & German | Color | 12:56

Smiles everyone, Smiles! So began this long-running (7 season) series which was one of the ABC Network's anthology/guest-cast series (along with The Love Boat) that proved wildly popular. Each week two guests came to "Fantasy Island" to get their wish/fantasy fulfilled. Their mysterious host, the debonair and suave white-suited Mr. Roarke, would do the sometimes impossible and grant them their wishes...but there was always some twist to the fantasy, letting the guest learn something about themselves or get something they weren't expecting. Best remembered for the presence of Herve Villechaize as the diminuitive "Tattoo" and his cry of "De plane! De plane!" the show proved popular enough to go the distance and then spawn a brief revival/remake in the 1990s. A remake, Fantasy Island (1998)in the late 1990's was not as successful as its predecessor.


Episodes View details

1 Pilot 60 min | Jan 14, 1977

Wealthy businesswoman Eunice Hollander Baines attends her own funeral; jaded hunter Paul Henley becomes the prey; World War II veteran Arnold Greenwood relives his romance with a woman he met in England.

2 Return to Fantasy Island 60 min | Jan 20, 1978

Career woman Margo Dean's assistant Lowell Benson hopes to romance her; Brian and Lucy Faber want to see the daughter they gave up for adoption; Janet Fleming, who lost her memory on her honeymoon, wants to relive it to cure her amnesia.

3 Escape/Cinderella Girls 60 min | Jan 28, 1978

Magician Gregory Udall wants to perform the ultimate escape from a notorious prison on a nearby island. Best friends Ann Dowd and Maxine Bender want to be wealthy for a weekend.

4 Bet a Million/Mr. Irresistible 60 min | Feb 04, 1978

Fred and Joan Wade gamble everything they own on their dream of building a grand resort hotel; and nondescript Chuck Huffman wants to be ultra-attractive to every woman who sees him.

5 The Prince/The Sheriff 60 min | Feb 11, 1978

European Crown Prince Peter D'Anatoli becomes an average man to understand his subjects' problems. New York City cop John Burke tracks down his partner's killers - to obtain revenge.

6 Family Reunion/Voodoo 60 min | Feb 18, 1978

Two children trick their divorced parents into a family weekend together in the hope of reuniting Mom and Dad. Amnesiac Jane Howell turns to a voodoo practitioner to find out if she is a missing heiress.

7 Lady of the Evening/The Racer 60 min | Feb 25, 1978

Well-known call girl Renee Lansing wants to escape her old life and find true love; race-car driver Jack Kincaid wants to relive a crash to end his nightmares of it.

8 Treasure Hunt/Beauty Contest 60 min | Mar 11, 1978

Stu and Andrea Chambers and their partner Jim Defoe may be driven apart by their quest for a treasure. Sally Quinn hopes to win a beauty contest to follow in her late mother's footsteps and gain her neglectful father Neville's attention.

9 The Funny Girl/Butch and Sundance 60 min | Mar 18, 1978

Famous comedienne Katherine Patrino seeks anonymity in a small town, like the one she came from. Bill Cummings and Alex Farrelli fulfill their dreams of being Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid.

10 Superstar/Salem 60 min | Mar 25, 1978

Working stiff Richard Delaney wants to become a baseball star; Walter and Martha Tate are fed up with the loose ways of today's young people, so they want to go back to a time when people were "better behaved".

11 Trouble, My Lovely/The Common Man 60 min | Apr 01, 1978

Overlooked process server Stanley Scheckter wants the action and excitement of being a private eye for a weekend; and perpetually browbeaten husband Fred Stouton wants the respect of his wife, son and mother-in-law.

12 The Over-the-Hill Caper/Poof, You're a Movie Star 60 min | Apr 15, 1978

Blackmail victim Spencer Randolph and his aging buddies reunite their gang to defeat their blackmailer; and young Shirley Russell revels in her fantasy of being a movie star -- until director Arthur Gantman requests that she appear nude.

13 Reunion/Anniversary 60 min | Apr 29, 1978

Four high-school friends, each with a dark secret, gather for a ten-year reunion of their old group. Tom and Toni Elgin, who are drifting apart, relive their wedding day in hopes of patching things up.

14 King for a Day/Instant Family 60 min | May 06, 1978

Plumber Ernie Miller's fantasy to be a king challenges him with diplomatic problems and a troubled Queen. Grad student and self-proclaimed child-rearing expert Gail Grayson is put to the test when she baby-sits her mentor's kids.

15 Fool for a Client/Double Your Pleasure 60 min | May 13, 1978

New lawyer Herb Costigan looks to try a criminal case and winds up defending himself; and Alaska oil-pipeline worker Larry Barbour wins a date with two gorgeous women - twin sisters.

16 Call Me Lucky/Torch Song 60 min | May 20, 1978

Career gambler Harry Beamus' dream of winning every game he plays has a monkey wrench thrown into it by the arrival of his son; and Edith Garvey wants to be a successful 1920's torch singer, like her grandmother.

Cast View all

Ricardo Montalban Mr. Roarke
Herve Villechaize Tattoo
Adrienne Barbeau Margo Dean
Joseph Cotten Simon Grant
Cameron Mitchell Raoul
Horst Buchholz Charles Fleming
George Chakiris Pierre
Joseph Campanella Brian Faber
France Nuyen Kito
Carol Lynley Elizabeth 'Liz' Hollander
John Zaremba Dr. Croyden
Kevi Kendall Pat
Laraine Day Mrs. Grant
George Maharis Lowell Benson
Pat Crowley Lucy Faber
Nancy McKeon Ann
Karen Valentine Janet Fleming
Lawrence Moran Runner #2
Kristine Ritzke Carol
Ian Abercrombie Bartender
Bob Harks Party Guest
John Saxon Dr. Roger Sullivan
Mary Jo Catlett Carlotta Smith
Peter Mark Richman Roy Burke
Georgia Engel Maxine Bender

Edition details

Packaging Keep Case
Nr Discs 4
Distributor Sony Pictures
Layers Single side, Single layer
Regions Region 1

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Added Date Mar 08, 2016 07:21:06
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