magnumpi
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Post by magnumpi on Oct 28, 2015 16:23:33 GMT
Anyone here a fan? I enjoyed it a lot, he seemed to have the perfect life that Jonathan Hart. Always flying around the world solving crimes and ending up in the bath with Stephanie Powers at the end of each episode. That's what I call a perfect day.
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maninasuitcase
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Post by maninasuitcase on Oct 28, 2015 16:43:10 GMT
I remember enjoying it back in the day but I don't suppose I have seen it for 30 years or more. Not convinced I would be so keen on it now.
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Post by Terry on Oct 28, 2015 18:55:22 GMT
Yep, not myself too much, but 'er indoors is a die hard fan. Had to get her all episodes on DVD. Seasons 1 and 2 are available officially , but the rest I had to organize as download as they stopped publishing it.
For me it always wasnt gritty enough, too comedian.
Catchphrase from the German dubbed eps is: "Schatz, hast du Dir wehgetan?" -"Darling, did you hurt yourself?" - always when Jonathan got one of his kickings... LOL
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magnumpi
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Post by magnumpi on Oct 28, 2015 19:35:14 GMT
Ahh I have season 1 and 2 still waiting for season 3 and 4. Stephanie Powers was lovely in her day. I didn't like the TV movies though. Some were damn right s#ite!
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maninasuitcase
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Post by maninasuitcase on Oct 28, 2015 19:39:13 GMT
Ms Powers was a lovely looking lady in 'The Girl From U.N.C.L.E.' as well. And that was filmed about 12 years or more before HTH.
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Post by mybodyguard on Oct 28, 2015 20:05:39 GMT
Good series. I will watch now and then as it still airs over here. It's a decent mix of comedy, adventure, and mystery. Robert Wagner's best show to me was It Takes A Thief, which is the TV show responsible for keeping Minder at #2 on my top TV shows of all time list.
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Post by Terry on Oct 28, 2015 21:05:48 GMT
MagnumPI
At least here in Germany they have cancelled series 3 and 4 officially on DVD...guess they werent popular enough so it didnt pay off.
If you like I can check if my downloaded eps have English soundtrack...
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Post by daz on Oct 28, 2015 21:10:51 GMT
Watched it as a kid and not sure I would like to watch now as have a feeling it would be...Murder!
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Post by jno on Oct 29, 2015 2:32:29 GMT
I used to watch this on Sunday nights in the 80s. Loved it then and as a 10 year old you can't help but fancy Ms Powers. How it might stand up today I don't know but perhaps I should give it a go again. That said, even as a kid I thought 'urm, how do they end up getting mixed up in all these crimes week after week then?' ... I guess you are supposed to look beyond that in a similar vein to never going on a weekend away with Jessica Fletcher off 'Murder She Wrote' - guaranteed someone will get 'iced' at some point. Ahh I have season 1 and 2 still waiting for season 3 and 4. If you do multi-region and are willing to splash out on lavish R1 like Señor dscarter and I do on the odd occasion (probably way too often!), Shout Factory have seasons 3 to 5 available: www.shoutfactory.com/tv/tv-action-adventure/hart-to-hart-season-threeEven if you don't do multi-region there is always DVD Decrypter - nice info here: linkThe major issue with Shout Factory releases is that are literally top dollar. Meanwhile 'Hart To Hart' - we have super fit Ms Powers, we have super smooth Robert Wagner, we have a dog called Freeway (he was cool), we have two Mercedes driving fast and some pretty slick titles each week, we have Ms Powers, did I mention her yet?  oh, and most importantly the lead has the name Jonathan. Urrm, where do I know that name from?  You don't often get characters in classic era TV shows with the name Jonathan, for a bonus point name a few (must be 1965-1990 TV, not film). |
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Post by dscarter1975 on Oct 29, 2015 18:46:30 GMT
My mum and sister used to watch Hart To Hart. In a very early episode of The Fall Guy, Robert Wagner appeared as himself in a cameo, criticizing Colt Seavers for putting his own life in danger by jumping out of a plane without a parachute. I also remember Stefanie Powers in an '80s mini-series called Deceptions. I like her in The Girl From UNCLE, she's very likeable.
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Post by Terry on Oct 29, 2015 20:38:54 GMT
Robert Wagner surprisingly appeared in Season 4 Ep 1 of Hustle...liked that ep very much:
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magnumpi
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Post by magnumpi on Oct 29, 2015 23:26:32 GMT
Wagner is someone who I am always in two minds about. Great actor but the Natalie wood thing will always make me wonder...
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Post by dscarter1975 on Oct 30, 2015 0:17:03 GMT
I know about that too. Apparently he and Christopher Walken were both allegedly at the scene when she drowned. Were they drunk?
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maninasuitcase
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Post by maninasuitcase on Oct 30, 2015 11:37:36 GMT
I know about that too. Apparently he and Christopher Walken were both allegedly at the scene when she drowned. Were they drunk? No, allegedly about it they were both present. I have grave doubts about Wagner over this affair.
Los Angeles County sheriff's detectives reopened their investigation in 2011 after the captain of the yacht claimed that Wood's husband, Robert Wagner, was with her right up until she went overboard.
Her death was ruled 'accidental' at the time, but in 2012, the coroner changed the ruling to 'undetermined.' The coroner's office said in the new report that it is not have enough evidence to rule on the manner in which Wood died.
However, the report did pay special attention to the bruises found on Wood's body.
'The location of the bruises, the multiplicity of the bruises, lack of head trauma, or facial bruising support bruising having occurred prior to entry in the water,' the report stated.
'Since there are unanswered questions and limited additional evidence available for evaluation, it is opined by this Medical Examiner that the manner of death should be left as undetermined,' Chief Medical Examiner Dr. Lakshmanan Sathyavagiswaran wrote in the report completed last June.
Wagner has told investigators that Wood, who could not swim, must have fallen in the water when she got up to try to retie a dingy that had been knocking against the side of the yacht.
He is not considered a suspect by the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Office.
Wood's body was found to have a blood alcohol content of 0.14 percent, nearly twice the legal limit for driving. She was also found to be under the influence of a motion sickness medication and a painkiller, which likely increased her level of intoxication.
Her body was found floating off Catalina Island, near Los Angeles, several hours later.
The captain of the yacht, Dennis Davern, told '48 Hours' and the 'Today' show last year that he heard Mr Wagner and Ms Wood arguing the night of her disappearance and believed Mr Wagner was to blame for her death.
He said that after Wood went to bed, he heard the fight continuing in her cabin, including sounds of a physical struggle.
He also claimed that a fight had broken out between Wagner and actor Christopher Walken, who was also aboard to yacht.
Mr Davern claims Wagner waited several hours after his wife disappeared to call authorities. |
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magnumpi
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Post by magnumpi on Oct 30, 2015 19:02:26 GMT
Wagner said in his book of his temper- I think he was obsessed with Wood who seemed to be one for chasing many men. Who knows what happened but walken must know more then he is letting on.
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Post by dscarter1975 on Oct 30, 2015 19:12:51 GMT
Such a shame. Never really been a big fan of Wagner but this incident puts a stain on his character. To be honest, Christopher Walken always seemed like a creepy bloke to me. Great actor though, even though he got typecast as the crazy, taciturn villain.
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