Product Description

From the producer of "Anne of Green Gables":

"Road to Avonlea is solid, engrossing family fare with classy acting, splendid photography and a fine period look." - VARIETY

This 4-Disc DVD Boxset is the complete first season of "Road to Avonlea" / "Avonlea" (as shown on the Disney channel). "Road to Avonlea" is a sparkling one-hour episodic series that follows the adventures of Sarah Stanley (Sarah Polley), who is forced to live with her deceased mother's relatives in the charming town of Avonlea, Prince Edward Island, Canada. Sarah's story is intertwined with many unforgettable L. M. Montgomery characters - from the cast of the original "Anne of Green Gables" mini-series. Sara's antics and misadventures lead her through tales of romance and fancy; tragedy and comedy.

Disc 1
Ep. 1 - The Journey Begins
Behind the Scenes Featurette
Screen Tests Footage

Disc 2
Ep. 2 - How the Story Girl Earns Her Name
Ep. 3 - The Quarantine
Ep. 4 - Secrets and True Love
Ep. 5 - Old Lady Lloyd

Disc 3
Ep. 6 - Proof of the Pudding
Ep. 7 - Aunt Abigail's Beau
Ep. 8 - Malcolm and the Baby
Ep. 9 - Conversions

Disc 4
Ep. 10 - Felicity's Challenge
Ep. 11 - The Blue Chest of Arabella King
Ep. 12 - The Witch of Avonlea
Ep. 13 - Nothing Endures but Change

Special Features include:
- Behind-the-scenes featurette
- Screen Tests footage
- Languages: English, French

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #9868 in DVD
• Brand: Koch International
• Released on: 2002-11-20
• Rating: NR (Not Rated)
• Aspect ratio: 1.33:1
• Formats: Box set, Color, Dubbed, DVD, NTSC
• Original language: English, French
• Number of discs: 4
• Dimensions: .40 pounds
• Running time: 600 minutes

Customer Reviews

Great show, horrible quality DVD
Pros:
- Awesome show. Brings back a lot of great memories.
- Unlike the Disney release, these episodes are complete and not shortened to fit on the DVD.

Cons:
- The WORST quality DVD I have ever seen. Each disc and each episode has this bizarre grainy, distorted, image. It isn't unwatchable if you're a hardcore fan--I'll probably even buy more seasons despite this defect. Also it doesn't matter what kind of a TV or DVD player you have. My tube with cheap DVD player was just as crappy a picture as my HDTV with a progressive scan player.
- While the story is intact and not edited down, the introduction and theme music has been cut from each episode. Boo!

Picture quality now good
The season one version I have has excellent picture quality, and comes with some production features. I think the newer releases have the technical problems solved. The show is excellent and deserves to be seen by all.

Great story, terrible quality !
Sullivan entertainment should be ashamed for delivering these series on DVD in this Quality. I bought this for my wife, she loves Anne of Greengables and she looked forward to see this serie on DVD. But a 100 times rented out VHS-tape is better quality than this. You can litterely see the pixels on TV !!

Come on Sullivan this could be digitally restored...