{"id":21119,"date":"2019-05-03T12:37:14","date_gmt":"2019-05-03T19:37:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/?p=21119"},"modified":"2019-05-03T12:39:33","modified_gmt":"2019-05-03T19:39:33","slug":"review-bonanza-season9-dvd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/2019\/05\/review-bonanza-season9-dvd\/","title":{"rendered":"Bonanza: The Official Ninth Season: Volumes 1 & 2 DVD Review"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Bonanza: Season Nine<\/em><\/strong> is a fine enough season but as someone who isn\u2019t the biggest fan of westerns in general and haven\u2019t really cared enough about the show to keep up over the course of nine seasons, but the restoration work from CBS was well done.<\/p>\n

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Bonanza: The Official Ninth Season
\n<\/span>\u2014 Volumes 1 & 2 \u2014<\/span>
\n(1967-68)<\/span>
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Genre(s): <\/strong>Western<\/span>
\nParamount | NR \u2013 810 min. \/ 911 min. \u2013 $45.98\/ea. | May 7, 2019<\/span><\/p>\n

Date Published:<\/strong> 05\/03\/2019 | Author:<\/strong> The Movieman<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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SERIES INFO:
\n<\/u><\/strong>Directed by: <\/strong>Various
\nWriter(s): <\/strong>David Dortort and Fred Hamilton (created by)
\nCast: <\/strong>Lorne Green, Dan Blocker, Michael Landon, David Canary<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
DISC INFO:
\n<\/u><\/strong>Features: <\/strong>Photo Galleries, Episode Commentary, Promos
\nSlip Cover: <\/strong>No
\nDigital Copy: <\/strong>No
\nFormats Included: <\/strong>DVD
\nNumber of Discs: <\/strong>4 each<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Audio: <\/strong>English (Dolby Digital 1.0), Spanish (Dolby Digital 1.0)
\nVideo: <\/strong>Full Frame 1.33
\nSubtitles: <\/strong>English SDH
\nRegion(s): <\/strong>1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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PLOT SYNOPSIS
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BONANZA: SEASON NINE \u2013 VOLUME ONE<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

The drought has ended. The charismatic Cartwrights (LORNE GREEN, DAN BLOCKER and MICHAEL LANDON) return with hard-hitting Western action and adventure as well as heartwarming stories. David Canary joins the men of the Ponderosa as rowdy and rambunctious \u201cCandy,\u201d a drifting cowboy whose \u201cSense of Duty\u201d saves the day. Spectacular location scenery showcasing the majestic beauty of Nevada\u2019s greatest lake and solid, provocative stories are essential components of \u201cDesperate Passage\u201d and \u201cShowdown at Tahoe.\u201d Killers, crooks, con artists and animal cruelty practitioners are spared no mercy in \u201cJustice Deerred,\u201d \u201cA Girl Named George\u201d and \u201cThe Gentle Ones.\u201d<\/p>\n

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BONANZA: SEASON NINE \u2013 VOLUME TWO<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Ride with the Cartwrights and new hand Candy with 18 action-packed adventures. This collection showcases stellar guest stars and solid stories, including actor-writer Michael Landon\u2019s directorial debut, \u201cTo Die in Darkness.\u201d Other outstanding entries include hard-tugging dramas (\u201cA Dream to Dream,\u201d \u201cStar Crossed\u201d), fights against injustice and bigotry (\u201cThe Stronghold,\u201d \u201cThe Burning Sky\u201d) and edge-of-your-seat suspense (\u201cThe Late Ben Cartwright\u201d), giving audiences of all generations inspirational heroes and valuable lessons.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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SPECIAL FEATURES \u2013 2.5\/5<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n
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Both volume sets have four discs and include Vintage NBC Promos<\/u><\/strong>, Production Notes<\/u><\/strong>, Photo Galleries<\/u><\/strong>, an excerpt from \u201cDanny Thomas Goes Country & Western\u201d<\/u><\/strong> and even a new Episode Commentary<\/u><\/strong> with Andrew J. Klyde on \u2018To Die in Darkness\u2019.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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VIDEO \u2013 4.5\/5, AUDIO \u2013 4.25\/5
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Both volume sets received new restorations from the original film elements and they truly looked great with vivid yet still time period appropriate colors and outside of some minor specs and film damage, but nothing egregious. The included Dolby Digital Mono track is impressive outputting clear dialogue levels with no major instances of pops or hissing.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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OVERALL \u2013 3.5\/5<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n
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Overall, Bonanza: Season Nine<\/em><\/strong> is a fine enough season but as someone who isn\u2019t the biggest fan of westerns in general and haven\u2019t really cared enough about the show to keep up over the course of nine seasons, don\u2019t have any sort of emotional attachment to the cast. That said, any fan of the show should appreciate the restoration work CBS\/Paramount did and even included some bonus features.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Bonanza: Season Nine is a fine enough season but as someone who isn\u2019t the biggest fan of westerns in general and haven\u2019t really cared enough about the show to keep up over the course of nine seasons, but the restoration work from CBS was well done.  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39,970],"tags":[6401],"class_list":["post-21119","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-dvd-reviews","category-quick-hit-reviews","tag-bonanza"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21119","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21119"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21119\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21123,"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21119\/revisions\/21123"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21119"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21119"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21119"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}