Nero Wolfe TV series on Blu ray?? (1 Viewer)

[Capt D McMars]

A favorite series I always tuned into watch was the A&E procuction of Nero Wolf. I always wondered why the Complete series box sets are still MIA? For as popular as they were, it seems the upgrade is lomg overdue!!

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Nero Wolfe
Title illustration and design by Aurore Giscard d'Estaing
Also known as	A Nero Wolfe Mystery The Nero Wolfe Mysteries
Genre	Period drama
Written by	Sharon Elizabeth Doyle Lee Goldberg William Rabkin Michael Jaffe Stuart Kaminsky Janet Roach Jennifer Salt Mark Stein
Directed by	John L'Ecuyer Timothy Hutton George Bloomfield Holly Dale John R. Pepper James Tolkan Neill Fearnley Michael Jaffe
Starring	Timothy Hutton Maury Chaykin Bill Smitrovich Colin Fox Conrad Dunn Fulvio Cecere Trent McMullen R. D. Reid Saul Rubinek Kari Matchett Debra Monk Nicky Guadagni
Composer	Michael Small
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	2
No. of episodes	20 (list of episodes)
Executive producers	Michael Jaffe Timothy Hutton Howard Braunstein
Producers	Susan Murdoch Randi Richmond
Production locations	Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Cinematography	Derek Rogers John Berrie
Editors	Paul Winestock Stephen Lawrence James Bredin Susan Shipton
Camera setup	Single-camera
Production companies	Jaffe/Braunstein Films Ltd. and A&E Networks in association with Pearson Television International
Network	A&E
Release	April 22, 2001 – August 18, 2002
The Golden Spiders: A Nero Wolfe Mystery (2000)

Nero Wolfe is a television series adapted from Rex Stout's series of detective stories that aired for two seasons (2001–2002) on A&E. Set in New York City sometime in the 1940s–1950s, the stylized period drama stars Maury Chaykin as Nero Wolfe and Timothy Hutton as Archie Goodwin. A distinguishing feature of the series is its use of a repertory cast to play non-recurring roles. Nero Wolfe was one of the Top 10 Basic Cable Dramas for 2002.

The series won praise for its high production values and jazzy score by Michael Small, and for preserving the language and spirit of the original stories. Most of the teleplays were written by consulting producer Sharon Elizabeth Doyle and the team of William Rabkin and Lee Goldberg, whose "Prisoner's Base" was nominated for an Edgar Award by the Mystery Writers of America.

A total of 20 episodes were produced over the two-season run. Eight of Stout's novels were adapted into two-hour broadcasts, while 12 of his short stories were filmed as one-hour episodes.

Nero Wolfe was produced for A&E by Jaffe/Braunstein Films, one of the first production companies to use high-definition video for television. Although the second season was shot in HD, none of the several home video releases of the series has been issued in HD, and only one of the 20 episodes ("The Silent Speaker") has been issued in 16:9 widescreen format.

 

[Mysto]

I have complained about the fact that the series has not been released in wide screen (it was in Europe) and the extended versions have shown in Europe are also not available.

Here is one of the extended cuts with wonderful byplay not shown on US TV or in the A&E release.

 

[Capt D McMars]

Thank you Mystro....at least I'm not screaming to an empty room. This series is in dire need for a restoration and BD upgrade...of all the incarnations of the series this one with Timothy Hutton and Maury Chaykin is the finest of the group.
I have both seasons but they're in dvd, better than nothing but someone somewhere should goive back the breath of life to this series.

 

[Capt D McMars]

Of all the incarnations of this series, this one, with Tim Hutton and Maury Chaykin, is my favorite.
The William Conrad is a close second though.

 

[Keith Cobby]

Agree that Chaykin and Hutton are the best. The show had a lot of class with good supporting characters and high production values. I am not optimistic about a blu ray release, I recall Frank Tarzi saying that television shows didn't sell well. Will be interesting to see how Columbo does though.

 

[Capt D McMars]

one of my favorites ~

 

[Capt D McMars]