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Whistle Stopper - The Waltons - The Complete Seventh Season
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List Price: $39.98
Our Price: $28.99
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Manufacturer: Warner Home Video
Starring: Ronnie Claire Edwards, Nora Marlowe, Robert Donner, Richard Gilliland
Directed By: Gabrielle Beaumont, Nell Cox, Anthony Brand, Walt Gilmore, Fielder Cook
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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
Brand: Warner Brothers
EAN: 0883929010233
Format: Box set
Label: Warner Home Video
Manufacturer: Warner Home Video
Number Of Items: 3
Publisher: Warner Home Video
Region Code: 1
Release Date: 2008-04-29
Running Time: 1148
Studio: Warner Home Video
Theatrical Release Date: 1972-09-14
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Summary: Life on Walton's Mountain is changing more quickly than ever...
Comment: It's 1941, and World War II is in full force. Everyone in the Walton clan is affected -- John, now in great demand with his lumber for government work; John-boy, off in London as a correspondent; Mary Ellen, whose doctor husband Curt is stationed at Pearl Harbor; Jim-Bob, who dreams of enlisting and becoming a pilot; Jason, who begins to feel he might be a conscientious objector to the war itself. The others find the war invading their everyday life, from shortages to more work to overall worry and fear.
There are also a number of episodes featuring other mountain residents and their lives -- the discrimination still faced by Verdie Foster and her family; growing marital and personal problems between Ike and Corabeth Godsey; and the revelation of a long-buried secret for Miss Emily Baldwin.
Life may be changing drastically for the Waltons, but one thing remains steadfast -- viewers can be assured of quality episodes about the tight-knit family they've enjoyed watching in seasons past.
Still, there are countless life (and mountain) traditions and situations that endure reassuringly, even in the face of war and hardship. Now 13, Elizabeth is struggling with her feelings about growing up -- often resulting in turmoil, as seen in "The Changeling" and "The Yearning." Mary Ellen, mother of baby John Curtis, struggles to balance her nursing career with raising her son. Grandma, still grieving after Grandpa's death the previous summer, struggles to overcome the effects of her stroke and resume the life she's known for so many years. And Ben, as always, is busy planning business schemes and trying to charm the local ladies.
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Summary: MD
Comment: I love this series; I can hardly wait to get the other seasons. The sooner the better!
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Summary: The Waltons are Wonderful
Comment: My wife loves The Waltons. We watch them as a family (I have two sons) and discuss the values protrayed in the shows. Good wholesome entertainment.
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Summary: very pleased
Comment: This is a Wonderful Series that the whole family can watch and enjoy together. I really appreciate Earl Hamner for putting his life in a series that Everyone can enjoy and get something out of it. I would recommend this to everyone.
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Summary: "Day of Infamy" extremely well done
Comment: "Day of Infamy" chronicles the impact of December 7, 1941 on The Walton family. It is an incredibly moving episode with very understated but strong performances. Ralph Waite, Judy Norton-Taylor, and David Harper are particularly outstanding in the final heartbreaking scene. I know my own grandparents had to endure a moment just like the one when Jim-Bob brings the telegram home to the family, and I found this scene gut-wrenching.
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Editorial Reviews:
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World War II has a profound impact on The Waltons: The Complete Seventh Season, as does the absence of John-Boy Walton (Richard Thomas), central figure in the first six years of the popular television drama. With John-Boy offscreen, stationed in England and writing for the American "Stars and Stripes" military magazine, The Waltons places its entire focus on the rest of the clan. One can feel a gap in the show, but The Complete Seventh Season holds up largely because of the war's influence on storylines. Patriarch John Sr. (Ralph Waite), his wife Olivia (Michael Learned), and their large brood spend 1941 adjusting to ceaseless changes, beginning with increased demand on John's lumber mill to meet defense contract demands. With John spending more and more time off the mountain negotiating with the government like a buttoned-down businessman, operation of the Waltons' mill falls to his son Ben (Eric Scott), who has to learn what it means to be the boss of hired hands. Meanwhile, Jason (Jon Walmsley) gets closer to graduation and still makes his way by playing piano at the Dew Drop Inn. He also finds himself feeling guilty over not enlisting in the war effort, but is uncertain about whether or not he might be a conscientious objector--a position that doesn't sit well with some of the men in town. Jim-Bob (David W. Harper) dreams (and dreams) of becoming a pilot but is too young to enlist. The laconic teen also falls in love with a girl leaning toward entering a convent--the experience is painful, to say the least. But something in Jim-Bob grows up after that and stays that way. As for the girls, Mary Ellen (Judy Norton Taylor) struggles with a full-time job as a nurse while leaving her baby at home, though none of those complications compares with the loss she endures the day Japan attacks Pearl Harbor, where her doctor husband is stationed. Erin (Mary Beth McDonough) and Elizabeth (Kami Cotler) carry on with work and school, and Grandma (Ellen Corby) gets around pretty well while suffering the long-term results of a stroke. The war affects everything on Walton's Mountain, including race relations, the clientele at the Dew Drop Inn, the employment scene. But if that's not enough change for The Complete Seventh Season, there's a whopper of a development midway through the year affecting the health and presence of Olivia in the show. There's always change on The Waltons, but none has ever been quite as extensive or sad as what happens on The Complete Seventh Season. Despite (or even because of) the withdrawal of Richard Thomas from The Waltons, there is a delicate balance between the other characters heretofore unseen. --Tom Keogh
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