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| Spaced: The Complete Series | 
 enlarge | Director: Edgar Wright
Actors: Jessica Hynes, Simon Pegg, Julia Deakin, Nick Frost, Mark Heap
Studio: BBC Warner
Category: DVD
List Price: $59.98
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Avg. Customer Rating:  79 reviews
Sales Rank: 839
Format: Box Set, Color, Dvd-video, Subtitled, Widescreen, Ntsc
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Subtitled)
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Number Of Items: 3
Running Time: 350
Aspect Ratio: 1.77:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.5 x 1
MPN: 1000038748
UPC: 883929019748
EAN: 0883929019748
ASIN: B0019MFY3Q
Theatrical Release Date: 2008
Release Date: July 22, 2008
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Condition: Brand new - shrink wrapped
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Product Description
Spaced revolves around two idle twentysomething flatmates - immature skateboarding would-be comic artist Tim (Simon Pegg) and moody responsibility-shy Daisy (Jessica Stevenson) and their self-induced lack of success in employment relationships and life in general. Together with their oddball assortment of friends and neighbors Marsha Brian Mike and Twist they exist in a world perched precariously on the edge of normality.Running Time: 343 min.System Requirements:Running Time: 343 minutesFormat: DVD MOVIE Genre: TELEVISION/BBC Rating: NR UPC: 883929019748 Manufacturer No: 1000038748
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It only takes one episode to become very protective of this 1999 British Comedy Award-winning series that put comedy soul mates Simon Pegg and Jessica Stevenson (now Hynes), as well as Nick Frost, and director Edgar Wright (Shaun of the Dead, Hot Fuzz) on the map. One can only hope a threatened American version is never produced. This is one of those brilliant, off-center, lightning-in-a-bottle creations that gets you so jazzed, you want to turn all your friends on to it. Spaced (actually, Friends might have been a better title; too bad it was taken) stars Pegg and Stevenson as strangers Tim and Daisy, "amiable 20-somethings" who pose as a "professional couple" to rent an apartment. He is a recently-dumped aspiring comic book artist. She is an easily distracted writer. As the series unfolds, their apartment becomes an "island of calm in the ocean of life" as Tim and Daisy form a kind of 21st century family with their similarly misfit friends, including soused landlord Marsha (Julia Deakin), who lives with her teenager daughter (aka "the devil in a A cup," who is heard, but never quite seen), Brian (Mark Heap), an artist who deals in anger, fear, and aggression, Simon's best friend Mark (Frost), a militaristic gun nut, and Daisy's best friend, Twist (Katy Carmichael), a fashion poseur (in the series' penultimate episode, look for a pre-Office Ricky Gervais). Spaced is not so much interested in Tim and Daisy's charade as it is in cramming each episode with pop culture references and obscure in-jokes, and brilliantly realized film and TV homages, ranging from Woody Allen's Manhattan to Pulp Fiction and The Empire Strikes Back (Star Wars, especially, looms large in Tim's slacker universe). As with Arrested Development, Spaced benefits from repeat viewings to catch missed bits of business and gags that fly by at a Simpsons-esque rate. This Complete Series set is everything Spaced's fervent following would demand. Each episode is complemented by the original commentaries as well as newly-recorded gabfests that also feature American friends of the show, including Kevin Smith, Patton Oswalt, Quentin Taratinto, Matt Stone, Diablo Cody, and Bill Hader. There are deleted scenes and outtakes, and, best of all, an hour-long 2007 Q&A with Wright and the cast, in which Pegg allows that, had there been a third series (and we can still dream), it would have provided viewers hoping that Tim and Daisy would ultimately get together with "a moment to make every hair of your body stand on end." You will see such a moment if you "skip to the end" of the essential near two-hour series retrospective. --Donald Liebenson
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A slice of fried gold! May 27, 2008
30 out of 34 found this review helpful
If you've never had the opportunity to see Spaced, you're in for a treat. Available for the first time ever in the States on DVD (and a long time coming at that!), this hilarious sit-com delivers all the necessities of an instant cult classic.
The story revolves around Tim and Daisy, two twenty-somethings who, through a spell of bad luck, wind up meeting in a London coffee shop. Both are at the ends of bad relationships, so they decide to move into a flat together, pretending that they are married in order to gain residence. Laced with pop culture references, the series manages to balance their misadventures with their aspirations of becoming successful.
Highly recommended. But just be sure not to call Hawk the Slayer rubbish!
Thrilled by the US release!!! May 28, 2008
25 out of 26 found this review helpful
This is an AMAZINGLY wonderful show. Genius!
Edgar, Simon and Jess created a program which speaks directly to a specific group of people with whom they share so much in common. If you get the subtle inside jokes, you feel special, if not, you love it anyway because it's just so unique and funny. Spaced lays the foundation for many ongoing jokes (much like Kevin Smith's universe) in subequent Wright/Pegg/Frost films Shaun of the Dead and Hot Fuzz. I own the UK version and will absolutely be buying this release too! Quite frankly, I'll buy anything from Edgar, Simon or Nick!
It's Too Orange-y For Crows! June 3, 2008
13 out of 13 found this review helpful
All I can say is it's about time! Even Big Train and League of Gentlemen made it out here before this. I have the beat up region 2 copies and can't wait to be able to own the complete series with all the lovely, lovely extras. How will I make it until next month?
If you like anything Simon Pegg and Nick Frost have done you will love this show. It's brilliant. Just buy it!
About time! July 5, 2008
7 out of 7 found this review helpful
It's about time this brilliant show gets a legit release in the states. I've been watching my copies of these for a few years now but finally getting a nice clean dvd copy will be even more fun. Great writing with a fantastic cast of characters. If you are a fan of "Shaun of the Dead" or "Hot Fuzz" then there is NO reason you shouldn't be picking this up.
A wonderful and supremely enjoyable discovery September 4, 2008
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
Before there was Shaun of the Dead or Hot Fuzz, there was Spaced. Sadly, I didn't discover this BBC treasure until very recently, only checking it out after the rave things I'd heard about it since it's made it's way to our shores on DVD, and being a huge fan of the aforementioned films and the talent behind them, gave Spaced a shot. Needless to say, less than two episodes in, I fell in love. Spaced tells the story of wanna-be comic book artist Tim (Simon Pegg) and wanna-be writer Daisy (Jessica Stevenson); two people who just met and pose as a couple in an effort to rent out a flat. To make things complicated, they have to deal with their slightly unhinged landlady Marsha (Julia Deakin) and their even more unhinged artist neighbor Brian (Mark Heap). Loaded with pop-culture references (Star Wars and video games play a huge role, and Tim's tripped out zombie experience is an obvious precursor to Shaun of the Dead), brilliant dialogue, and plenty of undeniably hilarious moments, Spaced is a truly joyous experience. Even more undeniably true is the fact that Spaced is certainly funnier and smarter than any sitcom you'll find on American network television today (the only show in my opinion to even come close may be Arrested Development), and the special features included in this three-disc set only add to the experience. All in all, Spaced is a pure comic blast, and if you've missed out on this show but are a fan of anything from Edgar Wright and Simon Pegg, Spaced is definitely more than worth your time.
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