Brady Home Movies

Starring:Brady Bunch Home Movies
Studio: Rhino / Wea
Product Type: DVD

Editorial Review:
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If Nick at Nite reruns and the odd reunion special haven't yet numbed you to Brady nostalgia, if the specter of Greg in tight polyester, Jan making her jealous face, or Alice in curlers won't wear out their welcome on your tube no matter what, then by all means, tune into Brady Home Movies. Here's a 50-minute bonanza of bubblegum good times, with the whole surviving gang gathering round for a wide-eyed look back. Jan is painted as a flirt, Greg as the consummate cool guy, and Peter and Bobby seem plunked into parts ripped from their real lives. Vintage movies by the cast members cap off a show as squeaky-clean as the series that enabled it (promises to the contrary, nothing bold emerges). But that's the Brady clan for you: to their credit, they're as curiously captivating (if not nearly as cute) here as they were 30 years ago. --Tammy La Gorce
Description
The Brady Bunch Home Movies (which aired on CBS only once on May 24, 1995) is filled with great home movie clips from the cast members' own libraries as well as recent interviews with the majority of the cast. During the first year on the show, Robert Reed (Mike Brady) gave each cast member a Super 8 camera. He also took the children to England and New York during the show's hiatus. Some of the footage on The Brady Bunch Home Movies came from those private trips.

The DVD version includes an exclusive interview with Susan Olsen and Mike Lookinland.

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If Nick at Nite reruns and the odd reunion special haven't yet numbed you to Brady nostalgia, if the specter of Greg in tight polyester, Jan making her jealous face, or Alice in curlers won't wear out their welcome on your tube no matter what, then by all means, tune into Brady Home Movies. Here's a 50-minute bonanza of bubblegum good times, with the whole surviving gang gathering round for a wide-eyed look back. Jan is painted as a flirt, Greg as the consummate cool guy, and Peter and Bobby seem plunked into parts ripped from their real lives. Vintage movies by the cast members cap off a show as squeaky-clean as the series that enabled it (promises to the contrary, nothing bold emerges). But that's the Brady clan for you: to their credit, they're as curiously captivating (if not nearly as cute) here as they were 30 years ago. --Tammy La Gorce

Description

The Brady Bunch Home Movies (which aired on CBS only once on May 24, 1995) is filled with great home movie clips from the cast members' own libraries as well as recent interviews with the majority of the cast. During the first year on the show, Robert Reed (Mike Brady) gave each cast member a Super 8 camera. He also took the children to England and New York during the show's hiatus. Some of the footage on The Brady Bunch Home Movies came from those private trips.

The DVD version includes an exclusive interview with Susan Olsen and Mike Lookinland.

Customer Reviews:

Bonus interviews redeem this DVD release.......2007-04-21

As has been stated in other reviews, the "background" music that is laid over the majority of this DVD is far too loud, and you sometimes have to strain to hear the actors. The banter among the cast where they were assembled in one room was better than the individual segments. Maureen McCormick and Eve Plumb are noticably absent in the group interview however.

I thought the fairly lengthy bonus interview with Susan Olson and Mike Lookinland (that looks like it was shot to sweeten the DVD release) was the best part IMHO. They are sitting side by side talking openly and honestly and best of all there is NO background music.

Sweet memories of our fave family.......2007-02-03

Watching the footage filmed by the Brady kids is oddly like watching one of your own family recordings. Jumping from scene to scene, jerky and out of focus - but there is no doubt the level of love and happiness in eyes of the talent.

Added to this vision is a fascinating reunion with the Bradys (and Alice). Their respect for Robert Reed (who gave the kids the orginal cameras to film with) is obvious and the long standing friendships between the actors driven out of this wonderful series is great to see (if not something of a relief these days!!).

A most enjoyable DVD for Brady fans.

There first reunion since the girls "got married.".......2006-01-21

As I said on another site and as The "Mother" starts off this special their saying how This is their first reunion since the girls"Got married."It's a very good follow up on all the original tv show's members of the original tv show's cast and each just as famous for their real/stage names as they are for their a.k.a. Brady role names including one of Robert Reed but under his birth name saying John Robert Reitz a.k.a. Mike Brady each followed by some but not all of their pre and post Brady roles but still a very good follow up.The cast members each share all of they're favorite memories of Bob including Chris Knight a.k.a. Peter Brady crying & saying how there were a Number of things he would've loved to have shared with Bob but didn't get to of which many times is the case with someone who's no longer with us.There were very good clips of their "reunions" too Yes as with The Brady Bunch Variety Hour,A Very Brady Christmas,along with The Bradys.Let's look forward to & clamor for the possibility of further future Brady Bunch Reunions in TV Show continuity perspective of which they still can have further reunions but no more pregnant jokes,the last of which was used in a Very Brady Christmas.There's also a good follow-up on their trips with the Super 8 Cameras of which Bob gave them for on at least one of their trips.Please also do check this special out on the ImBD site.

Brady home movies to ROCK???.......2005-11-30

I must say I was dissapointed with this movie.What's the deal with the loud pop/rock music that plays totally from start to finish!!???. It's like someone forgot that we were actually meant to hear what was being said!!!.
The film footage was excellent & even better than I expected but don't even attempt to try and drag the 70's into the 90's at all, and especially with that shocking music throughout, it just didn't work at all!!.
Production companies should try and remember that the people who buy these features actually want to go back to "THAT" time totally, and that any attempt to "modernise" a window in time is a HUGE mistake.
Sorry to sound so critical, but I was really looking forward to a "total voyage" back to those 70's "Brady Days".
My suggestion, turn off the volume!.

The real Bradys.......2005-11-21

This is a TV special that aired in 1995. This is a very entertaining documentery on the real lives of the Brady Bunch-when the cameras were not rolling. They were normal kids who liked to have fun. They were very good at goofing off-they were just being themselves.

Robert Reed-who played the father-Mike Brady on the show gave each one of the kids super 8 cameras. They all made home movies with these cameras and now for the first time ever, several of these movies were compiled into this tv special. I find these home movies very fascinating. It shows what these kids were really like when they were not filming.

I think the main thing about this special is that it shows how these kids established a chemistry on the show and why it worked so well. They liked being with each other even off the set. And so when one watches the Brady Bunch, it's easy to see that they had a great chemistry and that's what made them so believable.

My favorite home movies here are those of Mike Lookinland(Bobby)this was one goofy kid when the cameras were not rolling. His home movie of the dogs and cats is very funny. It also shows why he is my favorite Brady kid-he was a real charmer!

So, you want to know what these kiks were really like in real life? Then get this DVD!

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