Jennifer Garner stars in this television series as Sydney Bristow, a 26 year-old graduate student working for a secret division of the CIA. The mission of this arm of the CIA is to combat SD-6, a secret terrorist organization whose agents believe that they, in fact, work for a secret organization of the CIA that combats terrorism. This first season of the series begins as Sydney begins work as a double agent for the CIA, who want to destroy the organization and its leader, Arvin Sloane. Sent all over the world on various undercover missions, Sydney must sabotage SD-6's efforts while maintaining her cover so that she can help take down SD-6 from the inside. Quite possibly the most entertaining show to debut on network television in the last decade, ALIAS is a fast paced thrill ride buoyed by Ms. Garner's performance as well as her penchant for wearing some outrageously risque disguises on her missions.
DVD Features:
6-Disc Set
Region 1
NTSC
Widescreen - 1.78
Audio:
Dolby Digital 5.1 - English, Spanish
Additional Release Material:
Deleted Scenes
Audio Commentary
Featurette: "Inside Stunts"
Bloopers: Gag Reel
Behind the Scenes: Pilot Production Diary
Trailers:
1. Special Season 2 Preview
2. Video Game Sneak Peek
3. TV Spots
DVD-ROM Features:
DVD-ROM ScriptScanner
Distributor Notes: Golden Globe Award-winning actress Jennifer Garner (Best Actress In A Television Series, 2002) is Sydney Bristow. Syd's not exactly your average grad student. Her life might appear normal, but she's hiding a secret life working as a spy for the CIA. Sydney's world is turned upside down when she learns she may work for the very enemy she thought she was fighting. Now she's entangled in a covert lifestyle where she is forced to question the allegiances of everyone, including those closest to her. Entertainment Weekly says ALIAS is "a spy-fi roller coaster of killer gadgets, double roundkicks, triple crosses, poignant confessionals, cliff-hangers, sliced-off fingers, conspiracies, outrageous outfits, exotic locales, flirtations, mythologies -- and that's just before the first commercial break." Now see the 22 mesmerizing episodes that launched it all in this 6-disc set. You'll also experience never-before-seen extras that give you special access inside the world of ALIAS. See the show everyone has been talking about that has redefined series television. This edge-of-your-seat collection with its heart-pounding action of unpredictable plot twists will have you gasping for air and begging for Season 2!
Source: Buena Vista Home Entertainment
Creator
Jeffrey Abrams: Screenwriter - ARMAGEDDON; Creator of "Felicity" and "Alias"
Review 1:
"...ALIAS: THE COMPLETE FIRST SEASON provides not just a wild ride for seasoned vets but a severely needed introduction for newbies..."
Source: Movieline's Hollywood Life
p.118 09/01/2003
Review 2:
"...It's a great pleasure to be able to watch creator J.J. Abrams' marvelous spy puzzle assemble itself over the course of its debut season..."
Source: Entertainment Weekly
p.62 09/05/2003
Review 3:
"...[Garner is] compelling and permanently wide-eyed..."
Source: Rolling Stone
p.93 10/16/2003