China Beach. Season 1

Delany, Dana. (Added Author). Webb, Chloe. (Added Author). Ryan, Tim, 1958- (Added Author). Helgenberger, Marg. (Added Author). Tomei, Concetta. (Added Author). Woods, Nan, 1966- (Added Author). Picardo, Robert. (Added Author). Wimmer, Brian, 1960- (Added Author). Kober, Jeff, 1953- (Added Author). Boatman, Michael, 1964- (Added Author). Dana Delany, Chloe Webb, Tim Ryan, Marg Helgenberger, Concetta Tomei, Nan Woods, Robert Picardo, Brian Wimmer, Jeff Kober and Michael Boatman. (Cast).

Summary: "Welcome to China Beach. Part EVAC hospital, part USO entertainment center -- this outpost of craziness and compassion introduces us to the Vietnam War through the eyes of the women who served there. Created by William Broyles, Jr., and Executive Producer John Sacret Young, the series captures an extraordinary group of charactersin this unique, exotic place where so many things came together -- horror and laughter, heroism and sacrifice, and unforgettable and iconic music. Season 1 opens with a beautiful woman on a beach. But before long, courageous nurse Lieutenant Colleen McMurphy (Dana Delany) is hurled back into a world of helicopters loaded with wounded soldiers, the impossible dilemma of delivering the baby of a hated enemy, an unlikely kinship with USO singer Laurette Barber (Chloe Webb), and a fitful romance with zoomie pilot Captain Natch Austen (Tim Ryan). Season 1 also brings together the whole unlikely 'family' of China Beach -- 'entrepreneur' K.C. Kolowski (Marg Helgenberger); by-the-book Major Lila Garreau (Concetta Tomei); young Donut Dolly Cherry White (Nan Woods); fanny-pinching surgeon Dr. Dick Richard (Robert Picardo); recovering wounded soldier Boonie Lanier (Brian Wimmer); the grunt who carries 'the thousand-yard stare,' Dodger (Jeff Kober); and Private Samuel Beckett (Michael Boatman), the man in charge of the GRU, the Graves Registration Unit."--Container.

Record details

Physical Description: videorecording
videodisc
3 videodiscs (480 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in + 1 booklet (1 v. : col. ill. ; 19 cm.)
Publisher: [United States] : StarVista Entertainment, 2013.

Content descriptions

General Note:	Contains all 6 episodes and the made-for-TV movie pilot from the first season of the Vietnam war drama TV series originally broadcast on ABC in 1988. Bonus features on discs 1 and 2 include optional episode commentaries and on disc 3, they include interviews with Dana Delany and Chloe Webb, and the featurettes: China Beach, how it all began, and, Highlights from the 25th anniversary cast reunion, December 12, 2012.
Creation/Production Credits Note:	Created by William Broyles, Jr., and executive producer John Sacret Young ; various episode writers & directors.
Participant or Performer Note:	Dana Delany, Chloe Webb, Tim Ryan, Marg Helgenberger, Concetta Tomei, Nan Woods, Robert Picardo, Brian Wimmer, Jeff Kober and Michael Boatman.