Alias DVD releases

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All five seasons of the American television series Alias have been released on DVD.

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[edit] Season 1

Season one DVD box cover.
Season one DVD box cover.

The 6-DVD box set of Season 1 was released in region 1 format (US) on September 2, 2003, and in region 2 format (UK) on September 29, 2003. The DVDs contain all episodes of Season 1, plus the following features:

  • Audio commentaries on select episodes
  • Deleted Scenes
  • Pilot production diary
  • Featurette: A Mission Around The World
  • Marshall Finkman's Gadget Gallery
  • Auditions
  • Season Two Preview
  • Season Three Preview
  • PS2 game sneak peek
  • Gag reel

[edit] Season 2

Season two DVD box cover.
Season two DVD box cover.

The 6-DVD box set of Season 2 was released in region 1 format (US) on December 2, 2003, and in region 2 format (UK) on June 7, 2004. The DVDs contain all episodes of Season 2, plus the following features:

  • Deleted Scenes
  • Gag Reel
  • Audio Commentary with cast & crew
  • The Making of The Telling - An In-Depth Look at the Season Finale
  • The Making of the Video Game
  • Featurette: Undercover: The Look of Alias - A Look at Costume Design, Makeup, and Disguises

(A skit filmed for Monday Night Football was advertised as being in the set, but was removed from the DVD set before release.)

[edit] Season 3

Season three DVD box cover.
Season three DVD box cover.

The 6-DVD box set of Season 3 was released in region 1 format (US) on September 7, 2004, and in region 2 format (UK) on May 30, 2005. The DVDs contain all episodes of Season 3, plus the following features:

  • Animated Alias: Tribunal - a brief animated feature detailing a mission that Sydney undertook during her "missing" two years.
  • Deleted scenes
  • Blooper reel
  • Featurette: Burbank in Barcelona - a look at the production design
  • Gadget Lab - Marshall Finkman's gadgets from script to screen
  • The Alias Diaries - meet the unsung craftsmen and technicians
  • Team Alias - two sport-related features: a special introduction filmed for Monday Night Football, and Michael Vartan meets the Stanley Cup.
  • Ultimate fan audio commentary
  • Script scanner
  • Cast & Crew Commentaries
  • Widescreen anamorphic video format.

[edit] Season 4

Season four DVD box cover.
Season four DVD box cover.

The 6-DVD box set of Season 4 was released in region 1 format (US) on October 25, 2005, and in region 2 format (UK) on November 21, 2005. The DVDs contain all episodes of Season 4, plus the following features:

  • Original "Nocturne" episode featuring the unaired Russian Roulette scene
  • Agent Weiss: Spy Camera - a narrated slide-show of digital photos taken behind the scenes by Greg Grunberg
  • Audio Commentaries With Cast And Crew
  • A Chat With Jennifer Garner
  • Meet Mia: Syd's Little Sister
  • Marshall's World - a comedic behind-the-scenes tour hosted by Kevin Weisman
  • The Guest Stars Of Season 4
  • ALIAS Blooper Reel
  • Director's Diary
  • Anatomy Of A Scene
  • Deleted Scenes

[edit] Season 5

Season five DVD box cover.
Season five DVD box cover.

The Season 5 Set was released in Region 1 (4-Disc Set, NTSC, U.S.) on November 21, 2006. In Region 2 (5-Disc Set, PAL, UK) on November 20, 2006.

Region 4 was initially supposed to receive Season 5 (5-Disc Set, PAL, Australia) on March 14, 2007, however Buena Vista have since post-poned the title until September 25, 2007 due to the Seven Network's supposed broadcast of the season sometime in mid 2007.

The DVD set includes the final 17 episodes of the series, presented in Anamorphic Widescreen (1.78:1), along with English Dolby Digital 5.1 audio. The set contains the following extras.

  • Celebrating 100: Behind The Scenes Of The 100th Episode
  • The Legend of Rambaldi
  • Heightening the Drama: The Music of Alias
  • The New Recruit: On Set with Rachel Nichols
  • Season 5 Bloopers
  • Deleted Scenes
  • Audio Commentaries by Jennifer Garner, JJ Abrams, Victor Garber, Rachel Nichols, David Anders, and others.
  • Hidden Easter Eggs

[edit] The Rambaldi Collection (Complete Series)

The Rambaldi Collection box cover.
The Rambaldi Collection box cover.

A limited release Rambaldi Collection was released on the same day as Season 5, featuring all 5 seasons of the series as well as a bonus disc. Only 40,000 copies of this set will be made worldwide. [1] [2]

  • Available Subtitles: English, Spanish.
  • Available Audio Tracks: English (Dolby Digital 5.1).

29 discs with every episode of all five seasons, plus bonus disc of never-before-seen extras including:

  • Jennifer Garner's never-before-seen first interview as Sydney Bristow
  • Exclusive J.J. Abrams interview
  • Identity theft – Alias' sexiest Aliases
  • Case Closed: Emotional cast reunion from the series finale
  • Dossier 47 – The Secret of the Infamous Number
  • Fan montage, bloopers, and more!
  • Packaged in replica of Rambaldi artifact box, with secret compartment holding the bonus disc
  • Hardbound book revealing answers to the show's deepest secrets, including introductory letter from J.J. Abrams

The Region 2 release of this set is literally the five season boxsets placed into one big box, and the bonus disc is supplied in a clearly visible slimline case (as opposed to a "secret compartment"). The hardbound book is not included with the Region 2 release.

Alias
Episodes: Season 1 | Season 2 | Season 3 | Season 4 | Season 5 | DVD
Characters

Jack Bristow | Sydney Bristow | Francie Calfo | McKenas Cole | Gordon Dean
Elena Derevko | Irina Derevko | Katya Derevko | Marcus Dixon | Anna Espinosa
Marshall Flinkman | Rachel Gibson | Thomas Grace | FBI Asst. Dir. Kendall
Alexander Khasinau | Andrian Lazarey | Dr. Zhang Lee | Kelly Peyton | Milo Rambaldi
Lauren Reed | Renée Rienne | Nadia Santos | Julian Sark | Arvin Sloane | Emily Sloane
Will Tippin | Isabelle Vaughn | Michael Vaughn | Eric Weiss

Organizations

Alliance of Twelve | Authorized Personnel Only | The Covenant
Department of Special Research | K-Directorate | Omnifam | Prophet Five

Technologies & Projects

Mueller device | Project Christmas | Project Helix