Babylon 5: THE GATHERING (Origional 1993 PTEN Version) VHS - RARE

Description: Babylon 5: THE GATHERING (Origional 1993 Version) VHS - RARE - LIKE NEW You are bidding on a rare, original, VHS copy of Babylon 5: The Gathering. This is the ORIGINAL 1993 PTEN Version, not to be confused with the re-edited version that aired on Turner Network Television (TNT) in 1998. This copy is in NTSC format, compatible with all VHS players in North America. In the two hour pilot for Babylon 5, a show described by its creator J. Michael Straczynski as "a novel for television", the station's commander, Jeffrey Sinclair, is framed for the attempted assassination of the arriving Vorlon ambassador. Babylon 5: The Gathering was the pilot episode for Babylon 5. It aired on the Prime Time Entertainment Network (PTEN), which was a distribution arm of Warner Brothers, on February 22, 1993. Following the success of this movie, Warner Brother Television commissioned the series for production in May 1993, with season one premiering in the United States on Jaunary 26, 1994. There are two versions of The Gathering. The original version was a TV movie aired in 1993 on the Prime Time Entertainment Network as a pilot for the series. After a four-year run on PTEN, Babylon 5 moved to Turner Network Television (TNT) for its fifth and final season in 1998. Series creator and executive producer J. Michael Straczynski supervised a special edition of Babylon 5: The Gathering, which aired on TNT immediately following the new TV movie, Babylon 5: In the Beginning. Scenes were edited to move at a faster pace, allowing the restoration of 14 minutes of footage adding exposition and character development. Among the notable additions is a prophetic line spoken by Kosh when he first meets Sinclair. Lost in the special edition is a trip through the station's alien sector that some viewers felt looked too much like a zoo. Tamlyn Tomita's lines had originally been completely redubbed as the studio thought she sounded too "harsh"; the new edition restored her original performance Most notably, the original music, composed by Stewart Copeland, is also replaced with a score by Christopher Franke, who composed music for the rest of the series, played by the Berliner Symphoniker. This version features the rarely-heard Stewart Copeland score. This auction is for the original 1993 PTEN verion of The Gathering on VHS (NTSC) format. While both versions are available, this original 1993 PTEN version is much more hard to come across than the mass-produced 1998 TNT version. It comes in it's original clamshell keeper case and is in excellent condition, having NEVER been used as a rental and having NEVER been played by myself since I bought it thirty years ago. In comes from a pet-free, smoke-free home and has been well-cared for. (Ships from US via Media Mail. Faster and far less expensive than overseas shipping.) Bid With Confidence! I have been an eBayer since 1997 (27 years) and I have a perfect 100% satisfaction rating. If there are any problems, I will be more than happy to work with you. :) Buying multiple items from different auctions? Ask for Combined Shipping during checkout BEFORE paying to allow me to calculate what the combined shipping cost will be to send you an invoice for the reduced total. Do this by clicking 'REQUEST TOTAL FROM SELLER' in your cart. 230

Price: 7.95 USD

Location: Bloomington, Indiana

End Time: 2024-08-21T19:40:30.000Z

Shipping Cost: 5.63 USD