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The idea for the series that launched Lynda Carter into the pop culture stratosphere began with a failed pilot film that starred -- if you can believe it -- Cathy Lee Crosby as a blonde Wonder Woman. ABC wisely decided to pass on that 1974 pilot. But in 1975, developer Stanley Ralph Ross pitched a new movie starring the 1973 Miss USA winner, Lynda Carter, as Princess Diana of the Amazons, the most formidable female in the DC Comics universe. When "The New, Original Wonder Woman" film (included here) aired in November '75 on ABC, fans reacted positively and the network ordered a first season. The pilot is set during World War II and introduces the Amazons, peaceful denizens of a secret island who are suddenly faced with a what-do-we-do dilemma when a man crash-lands in their midst. He's U.S. Army Intelligence officer Capt. Steve Trevor (Carol Burnett Show straight-man Lyle Waggoner), and he's a strapping fellow with nothing but the world's best intentions. It is decided that Princess Diana will return to the U.S. with Trevor as Wonder Woman, to use her powers against the Axis forces. To keep from being discovered, she disguises herself as an Army nurse and then magically changes into Wonder Woman when needed. Remarkably faithful to the comic of the '40s, the first season featured Wonder Woman foiling Axis saboteurs and spies. Highlights include: fan favorite "Fausta: The Nazi Wonder Woman," wherein a female Nazi operative tries to capture Wonder Woman; the two-part "The Feminum Mystique," wherein Wonder Woman simultaneously deals with the kidnapping of her sister and a Nazi plot to swipe the prototype for America's first jet fighter; and "Wonder Woman vs. Gargantua!," a dazzling camp-fest that finds W.W. facing off with a Nazi gorilla. Notable guest stars show up in Season 1, including Roy Rogers, Red Buttons, Cloris Leachman, Robert Loggia, and a very young Debra Winger in her first credited TV appearance. Christina Urban

Product Details

• UPC: 085393343521
• Source: WARNER HOME VIDEO
• Region Code: 1
• Aspect Ratio: Pre-1954 Standard (1.33.1)
• Sound: Dolby Digital Mono
• Language: English
• Subtitles: English, Français, Español
• Time: 12:05:00
• Sales Rank: 13,614

This set contains DVDs which may be available separately:

• Wonder Woman: Wonder Woman Meets Baroness Von Gunther
• Wonder Woman: Fausta: The Nazi Wonder Woman
• Wonder Woman: Beauty on Parade
• Wonder Woman: The Feminum Mystique, Part 1
• Wonder Woman: The Feminum Mystique, Part 2
• Wonder Woman: Wonder Woman vs. Gargantua!
• Wonder Woman: The Pluto File
• Wonder Woman: Last of the Two Dollar Bills
• Wonder Woman: Judgement from Outer Space, Part 1
• Wonder Woman: Judgement from Outer Space, Part 2
• Wonder Woman: Formula 407
• Wonder Woman: The Bushwackers
• Wonder Woman: Wonder Woman in Hollywood

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