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directed by: Steven Cantor starring: Tom Evangelista, Flo Evangelista, Chris Evangelista, Dana Giassakis, Sal Evangelista  List Price: $19.98 Grab Discount Price: $16.99 You Save: $2.99 (15%)Prices subject to change. Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated) Binding: DVD Brand: Family EAN: 9780783131726 Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, NTSC ISBN: 0783131720 Label: Hbo Home Video Manufacturer: Hbo Home Video Number Of Items: 2 Publisher: Hbo Home Video Region Code: 1 Release Date: December 13, 2005 Running Time: 300 minutes Studio: Hbo Home Video Theatrical Release Date: September 19, 2004 Sales Rank: 47320 MPN: HBOD92526D Related Items:
Editorial Review: Description: Family Bonds gives viewers a window into the dangerous and unexplored world of bounty hunting- through the eyes of the most outrageous, fun-loving and wild (yet somehow functional) real-life family on TV. Each half-hour episode follows members of the NYC/Long Island-based Evangelista clan - boss Tom, wife Flo, daughter Dana, nephew Chris, sons Sal and Frankie, Flo?s sisters Dawn and Kim, and Dawn?s husband Jimmy - as they balance the unusual, on-call demands of their business, All City Bail Bonds, with a more-or-less usual suburban family lifestyle, complete with motorcycles, tattoos, beauty-parlor visits, birthday parties, family quarrels, sex and romance. Family Bonds depicts the day-to-day drama, humor and craziness of life as an Evangelista, following the family as they confront the dangers of bounty hunting and the challenges of everyday life. Discount Shopping: Family Bonds is an endearingly raw peek into the lives of the Evangelistas, a large Long Island family who happen to work together as bail bondsmen. The 10 episodes compiled here follow family patriarch Tom Evangelista, his wife Flo, and their children, friends, and co-workers as they track down unsavory characters in New York City while dealing with a host of issues at home, from their youngest son's attempt to master riding a bike to the birth of their first grandchild. And it's the balance between these two worlds, which invariably overlap in intriguing ways (Flo is called in to handle a female fugitive; Tom must deal with his eldest son Sal's desire for a gun when he joins the business) that makes Family Bonds such a watchable program--the Evangelistas, for all their rough edges, manage to remain a caring and even sweet family in the face of their unpleasant line of work. Their commitment to one another offers a refreshing alternative to the more cartoonish approach to bail bondsmen offered by the series Dog the Bounty Hunter. The DVD includes commentary by director Steve Cantor, producer Matthew Galkin, and editor Pax Wasserman, as well as a "sit down" with the Evangelistas at a family barbecue. --Paul Gaita Average Rating:
 Rating:  - It's Like TNT-Dynamite!I LOVE THIS SHOW AND WISH THEY WOULD COME BACK FOR ANOTHER SEASON! I WONDER WHAT THEY ARE UP TO NOW. DID CHRIS EVER FIND TRUE LOVE? HOW IS DANA'S BABY DOING? IS SAL STILL WITH THE FAMILY BUSINESS? HOW IS FRANKIE THE KID DOING? HBO, PLEASE BRING BACK THE EVANGELISTA FAMILY! Rating: - Give it a ChanceI myself enjoy the show very much - my husband is a police officer so we realize that a large portion of the show is glamorized, much the same as any other reality show - but come on. If you're going to completely shaft the readers of these reviews with terms like "stuipdness" and "complane", do you honestly think you are qualified to dump on the members in the show? They're real people with feelings - not actors. To everyone else, if you're looking for some authentic, passionate people who joke ... Read More Rating: - Not as bad as you'd think'Family Bonds' and 'Dog: The Bounty Hunter' were both similar-themed shows vying for viewer attention at the time, which may explain why a lot of people are more familiar with the basic cable 'Dog' vs. HBO's 'Family Bonds'. This is a DVD I've had for months and had little interest in but I have since watched all 10 episodes just this week. I was glad to be surprised. The episodes center around the Evangelista family, with the apprehending of bail jumpers taking up a minimal amount of ... Read More Rating: - Absolutely LOVE it!!!I cannot get enough of the Evangelista family!!!! They certainly put the fun in dysfunctional. I now own the DVD, which I plan to watch many times over. HBO once again has veered off the paved path of typical TV with Family Bonds. I'm a HUGE fan of HBO original programming, and this show ranks right up there with all of the greats - Sopranos, S&TC, Oz, America Undercover, etc. I watched Family Bonds when it originally aired, and after the season ended I was ***dying*** for more. ... Read More Rating:  - HOW DID THEY EVER CAPTURE ANYONE?This was a short-lived reality show about a family of bail bondsmen who live in Long Island...seemingly all in the same house...and their misadventures of life and the pursuit of bond jumpers. I can only assume it didn't last long due to the popularity of A&E's Dog: The Bounty Hunter which is basically the same show. One question...why are both of the stars of these two shows married to hefty, big mouth blondes? At any rate...we meet the family headed up by Tom Evangilista, his wife Flo, ... Read More Browse for similar items by category:
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