Alias DVD releases

All five seasons of the American television series "Alias" have been released on DVD by Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment.

Season 1

The 6-DVD box set of Season 1 was released in region 1 format (US) on September 2, 2003, in region 2 format (UK) on September 29, 2003 and in region 4 format (AU) on November 4, 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

Season 2

The 6-DVD box set of Season 2 was released in region 1 format (US) on December 2, 2003, in region 2 format (UK) on June 7 2004 and in region 4 format (AU) on July 4, 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.)

Season 3

The 6-DVD box set of Season 3 was released in region 1 format (US) on September 7, 2004, in region 2 format (UK) on May 30 2005 and in region 4 format (AU) on January 5, 2005. The DVDs contain all episodes of Season 3, plus the following features:
* "" - a brief animated feature detailing a mission that Sydney undertook during her "missing" two years.
* Deleted scenes
* Blooper reel
* Featurette: "Burbank to 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.

Season 4

The 6-DVD box set of Season 4 was released in region 1 format (US) on October 25, 2005, in region 2 format (UK) on November 21 2005 and in region 4 format (AU) on January 16, 2006. 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

Season 5

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 and Region 4 (5-Disc Set, PAL, AU) on October 14, 2007.

Region 4 was initially supposed to receive Season 5 (5-Disc Set, PAL, Australia) on March 14, 2007, however Buena Vista postponed the title due to the Seven Network's delayed broadcast of the series.

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, J. J. Abrams, Victor Garber, Rachel Nichols, David Anders, and others.
* Hidden Easter Eggs

The Rambaldi Collection (Complete Series)

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 were produced. [http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/newsitem.cfm?NewsID=6149] [http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/newsitem.cfm?NewsID=6239]

* 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 UK 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.The German Region 2 release resembles the US release of the Rambaldi box.

The Region 4 release of the Rambaldi Collection was released on the 21st May 2008. The set contains the original bonus disc and the hardbound 'Alias Revealed' book. Unlike the Region 2 release, the Region 4 release has the 'Deluxe Rambaldi Packaging' like the Region 1 release, although rather than having fold down sides with a lid, the box is spilt about 2/3 of the way down and the top lifts off to reveal the dvds. Due to the PAL conversion the set contains 30 DVDs rather than the original 29. The extra DVD is needed for the Season 5 component of the box set which requires 5 discs for the PAL format rather than the 4 discs required for NTSC. Like the Region 1 and 2 versions, the Region 4 version was released as a limited edition. [http://www.ezydvd.com.au/item.zml/798783]

Because of the design of the US Region 1 set, many buyers received damaged discs. The discs themselves (excluding the bonus disc which was hidden from the rest of the discs) were placed in hard paper covers, which scratched the discs when they moved during shipping. Buena Vista replaced the discs free of charge. [http://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/read.php?ID=25176]