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The Apprentice: The Complete First Season
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You haven't seen The Apprentice until you see it on DVD! Donald Trump, one of America's most successful businessmen, teams up with Executive Producer Mark Burnett (Survivor) to create a thrilling, no-holds-barred game where the ultimate prize is the dream job of a lifetime. Now experience the phenomenon like never before with all the best moments you didn't see on TV, including an exclusive sneak peek at The Apprentice 2!
Bonus Content:
Disc 5:
- The Ultimate Job Interview!
- The Candidates
- Extended Audition Tapes
- The Boss
- Insights and Advice
- "Donaldisms"
- From 16 to One
- The Board of Directors
- Truth From a Taxi
- Deleted Scenes
- Advice From Season One Veterans
- "Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is" Music Video
- The Job Offer
- The Future: A Look Ahead
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Who'd have predicted The Apprentice would become such a hit? (Donald Trump aside.) And not just any hit, but one of the top-rated programs of the 2004 television season. A number of reality shows had crashed and burned before The Apprentice made its debut. Just as it was starting to seem as if the heyday of the non-scripted program was coming to an end--not counting American Idol--NBC's entrant into an overcrowded field was as an out-of-the-gate, must-see phenomenon.
The concept is simple. Real estate magnate Trump selects 16 players from business applicants across the nation. The grand prize? A $250,000-a-year job running one of his companies. As in producer Mark Burnett's Survivor, the contestants are then sent to an island--the island of Manhattan. In the first episode, they're introduced, then divided into two teams: the men (Versacorp) versus the women (Protégé). From this point on, they will compete in a variety of business-related challenges. The parallels to Survivor are clear, but brains will be more important than brawn--although charisma never hurts. The challenges include selling a product, managing a restaurant, and devising an advertising campaign.
At the end of each episode, the losing team is sent to the boardroom, where they meet with Trump and advisors Carolyn and George. The person considered most responsible for the loss gets to hear the immortal words: "You're fired." Although there can only be one winner, several stars would emerge during the first season: unctuous Sam, plainspoken Nick, sassy Heidi, and abrasive Omarosa. Various celebrities would also make guest appearances, such as Isaac Mizrahi, Regis Philbin, and Jessica Simpson. The success of The Apprentice would inspire a second season, as well as a host of imitators and spoofs, like Billionaire with Richard Branson and The Assistant with Andy Dick. --Kathleen C. Fennessy
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- Aspect Ratio : 1.33:1
- Is Discontinued By Manufacturer : No
- MPAA rating : NR (Not Rated)
- Product Dimensions : 7.5 x 5.75 x 2 inches; 1.01 Pounds
- Item model number : 49625
- Media Format : Multiple Formats, Subtitled, Color, Box set, Dolby, Full Screen, NTSC
- Run time : 11 hours and 48 minutes
- Release date : August 24, 2004
- Subtitles: : Spanish, French
- Language : English (Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround), Unqualified
- Studio : Universal Studios Home Entertainment
- ASIN : B0002CX1WA
- Number of discs : 5
- Best Sellers Rank: #16,968 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
- #11 in Reality TV (Movies & TV)
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The candidates are divided in two teams who are given a new project to work on each week. The winning team - team that generates greater profit wins and from the losing team one person gets fired. Each episode ends with an important point that contributes to one's success in a business world. Many of those points successful people would consider to be common sense, but in spite of education and previous successes of the candidates picked for this series, many seem not to be aware of what would be truly basics. For example, in sales or in advertising it is a common sense to focus on the benefits for the client, so I was surprised when I heard people who are professional salesmen trying to sell stuff in this series by practically begging for sales saying things like "please buy this because I need money".
Initially the groups were divided in men against women, and women were winning, partly on playfulness and creativity and perhaps even more so by pushing their sexual appeal. It's true that sex sells and sex appeal works up to a certain point. People who look beautiful, appealing, sexy, charismatic may have it easier up to some point and in certain circumstances, but it is not enough for running big business, so as the male group got decimated in half and the groups were reshuffled, with each group having 2 men and six women, women slowly began to fall off. In general their main weakness seemed to be that they were getting too emotional, over-dramatic and at times hysterical - instead of focusing on business issues, they'd get wrapped in personal issues. When it comes to managing and leading other people, it helps if the leader is able first to manage his own inner states. If an aspiring leader is emotionally falling apart, and is unable to manage him or herself, how is he/she going to lead anyone?
Based on the candidates picked for this series, it seems to me that many are picked to demonstrate what will never work. There are countless self-help programs that tell people "you can be all you want to be if you just set your mind on it", but here it was obvious that people have different traits and personalities and some are naturally more suitable to be leaders and others will not make it as leaders no matter what they do. One can get education and one can get experience, but the person that comes across as a fruit cake is not going to get far.
It was also obvious that there is a perfect place under the sun for each one of us - some are better suited to run their own business, some are better suited to work for someone else in some capacity and yet others are suitable to work for large organizations and govern business and people they are in charge of. I think that this series helps viewers to assess their own strengths and weaknesses, their own talents and abilities and to work on with what they've got.
There were very few people in this series who seemed to have decent communication, negotiation and inter-personal skills and it seems most people could work on improving them. Many people in this series were deluding themselves, believing that they have the skills and traits which they do not have and thinking that if they scream louder they will convince others that indeed they have them, whereas their behavior spoke quite differently.
And in spite of their weaknesses and being truly unsuitable for the CEO position, many of the candidates in this series had their own talents and abilities that could be used effectively in other positions and in other kinds of work. Some of them do seem better suited being self-employed and running their own businesses.
All in all I have gain many new insights from watching these series and do highly recommend it to anyone interesting in running any kind of business.
Not in a realisitic way, I suppose, but this isn't Harvard Business School, after all. It's TV. The business tasks -- promoting Trump's casino, renting rickshaws in Manhattan -- are colorful; the "candidates" are attractive and funny... and under pressure, so their character flaws and strengths are seen in high relief.
My wife (also a "creative") and I were glued to the set for all three seasons of "The Apprentice" -- shouting out criticism, cheering favorite candidates, debating BUSINESS strategy, for heaven's sake! ... and then we watched the first season all over again of DVD. (The fast-pace of the show makes a second viewing worth while.) If you'd told us a year ago that we'd be addicted to a TV show about business in NYC, we would have scoffed. But now: We eagerly look forward to the release of the second and third seasons on DVD.
One more thing: New York City has never been so beautifully captured on video. Just as "The Apprentice" helps you see why biz people such as Trump love wheeling and dealing, it also shows you a little of why New Yorkers love New York.
Hopefully, the Omarosa of the show is also a fictional character, because the Omarosa of the show is a pretty reprehensible woman. Who knew “the pot calling the kettle black” is a racist slur?
For whatever reason, it seems like only season one is available for purchase. You can’t even buy “The Ultimate Merger” (also starring Omarosa.)
5 stars, because indirectly it’s very educational.
This dialogue is interesting in hindsight:
Trump: Who broke up with who? I wanna know.
Amy: Well, I think we just decided we were meant to be very close friends.
Trump: Good. I've had some very close friends too.
Nick: Yeah, me too.
Trump: Cost me a lot of money, I'll tell you that.
[Applause.]
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Though I don't like oTrump. The VCD gives you the hint about his sucsess as a businessman and later as politician. Worth for recommendation.
Wer fliegt, wer kriegt welche Aufgabe. Ist einfach meins...
Gibts auch in der Promi Version, ist mir noch lieber...
Leider nicht hier zu kaufen.
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