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Dec 23, 2010:
 

site update:

  • temporary Christmas cover picture
  • behind the scenes information updated again:
    • season 1:
      • # 001 — reflection on Angela's Mercedes-Benz
    • season 2:
      • # 022 — original name for Dan Robbins
      • # 027 — Chase's shirt; reflection on Phillip's Jaguar; mistake in the scene with Vickie in the Gioberti House kitchen
      • # 028 — Falcon Crest Victorian Mansion set — inconsistency (living room window and curtains); Ceceo's; reflection on Chase's GMC
      • # 029 — inside joke: E. Grenwald; reflections on Lance's and Melissa's Porsche cars
      • # 030 — reflection on Sheila's Dodge; season time frame updated
      • # 031 — season time frame updated
      • # 032 — season time frame updated; Gioberti House interior set: swing elements; Frank Jacobson, City Wine Distributors; shadow on Nick's Packard; license plate number of Sheriff Robbins' patrol car
      • # 034 — reflection on Melissa's Porsche
      • # 035 — woman at Richard's housewarming
  • time frame corrected and updated (# 030 – 032)
  • season 7 cast credits updated again
  • Christmas greetings (2010) from the stars added
  • Christmas greetings (2010) from the team added
  • production data section updated: introduction, season 7 replaced
  • anniversary collages archives updated
  • DVDs: season 2 – editorial review updated: details about picture and sound quality added (region 2: # 032; newly dubbed scene in German audio: # 033)

 
 
Dec 4, 2010:
 

announcement:

season 3 official DVD release: release date for Denmark, Norway and Sweden rescheduled to second half of 2011

 

site update:

  • 29th series première anniversary
  • temporary anniversary cover picture
  • family bibles: Gioberti and Agretti family bibles updated again
  • family trees: Agretti family tree updated again
  • behind the scenes information updated again:
    • season 1:
      • # 001 — labeling name: Cole (updated)
      • # 006 — Oscar (Emma's Bichon Frisé)
      • # 008 — Gioberti House interior set — inconsistency (number of windows in turret)
    • season 2:
      • # 020 — scene with Chase and Nick in the pick-up: montage of various takes
      • # 021 — Globe: conference room interior set identical with Richard's office
      • # 022 — Goodyear tires; flip-flopped shot of Cole
      • # 023 — filming location for the scene with Lance and Lori in Marina Park in San Francisco; Tyler's Lacoste (Izod) polo shirt; filming location for Melissa's childbirth classes; New Globe: interior set of Richard's bedroom identical with Richard's office
      • # 024 — filming location for the scene with Lance and Lori on Municipal Pier in San Francisco
      • # 025 — Bobby Edwards; original name for Woody Murdoch
      • # 026 — filming location for the phone booth (Chase) on Main Street in Tuscany
      • # 027 — phone number of the Tower Cab Co.; filming location for the fallow land at Falcon Crest; Burke; filming loation for the scene with Lance, Chase and Fred Tanner in San Francisco; Raptor Enterprises: spelling corrected
      • # 028 — filming location for Cross Creek; XTL Construction Company: name corrected; Nick's Chevrolet Camaro
      • # 029 — Bergen; filming location for Cross Creek; filming location for the Tuscany Valley country road (Melissa's flat tire); judge Myers
      • # 039 — filming location for the scene with Vickie and Nick in the park
    • season 3:
      • # 063 — make and model of Pamela's rental car corrected
  • season 2 cast credits updated again
  • production data section updated: season 2 replaced; # 210 – 213 added
  • location database section updated: # 019 – 022 added
  • DVD release status updated: news about season 3 release in Scandinavia
  • DVDs: season 2 – editorial review updated: details about edited scene in the German speaking countries and Spain (# 025) added
  • DVDs: technical details – season 2 (Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Spain: edited scene) updated
  • website credits updated again
  • thanks section updated again

 
 
Nov 22, 2010:
 

site update:

 
 
Nov 19, 2010:
 

special site update: season 2 DVD release in Germany, Austria and Switzerland:

  • detailed DFCF Guides for episodes updated: synopses of season 2 episodes
  • behind the scenes information updated again:
    • season 1:
      • # 010 — current photo of the corner Franklin Canyon Drive and Lake Drive added
      • # 016 — current photo of the Fellini's added
    • season 2:
      • # 019 — details about filming location Sansome Street / California Street in San Francisco (JH Dollar Building) added
      • # 021 — current photo of the corner Sutter Street and Taylor Street in San Francisco added
      • # 025 — current photo of the jogging track (Vickie and Nick) added
      • # 026 — current photo of the San Francisco Municipal Pier added
      • # 027 — current photo of the corner Sansome Street / California Street in San Francisco and details about the filming location added
      • # 028 — details about filming location Sansome Street / California Street in San Francisco added
      • # 030 — current photo of Caproni's Bakery added
      • # 033 — license plate number of Schaefer ambulance
      • # 034 — cameraman's mistake: missing wall in the set of Lance and Melissa's bedroom in the Falcon Crest Victorian Mansion
    • season 7:
      • # 164 — identification code of the S.F.P.D. patrol car
    • season 8:
      • # 188 — deleted scene: Maggie and Penny with Michael and Penny's son, Billy Calloway (MICHAEL CIOTTI)
      • # 192 — current photo of Wally's added
      • # 194 — participating writer (original drafts): MICHAEL FILERMAN
    • season 9:
      • general information — more details to the series' ruin added (quotes from the seasonal bible)
      • # 206 — original casting plans: STUART PANKIN as Gus Wallach
      • # 207 — original name for Connor Stewart
      • # 208 — Lauren and Michael Sharpe: Maggie's second cousins
      • # 209 — original script: Genele as Frank's stepdaughter; Moody & Gray instead of Murdy & Sampson; DEAN MARTIN's song "That's Amore"; original name for Overdyne; omitted scenes in act 4
      • # 210 — original storyline plans: official version of Renée Agretti's death
      • # 211 — original storyline plans: Sydney's importance as a long-term core character; Chris and Sydney as "Romeo and Juliet"
      • # 213 — deleted scene: Pilar, Ned Vogel and his secretary
      • # 214 — original storyline plans: Ian's impotence; Ian's and Charley's deaths
      • # 216 — Dynacorp: spelling mistake corrected; original storyline plans: Walker moving away
      • # 217 — original storyline plans: Frank's suicide
      • # 218 — original name for Channing & Associates; original storyline plans: Danny and Genele having sex
      • # 222 — original storyline plans: miscellaneous from the original writer's draft; original names for Dr. Lewis, Anne Bowen und Connie Johnson
      • # 224 — tentative title: "Crimes"
      • # 227 — original name for Phil Lentino; original cliffhanger plans
  • season 1 and 7 cast credits updated again
  • season 1 through 4, 7, 8 and 9 crew credits updated again
  • production data section updated: seasons 1 through 4, 7 and 8 replaced; # 206 – 209 added
  • location database section updated: season 1 completed
  • DVD release status updated: season 2 release in Germany, Austria and Switzerland; no future releases in Spain
  • DVDs: season 1 – packaging – box sets updated: more pictures of Australian release added
    ; pictures of more amarays added (drafts; kiosk edition no longer planned)
  • DVDs: season 1 – review – box sets updated: details about Australian release (region 4) added
  • DVDs: season 2 – packaging updated again — back sleeve and inlay card pictures of German packaging
  • DVDs: season 2 – editorial review updated: details about releases in the German speaking countries and the USA added
  • DVDs: technical details – season 1 (Australia: languages and subtitles) updated
  • "Falcon Crest: A Look Back": 2010 reunion photos by BRADY WALTERS added
  • thanks section updated again

 
 
Nov 5, 2010:
 

site update:

DVDs: technical details – season 2 updated again (region 1: edited parts)

 
 
Nov 1, 2010:
 

site update:

 
 
Oct 25, 2010:
 

site update:

 
 
Oct 18, 2010:
 

site update:

  • memorial site updated: SIMON MacCORKINDALE passed away 10/14/2010
  • "Falcon Crest: A Look Back": more details about the 2010 reunion added

 
 
Oct 13, 2010:
 

site update:

"Falcon Crest: A Look Back": overview and photos of the 2010 reunion at The Paley Center for Media in Beverly Hills

 
 
Oct 11, 2010:
 

site update:

  • behind the scenes information updated again:
    • season 1:
      • # 001 — filming location for 20th Precinct Police Station House of New York Police Department
      • # 018 — mistake: Chao-Li's sports coat
    • season 4:
      • # 073 — laborer at New Globe same person as party guest in # 031
      • # 084 — mistake: ROBERT FOXWORTH's shadow on the landing in the Gioberti House stairway
    • season 7:
      • # 183 — mistake: Angela's mouth in subsequent frames (scene with Eric's gunshots)
  • production data section updated: season 8 completed
  • location database section updated: # 007 – 012 added

 
 
Oct 5, 2010:
 

site update:

 
 
Oct 4, 2010:
 

site update:

DVDs: season 2 – packaging updated again — picture of German package

 
 
Sept 28, 2010:
 

site update:

 
 
Sept 21, 2010:
 

announcement:

The Paley Center for Media (previously Museum of Radio and Television) in Beverly Hills, CA will reunite "Falcon Crest" cast members DAVID SELBY, SUSAN SULLIVAN, LORENZO LAMAS, ANA-ALICIA, WILLIAM R. MOSES, JAMIE ROSE, ABBY DALTON and MARGARET LADD as well as series creator EARL HAMNER in "Falcon Crest: A Look Back", a panel, on Oct 12, 2010 at 7 PM.

 

special site update: season 1 DVD release in Australia:

 
 
Sept 13, 2010:
 

site update:

  • behind the scenes information updated again:
    • season 1:
      • # 001 — labeling names: Cumson
      • # 002 — filming location for San Francisco restaurant (Angela and Douglas)
      • # 004 — pavilion behind Falcon Crest Victorian Mansion specifically built by LORIMAR
    • season 2:
      • general information — details about filming location for Falcon Crest Cooperage (Inglenook barrel building) added
    • season 3:
      • # 043 — filming location for Falcon Crest Cooperage (Inglenook barrel building) added
      • # 045 — filming location for Falcon Crest Cooperage (Inglenook barrel building) added
      • # 067 — identification code of police patrol car near spring house
  • production data section updated: season 4 replaced; # 196 – 199 added
  • location database section opened: information on how to use, listings of The Vintage Years and # 001 – 006 added

 
 
Sept 9, 2010:
 

site update:

 
 
Sept 7, 2010:
 

site update:

 
 
Sept 4, 2010:
 

site update:

 
 
Aug 31, 2010:
 

site update:

 
 
Aug 30, 2010:
 

special site update: season 1 DVD release in Australia:

 
 
Aug 24, 2010:
 

announcement:

season 2 official DVD release: Aug 31, 2010 (USA)

 

site update:

 
 
Aug 16, 2010:
 

site update:

 
 
July 19, 2010:
 

announcement:

season 3 official DVD release: release date for Denmark, Norway and Sweden rescheduled to first quarter of 2011

 

site update:

DVD release status updated: season 3 release in Denmark, Norway and Sweden rescheduled to first quarter of 2011

 
 
July 17, 2010:
 

site update:

 
 
June 21, 2010:
 

site update:

  • behind the scenes information updated again:
    • The Vintage Years:
      • more cast suggestions for Angie Channing: DOROTHY MALONE and ALICE FAYE
    • season 1:
      • general information — Lupe Nuñez character erased shortly before shooting; original plans for additional episodes
      • # 001 — filming location for Falcon Crest Winery Building interiors and for Old Vineyard Road; make and model of sheriff's patrol car: Dodge Diplomat; filming location for interiors of New York apartment house (Robert Harris); Bob Harris named after stuntman
      • # 002 — make and model of Paul's rental car: Ford Thunderbird; filming locations for Tuscany Valley Airport and for Paul's motel in the valley; stunt doubles for ROBERT FOXWORTH and CLIFF POTTS (airstrip scene)
      • # 003 — current photo of Hideaway added
      • # 005 — details about the FBI cabin at THE BURBANK STUDIOS (WARNER BROS. STUDIOS) added
      • # 007 — filming location for Tuscany Valley roads (car chase and crash); stunt doubles for all actors in car chase and crash scene
      • # 008 — filming location for Falcon Crest Bottling Building
      • # 009 — current photo of the Bay City Arts Center added
      • # 010 — filming locations for car chase (Mario, Julio and gang) and for Falcon Crest Winery Building interiors
      • # 013 — current photos of Chase's campaign headquarters and Vineyard Avenue added
      • # 014 — SELA WARD auditioning for the rôle of Melissa Agretti
      • # 015 — filming location for Falcon Crest Winery Building interiors
      • # 016 — filming location for Nuñez cottage exteriors
      • # 017, 018 — tentative titles
    • season 2:
      • # general information — information about filming location for interiors of Falcon Crest Cooperage updated: episode list for scenes shot at Inglenook
      • # 021 — filming location for Falcon Crest Winery Building interiors
      • # 022 — information about filming location for Hogan's Home Center updated
      • # 024 — filming location for Falcon Crest Winery Building interiors
      • # 025 — current photo of bus station on Main Street in Tuscany added
      • # 026 — fictional entity: Optoco
      • # 030 — businesses in downtown Tuscany: Tuscany Picture Palace and O'Connor Paint Supply
      • # 035 — lists of actors auditioning for the rôles of Charles Fong and Paolo Visconti
      • # 036 — details about the interiors of the Tuscany Valley Inn added; filming location for car crash site (Julia)
    • season 3:
      • # 047 — filming location for Tuscany Amphitheater
      • # 048 — details about casting suggestion for Terry Hartford (SELA WARD) added
      • # 053 — current photo of church in downtown Tuscany added
      • # 058 — lists of actors auditioning for various guest rôles; filming location for car crash site (Linda and Melissa); stunt doubles for MARY KATE McGEEHAN and ANA ALICIA (car crash)
      • # 061 — current photo of the Golden Spur added
    • season 4:
      • # 069 — different footage in recap and scene from previous episode (Chase in cockpit)
      • # 080 — cast and crew background: TANIA HARLEY and REZA BADIYI
      • # 082 — current photo of the Banque de Crédit Standard Suisse added
      • # 086 — filming location for San Francisco bridge; inside joke: EARL HAMNER's appearance on bridge
      • # 088 — filming location for the Medical Arts Building in San Francisco; current photo of wedding court in the Tuscany Valley added
      • # 096 — current photo of San Francisco Metropolitan Hospital added
    • season 5:
      • # 104 — filming location for the parking structure (Chris and Cass)
      • # 109 — cast and crew background: JILL JACOBSON and GREG STRANGIS
      • # 125 — details about filming locations for the Tuscany Valley forest clearing and for the Convent Magdalena in River Bend, OR added
      • # 126 — information about the filming location for the San Francisco restaurant (Richard and Erin) and bar (Jordan) updated
    • season 6:
      • # 128 — information about the filming location for the San Francisco Memorial Hospital updated
      • # 140 — filming location for the Del Oro golf course and driving range and for the Tuscany Valley park (Meredith and Green)
      • # 141 — details about the filming location for the River Road bridge and current photo added; details about the filming location for the real estate offer for Chase added (DAVID SELBY's home); current photo of Chase's new Tuscany Valley home added
      • # 145 — information about the filming locations for the Short House and for New & Used Vineyard Equpiment updated
      • # 151 — current photo of street from forensics to movie theater in Tuscany added
      • # 152 — current photo of Canton Bazaar (Dr. Nu's practice) in San Francisco added
    • season 7:
      • # 168 — information about the filming location for Johnie's Broiler updated
      • # 173 — current photo of the Safari Inn in the Tuscany Valley added
    • season 8:
      • # 189 — current photo of the Certified Market in the Tuscany Valley added
      • # 192 — filming location for Wally's in Tuscany
      • # 194 — current photos of the Tuscany Valley Equestrian Center, Chicago O'Hare Airport and Richard's Chicago hotel added
      • # 195 — current photo of the Tuscany Valley High School added
      • # 197 — information about the filming locatin for the café in the Tuscany Valley updated; current photo of James Thomas Stained and Leaded Glass added
      • # 201 — current photo of Harris Rare Books in San Francisco added
      • # 202 — current photo of San Francisco highrise (scene with Frank and Nick) added
      • # 204 — filming location for Kelly Hallinan's place
      • # 205 — current photo of Polo Road in Tuscany added
    • season 9:
      • # 207 — current photo of Falcon Crest driveway near pond added; filming location for drive in Sharpe's limo
      • # 212 — current photos of downtown Tuscany stores added
      • # 213 — current photos of pond on Falcon Crest grounds and driveway nearby added
  • crew glossary moved to the Show – Crew menu
  • locations – companies in the Show – Photos menu updated again (consecutive changes in accordance with behind the scenes updates)
  • production data section updated: season 4 replaced; # 184 – 187 added
  • wallpapers section updated with new wallpaper of the Falcon Crest Guest House

 
 
June 11, 2010:
 

site update:

DVDs: technical details – season 2 (German release: media, packaging, etc.) updated

 
 
June 7, 2010:
 

announcement:

season 2 official DVD release: release date for Germany, Austria and Switzerland rescheduled to Nov 12, 2010

 

site update:

 
 
May 19, 2010:
 

site update:

 
 
April 20, 2010:
 

announcement:

season 3 official DVD release: last quarter of 2010 (Denmark, Norway and Sweden)

 

special site update: season 1 DVD release in the USA and Canada:

  • DVD release status updated: season 1 release in the USA and Canada
  • DVDs: season 1 – packaging updated again — picture of American package (first photo of collage on back of amaray)

 
 
April 7, 2010:
 

special site update: season 2 DVD release in Sweden:

 
 
March 15, 2010:
 

site update:

  • behind the scenes information updated again:
    • season 1:
      • # 001 — originally planned scene: Emma watching from the window in her rooftop studio (end of episode)
      • # 005 — originally planned scene: erotic scene between Lance and Barbara
      • # 011 — Lori Chapman / Lori Stevens: details about inconsistency in last name
    • season 2:
      • # 023 — Lori Chapman / Lori Stevens: details about inconsistency in last name
    • season 3:
      • # 066 — music during Angela and Phillip's wedding: RICHARD WAGNER's "Bridal Chorus" from "Lohengrin" and FELIX MENDELSSOHN-BARTHOLDY's wedding march from "A Midsummer Night's Dream"
    • season 6:
      • # 146 — Kevin's birth: stock footage; "Hail to the Chief"
      • # 153 — music during Emma and Vince's attempted church wedding: RICHARD WAGNER's "Bridal Chorus" from "Lohengrin"
    • season 7:
      • # 156 — music score: MARK SNOW's "Nicole Sauguet's Theme"
      • # 158 — A.D.A. from # 091 and 092 in the Del Oro lobby
      • # 160 — sneak preview: Emma's police photo; shortened / omitted scenes: Maggie talking to Richard about moving to his place, Melissa and Tony, Maggie at the Gioberti House
      • # 170 — music during Maggie and Richard's attempted wedding: RICHARD WAGNER's "Bridal Chorus" from "Lohengrin"
      • # 183 — A.D.A. from # 091 and 092 now one of Richard's henchmen
    • season 8:
      • # 194 — music score: PETER MYERS' multiple use of background music
    • season 9:
      • # 207 — original name for Connor Stewart
      • # 227 — music during Lauren and Richard's wedding: RICHARD WAGNER's "Bridal Chorus" from "Lohengrin" and FELIX MENDELSSOHN-BARTHOLDY's wedding march from "A Midsummer Night's Dream"
  • production data section updated: season 1 replaced; # 176 – 179 added
  • DVDs: season 1 – packaging – kiosk edition updated: picture of first amaray added

 
 
Feb 22, 2010:
 

announcement:

season 2 official DVD release: August 2010 (Austria, Germany and Switzerland)

 

site update:

  • synopses section updated:
    • detailed DFCF Guides for episodes created — season 1 uploaded
    • Lorimar Guides (very short official episode synopses) moved to new submenu
  • behind the scenes information updated again:
    • season 1:
      • # 001 — details about prop statue in front of the Falcon Crest Victorian Mansion corrected
      • # 002 — color of Angela's Mercedes-Benz 380 SL corrected: light ivory
    • season 2:
      • # 019 — color of Chase and Maggie's Mercedes-Benz 300 TD corrected: light ivory
      • # 023 — color Richard's Aston Martin V8 corrected: dark blue-green
      • # 030 — Sheila's car: Dodge Aries
      • # 040 — Nick's car: Chevrolet El Camino SS; filming location for the Falcon Crest Formal Gardens and the graveside scene (cliffhanger)
    • season 3:
      • # 055 — filming location for the Tuscany Downs construction site and for the Tuscany Valley Airport
    • season 4:
      • # 070 — Mercedes-Benz 300 TD (consecutive change)
      • # 079 — make and model of Richard's convertible added: Aston Martin V8
      • # 082 — Mercedes-Benz 380 SL (consecutive change)
    • season 5:
      • # 107 — Mercedes-Benz 380 SL (consecutive change)
    • season 6:
      • # 134 — make and model of Eric's sports car corrected: Ferrari 365 Daytona Spider
      • # 153 — magazine title corrected: The Village Voice
      • # 154 — sneak preview: "Casablanca" night
    • season 7:
      • # 156 — information about LORIMAR logo (end of episode) removed (consecutive change, resulting from adaption in # 184)
    • season 8:
      • # 184 — LORIMAR logo (end of episode)
  • season 1 cast credits updated again
  • season 1, 3 and 4 crew credits updated again
  • production data section updated: seasons 1, 3 and 4 replaced; # 172 – 175 added
  • status of DVD release updated:
    • season 2 box set (Austria, Germany and Switzerland)
    • kiosk edition planned for Spain
    • press statement about the improvement of the season 1 package design for region 1
  • DVD release dates updated
  • current "Box Sets" menu (DVD) renamed "Sets"; season 1 restructured with new differentiation between box sets and Kiosk Edition in submenus packaging and editorial review
  • DVDs: season 1 – editorial review updated:
    • box sets: information about upcoming region 1 release added
    • kiosk edition: first review
  • DVDs: technical details section restructured: seasonal submenus; previous *.pdf data sheets ("configuration synopsis") moved here

 
 
Feb 1, 2010:
 

site update:

 
 
Jan 26, 2010:
 

special site update: season 2 DVD release in Denmark and Norway:

 
 
Jan 19, 2010:
 

site update:

 
 
Jan 11, 2010:
 

site update:

 
 
Jan 5, 2010:
 

site update:

 
 
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