Is Sapphire Editions coming to UK

[Oateyboat]

Does anyone know if the UK will get Sapphire editions of films like Forrest Gump, Gladiator, Braveheart and The Godfather or do we have to import them.

[FrankV]

No, the UK won't get the Sapphire Editions. Forrest Gump has already been out and it's not part of any series. The German release of Forrest Gump however is a Sapphire Edition. Braveheart is a Fox release in Europe so it can't be released in as a Sapphire Edition. Same for Universal which is a Universal release.

[blu_sharpy]

Basically Paramount aren't using the silly Sapphire names in the UK. With a few releases the UK has had different distributors but near enough exact same discs. Forrest Gump is exactly the same in the UK bar the slipcover (sad) and the Sapphire Tag (not sad).

[The Driver]

Originally Posted by oat-a-bix

Is Sapphire Editions coming to UK

I hope not. I'm only interested in the data on the disc and watching the film. I do appeciate nice artwork though and realise people enjoy collecting stangely shaped and colourful cardboard.

I think distributors need to concentrate on low prices and quality. Which it seems they are doing as Bluray UK is an impressive market so far thanks to the online competition from those dodgy non-UK tax paying little formerly German-occupied islands pock-marked around the UK.

A good example Fight Club for £9.95 http://www.play.com/DVD/Blu-ray/4-/1...b/Product.html from Jersey.

[gettodamoofies]

Originally Posted by iFarid

Gladiator and Forrest Gump are the same in terms of contents, but Braveheart features different bonus materials.

Well Gladiator and Braveheart naturally wouldn't carry the name as outside of the US they're released by Universal and 20th Century Fox respectively. Forrest Gump on the other hand is Paramount worldwide. Paramount UK may have simply made a decision not to use the name.

The Australian release of Forrest Gump will carry the Sapphire Series tag as confirmed here. Like others say though, ultimately it's the content of the discs that is most important.

[gettodamoofies]

Originally Posted by iFarid

What does that have to do with what I just said

I'm talking about the contents, you're talking about the Sapphire Series designation...

Well, for one the thread is about the Sapphire Series and two titles you mentioned wouldn't be in the series if there was one due to being released by other studios so that was just me staying on topic, and two, because a different studio has release rights it's often the case that special features aren't the same across releases. If the special features we're produced by the US studio (Paramount), often the other studio (Fox in this case) does not have access to them and that's why Braveheart has different features.

[blu_sharpy]

Originally Posted by atexp80

If the special features we're produced by the US studio (Paramount), often the other studio (Fox in this case) does not have access to them and that's why Braveheart has different features.

Varying distributors does not result in a lack of or different extras. Usually they are licensed out to the company distributing if they vary between countries.