Question about importing some UK Blu-Rays

[big e]

I am thinking about importing the following Blu-rays from the U.K. and was wondering if I would have any problems playing the extras in a Region A PS3.

Bonnie and Clyde
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
The Eagle Has Landed
The Boys from Brazil
Natural Born Killers
Poltergeist

Also, does anyone know of any websites that review imported discs that could answer these questions, so that I don’t keep bugging you guys every time I want to import something?
Thanks.

[Blu As Hell]

I really couldn't tell you about the extras, I have a feeling that the Warner titles you may not have a problem with (Bonnie and Clyde, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Natural Born Killers and Poltergeist) The other two I have no idea. BTW are you in the U.S.? or Canada because all the Warner titles are the same in Region A as they are in the U.K. Warner doesn't region lock anything.

[mattconroy]

The only extra on Boys from Brazil is a trailer. The film itself is region free.

[big e]

Blu As Hell, I'm in the US. That's good to know that I won't have any trouble with the Warner titles. I knew the films themselves were region free but I wasn't sure if the discs had PAL SD extras on them.

[TheManInBlu]

I see your POV on this; the US releases of Cuckoo's Nest and Bonnie & Clyde are Digibooks (or whatever they're called). That bothers me as well. I'd rather them being in a regular Blu case to match the rest of my collection. Besides, the UK often has nicer artwork than the US (for example, the Rambo movies were original poster art in the UK and they rocked).

[steve_dave]

Warner, Sony, Paramount, Disney, Fox, and Universal always provide their extras in NTSC. So if these are the companies selling the disc, you'll be fine.

Its the local smaller companies like Optimum, Cine Asia, and Dutch Filmworks who include the extras in PAL.

[NoQuestion]

If I can ask, why are you wanting to import titles from the UK that are already released in the U.S.?

[steve_dave]

I'm just grasping at straws but the Warner titles he listed are in Digibook packages for the US release while the UK releases are in standard keepcases.

Believe me, there are some people who would import a title to get it in a case that will match the rest of their library.

[rkolinski]

I use the following website to check if blu-rays released in Regions other than "A" are region free and right now, I have only ordered blu-rays from the UK which aren't released in the U.S.: http://bluray.liesinc.net

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[big e]

Originally Posted by NoQuestion

If I can ask, why are you wanting to import titles from the UK that are already released in the U.S.?

Originally Posted by steve_dave

I'm just grasping at straws but the Warner titles he listed are in Digibook packages for the US release while the UK releases are in standard keepcases.

steve_dave hit the nail on the head. I refuse to buy digibooks because I see them as a glorified snapper case (and I HATE snapper cases). If Warner wanted to include books with the movies, why couldn't they just print them out separately and stick them inside a regular case?

[GGX]

Originally Posted by big e

steve_dave hit the nail on the head. I refuse to buy digibooks because I see them as a glorified snapper case (and I HATE snapper cases). If Warner wanted to include books with the movies, why couldn't they just print them out separately and stick them inside a regular case?

Ok well with the UK releases you are going to have to live with the double thick Blu-ray cases. And those huge, ugly ratings logo's plastered on the front, side, and back covers. As well as on the disc itself.