The best SINGLE FILM blu-ray package ever?

[fatboyslim142]

Probably the following:

1) Night of the Demon (1957) - Indicator LE
2) Not Quite Hollywood: The Wild, Untold Story of Ozploitation! - Umbrella Entertainment (About 13hrs of extras)
3) Bring Me The Head of Alfredo Garcia - Arrow Video LE (17hrs of extras)
4) I Drink Your Blood - Grindhouse Releasing (about 14hrs of extras)
5) The Third Man - Studio Canal Vintage Classics collector's edition
6) The Dam Busters - Studio Canal Vintage Classics Collector's Edition
7) The Bloody Judge - Koch Films
8) Exorcism (1975) - German X-Rated Kult release.

& porn wise from Distribpix:

1) Scoundrels (1982)
2) The Opening of Misty Beethoven
3) Barbara Broadcast
4) Fantasex
5) Foxtrot

[CinemaScope]

I think Arrow's two disc release of Bring Me The Head Of Alfredo Garcia takes a lot of beating:

•Brand new 4K restoration from the original camera negative produced by Arrow Films exclusively for this release
•Original 1.0 mono audio
•Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
•Brand new audio commentary by Stephen Prince, author of Savage Cinema: Sam Peckinpah and the Rise of Ultraviolent Movies, recorded exclusively for this release
•Audio commentary by Sam Peckinpah scholars Paul Seydor, Garner Simmons and David Weddle, moderated by Nick Redman
•Sam Peckinpah: Man of Iron, Paul Joyce s feature-length 1993 documentary featuring interviews with James Coburn, Kris Kristofferson, Monte Hellman, Ali MacGraw, James Robards and others, available on home video in the UK for the first time ever
•The John Player Lecture: Sam Peckinpah, audio recording of the director s on-stage appearance at the National Film Theatre
•Four songs by Kris Kristofferson, filmed during the making of Man of Iron
•Theatrical trailer
•Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Peter Strain
•Extensive collector s booklet containing new writing by Alexandra Heller-Nicholas and numerous reprints including interviews and more [Limited Edition exclusive]

LIMITED-EDITION BONUS BLU-RAY

Sam Peckinpah: Man of Iron The Director s Cut

A brand-new, extended version of Paul Joyce s documentary, containing more than TEN HOURS of previously unseen interview footage, featuring actors RG Armstrong, James Coburn, LQ Jones, Kris Kristofferson, Ali MacGraw and Jason Robards, director Monte Hellman, producers Michael Deeley and Daniel Melnick, writers Alan Sharp and Jim Silke, writer-producer Gordon Dawson, assistant Katherine Haber, editor Garth Craven, satirist Mort Sahl, property master Bob Visciglia, bar owner Tom Runyon and cousin Bob Peckinpah, plus newly-shot interviews with Joyce, Haber and actor David Warner.

[stepeanut]

Originally Posted by CinemaScope

I think Arrow's two disc release of Bring Me The Head Of Alfredo Garcia takes a lot of beating ....

Alfredo Garcia is one of my all-time favourite films. I own five different BD editions, as well as several DVDs. And while the Arrow edition is the best overall, it is still missing many fine extras found elsewhere: documentaries by Mike Siegel and Garner Simmons, commentaries featuring Katy Haber and Gordon T. Dawson, etc. For that reason alone, simply because it isn’t truly comprehensive, the Arrow edition doesn’t get my vote in this thread.

[SteveBriz]

The steel-book of Forbidden Planet is still so very aesthetically pleasing to me & contains a hell of a lot on the background to this extraordinary film. Someone in the design team obviously loved their 1950's tin sci-fi toys.

Forbidden Planet | Entertainment Store Exclusive Steelbook | Hi-Def Ninja.com - YouTube

[Dubliner1]

'M'- Fritz Lang 80th Anniversary Edition Bluray (released by Universum, Germany)

'M'- Fritz Lang 80th Anniversary Edition bluray - YouTube

[Dailyan]

Originally Posted by stepeanut

Alfredo Garcia is one of my all-time favourite films. I own five different BD editions, as well as several DVDs. And while the Arrow edition is the best overall, it is still missing many fine extras found elsewhere: documentaries by Mike Siegel and Garner Simmons, commentaries featuring Katy Haber and Gordon T. Dawson, etc. For that reason alone, simply because it isn’t truly comprehensive, the Arrow edition doesn’t get my vote in this thread.

The extras are one of the reasons why I’ve still held onto my TT release (that and I enjoy the film very much).

[Dubliner1]

(Arrow's new Limited Edition release of 'The Game' looks pretty amazing too- unboxing video on the thread on here )

[Cremildo]

[Babu93]

Don't know about the best, but I'm very partial to Arrow's Videodrome LE.

[Spiderwalk]

I made this into a 3 disc set that includes a Blu-ray copy of the film.

[professorwho]

There's several I could go with:

Arrow's Oldboy has insane bang for your buck. A Fidelity in Motion encode, like 4 commentary tracks, like 10 hours of extras, and a feature length retrospective documentary all in a normal 2 disc release. (I have their Oldboy box set, but for here, I'm doing the Oldboy contents)

Arrow's RoboCop also deserves mention, as well as The Thing and Carrie, titles I'm sure will be mentioned many times over.

Criterion's Barry Lyndon release is phenomenal. Having a breathtaking 4K restoration with the original Mono audio in the original 1.66:1 aspect ratio is hypnotic with John Alcott's legendary cinematography (the best in any film I've ever seen).

There have been some amazing Hong Kong film releases in the UK from Eureka and 88 Films, so I'll choose my favourite from each of the great labels;

From Eureka, Wheels on Meals is a truly amazing set. The David Mackenzie encode, the multiple audio options, and the lengthy and extensive extras make for one of the best HK cinema releases in the west. I would put Police Story 1&2 on such a level as well, but since it's two films, that won't count.

From 88 Films, it HAS to be Dragons Forever. 3 cuts of the film all lovingly restored in 4K with pretty good encoding, tons of audio options, and exceptional extras make it one of the most complete releases out there.

For 4K? It's gotta be Apocalypse Now. All 3 cuts in 4K, perfect encoding, and an absolutely insane set of extras, including the remarkable documentary "Hearts of Darkness." Other than the 1080p copies of the films having atrocious compression, and the sh*tty digipak packaging (I hate Digipaks so much), it's probably the best, most complete release of any film on any format I own.

[latehong]

Not my personal best perhaps, but still, I cannot help but pick:

[thuata]

From what I own this is what I would consider the best overall package :


Other awesome releases that fall a bit short on the technical/extra side or feature films I didn't like as much :

[greyhound1]

Of those I have in my collection, these are top notch releases:

[Dragon Lee]

Arrow's An American Werewolf in London is a top notch disc. So is Warner's King Kong.

[Hintermann]

Originally Posted by Cremildo

Oh yes, how could I have forgotten? This is also one of the best single film BD packages, certainly in my top 5.

[BigNickUK]

Its going to be based on people's tastes

For me, the Lawrence gift set hands down

[Lea74]

Watched this classic yesterday morning for the very first time. Then spent most the day watching the extras, which there is a lot.
You get docs on the making of the film, the history of Technicolor, various featurettes, several Loony Tune cartoons and much more.

The actual 1938 film looks stunning in glorious Technicolor.

Currently available in the HMV 2 for £15 offer.

RIP: Olivia de Havilland (Maid Marian) who died last week aged 104.

[Dubliner1]

Originally Posted by BigNickUK

Its going to be based on people's tastes

For me, the Lawrence gift set hands down

Forgot about this one! I wish I owned it. I'd just pop the new 4K UHD disc into it tho. Amazing set

[BigNickUK]

Originally Posted by Dubliner1

Forgot about this one! I wish I owned it. I'd just pop the new 4K UHD disc into it tho. Amazing set

I would but I love the Columbia Classics packaging too much