Warner Archive Collection (UK)

[CelestialAgent]

Originally Posted by scala

Any idea what the frequency will be - monthly releases?

Fearless Vampire Killers and Cabaret are the two I'd really like to see released over here. Have recently been eyeing up the Spanish release of the later, but might hold off for now.

Think the only one I've previously imported was Sunset Boulevard.

The WB release is region free and still in print, so not sure why you’d need to get a Spanish bootleg. Also doesn’t Sunset Boulevard have a UK release from Paramount?

[wabrit]

My imported WA discs


2 Weeks in Another Town
42nd Street
A Night at the Opera
A Star is Born (1937)
After the Thin Man
Angels With Dirty Faces
Attack of the 50ft Woman
Beyond a Reasonable Doubt
Brewster McCloud
Children of the Damned
Cleopatra Jones
Crossfire
Dinner at Eight
Doctor X
Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde (1931)
Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde (1941)
Dracula AD 1972
Each Dawn I Die
Eye of the Devil
Freebie and the Bean
From Beyond the Grave
From Hell it Came
Fury
Gold Diggers of 1933
I Wouldn't Be in Your Shoes
Inside Daisy Clover
Isle of The Dead
Jezebel
Ladies They Talk About
Libeled Lady
Mark of the Vampire
Mary Stevens MD
Meet Me in St Louis
Night of the Iguana
Party Girl
Passage to Marseille
Prince of the City
Rachel, Rachel
Reflections in a Golden Eye
Scarecrow
She Wore a Yellow Ribbon
Some Came Running
Stage Fright
Step by Step
Straight Time
Sweet Bird of Youth
The Bad and the Beautiful
The Best Years of Our Lives
The Curse of Frankenstein
The Fearless Vampire Killers
The Ghost Ship / Bedlam
The Green Slime
The Last of Shiela
The Letter
The Mystery of the Wax Museum
The Naked Spur
The Satanic Rites of Dracula
The Thin Man
The Window
Two Weeks in Another Town
Village of the Damned
While the City Sleeps
World Without End

[dallywhitty]

Nice to see this line finally coming to the UK, just a bit gutted that the Premium Collection appears to be dead.

[jackranderson]

Yeah I hope the current Premium Collection at least stays in print for a while.

On the plus side, more film noir without having to import, hopefully The Big Sleep makes it back as I missed the PC version.

[Magyalmar]

Has anybody ever pre-ordered anything on Warner's website? Do they charge upfront?

[trobrianders]

Originally Posted by Magyalmar

Has anybody ever pre-ordered anything on Warner's website? Do they charge upfront?

I pre-ordered House of the Dragon 4k. Was charged the next day.

[chip75]

Originally Posted by drush9999

Can't help feeling they're about 5 or 6 years too late with this line, nice to see though.

I think we said the same about the Criterion Collection, where we haven't had so many releases due to licencing, but if the Archive can match the US releases and get the back catalogue, I think we'll be happy campers.

[MechaGodzilla]

Originally Posted by oldmario

subject on the email mentions they're exclusive to WBshop

Originally Posted by Jerry2345

The delivery policy on the website says:

So I don’t think it changes a lot for anybody ordering from mainland Europe…

Darth Vader NO! - YouTube

Oh well, I'll have to stick to the likes of Deep Discount and Wow HD.

[hanz0]

Originally Posted by Daunty

Are they exclusive to the Warner Bros UK shop or are they going to be available through other retailers (Amazon, etc...) as well?

They are on amazon

Ladies They Talk About
Night Shift
Pump Up the Volume
Quick Change
The Naked Spur

[rapta]

Originally Posted by hanz0

They are on amazon

Ladies They Talk About
Night Shift
Pump Up the Volume
Quick Change
The Naked Spur

The email from WB said they’re exclusive to them though, these Amazon listings aren’t live and they often get retailer exclusives listed by accident (but aren’t available to actually purchase). Happens often with HMV and Zavvi exclusives.

[scala]

Originally Posted by CelestialAgent

The WB release is region free and still in print, so not sure why you’d need to get a Spanish bootleg. Also doesn’t Sunset Boulevard have a UK release from Paramount?

Wasn't aware it was a bootleg, but really liked the slip cover. Assumed it contained the same two discs from the digi-book release.

Sunset Boulevard does indeed have a UK release from Paramount, but I preferred the classic WB artwork and the thinner case.

[trobrianders]

Some really majestic lists there. Thanks for posting.

[Modman]

Originally Posted by trobrianders

Some really majestic lists there. Thanks for posting.

I have 78 WAC titles, I am too lazy to post a list!

Although the majority are here:
https://www.blu-ray.com/community/co...129408&page=81
https://www.blu-ray.com/community/co...129408&page=82
https://www.blu-ray.com/community/co...129408&page=83

[wabrit]

Originally Posted by trobrianders

Some really majestic lists there. Thanks for posting.

As long as the spines line up on the new UK releases, I'll happily switch to UK where available

Having already got The Naked Spur and Ladies They Talk About in their US editions, I'd just like to say no-one in the UK should be hesitating about picking these up on day one.

[Si Parallel Universe]

I have mixed feelings about this. Though mostly positive.

So the over-riding reason I imported WB Archive releases in the first place was because of the lack of availability in the UK. Which was partly (but never fuly) covered by HMVs Premium Collection. So I ended up with a few duplicates because I used to be more impulsive regarding my purchases (Hello Wow HD).

Although some WB Archive imports won't be reproduced uncut here. A good example being Far From The Madding Crowd which I did import primarily knowing the BBFC would cut it.

Imported mainly Noirs and 30s 40s titles with a few exceptons Brewster McCloud being one. So i'll be buying Naked Spur and Ladies they Talk About from the first UK Batch. I haven't imported for a while so I'm happy to see what WB bring here.

[Foggy]

So titles I’m hoping to see:

42nd Street
Angels with Dirty Faces
Baby Doll
The Bad and the Beautiful
Bad Education
The Best Years of Our Lives
The Big Parade
Body Snatchers
The Boy Friend
Cabaret
Days of Wine and Roses
The Fearless Vampire Killers
Footlight Parade
Fury
Gold Diggers of 1933
Guys and Dolls
The Hudsucker Proxy (believe this is Universal over here)
Jezebel
Mad Love
Prince of the City
The Thin Man
The World According to Garp

[OceanBlue]

Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House I'll hopefully get. I'm wondering if this UK arm of the WAC will be just film titles and no TV on Blu-ray titles (thinking of iZombie and Riverdale (the seasons which had Blu-ray releases in the States).

[Murray Futterman]

Originally Posted by OceanBlue

Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House I'll hopefully get. I'm wondering if this UK arm of the WAC will be just film titles and no TV on Blu-ray titles (thinking of iZombie and Riverdale (the seasons which had Blu-ray releases in the States).

The banner on the main page of the website says "the Warner Bros. Archive Collection brings rare motion pictures and television to DVD and Blu-ray...", so one would think the option is at least open for TV to be released. Then again, they haven't announced any DVD releases yet, so maybe they just cut and pasted this from bumpth written for the US site.

https://shop.warnerbros.co.uk/

[darrellmaclaine]

Is there anything on how the manufacturing is being done? If the packaging is being factory-replicated that might put as big a dent in the potential scale of this as the BBFC's fees.

[levcore]

Definitely in for Pump Up The Volume, i almost imported this for what i consider an eye watering amount for one blu ray.