Lionsgate/Miramax: Heavenly Creatures, Velvet Goldmine, Serendipity, She's All That

[BixmanJ]

Originally Posted by film_junkie

I pre-ordered Serendipity early from amazon and got an email from them today about a shipping delay. It currently says "out of stock", but I'll wait it out for a while before cancelling because it was 4.99 when I placed my order and it should at least be locked in at that price.

Same here. Hopefully it gets sorted out. Was looking forward to finally having this in my collection. And at a great price too.

[reputation]

Originally Posted by film_junkie

I pre-ordered Serendipity early from amazon and got an email from them today about a shipping delay. It currently says "out of stock", but I'll wait it out for a while before cancelling because it was 4.99 when I placed my order and it should at least be locked in at that price.

Same here as well. Can't beat $4.99 so I will wait it out. I noticed more Miramax catalog re-releases on both Amazon and Best Buy are "sold out" or "currently available"... is there a production delay? I know some have shipped but a lot have not and before I cancelled my Amazon preorders (aside from Serendipity) yesterday, there was no estimated delivery date and the listings said they weren't available

[film_junkie]

FYI

I don't know if anyone else was dealing with the same issue, but even after Serendipity came back in stock amazon was telling me I wouldn't get it until late November. Even though it took a minute to get around the bot before getting an actual human to respond, I was able to speak with a customer service rep (via the online chat function) and they advised me to cancel the order and issued me a $10 credit so that I could get the film for the same price I ordered it at. It's supposed to arrive on Saturday for me!

[CelestialAgent]

How does the UK of Serendipity compare to the US release?

[AnamorphicWidescreen]

I recently saw Serendipity on the U.S. Blu-ray. Great film, and nice print. Never saw the film before, so don't know how the PQ holds up against previous releases - but it did look solid.

I'm not a big fan of romantic comedies/chick flicks, but this was a well-done film. As interesting as the story itself was the early 200X's NYC holiday setting - nice.

I think it was a mistake to remove the twin towers from one (or more?!) scenes in the movie - I know they were 'digitally erased' due to 9/11. However, they should have kept the towers in the film - this would have been a good reminder of how the iconic skyline of NYC looked like before the 9/11 attacks.