Steven Spielberg Director's Collection (1971-1997)

[zbinks]

Originally Posted by cine74

How long does Universal usually wait to release individual titles from a new box set? I may have to just grin and bear it and grab this set just for Duel if it's anything like a year or more. I guess the Hitchcock titles are a good gauge but I don't remember the details.

17 months between the box and individual releases for the Jurassic Park films.
9 - 12 months between the box and individual releases for the Universal Monsters films.
12 - 18 months between the box and individual releases for the Hitchcock films.

[Bob Schlapowitz]

The theatrical cut of 1941 is now available on Netflix streaming.....I hope this isn't what is used for the BD, it looks horrid.

[idlebrain]

I wish they took this opportunity to do Munich and make it exclusive with this set for few months to make this set must buy for fans who got individual releases of the movies in this set.

[The Drugstore]

Saw this set at Costco today for 89.99

[Pieter V]

Duel: DVD vs Blu-ray

http://www.caps-a-holic.com/hd_vergl...D=1993#auswahl

[Kryptonic]

Originally Posted by Pieter V

Duel: DVD vs Blu-ray

http://www.caps-a-holic.com/hd_vergl...D=1993#auswahl

Looks fabulous! Can't wait to get my Australian disc.

[MisterXDTV]

Originally Posted by Pieter V

Duel: DVD vs Blu-ray

http://www.caps-a-holic.com/hd_vergl...D=1993#auswahl

The Blu-ray Master is amazing, but the aspect ratio is clearly wrong, it's like a reversed pan&scan.

You gain almost nothing on the side, and you lose 30% of picture at top and bottom.

[Dex Robinson]

Originally Posted by MisterXDTV

The Blu-ray Master is amazing, but the aspect ratio is clearly wrong, it's like a reversed pan&scan.

You gain almost nothing on the side, and you lose 30% of picture at top and bottom.

You do understand how non-scope widescreen movies are made, don't you?

[Pieter V]

Originally Posted by Dex Robinson

You do understand how non-scope widescreen movies are made, don't you?

Duel is supervised by Steven Spielberg. I rest my case.

[MisterXDTV]

Originally Posted by Dex Robinson

You do understand how non-scope widescreen movies are made, don't you?

I do, but that's not the case, because this isn't a widescreen movie. It's a full-screen movie made for TV....

[The Drugstore]

This release is down to 69.99 at Costco. Just an FYI

[Monterey Jack]

If this ever hits $50, I might pick it up...$12.50 per movie isn't bad (and I can sell my copies of E.T., Jurassic Park and Jaws and get more back).

[MEB]

Costco currently has this set for $69.99. I'm mostly interested in 'Always' from the set, but I'd love having copies of 'Duel' and '1941' as well. I have a passing interest in 'Sugarland Express' and I already own the other films in the set.

So, that's 4 movies that I don't already own. $70 / 4 = $17.50 each for those four films. Not a terrible deal. But, again, my interest in 'Sugarland Express' is minimal, so it's really $70 / 3 = $23.33 each.

I'm torn between ponying up the cash to get the three films I really want or waiting until either this set gets cheaper, or the three films are released individually.

Decisions, decisions!

Mark

[filmmusic]

Why did this increase on Amazon?
$70 was a good price.
I want to buy it on Monday, I hope the price drops by then again/

[The Drugstore]

Originally Posted by filmmusic

Why did this increase on Amazon?
$70 was a good price.
I want to buy it on Monday, I hope the price drops by then again/

It's still 69.99 at Costco through 12/31, you can go there and get it on Monday

[GuruAskew]

Munich is Universal and it isn't included either.

Still, it should be apparent that Schindler's List and Munich aren't in the same ballpark as the others included tonally.

[James Luckard]

$35 US from Amazon Canada is an amazing price, and from the photos it looks like it doesn't have the usual hideous bilingual packaging.

[martydmc12]

Originally Posted by James Luckard

$35 US from Amazon Canada is an amazing price, and from the photos it looks like it doesn't have the usual hideous bilingual packaging.

Don't trust Amazon.ca to be sure of the packaging. I've never seen this Blu-ray box set anywhere in Canada to purchase at an actual store. I've saw the DVD at Costco when it first came out, and if memory serves me correct, it didn't have bilingual packaging.

[martydmc12]

Originally Posted by GuruAskew

Munich is Universal and it isn't included either.

Still, it should be apparent that Schindler's List and Munich aren't in the same ballpark as the others included tonally.

Munich was a Universal/DreamWorks Co-Production. I believe Universal held the North American distribution rights, as the current Blu-ray is distributed through them. It could be something to do with the licensing and distribution rights because if being co-produced by DreamWorks that it wasn't included. But as you said, tonally it doesn't make sense for it to be included. And all that DreamWorks distribution and ownership is a mess also.

No matter what though, that set had to be approved by Spielberg. He has say in what can and cannot be included. For all we know, Universal might have wanted to included Schindler's and Munich, but Spielberg didn't approve.

It would be a whole lot more interesting from a collectors standpoint, to see Universal and Warner Bros. put out Amblin Box Sets.

*Directed by Steven Spielberg

Amblin-Universal Collection
*Always
An American Tail
An American Tail: Fievel Goes West
Back to the Future
Back to the Future Part II
Back to the Future Part III
Batteries Not Included
Cape Fear
Caspar
Continental Divide
Dad
*E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
The Flintstones
Harry and the Hendersons
*Jurassic Park
Jurassic Park III
Jurassic World
The Land Before Time
The Little Rascals
*The Lost World: Jurassic Park
The Money Pit
*Schindler's List
We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story

Amblin-Warner Bros. Collection
The Bridges of Madison County
*The Color Purple
*Empire of the Sun
Fandango
Gremlins
Gremlins 2: The New Batch
The Goonies
Innerspace
Joe Versus the Volcano
Little Giants
Twister

I know I'm probably missing a few titles here and there. Amblin has made a pretty profound impact on film; a lot if 80's and early 90's pop culture in there.

[MifuneFan]

UK edition is a little under $18 USD shipped right now:


https://www.blu-ray.com/movies/Steve...lu-ray/107555/