John Wayne-John Ford Collection & John Ford Collection: 06-06-06 (1 Viewer)

[John Hodson]

Phew! At last...

 

[Jing_B]

Wait wait wait... So Dvd of The Searchers included in the Boxset is NOT the 50th Anniversaryy ULTIMATE Edition but rather the 50th Anniversary SPECIAL Edition??? A look on the boxset photo certainly say otherwise....

 

[Robert Crawford]

The Ultimate Edition is part of the boxset! I really don't understand the confusion about this issue.




Crawdaddy

 

[Haggai]

Warners has been clear about it from the start. Here's the wording as posted on DVD Times, which I assume is straight from the press release:

 

[MarcoBiscotti]

I just hope the keepcase is inside that!

 

[John Hodson]

Highly unlikely...

 

[Roger Rollins]

I checked it out on this one. That ULTIMATE COLLECTOR'S EDITION indeed IS going to be part of the Wayne/Ford box.

 

[John Hodson]

This thread is fast turning into a Marx Brothers sketch..

 

[Jon Baker]

Too bad. You'd think an Ultimate Edition would include a sturdy keepcase and not some flimsy cardboard digipak. I hate when they do that shit.

 

[MarcoBiscotti]

Depending on the packaging, I might just go ahead and buy both afterall. I guess the UCE would have to be relatively the same size as a keepcase if it's going to be included in a box with 7 others...

Unless it's some really special faux leather bound package or something that looks really classy - which judging by the pictures, I doubt very much - I'll be replacing that with the keepcase version which suits the style of the box much better and matches the rest of the movies. Plus I dig the cover way more. I'll just slide the physical extras into the end of the box and sell the digi.

I really would've expected it to be packaged the opposite way... like Giant from the James Dean set where it was the digipak that was offered individually. Would've made more sense that way...

 

[oscar_merkx]

would there be any difference in special features between the 2 discs

 

[MarcoBiscotti]

No. Content is identical.

It's just the physical extras.

 

[PaulP]

Warner did the same with the Wizard of Oz 2- and 3-disc editions. I like the digipaks a lot more.

 

[Paul_Scott]

looks to me like it will be packaged similar to the cases used on last years Universal Legacy sets (the Sting, Deer Hunter, etc). i wouldn't be surprised if it had some kind of textured surface.

personally though, i'm not a fan of either style here. The remaster laserdisc had far superior art (imo) and i'm pretty disappointed in what Warner came up with here.
But it doesn't matter much since i'll be going for the HD version anyway.

 

[GlennWD]

This is going to be a great set, I can't wait to get it in my hands on June 6th. I am very glad to see that Warner is doing another Mail Theatrical Poster Like they did with King Kong, I have mine framed and hanging up right now. I hope that this type of promotion continues with other sets down the road. Does anybody know which poster its going to be and its size? I hope its just as good as the King Kong poster which was absolutely brilliant

 

[JohnPM]

I'd wager that Warners will release "The Searchers" yet again within the year --- this time in HD-DVD ...

http://greenbriarpictureshows.blogspot.com/

 

[Paul_Scott]

they will. it's on the schedule. what's more, they've have already said that all (or most- but i could have sworn it was all-) of the upcoming 2 disc SEs will be day and date SD/HD releases.

 

[JohnPM]

Come to think of it, how can it be defined as the "Ultimate Edition" if it isn't HD?

http://greenbriarpictureshows.blogspot.com/

 

[Dave Scarpa]

Well I bought the 3 Godfathers a few months back at Target, even so I'll be springing for the set and I'll sell my old copy of the Searchers and 3 Godfathers.

 

[PaulP]

HD isn't the best there is.