Weekly RoundUp 3-7-2006 (1 Viewer)

[Mike Frezon]

The Weekly RoundUp

The Features


– Daniel Radcliffe & Emma Watson (Harry Potter & the Goblet of Fire - 2005)

– Angie Dickinson (Police Woman: Season 1 – 1974)


– Benicio Del Toro (Traffic - 2000)


– Peter Sarsgaard and Jake Gyllenhaal (Jarhead - 2005)


– Linda Darnell & Dana Andrews (Fallen Angel – 1945)

The Prices

TITLEAmazonBestBuyCrcCityTargetCostcoAndromeda: Season 5 Coll. 4$27.99$24.99$34.99--Baby Looney Tunes: Vol.1$11.19$12.99$12.99--Baby Looney Tunes: Vol. 2$11.19$12.99$12.99--Brady Bunch: Final Season (S5)$27.29$31.99$34.99$29.99-Buster Keaton: 65th Anniv. Coll.$16.19$17.99$24.97--Cosby Show: Season 2$22.36$19.99$30.96$22.99-Den of Lions$20.99$21.99$24.99--Easter Bunny is Comin’ to Town$11.23$12.99$12.99--Electric Co.: Best of the Best of…$11.19$12.99$12.99--Fallen Angel (1945)$9.99$9.99$12.99--Flintstones: Season 5$30.99$37.99$34.99$34.99-Free Enterprise SE$12.99$15.99$15.99--Harry Potter/Goblet of Fire (2-Disc)$21.99$20.99$22.99$22.99$20.99**Harry Potter/Goblet of Fire (1-disc)$15.98$14.99$13.99$15.99-Hogan’s Heroes: Season 3$27.29$27.99$34.99--House on Telegraph Hill$9.99$9.99$12.99--Howl’s Moving Castle$19.49$19.99$19.99$19.99-Jarhead SE (2-disc)$27.98$32.99$24.99--**Jarhead (1-disc)$15.98$16.99$17.99--Just Friends$17.39$17.99$17.99--Kids in America$25.19$24.99$19.99--The Lawless Years: Season 1$31.49$26.99---My Neighbor Totoro$20.99$19.99$19.99--Nick Cannon-Wild ‘N Out: S1$27.99$34.99$34.99$29.99-No Way Out$9.99$9.99$12.99--Occupation: Dreamland$16.99$19.99$19.99--Paper Clips SE (2004)$17.99$19.99$19.99--Police Woman: Season 1$34.99$49.99$39.99--Pornography: Secret History/Civilisation$20.99$24.99$24.99--**Prime$19.96$17.99$19.99--Scooby-Doo/DynoMutt Comp. Series$31.49$37.99$34.99$34.99-Shaggy D.A. (1976)$13.99$14.99$17.99$14.99-Shaggy Dog (1959)$13.99$14.99$17.99$14.99-The Shanghai Gesture$10.99-$12.99--Spike Lee Joint Collection$20.19$16.99$19.99--Stagecoach (1986)$14.99$16.99$15.99--Star Trek: Borg Fan Collective-$27.99$34.99--The Tenants$22.49$22.99$24.97--Tennessee Tuxedo & His Tales$9.69$9.99$9.99--The Thing Called Love (Dir. Cut)$13.49$12.99$12.99--Three’s Company: Season 6$20.99$22.99$19.99--Traffic (CC)$39.95$31.49$34.99--Undertaking Betty$20.99$24.99$24.99--Walking Tall: Entire Series$17.49$25.99$24.97--The Warrior$18.69$22.99---Whisper of the Heart$20.99$19.99$19.99--Zu Warriors$20.99$19.99$24.99--

(CC) after a title = New release in the Criterion Collection.

Individual titles included in box sets listed above:

Spike Lee Joint Collection: Clockers, Jungle Fever, Do the Right Thing, Mo’ Better Blues, Crooklyn.

The Disclaimer Standard disclaimer: All prices are taken from the websites of each chain, or from their printed Sunday advertisements. All prices are subject to change by each chain. Prices and inventory in-store may or may not match the website price.

"LP" in the RoundUp table means a store’s Sunday flyer says "Low Price". That means I could not locate a definite price for the item, and the ad is all I have to go on. Retailers use these phrases in advertisements so that they do not violate MAP (Minimum Advertised Price) agreements with the studios. Doing so can cost them thousands or even millions of dollars in co-op advertising funds.

I, obviously, cannot include EVERY title released in a given week in the RoundUp. The titles included are those that I am interested in...as well as those which I consider will be of interest to a majority of consumers (and sometimes I’ll miss one!). I don't get paid for this, and I don't have the time to list every DVD. So, please don't complain! If there is a title not included in the RoundUp that you want to see, just look it up yourself, and be nice enough to post and share the results with everyone!

Note that I cannot include Wal-Mart/Sam’s Club prices in the RoundUp. They set prices at individual stores based on nearby competition, so there is no way I can say here what price you'll find at YOUR local Wal-Mart/Sam’s Club location. And, as always, Circuit City does not guarantee their sale prices in Hawaii.

The Specials

**BE EXTREMELY CAREFUL! Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (1-disc) AND Jarhead (1-disc) AND Prime are ALL available in both OAR and MAR versions...get the correct one(s) !

--Best Buy, this week, has some deals on the Harry Potter stuff. For example, you can get a 2/$20 deal if you purchase Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (1-disc) DVD ($14.99) with ANY of the first three Harry Potter movies on DVD ($8.99 apiece).

--Best Buy also is offering $3 off with the purchase of Harry Potter: Goblet of Fire DVD and the Harry Potter Nintendo DS video game ($19.99).

--Best Buy is also advertising FREE BONUS DOG TAGS on its copies of Jarhead. On-pack. Minimum 16 per store. No rainchecks.

--Best Buy is also offering a 2/$20 deal with the purchase of Jarhead (1-disc) ($16.99) on DVD PLUS Rundown or Seabiscuit ($9.99 apiece). Offer applies to tiles shown. Must be purchased on same receipt. No rainchecks.

--Best Buy is offering $6 off with the purchase of Howl’s Moving Castle PLUS My Neighbor Totoro OR Whisper of the Heart ($19.99 apiece). Must be purchased on same receipt.

--Worth mentioning that Best Buy is extending its deal from the prior week in which customers can save $5 when they buy Walk the Line on DVD ($19.99 for 1-disc) and any CD or music DVD by Johnny cash.

--Circuit City is offering a FREE EXCLUSIVE LITHOGRAPH with the purchase of Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire DVD at their stores.

--Target has got a COLLECTIBLE 3-D LENTICULAR COVER with its copies of Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2-disc SE) ($22.99). NOTE! The special cover is on the 2-disc HP ONLY!

--Thanks again to Eric Schulz for his help with target prices not included in the Target flyer.

The Markdowns

The latest markdowns according to DavisDVD:

EFFECTIVE: March 7, 2006 (Studio/Titles/New SRP)

Buena Vista Home Entertainment

The Advocate, Citizen Ruth, Cry the Beloved Country, Hamlet, Human Traffic, My Life So Far, Restoration ... $9.99

Blue Car, Dirty Pretty Things, I've Heard The Mermaids Singing, Kolya, Lie Down With Dogs, Mrs. Brown ... $14.99

 

[Patrick Sun]

Circuit City on sale DVD items:

$9.99 each:
Harry Potter & Sorceror's Stone
Harry Potter & Chamber of Secrets
Harry Potter & Prisoner of Azkaban

Harry Potter Film Collection (8 DVDs) $44.99

Walk the Line $17.99
North Country $17.99
Pride & Predjudice (2005) $19.99
Cinderella Man $14.99
Crash $9.99
Batman Begins $9.99
Hustle & Flow $14.99
The Corpse Bride $14.99
The Constant Gardener $14.99

$9.99 each:
Assault on Precinct 13 (2005)
Unleashed: Unrated
Schindler's List
Carlito's Way
Carlito's Way: Rise to Power
Shark Tale
Land of the Dead: Unrated Director's Cut
Riday Night Lights
Casino: Anniversary Edition
Kicking & Screaming
E.T.
The Interpreter
Meet The Fockers
The Bourne Supremacy
The Wedding Date

2 for $15:
Half Baked : Fully Baked Edition
American Pie
Pitch Black (2000 version)
Old School Unrated
Major Payne
12 Monkees: Special Edition
Deliver Us From Eva
Antz!
Eurotrip
What Lies Beneath
U-571
The Bourne Identity
Midway: Collector's Edition
Fast Times at Ridgemont High: Special Edition
Lock, Stock & Two Smoking Barrels
The Bone Collector
(Titles must be purchased on same receipt to reach $15 price point. $9.99 each separately.)

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Best Buy on sale DVD items:

$8.99 each:
Harry Potter & Sorceror’s Stone
Harry Potter & The Chamber of Secrets
Harry Potter & The Prisoner of Azkaban

Harry Potter Film Collection (8 DVD / 4 Movie Set) $49.99

War of the Worlds (2005) $14.99
Domino $19.99
North Country $19.99

Buy 2, Get 1 Free Section (@$14.99 otherwise):
Batman Begins
Tommy Boy: Holy Schnike Edition
Charlie & The Chocolate Factory
Dukes of Hazzard: Unrated
Ferris Bueller’s Day Off: Bueller…. Bueller Edition
Stealth
House of Wax (2005)
The Gospel
Monster
Dumb & Dumber: Unrated
Pulp Fiction
Groundhog Day: Special Edition
Ong Bak: The Warrior
Underworld: 2 DVD Unrated Extended Director’s Cut

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Target on sale DVD items:

$6.50 each:
Charlotte's Web (animated)
Romeo Must Die
Memphis Belle
Plains, Trans & Automobiles
House of 1000 Corpses

$10.00 each:
Harry Potter & The Prisoner of Azkaban
The Aviator
Racing Stripes
The Bourne Supremacy
The Phantom of the Opera (2005)

 

[TonyD]

lenticular cover at target might be interesting for Harry.

also i justed watched Howl's moving Castle.
what a great movie. my favorite Miyazaki so far.

too bad none of this wave of his movies are much less the $20.

 

[Julio Diaz]

Goblet of Fire CE is a must for me!

Anyone have details on the Free Enterprise SE? I've seen the movie but don't own it and would like to.

 

[Bill Thomann]

Thanks Mike & Patrick for the Roundup. HP4 2 disc @ CC with a BB pm for me along with Howl & Totoro (I'm hoping they'll give the same BB $6 discount). Also Shaggy Dog with a BB pm.

 

[Scott_J]

Nothing for this week. I was planning on Flintstones S5, but at those prices it'll have to wait for a sale or price drop.

 

[Julio Diaz]

Amazon update on Harry Potter & the Goblet of Fire!

I just clicked on the pre-order link on the Amazon home page, and it took me to a listing for the two-disc collector's edition for $19.96! My order is placed!

 

[Arnie G]

Mike, I don't think the woman in the picture is Alice Faye:b

 

[Mike Frezon]

[Scurry, scurry!]Oooops! It's Linda Darnell! Off I go to fix the caption! [/Scurry, scurry!]

Thanks, Arnie!






Hope I got that done before Crawdaddy stopped by! :b

Here's Alice Faye (in the center):

 

[george kaplan]

Thanks as usual.

A very busy week:

Brady Bunch
Flintstones
Harry Potter
Hogan's Heroes
The Shaggy D.A.
The Shaggy Dog
Tennesse Tuxedo

Also, if the rumors are true that the unedited original versions are being used, I'll pick up Cosby Show season 2, though I most certainly won't do so until people report back with evidence to that effect.

 

[Robert Crawford]

I actually read it after Arnie made his post and decided not to pile on since Arnie already brought it up.





Crawdaddy

 

[ChrisBEA]

I at least want Jarhead....
Thanks!

 

[Eric DiPiazza]

Looks like just Jarhead SE and Harry Potter SE for me this week. Thanks Mike!

 

[EricSchulz]

Just Brady Bunch for me, despite the inclusion of those god-awful "Cousin Oliver" episodes...

 

[Dave S.G.]

Patrick, thanks for the exclusive heads up on "12 Monkees: Special Edition". I've been dying to see how Micky, Mike, Peter and Davy's antics traveling through time and saving the world with their own brand of pop.

That and some Fox noir are my only purchases this week. Unless "Monkees" is a typo, in which case it's just noir and something alcoholic to drown out my sorrows.

 

[Don]

What Titles are the Noir Titles. also i might be getting Howls Moving Castle and Maybe HP and the goblet of fire.

 

[Harold Wazzu]

Jarhead SE from CC and HP from Target for me. Wonder how many of the HP Lenticular covers were made?

 

[Kenneth Cummings]

Oh great, Harry Potter is a seperate two and one disc release. I hate when that happen, as the two disc special edition always get the shaft pricewise. Well I need to find out the extra on the second disc. If it like the first Harry Potter dvd release's second disc...then no thanks.

Anyway, thanks for the roundup Mike.

 

[Dave S.G.]

Don, the three Fox noirs are:

No Way Out
House on Telegraph Hill
Fallen Angel

Not sure which I'm getting this week. I think BB always sells them at $9.99, so there's no rush. Again, I think.

 

[Xenia Stathakopoulou]

Threes company season 6 for me from amazon, since a friend of mine is nice enough to let me use his credit card, and i just give him the exact amount. They usually only take about a week to arrive, cant wait !