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Weekly RoundUp 9-25-2007

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The Weekly RoundUp

The Features


– John Barrymore (Beau Brummel – 1924)


– Katherine Heigl & Seth Rogan (Knocked Up – 2007)


– Tekkonkinkreet - 2006


– Nicolas Cage & Jessica Biel – (Next – 2007)


– Lon Chaney, Jr. (Spider Baby – 1968)

The Prices



SD-DVD TITLE Amazon BestBuy CrcCity Target Costco
Alone in the Dark (Dir Cut) (NR) $14.99 $19.99 $15.99  -   - 
As You Like It $18.89 $22.99 $19.99  -   - 
Babel SE $23.79 $24.99 $29.99  -   - 
Beau Brummel (1924) $13.49 $12.99 $12.99  -   - 
Black Book $19.99 $19.99 $19.99  -   - 
The Bronx is Burning $26.99 $19.99 $27.99  -   - 
Bug SE $19.99 $19.99 $17.99 $16.99  - 
Count Dracula (BBC Miniseries) $11.19 $14.99 $12.99  -   - 
Cujo (25th Anniversary Edition) $14.99 $14.99 $15.99  -   - 
Deadly Friend $11.19 $12.99 $12.99  -   - 
Demons SE $11.19 $12.99 $12.99  -   - 
Demons 2 SE $11.19 $12.99 $12.99  -   - 
Dora: Save the Mermaids $14.99 $12.99 $12.99  -   - 
Dr. Giggles $11.19 $12.99 $12.99  -   - 
Drawn Together-Uncensored: Season 2 $19.99 $19.99 $19.99  -   - 
Eat My Dust SE $17.99 $16.99 $15.99  -   - 
Evening $19.99 $19.99 $19.99  -   - 
Eyes of a Stranger $11.19 $12.99 $12.99  -   - 
Fright Night Collection $33.29 $34.99 $29.99  -   - 
From Beyond the Grave $11.19 $12.99 $12.99  -   - 
Full of It $17.99 $17.99 $15.99  -   - 
The Great Northfield Minnesota Raid $13.49 $12.99 $12.99  -   - 
Grounded For Life: Season 5 $14.99 $14.99 $15.99  -   - 
The Hand (1981) $11.19 $12.99 $12.99  -   - 
Home Run Derby: Volume 3 $13.49 $12.99 $12.99  -   - 
The Intruder SE $17.99 $16.99 $15.99  -   - 
King of Queens: Season 9 $19.99 $22.99 $19.99  -   - 
Knocked Up (R-rated) $15.99 $15.99 $14.99 $16.99  - 
**Knocked Up (NR) $15.99 $15.99 $14.99 $16.99  - 
Knocked Up CE (NR) (2-disc) $19.99 $22.99 $22.99 $22.99  - 
Macbeth (2007) $24.29 $19.99 $19.99  -   - 
M. Rooney/J. Garland Coll. CE $34.99 $44.99 $39.99  -   - 
Music from Movies: Bernard Herrmann $18.69 $19.99 $19.99  -   - 
My Name is Earl: Season 2 $32.49 $32.99 $32.99 $32.99  - 
Next $17.99 $19.99 $17.99 $19.99  - 
Numb3rs: Season 3 $39.89 $44.99 $49.99  -   - 
Somebody’s Watching Me $11.19 $12.99 $12.99  -   - 
Spider Baby SE $14.99 $14.99 $15.99  -   - 
Stendhal Syndrome $22.49 $19.99 $19.99  -   - 
Streets of San Francisco: Season 1 V2 $29.99 $34.99 $34.99  -   - 
Suspiria $14.99  -  $15.99  -   - 
Tekkonkinkreet $19.99 $24.99 $19.99  -   - 
The TV Set $19.99 $19.99 $19.99  -   - 
Twisted Terror Collection $37.39 $34.99 $39.99  -   - 
The Unit: Season 2 $39.99 $36.99 $39.99  -   - 
The Untouchables: Season 1 Vol. 2 $29.99 $34.99 $34.99  -   - 
Voltran: Defender of Universe Vol. 4 $29.99 $19.99 $34.99  -   - 
Walking Tall: Lone Justice $18.69 $22.99 $19.99  -   - 
Wayside: The Movie $15.29 $14.99 $15.99  -   - 
What About Brian?: Seasons 1 & 2 $39.99 $39.99 $39.99 $39.99  - 



HD-DVD TITLE Amazon BestBuy CrcCity Target Costco
Evening $27.95 $29.99 $39.98  -   - 
The Getaway $19.95 $24.99 $29.98  -   - 
Gods and Generals $19.95 $24.99 $28.99  -   - 
Gothika $19.95 $24.99 $28.99  -   - 
Knocked Up $27.95 $29.99 $39.98 $29.99  - 
Next $27.95 $29.99 $39.99  -   - 
Patch Adams $19.95 $24.99 $29.98  -   - 
The Wild Bunch $19.95 $24.99 $28.99  -   - 
Wyatt Earp $19.95 $24.99 $28.99  -   - 



BLU-RAY TITLE Amazon BestBuy CrcCity Target Costco
Black Book $26.95 $29.99 $38.96  -   - 
Gods and Generals $19.95 $24.99 $28.99  -   - 
Gothika $19.95 $24.99 $28.99  -   - 
Memoirs of a Geisha $19.95 $24.99 $28.96  -   - 
Tekkonkinkreet $26.95 $34.99 $38.96  -   - 
Underworld $19.95 $24.99 $28.96  -   - 
The Wild Bunch $19.95 $24.99 $28.99  -   - 
Wyatt Earp $19.95 $24.99 $28.99  -   - 


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

(MoH) after a title = New release in the Masters of Horror Collection.

Special Note: There are two other “Music For the Movies” releases this week similar to the Bernard Herrmann title. They feature the music of Toru Takemitsu and Georges Delerue.

Individual titles included in box sets listed above:

Fright Night Collection: Red Eye, Sleepy Hollow, The Haunting, What Lies Beneath.

Mickey Rooney & Judy Garland Collection CE: Babes in Arms, Babes on Broadway, Strike Up the Band, Girl Crazy.

Twisted Terror Collection: Deadly Friend, Dr. Giggles, Eyes of a Stranger, From Beyond the Grave, The Hand, Someone’s Watching Me.

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! Knocked Up (NR) (1-disc) is available in both OAR and MAR versions...get the correct one!

--Best Buy has an EXCLUSIVE DECK OF CARDS with its copies of Knocked Up CE. No rainchecks.

--Best Buy is advertising an EXCLUSIVE SCRATCH & SNIFF CARD with its copies of My Name is Earl: Season 2 on DVD. For use with the “Get a Real Job” episode. No rainchecks.

--Best Buy Odds and Ends:Best Buy has a number of DVDs listed @ $4.99 and $9.99. Best Buy also has a number of season sets of TV Shows on DVD listed on sale @ $24.99.

--Circuit City has FREE COASTERS with its copies of Knocked Up on DVD.

--CC also has an EXCLUSIVE BONUS DISC with its copies of The Unit: Season 2. Includes one full episode of Shark: Season 1.

--And, Circuit City is advertising a deal on the DVD of “Snake Eyes” when you buy Next on DVD. Buy Next and become eligible to purchase Snake Eyes for just $3.99. Must be purchased on same receipt.

--At Circuit City, get four free issues of ESPN the Magazine if you purchase The Bronx is Burning on DVD.

--And this is the promotion so many of you have been waiting for. Purchase Dora the Explorer: Saves the Mermaids on DVD @ Circuit City and get a free Dora-themed growth chart!

--Circuit City Odds and Ends: Circuit City has a long list of DVDs on sale for $4.99 apiece as well as another long list of DVDs on sale for 2/$15 Must be purchased on same receipt..

--Target has one of its EXCLUSIVE DELUXE EDITIONS of Knocked Up. Includes special behind-the-scenes booklet. Quantities limited. No rainchecks.

--Target has an EXCLUSIVE LIMITED EDITION OF My Name is Earl: Season 2. Go ahead and ask me what makes this a “Target Limited Edition.” Go ahead and ask. Answer: I don’t know! Quantities Limited. No rainchecks.

--Target Odds and Ends: None to report.

There's Jessie the yodeling cowgirl. Bullseye, he's Woody's horse. Pete the old prospector. And, Woody, the man himself. Of course, it's time for Woody's RoundUp. He's the very best! He's the rootinest, tootinest cowboy in the wild, wild west!

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Circuit City on sale DVD items:

WWE Summerslam 2007 $14.99
Dawn of the Dead/Land of the Dead combo $12.99

We are Marshall $19.99
Blades of Glory $19.99

2 for $15
You, Me and Dupree
The Break-up
The Family Stone
Because I Said So
The Wedding Crashers
Half Baked
There's Something About Mary
Something New
Meet the Parents
Failure to Launch
Animal House
Anchorman
Old School
Love Actually
A Lot Like Love
Lost in Translation
Hitch
Billy Madison
Waiting
Along Came Polly
American Pie
How High
Just Friends
Rumor Has It...
The Big Lebowski
The Girl Next Door
Happy Gilmore
Dazed and Confused
The Jerk
Something's Gotta Give
Tenacious D and the Pick of Destiny

Meet the Fockers
Just Like Heaven
The Ringer

$4.99 each:
Congo
Traffic
Blade
The Matrix
The Matrix Reloaded
Last Man Standing
Mission: Impossible
Universal Soldier
Bloodsport
Hard Target
American Me
Mobsters
Tomb Raider
Set it off
Blue Crush
Flash Dance
Harold and Kumar go to White Castle
???Sseas
Boat Trip
The Cooler
Message in a Bottle
Alexander (director's cut)
The Last Samurai
Dragon
Mortal Kombat
Godzilla
End of Days
The Hitcher
The Faculty
Stir of Echoes
Godsend
Kung-Pow
Stargate
Final Destination
G.I. Jane
The Ninth Gate
Beetlejuice

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Best Buy on sale DVD items:

Blades Of Glory $15.99
Hot Fuzz $15.99
Pearl Jam: Immagine In Cornice $11.99
There’s Something About Mary $9.99
A Walk In The Clouds $9.99
In Her Shoes $9.99
Moulin Rouge $9.99
Say Anything $9.99
An Affair To Remember $9.99

$4.99 each:
The Untouchables: Special Collector’s Edition
Catch Me If You Can
American Beauty: The Awards Edition
Alfie (2005)
Sky Captain & The World Of Tomorrow
The Hours
Breakdown
Juice
Chinatown
Mission: Impossible – Special Collector’s Edition
Vanilla Sky
Indecent Proposal
What Women Want
Days Of Thunder
The Manchurian Candidate (2005)
Along Came A Spider
The Italian Job (2003)
Zoolander
South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut
Varsity Blues
Minority Report
Pretty In Pink: Everything’s Duckie Edition

DVD Sets:
Smallville: Season 1 - 5 $24.99 each
Will & Grace: Season 6 $24.9
The Office: Season 2 $24.99
Scrubs: Season 3 $24.99
Monk: Season 1 - 4 $24.99 each
Supernatural: Season 1 $24.99
Kyly XY – Declassified: Season 1 $24.99
Nip/Tuck: Season 1 - 3 $24.99 each
Picket Fences: Season 1 $24.99
Boston Legal: Season 1 - 2 $24.99 each
Weeds: Season 2 $24.99
The Dresden Files: Season 1 $24.99
Stargate SG-1: Season 8 $24.99
The Fall Guy: Season 1 $24.99
Magnum P.I. : Season 4 $24.99
Twisted Terror Collection $34.99
My Name Is Earl: Season 1 $19.99 (Best Buy Bonus Scratch & Sniff Card from the Get A Real Job episode)

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Target on sale DVD items:

Tony Bennett: The Music Never Ends $12.99

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Thanks as always guys. Just a blind buy for season 2 of Earl, really loved the first season, and the Blu-ray of Underworld this week for me.
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well i would have bought wyatt earp blu-ray if it was long version
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Thanks, Mike and Patrick.

Kind of a big week for me - Bronx Is Burning, Drawn Together S2 (finally), HR Derby Vol. 3 and possibly Knocked Up as a blind buy.

I'll eventually probably blind buy The TV set. And I'd like to get Numb3rs S3, but it's too expensive and they never go on sale (which is why I still haven't picked up S2).
Does anyone even click on these "My Collection" links?
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Just Count Dracula and Voltron: Volume 4 for me this week.
Recently watched- The Mummy(1999)[BD], The Chronicles Of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe[BD], You Don't Mess With The Zohan[BD], Patriot Games, Groundhog Day[BD]

Currently watching- Heroes: Season 1[BD], SNL 1976-1977: Season 2, Rome: The Complete Series[BD]
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Thanks for the prices, Mike and Patrick! Just Knocked Up CE (NR) (2-disc) for me this week...

Gary

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The TV Set is on the Netflix queue. Otherwise, nada.

Thanks guys!
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Thanks as usual.

Just one or two TV sets this week. King of Queens for certain, and My Name is Earl if I can verify they didn't screw up the music this time.

"Movies should be like amusement parks. People should go to them to have fun." - Billy Wilder

"Subtitles good. Hollywood bad." - Tarzan, Sight & Sound 2012 voter.

"My films are not slices of life, they are pieces of cake." - Alfred Hitchcock"My great humility is just one of the many reasons that I...

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Thanx guys!

The Wild Bunch in High Deffy

"I believe in censorship. After all, I made a fortune out of it." -Mae West

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Knocked Up HD, Wild Bunch BD and possibly Black Book on BD as well as a blind buy. Plus, I still have to pick up Elizabeth on HD DVD and A Few Good Men on BD. Oh, and actually find time to watch them.
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Nothing for me this week!

DVD Collection Inventory: TV Episodes - 16,074. Movies - 1,391. Serial Chapters 437

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As You Like It for me; I'm also very tempted by Black Book on BD.
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Transplanted Life: Sci-fi soap opera about a man placed in a new body, updated two or three times a week.
Trading Post Inn - Another gender-bending soap, with different collaborators writing different points of view.

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Fairly big week for me:

Eaten Alive ($18.69 on Amazon)
Knocked Up
Twisted Terror Collection (I only want four of the titles but the price on the set is cheaper than buying four titles individually)

I'll probably pick up the Suspiria re-release as a birthday gift for a friend too.

Thanks for the prices!
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Does anyone know if Wal-mart is going to sell The Untouchables Season 1 Vol. 2 for $19.95 like they did back when Vol 1 came out? I know I snatched that up ASAP
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--Target has an EXCLUSIVE LIMITED EDITION OF My Name is Earl: Season 2. Go ahead and ask me what makes this a “Target Limited Edition.” Go ahead and ask. Answer: I don’t know! Quantities Limited. No rainchecks.

Answer: I know! It includes a poster and special 3-D packaging!
One of my favorite albums...

Liza Minnelli, "Results" 
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Answer: I know! It includes a poster and special 3-D packaging!

Thanks, Eric! I can ALWAYS count on you!

There's Jessie the yodeling cowgirl. Bullseye, he's Woody's horse. Pete the old prospector. And, Woody, the man himself. Of course, it's time for Woody's RoundUp. He's the very best! He's the rootinest, tootinest cowboy in the wild, wild west!

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Wow, Dora or Cujo.... Decisions, decisions!
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Wow, Dora or Cujo.... Decisions, decisions!

They'll probably be side-by-side at your local retailer!


There's Jessie the yodeling cowgirl. Bullseye, he's Woody's horse. Pete the old prospector. And, Woody, the man himself. Of course, it's time for Woody's RoundUp. He's the very best! He's the rootinest, tootinest cowboy in the wild, wild west!

Top Ten Ways to Find Good Deals on DVDs and Blu-ray...
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As Mike would say thats another combo destined for a double feature !lol !
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Everybody's heading to Andrea's Friday night!



Tony, you may want to leave now! You've got a long way to travel!

There's Jessie the yodeling cowgirl. Bullseye, he's Woody's horse. Pete the old prospector. And, Woody, the man himself. Of course, it's time for Woody's RoundUp. He's the very best! He's the rootinest, tootinest cowboy in the wild, wild west!

Top Ten Ways to Find Good Deals on DVDs and Blu-ray...
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Mike, you got that right ! Anyway , I bet you cant come up with a way to make fun of my purchases for 10-9-07 roundup, they are twilight zone the movie and poltergeist ! Thats a real meant to be double feature ! Its ashame flintstones christmas didnt come out the same week,lol ! Then we would have a very strange triple feature that I would be getting .
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Has anybody ordered Knocked Up HD-DVD from Amazon and gotten the 10% discount? I've tried that several times this afternoon and not been able to get the discount. I tried some other titles and did get the discount. I talked to customer service at Amazon, but they were totally clueless.

I know they have forgotten to set a title up for the discount before, but they usually correct it long before the actual release date. I also went through their entire list of HD-DVD's and it wasn't listed there, so apparently they have not properly classified it.

UPDATE: Amazon has fixed this so that the disount now applies.
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Anyway , I bet you cant come up with a way to make fun of my purchases for 10-9-07 roundup, they are twilight zone the movie and poltergeist !

A dead child actor double feature!

How was that?

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There's Jessie the yodeling cowgirl. Bullseye, he's Woody's horse. Pete the old prospector. And, Woody, the man himself. Of course, it's time for Woody's RoundUp. He's the very best! He's the rootinest, tootinest cowboy in the wild, wild west!

Top Ten Ways to Find Good Deals on DVDs and Blu-ray...
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Shame on you guys! But lol anyway!
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