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Casablanca UCE on Dec. 2nd

post #1 of 9
8/12/08 at 5:47am
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From DVDTimes:

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Warner Home Video have announced the Region 1 DVD release of Casablanca (Ultimate Collector’s Edition) on 2nd December 2008 priced at $59.98 SRP. Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman star in one of the great Hollywood classics that returns to DVD as a premium giftset this Christmas.

The previously released Two-Disc Special Edition is packaged alongside a documentary on the life of Jack Warner - 1993 documentary: Jack L. Warner: The Last Mogul - in this set that is elegantly boxed in an intricate laser-cut Moroccan design and will include collectibles such as reproductions of executive memos and props**, a branded passport holder, luggage tag, photo book and mail-in offer for a movie poster.

** 1) Memo from Hal Wallis that “Casablanca” is the new title 2) Memo from Wallis to Jack Warner strongly urging casting of Bogart over George Raft 3) Letter from Publicity head Charles Einfeld to publicist Marty Weiser to “sell” Bogart as a romantic lead 4) Victor Laszlo’s “letter of transit.

The previously released Two-Disc Special Edition will also be available with new packaging and will sell for $26.99 SRP.

Here is a recap of the Two-Disc SE extras...

Behind the Story
Introduction by Lauren Bacall
Commentary by film critic Roger Ebert
Commentary by film historian/author Rudy Behlmer
1988 TCM special: Bacall on Bogart [Laurel Bacall’s candid and moving reminiscences about her husband’s life and career]
You Must Remember This: A Tribute to Casablanca [Bacall hosts this spellbinding backstage tour]
As Time Goes By: The Children Remember [Stephen Bogart and Pia Lindstrom remember their parents, Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman]
Production history gallery

Additional Footage
Deleted scenes
Outtakes
Who Holds Tomorrow? Premiere episode from the 1955 Warner Bros. Presents series, starring Charles McGraw
1995 WB Cartoon: Carrotblanca

Audio
Scoring Stage Sessions
Knock on Wood Alternate Version, Wilson with Piano
As Time Goes By Part One Alternate Take, Wilson with Piano
As Time Goes By Part One Film Version, Wilson with Piano
Rick Sees Ilsa Instrumental Medley
As Time Goes By Part Two Alternate Take, Wilson with Piano
As Time Goes By Part Two Film Version, Wilson with Piano
At La Belle Aurore Instrumental Medley
Dat’s What Noah Done Outtake, Wilson with Piano
April 26,1943 Screen Guild Players Radio Broadcast

Trailers
Theatrical trailer
1992 re-release trailer
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post #2 of 9
8/12/08 at 6:45am

Re: Casablanca UCE on Dec. 2nd

I just got the regular two disc set of this film and was dissapointed.

Lost of great extras, good picture quality so what could be wrong.

It seemed that the film was happening far away and not right in front of me and I finally realised the sound is the problem.

Warners in the forties had a really good bright crisp sound. Not here. the high end has been clobbered right off the soundtrack to get rid of minimal optical hiss.

But you can hear this on the dvd. Playing the film, you can quickly swith from the film soundtrack to one of the two commentary tracks. On the commentary tracks you can hear entire scenes in the background and foreground, oviously recorded before the soundtrack was filtered. There you can hear the brightness and crispness lacking in the actual film track.

to put it mildy, I felt cheated.
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post #3 of 9
8/12/08 at 11:55am

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I got the previous one too, this is one of the classics that never did much for me. If on sale, I might grab this for the Warner doc.
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post #4 of 9
8/12/08 at 5:23pm

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Looks like I'll be passing since I already own the 2-disk. Spending this much money and only getting a Jack Warner doc meets my definition of insanity.
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post #5 of 9
8/12/08 at 7:07pm

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Looks like another dip in the well for me...gotta have those letters of transit.
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post #6 of 9
8/13/08 at 7:00am

Re: Casablanca UCE on Dec. 2nd

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Originally Posted by CinéKarine
From DVDTimes:

The previously released Two-Disc Special Edition will also be available with new packaging and will sell for $26.99 SRP.


Why can't they release the extra stuff in its own package too? I already have the two disc set twice (once upon its initial release and second upon the Humprey Bogart Signature Collection) yet the other stuff is interesting but not interesting enough for me to triple dip it.
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post #7 of 9
8/13/08 at 9:43am

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Originally Posted by MikeDE
Looks like another dip in the well for me...gotta have those letters of transit.

The letters of transit signed by De Gaulle himself, & can't even be countermanded by Hitler (if memory serves me right) has to be the craziest Mc Guffin in all movie history!
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post #8 of 9
8/13/08 at 4:35pm

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this would be v.4 or 5?
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post #9 of 9
8/13/08 at 4:38pm

Re: Casablanca UCE on Dec. 2nd

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Originally Posted by mdnitoil
Looks like I'll be passing since I already own the 2-disk. Spending this much money and only getting a Jack Warner doc meets my definition of insanity.

Sell off the initial 2-discer... that's what I'll be doing!

And I normally don't advocate double-dipping for fanboy packages but this just looks too amazing to me.
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