SHIP OF FOOLS/ LILITH Blu Ray double feature in March. (1 Viewer)

[kagemusha98]

I just read on DVD Beaver that Mill Creek is releasing SHIP OF FOOLS and LILITH double feature on Blu in March for under $10! Is that possible?.....what can one expect of the quality of the transfers? It is up for pre order on Amazon.

 

[Timothy E]

Wal-Mart is selling these already for $5. I picked up Hudson Hawk/Hollywood Homicide for that price.

 

[Ethan Riley]

Ship of Fools and Lilith is a weird pairing. The only thing those two films have in common is that they're both black and white?? Nevertheless, I'd gladly buy them at Walmart for $5!

 

[Charles Smith]

Bought that, and a pair of spaghetti westerns, a couple of days ago. Yes, the pairing is weird and plays havoc on your filing system, and the spine is ugly, and they're bare bones...but they're $2.50 per film, and they look damned fine. I only wish there were more movies I wanted out of the dozen or so double features they had there.

 

[haineshisway]

Quality on both is fine - Lilith especially looks terrific - but it's Sony, so...

 

[Ethan Riley]

Well, at least Hudson Hawk and Hollywood Homicide have things in common! The initials of both films are "HH." And they were both bombs.

 

[Robert Crawford]

Originally Posted by haineshisway
Quality on both is fine - Lilith especially looks terrific - but it's Sony, so...

Thanks for the heads up as I purchased that double feature this morning. Not bad for $5.30 sales tax included.
Crawdaddy

 

[Matt Hough]

What's the aspect ratio on Ship of Fools? Seems like my DVD is an open matte 1.33:1 transfer, but I haven't watched it in quite some time so I could be mistaken. Shouldn't it be 1.66:1?

 

[Robert Crawford]

Originally Posted by MattH.
What's the aspect ratio on Ship of Fools? Seems like my DVD is an open matte 1.33:1 transfer, but I haven't watched it in quite some time so I could be mistaken. Shouldn't it be 1.66:1?

The 2003 DVD release was 1.33:1, but the 2008 DVD release in the Stanley Kramer boxset collection was 1.85:1
The BRD is 1.85:1 too.
Crawdaddy

 

[Matt Hough]

Thanks for the info.

 

[Mark-P]

Thanks for the heads up as I purchased that double feature this morning.  Not bad for $5.30 sales tax included. Crawdaddy

Where are you finding this at Walmart? I've scoured just about every movie section in 2 different stores and can't find it, unless it is in one of the "dump" bins that I don't have the inclination to dig through. Walmart has absolutely no rhyme or reason to the layout of their titles which are a hodge-podge all over the place.

 

[Peter Apruzzese]

I saw some of the Sony Mill Creek double features in a dump bin here in NJ a few weeks ago. The weren't on the shelves.

 

[Charles Smith]

Mine were in a middle-of-aisle corrugated display thingy with 12 (or however many there were) sections specifically holding these Mill Creek double features.

 

[Robert Crawford]

Originally Posted by Mark-P
Where are you finding this at Walmart? I've scoured just about every movie section in 2 different stores and can't find it, unless it is in one of the "dump" bins that I don't have the inclination to dig through. Walmart has absolutely no rhyme or reason to the layout of their titles which are a hodge-podge all over the place.

Yes, I found it at Walmart. It was located in a regular display along with other titles including other Mill Creek releases. Also, there were at least six more copies of it after I took mine out of the shelf.
Crawdaddy

 

[ahollis]

Dug trough the Mill Creek dump display and found the title. It took about five minutes to find. I find it funny whenever anyone starts searching the dump bins it always attracts attention and soon there are four or five others going through it too. Transfers are quite good.