Weekly RoundUp 11-20-2007 (1 Viewer)

[Mike Frezon]

The Weekly RoundUp

The Features


– Bruce Willis (Live Free or Die Harder – 2007)


– Michael Redgrave, Margaret Lockwood, Paul Lukas (The Lady Vanishes – 1938)


– John Travolta & Nikki Blonsky (Hairspray– 2007)


– Francis Ford Coppola (Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker’s Apocalypse – 1991)


– William Shatner & Leonard Nimoy (Star Trek – 1966)


– Love American Style – 1969

The Prices


SD-DVD TITLEAmazonBestBuyCrcCityTargetCostco2 Days in the Valley$11.19$12.99$12.99 - - Angel-A$19.99$19.99$19.99 - - The Batman: Season 4$14.99$14.99$15.99 - - Bill Maher: The Decider$14.99$17.99$15.99 - - Broken$24.29$24.99$19.99 - - Chappelle’s Show: Comp. Coll.$44.99$44.99$34.99$37.99 - Charles in Charge: Season 2$22.49$24.99$19.99 - - Colma: The Musical$25.19$19.99$19.99 - - CSI: Season 7$62.99$62.99$59.99$59.99$57.99Doris Day Show: Season 5$27.99$34.99$34.99 - - Doris Day Today (1975)$14.99$14.99$15.99 - - Dr. Katz, Prof. Therapist: Comp. Series$104.39$114.99$109.99 - $79.99Eric Clapton: Crossroads 2007$19.99$19.99$19.99 - - Diehard Ultimate Collection - - - - $45.99Film Noir Collection: Vol. 2 (Kino)$37.49$44.99$39.99 - - Godzilla Collection$55.99$59.99$69.99 - - **Hairspray (1-disc)$16.99$16.99$14.99$15.99 - Hairspray SE (2-disc)$22.99$22.99$22.99$22.99$22.49Hairspray Gift Set$39.99$39.99$49.99 - $39.99Hearts of Darkness: Filmmaker’s Apoc.$18.69$19.99 - - - Hudson Hawk (15th Anniv. Edition)$13.99$14.99$15.99 - - The Lady Vanishes (CC)$27.99$34.99$34.99 - - **Live Free or Die Hard (1-disc)$15.99$16.99$14.99$15.99 - Live Free or Die Hard (NR 2-disc)$23.99$24.99$24.99$22.99$23.49Live Free …(Steelbook BestBuy only) - $22.99 - - - Love American Style: S1 Vol. 1$25.49$25.99$29.99 - - Manufactured Landscapes$19.99$24.99$19.99 - - Mission Impossible: Season 3$34.99$34.99$39.99 - - New Line Cinema’s 40th Anniv. Coll.$157.99$199.99$219.99 - - Nosferatu Ultimate Edition$26.99$24.99$19.99 - - Pooh’s Super Sleuth Christmas Movie$19.99$17.99$17.99$17.99 - Queer as Folk: Complete Series$184.99$184.99$199.99 - - Rescue Dawn$19.99$19.99$17.99$19.99 - RFK Must Die$17.99$14.99$15.99 - - Rich Little’s Christmas Carol$22.99$19.99$19.99 - - Santa Baby$17.99$14.99$15.99 - - The Santa Clause 3$17.99$17.99$17.99$15.99 - The Santa Clause Trilogy (Target only) - - - $32.99 - Sawdust and Tinsel (CC)$27.95$29.99$34.99 - - The Song Remains the Same SE (2-disc)$13.99$16.99$19.99 - - The Song Remains the Same DE (2-disc)$29.99$35.99$34.99 - - Stir of Echoes 2: The Homecoming$19.99$19.99$19.99 - - Teen Titans: Season 4$14.99$14.99$15.99 - - Titanic (10th Anniv. Edition)$17.99$14.99$12.99 - - Walking Tall (1973)$13.49$12.99$12.99 - - The Wild Wild West: Season 3$34.99$34.99$39.99 - -


HD-DVD TITLEAmazonBestBuyCrcCityTargetCostcoStar Trek: TOS: Season 1$132.95$169.99$189.98 - - Tremors$19.95$24.99$29.98 - -


BLU-RAY TITLEAmazonBestBuyCrcCityTargetCostcoBad Santa$19.95$24.99$29.99 - - David Gilmour: Remember That Night$23.95$34.99$33.95 - - Die Hard Collection (4 movie)$82.95$109.99$129.98 - - Die Hard$27.95$34.99$39.98 - - Die Hard 2$27.95$34.99$39.98 - - Die Hard with a Vengeance$27.95$34.99$39.98 - - Hairspray$27.95$34.99$29.99$29.99$27.89Live Free or Die Hard$23.95$34.99$29.99$29.99$27.89Pathfinder$27.95$34.99$39.98 - - Rescue Dawn - $34.99$39.98 - - The Santa Clause 3$23.95$29.99$29.99$29.99 -

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

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

Individual titles included in box sets listed above:

Film Noir Collection - Volume 2 (Kino): Scarlet Street, Contraband, Strange Impersonation, They Made Me a Fugitive, The Hitch-Hiker.

New Line Cinema’s 40th Anniversary Collection: Pink Flamingos, A Nightmare on Elm Street, The Player, The mask, Se7en, Austin Powers, International Man of Mystery, Boogie Nights, Wag the Dog, The Wedding Singer, Rush Hour, Blow, The Lord of the Rings Trilogy, Elf, The Notebook, Wedding Crashers, New Line Documentary..

Die Hard Ultimate Collection (SD-DVD)/Die Hard Collection (Blu-ray): Die Hard, Die Hard 2, Die Hard with a Vengeance, Live Free or Die Hard.

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! Live Free or Die Hard (1-disc) and Hair Spray (1-disc) are available in both OAR and MAR versions...get the correct one(s)! For the record, the 1-disc versions of Live Free or Die Hard are being released as follows: The MAR version is the rated, theatrical release. The OAR version is the unrated, director’s cut.

--This is the Weekly RoundUp for the week which includes Black Friday. Because of this many of Best Buy’s prices are listed in their flyer as being good for “Tuesday & Wednesday only.” This includes: Live Free or Die Hard (1 & 2-disc), Hairspray (1 & 2-disc), Hairspray Gift Set, Pooh’s Super Sleuth Christmas movie, The Santa Clause 3, Eric Clapton: Crossroads 2007. And, Circuit City uses a “Tuesday & Wednesday only” posting to cover most of their new releases prices this week.

--Best Buy has EXCLUSIVE COLLECTIBLE STEELBOOK PACKAGING ON ALL FOUR Die Hard movies. The first three DH movies are listed at $19.99 apiece. Minimum 6 each per store. No rainchecks. Live Free or Die Hard (2-disc) is also available in steelbook packaging for $22.99. Minimum 20 each per store. No rainchecks.

--Purchase The Santa Clause 3 @ Best Buy this week and buy ANY of the following movies for just $6.99: The Santa Clause, The Santa Clause 2 ($16.99 apiece), Pooh’s Super Sleuth Christmas Movie ($17.99).

--The Shrek 3 steamroller just keeps rollin’! A FREE SHREK THE THIRD ACTIVITY BOOK @ Best Buy with the purchase of ANY Dreamworks Animation DVDs: Shrek 3, Shrek 2, Over the Hedge, Flushed Away, Madagascar, Shark Tale, etc. Portions of this promotion goes towards “Toys for Teens.”

--Best Buy Odds and Ends:Best Buy has some nice DVDs listed @ $4.99, $7.99 (2-disc SEs, and $9.99. The $7.99 2-disc SEs include: The Green Mile, Superman Returns, The Departed, Blood Diamond, V for Vendetta!

--Circuit City has an EXCLUSIVE FREE SANTA CLAUSE 3 SNOW GLOBE KEYCHAIN with the purchase of The Santa Clause 3 on DVD. While supplies last. Minimum 20 per store.

--@ CC, save $6, instantly, when you buy BOTH The Santa Clause 3 AND Pooh’s Super Sleuth Christmas Movie on DVD. In-store only. Purchases must be on same receipt.

--Circuit City also has The Santa Clause and The Santa Clause 2 both on sale for $9.99 apiece this week.

--FREE $5 Circuit City GIFT CARDS @ CC this week with the purchase OF: Chappelle’s Show: Complete Collection, Die Hard, Die Hard 2, Die Hard with a Vengeance, Live Free or Die Hard SE. In-store only. Gift card good for future purchases. Terms and conditions are applied to gift cards.

--There is a 2/$20 sale at Circuit City this week. Purchase Hairspray (2007) ($14.99) and Hairspray (1988) and get them both for just $20. In-store only. Must be purchased on same receipt.

--Also, @ CC, save $5 with the purchase of BOTH Rescue Dawn ($17.99) AND Live Free or Die Hard. In-store only. Purchases must be on same receipt.

--Circuit City Odds and Ends: Circuit City has a short list of DVDs on sale for $4.99 and $9.99. It also has a HUGE list of $2.99 titles and others for $8.99 and $12.99!

--Target has a FREE $10 TARGET GIFTCARD with its copies of CSI: Season 7. Quantities limited. No rain checks.

--Target has a FREE $5 TARGET GIFTCARD with its copies of Chappelle’s Show: Complete Collection. Quantities limited. No rain checks.

--Target also has the Die Hard Trilogy Collection (first three movies) on sale for $19.99 this week.

--Target Odds and Ends: Target has a number of TV on DVD season sets listed for $29.99: Grey’s Anatomy: S3, Ugly Betty: S1, Brothers & Sisters: S1, Desperate Housewives: S3. Also, a number of newer releases for $14.99: Déjà Vu, Wild Hogs, The Jungle Book, Peter Pan, The Bridge to Terabithia.

 

[Patrick Sun]

Circuit City on sale DVD items:

HD DVD (Buy 2 Get 1 Free) $29.99 each:
Mission: Impossible III
The Bourne Supremacy
The Departed
Shooter
Syriana
Knocked Up
I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry
Blades of Glory
Happy Feet

Blu-Ray (Buy 2 Get 1 Free) $24.99 each:
The Fifth Element
House of Flying Daggers
Into the Blue
Donnie Brasco
XXX
$29.99 each
Casino Royale
Ghost Rider
Underworld: Evolution
Vacancy
Talladega Nights

Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer $14.99

American Hustle: The Movie $17.99 (Free Money Clip)

$4.99 each:
Staying Alive
Urban Cowboy
Grease 2
The General's Daughter
Footloose (old Version)

$9.99 each:
Face/Off (2-disc)
Flashdance (Collector's Edition)
She's the Man
Grease
Saturday Night Fever (Collector's Edition)

$2.99 each:
Carlito's Way: Rise of Power
Along Came a Spider
The Sum of All Fears
Once Upon a Time in China
Cliffhanger (Collector's Edition)
Godzilla
The Score
Panic Room (Superbit)
Derailed
Monster
Catch Me if You Can
Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle: Unrated
Changing Lanes
Indecent Proposal
Rules of Engagement
And Justice for All
Patch Adams
The Truman Show
Wimbledon
Forces of Nature
Dance with Me
Prime
The Sweetest Thing
Scary Movie 4 Unrated
Accepted
Entrapment
K-19: The Widowmaker
Amistad
Tigerland
Kiss the Girls
Sling Blade
The Relic
While You Were Sleeping
White Men Can't Jump
Bridget Jones Diary
Orange County
10 Things I Hate About You
Sliding Doors
Anna and the King
The Legend of Bagger Vance
American Dreamz
48 Hours
Saving Silverman
School Daze
The First Wives Club
28 Days
Money Train
The Toy
Black Beauty
Thomas and the Magic Railroad
K-Pax
Good Burger
Submerged
Universal Soldier: the Return
In Good Company
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Used Cars
Bringing out the Dead

$8.99 each:
Hot Fuzz
Breach
Dreamgirls
Babel
Flags of Our Fathers
Freedom Writers
Charlotte's Web
Flushed Away
Ice Age: the Meltdown

$12.99 each:
Disturbia
Shooter
DejuVu
Blades of Glory
Wild Hogs
Norbit
The Jungle Book
Meet the Robinsons
Peter Pan (Disney)

Gift Sets
The Closer: Season 1 or 2 $14.99 each
Curb Your Enthusiam : Season 1-5 $14.99 each
24: Seasons 1-5 $18.99 each
My Name is Earl: Season 1 $18.99
Star Wars Trilogy (4 discs) $24.99
Grey's Anatomy: Season 3 $29.99
Desperate Housewives: Season 3 $29.99
Ugly Betty: Season 1 $29.99
Brothers and Sisters: Season 1 $29.99

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Best Buy on sale DVD items:

$4.99 each:
Domino
Just Friends
Robin Hood: Men in Tights
Training Day
A Scanner Darkly

$7.99 each:
The Green Mile (2-Disc)
Superman Returns (2-Disc)
The Departed (2-Disc)
Blood Diamond (2-Disc)
V for Vendetta (2-Disc)

$9.99 each:
Hot Fuzz
Mr. Brooks
Little Miss Sunshine
Breach
Pathfinder: Unrated

Shrek the Third $19.99
Over the Hedge $12.99
Flushed Away $12.99
(Free Shrek the Third Activity Book with purchase of any Dreamworks Animation DVD)

Music DVDs
Eric Clapton: Crossroads Guitar Festival $19.99 (Tuesday & Wednesday Only)
Eminem: Live from New York City 2005 $11.99 (Tuesday & Wednesday Only)
Nirvana: Unplugged in New York $11.99 (Tuesday & Wednesday Only)
Beyonce: Beyonce Experience Live $9.99 (Tuesday & Wednesday Only)


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Target on sale DVD items:

Grey's Anatomy: Season 3 $29.99
Ugly Betty: Season 1 $29.99
Brothers and Sisters: Season 1 $29.99
Desperate Housewives: Season 3 $29.99
Jungle Book $14.99
Wild Hogs $14.99
Deju Vu $14.99
Bridge to Terabithia $14.99
Peter Pan $14.99
Die Hard Trilogy $19.99
Meet the Robinsons $14.99???

 

[TravisR]

I'll be picking up:

CSI: Season Seven
Hearts Of Darkness
Live Free Or Die Hard

As always, thanks for the prices!

 

[Bill Thomann]

Thanks for the roundup & Happy Thanksgiving Mike & Patrick. I've got Live Free or Die Hard Steelbook coming from bestbuy.com (minus a $15 GC). Looks like the best deal for Mission Impossible Season 3 is DeepDiscount Tuesday with the 20% discount (can't preorder). Also want Hudson Hawk but it isn't on deepdiscount's website & the b&m's are too high so I'll wait for it to hit the $10 bin (which should take about a month I figure).

 

[Dennis Nicholls]

I wonder who the target audience is for the New Line boxed set? Pink Flamingos AND LOTR both in the same box?

Looks to be in oversize-book format with the discs slid into pockets.


Includes:
Pink Flamingos (1972)

A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984), MPAA Rating: R

The Player (1992), MPAA Rating: R

The Mask (1994), MPAA Rating: PG-13

Seven (1995), MPAA Rating: R

Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery (1997), MPAA Rating: PG-13

Boogie Nights (1997), MPAA Rating: R

Wag the Dog (1997), MPAA Rating: R

The Wedding Singer (1998), MPAA Rating: PG-13

Rush Hour (1998), MPAA Rating: PG-13

Blow (2001), MPAA Rating: R

The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001), MPAA Rating: PG-13

The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002), MPAA Rating: PG-13

Elf (2003), MPAA Rating: PG

The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003), MPAA Rating: PG-13

The Notebook (2004), MPAA Rating: PG-13

Wedding Crashers (2005), MPAA Rating: R

 

[Ric Easton]

Thanks guys! Been trying to cut down given the Holidays are coming... But I'm definately going to pick up Hearts of Darkness!

 

[Mike Frezon]

It is described in the marketing info as a "coffee table book."

Is Pink Flamingos not a welcome addition to the Nicholls' home. Is the Fluff Pump not a John Waters' devotee?

 

[Dennis Nicholls]

Fluffy Pumpkin thought 'Pink Flamingos' was a cooking show until I told him about it. I don't know....Eating Raoul is about as far as I can take sick humor.

New Line isn't helping themselves in selling this set. Their own web site hasn't been updated since Halloween, and none of the vendors at dvdpricesearch.com contain a full listing of the titles, e.g. whether it's the theatrical or extended versions of LOTR. I have a goodly portion of the titles but would consider it for a gift.

 

[Michael Reuben]

I've been trying to find out (so far without success) whether 2 Days in the Valley is a remaster or the same transfer as the original HBO disc. It's an underappreciated little gem of black humor with a cast of familiar faces, every one of which gets eclipsed by the then-unknown Charlize Theron. Even then she had star quality.

Since I doubt it's coming to hi-def any time soon, I may just pick it up on the hope that, ten years later, Paramount did more than recycle the old transfer.

M.

 

[Walter Kittel]

Michael, similar thoughts crossed my mind when I saw 2 Days in the Valley in this week's list. I would double dip for an improved transfer.

- Walter.

 

[Mike Frezon]

Wow. That's a tough "get", Michael. I am having a dickens of a time trying to help you out.

The only thing I "found"...and I'm guessing it's just misinformation...further clouding the issue is that at DVD Empire...they list the AR of the new release at 2.35:1 while the AR for the old release is 1.85:1.

DVD Empire also lists a Spanish DD Mono track and a number of subtitles on the new release that aren't listed as being included on the older release. That MAY point to a different transfer.

 

[Patrick Sun]

I finished about 70% of my holiday shopping by picking up 45 of the $2.99 DVDs that Circuit City had on sale today. I think I should have just bought out all of their Kentucky Fried Movie DVDs and just give those out to guys. Some of the titles rang up at their regular price, so make sure you have the flyer in hand and watch each DVD getting rung up.

 

[Mike Frezon]

And, THAT, my friends, is smart shopping!

 

[Patrick Sun]

Well, I just didn't want to deal with CC on Black Friday morning, and from what I've seen, I doubt I'll be doing much BF shopping because I'm in thrifty spending mode this year (newly acquired car payment will do that), so whatever I don't give away, it gets returned to CC later in December. I also have a few boxes of DVDs to cull from the personal collection, and I'll be giving many of those DVDs away at work.

 

[Jason Seaver]

I'm hearing conflicting reports on whether or not Rescue Dawn is actually arriving on Blu-ray this week. Which ticks me off no end, because even with all the other great HD stuff this week, this is likely to be one of the most amazing-looking.

 

[josh4040]

I am a bit confused, is the steelbook live free or die hard also the two disc? If so then why is it 2 dollars cheaper then the regular 2 disc at best buy???

 

[Mark_TS]

2 for 1 HD/BR discs? A sign of how things are going in HD sales?

 

[Regulus]

Looks like I'll take advantage of DD's "Supersale" and relieve them of a copy of Season 3-Wild Wild West along with a few movies!

BRING ON BLACK FRIDAY!!!

 

[Michael Reuben]

Appreciate the effort, Mike! However, DVD Empire's information on the old release is incorrect. It's non-anamorphic 2.35:1. A new transfer would be (one would hope) anamorphic, but no site has that listed, and DVD Empire, which by this point usually has both front and back cover scans, has neither.

M.

 

[TravisR]

My guess is that the steelbook is the two disc at $22.99 (or at least the ad shows the cover of the two disc as the steelbook) and on Tuesday the non-steelbook two disc will also be $22.99. If not, that's pretty dumb.