The Weekly RoundUp
The Features
–Paul Newman and Robert Redford (The Sting – 1973)
–Ramon Navarro and Greta Garbo (Mata Hari – 1931)
–Robert DeNiro (The Deer Hunter – 1978)
–Gregory Peck (To Kill A Mockingbird – 1962)
–The cast (Lost – 2004)
The Prices
TITLEAmazonBestBuyCrcCityTargetCostco21 Jump Street: Season 3$31.49$31.99$34.99$27.99-3-Iron$20.96$24.99$24.99--Ace In The Hole$13.96$14.99$15.98--Adventures/Little Prince: Comp. Series$34.99$44.99$39.99--Almost You$9.98$8.99$9.99--Anna Christie$14.98$14.99$15.99--Anna Karenina$14.98$14.99$15.99--Battlefield Diaries$35.95$34.99$29.99--Bela Lugosi Collection$18.89$19.99$19.99--Bleak House$10.49$12.99$12.99--Blue Bird (1918)$22.46$24.99$24.99--Boogeyman/Return of Boogeyman$13.45$12.99$14.94--Buffalo Bill: Seasons 1 & 2$20.99$24.99$24.95--The Cabinet of Caligari$10.49$12.99$12.99--Camille$14.98$14.99$15.99--Career Girls$9.98$8.99$9.99--Casanova’s Big Night$11.24$12.99$12.99--Charles Dickens Collection$41.99$69.99$49.99--Charmed: Season 2$32.49$34.99$32.99$29.99-The Chase (1994)$9.98$8.99$9.99--Cirque de Soliel: Midnight Sun$18.71$22.99$19.99--**Crash$16.98$19.99$14.99$16.99$18.49Cutting Edge: Magic of Editing$13.48$12.99$12.99--Dead & Breakfast (R & NR)$14.98$14.99$15.99--The Deer Hunter: Legacy Series$18.89$19.99$19.99$19.99-Disney Princess Singalongs: Vol. 2$13.99$14.99$17.99$14.99-Disney Princess Stories: Vol. 3$13.99$14.99$17.99$14.99-The Doctor and the Devils$11.23$12.99$12.99--Dr. Who: Horror of Fang Rock$17.49$19.99$19.99--Dr. Who: The Mind Robber$17.49$19.99$19.99--Doogie Howser, MD: Season 2$27.99$29.99$34.99$29.99-Dressed to Kill (1941)$11.23$12.99$12.99--Fat Albert’s Halloween Special$9.99$9.99$9.99--Fraggle Rock: Doin’ Things Doozers Do$8.39$9.99$9.99--Fraggle Rock: Season 1$31.49$37.99$34.99--Garbo: Signature Collection$69.94$77.99$99.99--The Girl in the Cafe$18.89-$19.99--A Guide for the Married Man$10.49$12.99$12.99--Giuseppe Verdi’s: Rigoletto Story$22.46$24.99$24.99--Goosebumps: Chillogy$9.98$8.99$9.99--Goosebumps: Ghost Next Door$9.98$8.99$9.99--Goosebumps: Scary House$9.98$8.99$9.99--Great Expectations$11.23$12.99$12.99--Gunslinger’s Revenge$22.46$22.99$24.97--Hammer Horror Series$26.98$25.99$24.99--Hard Times$11.23$12.99$12.99--Harry and Tonto$9.98$8.99$9.99--Haven$20.99$24.99$24.99--Hellraiser: Hell World$20.99$21.99$24.99$19.99-House on 92nd Street$10.49$9.99$12.99--House on Haunted Hill (1959)$9.98$8.99$9.99--The Holy Girl$20.96$24.99$19.99--The Innocents$10.49$12.99$12.99--Insp. Gadget’s Biggest Caper Ever$14.98$14.99$15.99--Killer Tomatoes Eat France!$11.23$12.99$12.99--Killer Tomatoes Strike Back$11.23$12.99$12.99--Last Chapter: Complete Series$34.99$34.99$39.99--Last Frontier$11.20$12.99$14.94--A Lawless Street$11.20$12.99$14.94--Lina Wertmuller Collection$69.99$99.99$99.99--Lipstick & Dynamite: First Ladies/Wrestling$14.98$14.99$15.99--The Longest Drive$11.20$12.99$14.94--Lorna Doone (1922)$22.46$24.99$24.99--Lost: Season 1$38.99$39.99$39.99$37.99$38.99MacGuyver: Season 3$27.29$34.99$27.99$29.99$25.99Magic School Bus: Catches/Wave$10.48$12.99$12.99--Magic School Bus: Human Body$10.48$12.99$12.99--A Man Called Peter$10.49$12.99$12.99--Man in the Saddle$11.20$12.99$14.94--The Marksman$18.72$22.99$24.97--Martin Chuzzlewit$10.49$12.99$12.99--Mata Hari$14.98$14.99$15.99--Millennium: Season 3$41.99$39.99$49.99--Miracle of Morgan’s Creek$10.49$12.99$12.99--Mr. Hobbs Takes A Vacation$10.49$12.99$12.99--Nero$18.72$22.99$24.97--Ninotchka$14.98$14.99$15.99--Oliver Twist$11.23$12.99$12.99--Omen IV: The Awakening$9.98$8.99$9.99--Our Mutual Friend$10.49$12.99$12.99-- Paris is Burning$20.99$24.99$24.99--Power Rangers SPD Vol. 2$13.99$14.99$17.99--Power Rangers SPD Vol. 3$13.99$14.99$17.99--Prelude to Murder (1946)$9.98$8.99$9.99--The Prophecy: Forsaken$20.99$24.99$24.99--Queen Christina$14.98$14.99$15.99--Ravenous$11.23$12.99$12.99--Red Garters$11.24$12.99$12.99--Rocky & Bullwinkle: Season 3$27.99$34.99$34.99$24.99-Santa Fe$11.20$12.99$14.94--Satisfaction$9.98$8.99$9.99--Save the Green Planet$20.99$24.99$24.99--Smile (2005)$25.18$14.99$19.99--SNL: Best of Dan Ackroyd$13.99$14.99$15.99$14.99-SNL: Best of John Belushi$13.99$14.99$15.99$13.78-SNL: Best of Gilda Radner$13.98$14.99$15.99--SNL: First 15 Years$18.73$22.99$19.99--Somewhere In The Night (1946)$10.49$12.99$12.99--Space: Above and Beyond-$39.99---S. King’s Kingdom Hosp.: The Beginning$13.96$14.99$15.99--The Sting: Legacy Series$18.89$19.99$19.99$19.99-The Stranger Wore A Gun$11.20$12.99$14.94--TCM Archives: Garbo Silents$29.94$34.99$34.99--Ten Wanted Men$11.20$12.99$14.94--To Kill A Mockingbird: Legacy Series$18.89$19.99$19.99$19.99-Toy Story: 10th Anniversary Edition$16.98$17.99$14.99$16.99-Tracey Ullman: Live & Exposed$13.98$14.99$15.99--Trollz: Volume 1$14.98$14.99$15.99$16.99-Trollz: Volume 2$14.98$14.99$15.99$16.99-Trollz: Volume 1 & 2$22.48$34.99$34.99--Whirlpool$10.49$12.99$12.99--Written in Blood$20.99$24.99$24.99--
Individual Titles included in Collections listed above:
Bela Lugosi Collection: Murders in the Rue Morgue, The Black Cat (1934), The Raven, The Invisible Ray, Black Friday.
Charles Dickens Collection: Bleak House, Great Expectations, Hard Times, Oliver Twist, Martin Chuzzlewitt, Our Mutual Friend.
Garbo Signature Collection: Anna Christie, Anna Karenina, Camille, Flesh and the Devil, Grand Hotel, Ninotchka, Queen Christina, Mata Hari, The Mysterious Lady, The Temptress.
Hammer Horror Series: Brides of Dracula, The Curse of the Werewolf, The Phantom of the Opera (1962), Paranoiac, Kiss of the Vampire, Nightmare, Night Creatures, The Evil of Frankenstein.
Lina Wertmuller Collection: Swept Away, Seven Beaties, The Nymph, Summer Night, Ferdinando and Carolina.
TCM Archives: Garbo Silents: Flesh and the Devil, The Mysterious Lady, The Temptress.
To settle any confusion over the Garbo material…The TCM collection is included as part of the WB Signature Collection. So, the three silents, the Garbo doc and the nine remaining minutes of the only lost Garbo film "The Divine Woman" are all included in the Signature Collection.
The Disclaimer
Standard disclaimer: All prices are taken from the websites of each chain, or from their printed advertisements, the Sunday of the week of release (so as to catch any week-of-release sale prices). All prices are subject to change by each chain. Prices and inventory in-store may or may not match the website price. If a price is marked "$_N/A_" in the grid, it means that this title is not shown as available on that chain's website or perhaps in their ads...but it COULD still be in-stores!
$_"LP" means the advertisement says "Low Price", and $_"HP" means the advertisement says "Hot Price". Use of either of these in the Roundup grid indicates that 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 only include the titles I feel like including (or the ones Dave tells me he's looking for ;o)). In fact, the titles are pretty much the ones I'm personally interested in, with few exceptions. I don't get paid for this, and I don't have time to devote to doing 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...like Dave & I do!
Note that Circuit City does not guarantee their sale prices in Hawaii. Also note that I cannot include Wal-Mart/Sam’s Club prices in the standard Roundup: they set prices at individual stores based on nearby competition, so there is not a way I can say here what price you'll find at YOUR local Wal-Mart/Sam’s Club location. When it comes to Wal-Mart/Sam’s Club prices mentioned at all, just remember that "Your Mileage May Vary".
The Specials
**BE EXTREMELY CAREFUL! Crash is available in both OAR and MAR versions...get the correct one! Also, Dead and Breakfast is available in both R and Unrated editions AND Save the Green Planet is available in two different covers (“tame” and “torture”)…get the releases that are right for you!
--What a week! Garbo speaks! Garbo doesn’t speak! Randolph Scott rides again! The Sting gets its first-ever OAR release on DVD! Great TV releases: Lost, Doogie, MacGuyver, Buffalo Bill, Bullwinkle, John Belushi, Johnny Depp and many more! A new (and improved) Toy Story release! Muppets! Films from Wertmuller and Hammer! Preston Sturges! The Fabulous Moolah!
--Best Buy has got an EXCLUSIVE ON-PACK BONUS DISC PLUS a $10 IN-PACK COUPON FOR DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES (available 9/20/05) with its copies of Lost: Season 1. Minimum 28 per store. No rainchecks. Best Buy also has a RewardsZone price for its members of $34.99 for Lost: Season 1. Regular sale price is $39.99.
--Best Buy is also advertising an EXCLUSIVE soundtrack on-pack with its copies of InuYasha. Minimum 6 per store. No rainchecks.
--Best Buy’s also got a BONUS CD with its copies of Fraggle Rock: Season 1. Featuring exclusive wallpaper, animated sreensaver, PC Desktop themes and a game. Minimum 15 per store. No rainchecks.
--Best Buy is also offering $20 off if you buy both Space: Above and Beyond PLUS Firefly or any season of Millennium or The X-Files. Instantly. Must be purchased on same receipt.
--Not a new release, but BB is also offering a great deal on Seinfeld season sets. Buy all three (which are now out: Seasons 1 & 2, Season 3, and Season 4) and save $30 instantly. Regular price $120…knocked down to $90. Must be purchased on same receipt. No rainchecks.
--Circuit City says you can save $5 off any CD if you purchase a copy of Lost: Season 1 at their stores. In-store only. Purchases must be on same receipt. Savings taken from regular price. Effective 9/6/05 – 9/17/05.
--Target has a FREE Trollz doll with the purchase of the Trollz DVD this week.
--Target is also offering one of its FREE $5 giftcards with the purchase of 21 Jump Street: Season 3. GiftCard automatically given at register. No rain checks.
--Oh, and you may want to be sure to check out the incredible WB price-drops at the bottom of the post gleaned courtesy of our friends at DavisDVD.com!
The Appeal
Any visitor to the Weekly RoundUp should be sure to check out the new Main Portal Page of the Home Theater Forum….FOR TWO VERY GOOD REASONS!
First: Parker & Ron have re-formatted the Portal Page to include exclusive HT industry news you won’t find in any place on the HTF! Second: You will help support the Home Theater Forum and keep it up and running.
Operating the HTF is not free for Parker and Ron. That is why there is advertising throughout the forum and there has been the occasional membership fund drive. THIS IS AN EASY WAY FOR YOU TO HELP…AND IT’S FREE OF CHARGE…AND INFOMATIVE, TOO!
If you simply link to the Portal Page when you start your visits to the HTF, that act alone wILL bring revenue to the forum. While it would also be nice if you wanted to click on some of the advertisers’ links and check out their deals and sales (that form of “window shopping” would bring even more revenue to the forum), the simple act of landing on the Portal Page registers a “hit” or “impression” that creates revenue for the HTF.
So, if you’ve been “sneaking in” to the HTF through links to your favorite thread or forum, please take an extra second of your time and land first on the HTF Portal Page. You’ll see the new Industry News sections AND help out financially. THANKS!
The Markdowns
The latest markdowns according to DavisDVD:
EFFECTIVE: September 6, 2005 (Studio/Titles/New SRP)
Buena Vista
The Accidental Spy, Bullets Over Broadway, Confessions of Sorority Girls, Jackie Chan's Project A, Little City, Mad Love, One Good Cop, Operation Condor, Operation Condor 2: The Armour of the Gods, The Patriot, Pokemon 4Ever, The Prophecy 3: The Ascent, The Prophecy II, The Prophecy, Supercop, Supercop 2, Three Fugitives, Twin Dragons, VI Warshawski ... $9.99
Bringing Down the House, Dragon Lord, Duplex, In Search of Santa, Jackie Chan's Project A 2, Mimic 3: Sentinel, My Boss's Daughter, My Boss's Daughter (R-rated), Pokemon Heroes, Strictly Ballroom ... $14.99
Ed Wood, Eloise at Christmastime, Recess Christmas, Shaolin Soccer ... $19.99
M-G-M
Hotel Rwanda ... $14.94
SONY/Columbia-TriStar
Booty Call, Family Business, Foxfire, Guarding Tess, Mississippi Masala, Money Train, Night of the Living Dead, Once Upon a Time in China, Once Upon a Time in China 2, Once Upon a Time in China 3, Panic Room, The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland, The Brothers, The Juror, Replacement Killers ... $9.95
Fahrenheit 911, Ice Castles, Identity, In Hell, Something's Gotta Give, Spider-Man, Underworld, Wild Things (R-rated), Wild Things (Unrated) ... $14.94
Are We There Yet, Art Heist, Boogeyman, Chupacabra Terror, Closer, Crimson Rivers: Angels Of The Apocalypse, Dead Birds, Hitch, Spanglish, Spider-Man 2, Stella Street, Vampires: The Turning ... $19.94
Warner Brothers/HBO/New Line
Black Beauty, Blink, Caddyshack 2, The Cannonball Run, Doc Hollywood, Don Juan Demarco, Fire Down Below, Firefox, Flipper's New Adventure, Grumpier Old Men, The Island of Doctor Moreau (1996), Jackie Chan's First Strike, Joe's Apartment, Lawnmower Man, Little Big League, Mars Attacks, Mickey Blue Eyes, The Neverending Story II, Quest For Camelot, Richie Rich, Stephen King's Cat's Eye, Sugar & Spice, The Witches, Young Guns 2 ... $3.50 (!!)
The Features
–Paul Newman and Robert Redford (The Sting – 1973)
–Ramon Navarro and Greta Garbo (Mata Hari – 1931)
–Robert DeNiro (The Deer Hunter – 1978)
–Gregory Peck (To Kill A Mockingbird – 1962)
–The cast (Lost – 2004)
The Prices
TITLEAmazonBestBuyCrcCityTargetCostco21 Jump Street: Season 3$31.49$31.99$34.99$27.99-3-Iron$20.96$24.99$24.99--Ace In The Hole$13.96$14.99$15.98--Adventures/Little Prince: Comp. Series$34.99$44.99$39.99--Almost You$9.98$8.99$9.99--Anna Christie$14.98$14.99$15.99--Anna Karenina$14.98$14.99$15.99--Battlefield Diaries$35.95$34.99$29.99--Bela Lugosi Collection$18.89$19.99$19.99--Bleak House$10.49$12.99$12.99--Blue Bird (1918)$22.46$24.99$24.99--Boogeyman/Return of Boogeyman$13.45$12.99$14.94--Buffalo Bill: Seasons 1 & 2$20.99$24.99$24.95--The Cabinet of Caligari$10.49$12.99$12.99--Camille$14.98$14.99$15.99--Career Girls$9.98$8.99$9.99--Casanova’s Big Night$11.24$12.99$12.99--Charles Dickens Collection$41.99$69.99$49.99--Charmed: Season 2$32.49$34.99$32.99$29.99-The Chase (1994)$9.98$8.99$9.99--Cirque de Soliel: Midnight Sun$18.71$22.99$19.99--**Crash$16.98$19.99$14.99$16.99$18.49Cutting Edge: Magic of Editing$13.48$12.99$12.99--Dead & Breakfast (R & NR)$14.98$14.99$15.99--The Deer Hunter: Legacy Series$18.89$19.99$19.99$19.99-Disney Princess Singalongs: Vol. 2$13.99$14.99$17.99$14.99-Disney Princess Stories: Vol. 3$13.99$14.99$17.99$14.99-The Doctor and the Devils$11.23$12.99$12.99--Dr. Who: Horror of Fang Rock$17.49$19.99$19.99--Dr. Who: The Mind Robber$17.49$19.99$19.99--Doogie Howser, MD: Season 2$27.99$29.99$34.99$29.99-Dressed to Kill (1941)$11.23$12.99$12.99--Fat Albert’s Halloween Special$9.99$9.99$9.99--Fraggle Rock: Doin’ Things Doozers Do$8.39$9.99$9.99--Fraggle Rock: Season 1$31.49$37.99$34.99--Garbo: Signature Collection$69.94$77.99$99.99--The Girl in the Cafe$18.89-$19.99--A Guide for the Married Man$10.49$12.99$12.99--Giuseppe Verdi’s: Rigoletto Story$22.46$24.99$24.99--Goosebumps: Chillogy$9.98$8.99$9.99--Goosebumps: Ghost Next Door$9.98$8.99$9.99--Goosebumps: Scary House$9.98$8.99$9.99--Great Expectations$11.23$12.99$12.99--Gunslinger’s Revenge$22.46$22.99$24.97--Hammer Horror Series$26.98$25.99$24.99--Hard Times$11.23$12.99$12.99--Harry and Tonto$9.98$8.99$9.99--Haven$20.99$24.99$24.99--Hellraiser: Hell World$20.99$21.99$24.99$19.99-House on 92nd Street$10.49$9.99$12.99--House on Haunted Hill (1959)$9.98$8.99$9.99--The Holy Girl$20.96$24.99$19.99--The Innocents$10.49$12.99$12.99--Insp. Gadget’s Biggest Caper Ever$14.98$14.99$15.99--Killer Tomatoes Eat France!$11.23$12.99$12.99--Killer Tomatoes Strike Back$11.23$12.99$12.99--Last Chapter: Complete Series$34.99$34.99$39.99--Last Frontier$11.20$12.99$14.94--A Lawless Street$11.20$12.99$14.94--Lina Wertmuller Collection$69.99$99.99$99.99--Lipstick & Dynamite: First Ladies/Wrestling$14.98$14.99$15.99--The Longest Drive$11.20$12.99$14.94--Lorna Doone (1922)$22.46$24.99$24.99--Lost: Season 1$38.99$39.99$39.99$37.99$38.99MacGuyver: Season 3$27.29$34.99$27.99$29.99$25.99Magic School Bus: Catches/Wave$10.48$12.99$12.99--Magic School Bus: Human Body$10.48$12.99$12.99--A Man Called Peter$10.49$12.99$12.99--Man in the Saddle$11.20$12.99$14.94--The Marksman$18.72$22.99$24.97--Martin Chuzzlewit$10.49$12.99$12.99--Mata Hari$14.98$14.99$15.99--Millennium: Season 3$41.99$39.99$49.99--Miracle of Morgan’s Creek$10.49$12.99$12.99--Mr. Hobbs Takes A Vacation$10.49$12.99$12.99--Nero$18.72$22.99$24.97--Ninotchka$14.98$14.99$15.99--Oliver Twist$11.23$12.99$12.99--Omen IV: The Awakening$9.98$8.99$9.99--Our Mutual Friend$10.49$12.99$12.99-- Paris is Burning$20.99$24.99$24.99--Power Rangers SPD Vol. 2$13.99$14.99$17.99--Power Rangers SPD Vol. 3$13.99$14.99$17.99--Prelude to Murder (1946)$9.98$8.99$9.99--The Prophecy: Forsaken$20.99$24.99$24.99--Queen Christina$14.98$14.99$15.99--Ravenous$11.23$12.99$12.99--Red Garters$11.24$12.99$12.99--Rocky & Bullwinkle: Season 3$27.99$34.99$34.99$24.99-Santa Fe$11.20$12.99$14.94--Satisfaction$9.98$8.99$9.99--Save the Green Planet$20.99$24.99$24.99--Smile (2005)$25.18$14.99$19.99--SNL: Best of Dan Ackroyd$13.99$14.99$15.99$14.99-SNL: Best of John Belushi$13.99$14.99$15.99$13.78-SNL: Best of Gilda Radner$13.98$14.99$15.99--SNL: First 15 Years$18.73$22.99$19.99--Somewhere In The Night (1946)$10.49$12.99$12.99--Space: Above and Beyond-$39.99---S. King’s Kingdom Hosp.: The Beginning$13.96$14.99$15.99--The Sting: Legacy Series$18.89$19.99$19.99$19.99-The Stranger Wore A Gun$11.20$12.99$14.94--TCM Archives: Garbo Silents$29.94$34.99$34.99--Ten Wanted Men$11.20$12.99$14.94--To Kill A Mockingbird: Legacy Series$18.89$19.99$19.99$19.99-Toy Story: 10th Anniversary Edition$16.98$17.99$14.99$16.99-Tracey Ullman: Live & Exposed$13.98$14.99$15.99--Trollz: Volume 1$14.98$14.99$15.99$16.99-Trollz: Volume 2$14.98$14.99$15.99$16.99-Trollz: Volume 1 & 2$22.48$34.99$34.99--Whirlpool$10.49$12.99$12.99--Written in Blood$20.99$24.99$24.99--
Individual Titles included in Collections listed above:
Bela Lugosi Collection: Murders in the Rue Morgue, The Black Cat (1934), The Raven, The Invisible Ray, Black Friday.
Charles Dickens Collection: Bleak House, Great Expectations, Hard Times, Oliver Twist, Martin Chuzzlewitt, Our Mutual Friend.
Garbo Signature Collection: Anna Christie, Anna Karenina, Camille, Flesh and the Devil, Grand Hotel, Ninotchka, Queen Christina, Mata Hari, The Mysterious Lady, The Temptress.
Hammer Horror Series: Brides of Dracula, The Curse of the Werewolf, The Phantom of the Opera (1962), Paranoiac, Kiss of the Vampire, Nightmare, Night Creatures, The Evil of Frankenstein.
Lina Wertmuller Collection: Swept Away, Seven Beaties, The Nymph, Summer Night, Ferdinando and Carolina.
TCM Archives: Garbo Silents: Flesh and the Devil, The Mysterious Lady, The Temptress.
To settle any confusion over the Garbo material…The TCM collection is included as part of the WB Signature Collection. So, the three silents, the Garbo doc and the nine remaining minutes of the only lost Garbo film "The Divine Woman" are all included in the Signature Collection.
The Disclaimer
Standard disclaimer: All prices are taken from the websites of each chain, or from their printed advertisements, the Sunday of the week of release (so as to catch any week-of-release sale prices). All prices are subject to change by each chain. Prices and inventory in-store may or may not match the website price. If a price is marked "$_N/A_" in the grid, it means that this title is not shown as available on that chain's website or perhaps in their ads...but it COULD still be in-stores!
$_"LP" means the advertisement says "Low Price", and $_"HP" means the advertisement says "Hot Price". Use of either of these in the Roundup grid indicates that 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 only include the titles I feel like including (or the ones Dave tells me he's looking for ;o)). In fact, the titles are pretty much the ones I'm personally interested in, with few exceptions. I don't get paid for this, and I don't have time to devote to doing 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...like Dave & I do!
Note that Circuit City does not guarantee their sale prices in Hawaii. Also note that I cannot include Wal-Mart/Sam’s Club prices in the standard Roundup: they set prices at individual stores based on nearby competition, so there is not a way I can say here what price you'll find at YOUR local Wal-Mart/Sam’s Club location. When it comes to Wal-Mart/Sam’s Club prices mentioned at all, just remember that "Your Mileage May Vary".
The Specials
**BE EXTREMELY CAREFUL! Crash is available in both OAR and MAR versions...get the correct one! Also, Dead and Breakfast is available in both R and Unrated editions AND Save the Green Planet is available in two different covers (“tame” and “torture”)…get the releases that are right for you!
--What a week! Garbo speaks! Garbo doesn’t speak! Randolph Scott rides again! The Sting gets its first-ever OAR release on DVD! Great TV releases: Lost, Doogie, MacGuyver, Buffalo Bill, Bullwinkle, John Belushi, Johnny Depp and many more! A new (and improved) Toy Story release! Muppets! Films from Wertmuller and Hammer! Preston Sturges! The Fabulous Moolah!
--Best Buy has got an EXCLUSIVE ON-PACK BONUS DISC PLUS a $10 IN-PACK COUPON FOR DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES (available 9/20/05) with its copies of Lost: Season 1. Minimum 28 per store. No rainchecks. Best Buy also has a RewardsZone price for its members of $34.99 for Lost: Season 1. Regular sale price is $39.99.
--Best Buy is also advertising an EXCLUSIVE soundtrack on-pack with its copies of InuYasha. Minimum 6 per store. No rainchecks.
--Best Buy’s also got a BONUS CD with its copies of Fraggle Rock: Season 1. Featuring exclusive wallpaper, animated sreensaver, PC Desktop themes and a game. Minimum 15 per store. No rainchecks.
--Best Buy is also offering $20 off if you buy both Space: Above and Beyond PLUS Firefly or any season of Millennium or The X-Files. Instantly. Must be purchased on same receipt.
--Not a new release, but BB is also offering a great deal on Seinfeld season sets. Buy all three (which are now out: Seasons 1 & 2, Season 3, and Season 4) and save $30 instantly. Regular price $120…knocked down to $90. Must be purchased on same receipt. No rainchecks.
--Circuit City says you can save $5 off any CD if you purchase a copy of Lost: Season 1 at their stores. In-store only. Purchases must be on same receipt. Savings taken from regular price. Effective 9/6/05 – 9/17/05.
--Target has a FREE Trollz doll with the purchase of the Trollz DVD this week.
--Target is also offering one of its FREE $5 giftcards with the purchase of 21 Jump Street: Season 3. GiftCard automatically given at register. No rain checks.
--Oh, and you may want to be sure to check out the incredible WB price-drops at the bottom of the post gleaned courtesy of our friends at DavisDVD.com!
The Appeal
Any visitor to the Weekly RoundUp should be sure to check out the new Main Portal Page of the Home Theater Forum….FOR TWO VERY GOOD REASONS!
First: Parker & Ron have re-formatted the Portal Page to include exclusive HT industry news you won’t find in any place on the HTF! Second: You will help support the Home Theater Forum and keep it up and running.
Operating the HTF is not free for Parker and Ron. That is why there is advertising throughout the forum and there has been the occasional membership fund drive. THIS IS AN EASY WAY FOR YOU TO HELP…AND IT’S FREE OF CHARGE…AND INFOMATIVE, TOO!
If you simply link to the Portal Page when you start your visits to the HTF, that act alone wILL bring revenue to the forum. While it would also be nice if you wanted to click on some of the advertisers’ links and check out their deals and sales (that form of “window shopping” would bring even more revenue to the forum), the simple act of landing on the Portal Page registers a “hit” or “impression” that creates revenue for the HTF.
So, if you’ve been “sneaking in” to the HTF through links to your favorite thread or forum, please take an extra second of your time and land first on the HTF Portal Page. You’ll see the new Industry News sections AND help out financially. THANKS!
The Markdowns
The latest markdowns according to DavisDVD:
EFFECTIVE: September 6, 2005 (Studio/Titles/New SRP)
Buena Vista
The Accidental Spy, Bullets Over Broadway, Confessions of Sorority Girls, Jackie Chan's Project A, Little City, Mad Love, One Good Cop, Operation Condor, Operation Condor 2: The Armour of the Gods, The Patriot, Pokemon 4Ever, The Prophecy 3: The Ascent, The Prophecy II, The Prophecy, Supercop, Supercop 2, Three Fugitives, Twin Dragons, VI Warshawski ... $9.99
Bringing Down the House, Dragon Lord, Duplex, In Search of Santa, Jackie Chan's Project A 2, Mimic 3: Sentinel, My Boss's Daughter, My Boss's Daughter (R-rated), Pokemon Heroes, Strictly Ballroom ... $14.99
Ed Wood, Eloise at Christmastime, Recess Christmas, Shaolin Soccer ... $19.99
M-G-M
Hotel Rwanda ... $14.94
SONY/Columbia-TriStar
Booty Call, Family Business, Foxfire, Guarding Tess, Mississippi Masala, Money Train, Night of the Living Dead, Once Upon a Time in China, Once Upon a Time in China 2, Once Upon a Time in China 3, Panic Room, The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland, The Brothers, The Juror, Replacement Killers ... $9.95
Fahrenheit 911, Ice Castles, Identity, In Hell, Something's Gotta Give, Spider-Man, Underworld, Wild Things (R-rated), Wild Things (Unrated) ... $14.94
Are We There Yet, Art Heist, Boogeyman, Chupacabra Terror, Closer, Crimson Rivers: Angels Of The Apocalypse, Dead Birds, Hitch, Spanglish, Spider-Man 2, Stella Street, Vampires: The Turning ... $19.94
Warner Brothers/HBO/New Line
Black Beauty, Blink, Caddyshack 2, The Cannonball Run, Doc Hollywood, Don Juan Demarco, Fire Down Below, Firefox, Flipper's New Adventure, Grumpier Old Men, The Island of Doctor Moreau (1996), Jackie Chan's First Strike, Joe's Apartment, Lawnmower Man, Little Big League, Mars Attacks, Mickey Blue Eyes, The Neverending Story II, Quest For Camelot, Richie Rich, Stephen King's Cat's Eye, Sugar & Spice, The Witches, Young Guns 2 ... $3.50 (!!)
