Weekly RoundUp 9-11-2007 (1 Viewer)

The Weekly RoundUp

The Features


– Anne Bancroft & Dustin Hoffman (The Graduate – 1967)


– Rudolph Valentino (The Young Rajah – 1922)


– Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee - 2007


– The Abominable Dr. Phibes – 1971


– The Little Church Around the Corner – 1923


– Jon Cryer, Angus T. Jones, Charlie Sheen (Two and a Half Men – 2003)

The Prices


SD-DVD TITLEAmazonBestBuyCrcCityTargetCostcoAddams Family: Volume 3$20.99$19.99$19.99 - - American Cannibal: The Documentary$22.49$19.99$19.99 - - Avatar-Last Airbender: Comp. Book 2$44.99$44.99$44.99 - - Away From Her$19.99$19.99$19.99$19.99 - Blue Smoke$18.69$22.99$19.99 - - Bones: Season 2$38.99$39.99$39.99$39.99$38.89Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee$18.89$19.99$19.99$17.99 - Carolina Moon$18.69$22.99$19.99 - - Casper Meets Wendy SE$14.99$14.99$15.99 - - Charmed: Complete Final Season$30.99$32.99$32.99$39.99 - **Dirty Sanchez (R & NR)$19.99$19.99$19.99 - - DOA: Dead or Alive$19.99$14.99$17.99 - - Even Money$19.59$19.99$19.99$19.99 - Face/Off SE$13.99$14.99$12.99 - - Fantastic Four: World’s Greatest Heroes 2$13.49$12.99$12.99 - - Film Crew: Wild Women of Wongo$14.99$14.99$15.99 - - The Fly Collection$27.99$34.99$34.99 - - Foster’s Home for Imag. Friends: S2$14.99$19.99$15.99 - - Fraggle Rock: Season 3$34.99$34.99$39.99 - - From Beyond: Director’s Cut (NR)$14.99$14.99$15.99 - - The Graduate: 40th Anniv. Edition$16.99$19.99$19.99 - - Grey’s Anatomy: Season 3$37.99$36.99$34.99$36.99 - Griffin & Phoenix$15.99$19.99$17.99 - - I Dream of Jeannie: Season 4$27.99$29.99$34.99$27.99 - Las Vegas: Season 4$39.99$39.99$49.99 - - Little Church Around the Corner (1923)$9.99$12.99$12.99 - - The Lost World SE (1960 & ’25)$13.99$14.99$15.99 - - Masada: Complete Mini-Series$19.99$24.99$19.99 - - McHale’s Navy: Season 2$31.49$44.99$34.99 - - Noel Coward Collection (BBC)$55.99$79.99$69.99 - - Prime Suspect 7: Final Act$19.49$24.99$19.99 - - Re-Animated (Cartoon N’work)$9.99$12.99$12.99 - - Return of the Living Dead SE$17.99$14.99$15.99 - - Snow Cake$14.99$14.99$15.99 - - The Starter Wife$19.99$19.99$19.99 - - Supernatural: Season 2$37.99$37.99$39.99$36.99$38.99Ten ‘til Noon$22.49$19.99$19.99 - - Tom & Jerry Spotlight Coll.: Vol. 3$19.99$26.99$19.99 - - The Valentino Collection$39.98 - - - - Two and a Half Men: Season 1$28.99$24.99$29.99$29.99$29.89Vincent Price: MGM Screen Leg. Coll.$27.99$34.99$34.99 - -


HD-DVD TITLEAmazonBestBuyCrcCityTargetCostcoNone this week. - - - - -


BLU-RAY TITLEAmazonBestBuyCrcCityTargetCostcoReplacement Killers$19.95$24.99$28.96 - -

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

Individual titles included in box sets listed above:

The Fly Collection: The Fly (1958), The Return of the Fly (1959), Curse of the Fly (1965).

Valentino Collection: The Young Rajah (1922), Moran of the Lady Letty (1922), Stolen Moments (1920), A Society Sensation (1918).

Vincent Price: MGM Scream Legends Collection: The Abominable Dr. Phibes, Tales of Terror, Theater of Blood, Madhouse, Witchfinder General, Dr. Phibes Rises Again, Twice Told Tales.

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! Dirty Sanchez is available in both RATED and UNRATED versions...get the correct one!

--Best Buy is advertising an EXCLUSIVE FREE BONUS DVD with its copies of Grey’s Anatomy: Season 3 on DVD. Minimum 30 per store. No rainchecks.

--Best Buy also have an instant $5 savings if you buy BOTH Grey’s Anatomy: Season 3 AND the Original Soundtrack CD of Grey’s Anatomy: Season 3. Must be purchased on same receipt.

--Best Buy is also advertising an EXCLUSIVE FREE BONUS DVD with its copies of The Graduate: 40th Anniversary Edition on DVD. Bonus disc is “Simon & Garfunkle: The Concert in Central Park.” Minimum 10 per store. No rainchecks.

--And there’s yet another BONUS DVD @ Best Buy this week with the purchase of Bones: Season 2. Minimum 8 per store. No rainchecks.

--Best Buy is also advertising BONUS tattoos with its copies of Avatar-The Last Airbender: Complete Book 2 on DVD.

--Best Buy has FREE SESAME STREET PLUSH TOY, this week, with the purchase of ANY TWO of the following four DVDs: Elmo’s World: The Great Outdoors, Elmo’s World: Pets!, Sesame Street: 25th Birthday Musical Celebration, Sesame Street: Ready for School!. Must be purchased on same receipt. Minimum 30 per store. Selection will vary by store. No rain checks.

--Best Buy has a FREE UFC T-SHIRT ON-PACK with its copies of UFC - Liddell vs. Couture: The Trilogy. Minimum 10 per store. No rain checks.

--Best Buy also has a sale this week on a number of HD-DVDs. Save $10 instantly with the purchase of ANY TWO of the following HD-DVD titles: The Departed, Happy Feet, Letters from Iwo Jima ($34.99 apiece), Enter the Dragon, Goodfellas, V for Vendetta ($24.99 apiece).

--Best Buy Odds and Ends:Best Buy has a number of DVDs listed @ 2/$15. Must be purchased on same receipt.

--Circuit City has a $10 SAVINGS with the purchase of an iTunes card along with Grey’s Anatomy: Season 3 on DVD.

--Circuit City Odds and Ends: Circuit City has a list of DVDs for sale @ $4.49 and $7.99 apiece.

--Target is back with one of its FREE $5 GIFTCARDS with the purchase of I Dream of Jeannie: Season 4 on DVD. Quantity limited. No rainchecks.

--Target Odds and Ends: Target has a selection of DVDs listed at $7.50 and $10.00 this week.

(I'll edit this after Mike posts the WRU on Sunday):

Circuit City on sale DVD items:

Away From Here $19.99
Face/Off (2-disc edition) $12.99
Snoop Dog's Hood of Horror $17.99
Blades of Glory $19.99

$4.99 each:
The Punisher
Doors
Black Mask
Taking Lives
Tom and Jerry's
Three's Company
The War Wagon
The Shadow
Enter the Dragon
Three Kings
Romeo Must Die
Exit Wounds
U-571
Big Trouble in Little China
Hot Shots: Part Deux
The Tuskegee Airmen
Catch Me If You Can
The Fugitive
Queen of the Damned
Cradle 2 the Grave
John Q
Beverly Hill Cop 2
The Saint
Loving Isaiah
Hardball
The Wood
Mystic River
Starsky and Hutch
The Neverending Story III
The Outlaw Josey Wales
The Prince and Me
Harlem Nights
Boomerang
Road Perdition

$7.99 each:
Seven
Boogie Nights
Malcom X
Unforgiven
Dog Day Afternoon
Miami Vice Unrated
Fearless
Clerks 2
Batman and Robin
Lucky # Slevin
Scary Movie 4
Half Baked
Something New
The Libertine
X-Men
The Matador
The Terminator
The Last Dragon
Hulk
Ultraviolet
All the President's Men
Blade 2
Magnolia
Gladiator
Eddie Murphy Delirious
Fletch
Tombstone
Grandma's Boy Unrated
Forrest Gump
Up in Smoke
Crash (2005)
Happy Gilmore SE
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
The Sixth Sense

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Best Buy on sale DVD items:

Away From Her $19.99
Bury My Heart At Wounded Knee $19.99
Snoop Dogg’s Hood Of Horror $19.99
DOA: Dead Or Alive $14.99
Cheech and Chong: Up In Smoke Special Collector’s Edition >>>> $9.99

The Graduate: 40th Anniversary Edition $19.99
Best Buy Exclusive: Bonus DVD Included On Pack. Free DVD Is Simon & Garfunkle – The Concert In Central Park. Minimum 10 per store. No rain checks

FC: Liddell vs. Couture – The Trilogy $32.99
Free UFC T-Shirt with purchase. T-Shirt on pack. Minimum 10 per store. No rain checks.

Elmo’s World: The Great Outdoors $9.99
Sesame Street: Ready For School! $9.99
Elmo’s World: Pets! $9.99
Sesame Street 25th Birthday Musical Celebration $9.99
Free Sesame Street Plush toy when you buy any two Sesame Street DVDs. Plush toy value = $6.99. Plush toy characters shown are Cookie Monster/Elmo/Ernie & Elmo’s Girlfriend. Both DVDs & Plush Toy must be purchased on the same receipt. Minimum 30 per store. Selection will vary by store. No rain checks.

2 for $15: (Must Be Purchased On The Same Receipt)
Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind
Flightplan
Rain Man: Special Edition
Beaches: Special Edition
Elvis: Jailhouse Rock (Recent Release)
Catch A Fire
SAW III
The Invincible Iron Man
Stripes: Extended Cut
Scary Movie 4: Unrated & Uncensored
Nobody’s Perfect
Derailed
Inside Man
Lucky # Slevin
Dumb & Dumber: Unrated
After Dark Horror Fest: The Gravedancers
After Dark Horror Fest: The Hamiltons
After Dark Horror Fest: Reincarnation
Feast
Pulse: Unrated
Bratz: Fashion Pixiez
Grandma’s Boy: Unrated
My Big Fat Greek Wedding
Underworld
UltraViolet
Basic Instinct (most likely special edition)
The Rocketeer
The Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy (2005)
Wedding Crashers: Uncorked Edition
Caddyshack
Brokeback Mountain
Reservoir Dogs: 15th Anniversary “Gas Can” Edition
Tenacious D & The Pick Of Destiny
Alexander Revisited: The Final Cut
The Lady In The Water
Poseidon
Take The Lead
King Kong (2006)
The Dukes Of Hazzard: Unrated

Free $10 Gift Card instantly with the purchase of 2 of the following HD-DVD Titles: (Purchases must be made on the same receipt.)
Happy Feet $34.99
The Departed $34.99
Letters From Iwo Jima $34.99
V For Vendetta $24.99
GoodFellas $24.99
Enter The Dragon $24.99

DVD Sets:
Two and a Half Men: Season 1 $24.99
Las Vegas: Season 4 $39.99
The Addams Family: Season 3 $19.99
Charmed: The Final Season $32.99
Supernatural: Season 1 $19.99
The Starter Wife: Complete Series $19.99
Fraggle Rock: Season 3 $34.99
I Dream Of Jeannie: Season 4 $29.99
Laguna Beach: Season 1, Season 2 $12.99 each
The Hills: Season 1 $12.99
The Hills: Season 2 $24.99
House: Season 1, Season 2 $29.99 each
SNL: The First Season 1975 – 1976 $29.99
Beavis & Butt-head - The Mike Judge Collection Volume III $12.99

Avatar, The Last Airbender: The Complete Book 2 $44.99
Bonus Tattoos on pack

Bones: Season 1 $19.99
Bonus Disc included on pack. Minimum 8 per store. No rain checks.

Alien Nation: Ultimate Movie Collection $39.99
Best Buy Exclusive: Includes 5 TV movies on 3 DVDs

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Target on sale DVD items:

Georgia Rule Low Price ($17.99)
Delta Farce $17.99
Chill Out Scooby-Doo! – Original Movie $14.99
Disney’s Princess Enchanted Tales: Follow Your Dreams $14.99

$10 each:
Charlotte's Web
Dreamgirls
The Devil Wears Prada
Bratz (not sure which one)
3 more

$7.50 each:
The Nutty Professor
Dirty Dancing - Ultimate Edition
The 5 People You Meet in Heaven
Robots
Double Feature (Flashdance/???)

DVD Sets:
30 Rock: Season 1 $34.99
Robot Chicken: Season 2 $21.99
Prison Break: Season 2 $37.99
Desperate Housewives: Season 3 – Dirty Laundry Edition $37.99

Never mind......thanks for the prices as always. Whenever you get them up is fine by me.

I want to see the price on the Vincent Price MGM Scream Legends Collection and The Fly Classic Collection too. Can't wait to see!

Nothing for me this week! (Besides, I'm Broke!)

Me, too.

The other "must buy" title for me this week is the Best Buy exclusive, The Classic Sci-Fi Ultimate Collection Volume 2, scheduled for a 9/11 release, but I don't see it listed in their circular. Does anyone know if it has been delayed or, worse yet, cancelled?

For those interested in the 40th Anniversary edition of The Graduate, Best Buy website has it available for $14.99, even though the store price will be $19.99.

Someone over at DVDTalk who works for BB said they got the shipment in. Course another guy said they didnt get many copies for their store. But it seems to be real.

What the FREAK, Mike?? You can't handle a simple task like getting the RoundUp in on time?!?!?


Totally kidding. Even though I rarely buy DVDs anymore, I never miss the RU. Just wanted you and Patrick know how much your efforts are appreciated by the silent masses.

Keep up the good work!

Jon

Both CC and BB have them listed @ $34.99 each. This is the online price, but I'm not really expecting it to be any different in-store.

Since these titles weren't released in 2006 or 2007, virtually no one on the planet has ever heard of them. (Of course, I'm assuming this is the mindset of the people who create the weekly ads.)

Marty...I'm glad you pointed this out. I planned to include that in the RoundUp as one of those pricing quirks I run across on occasion...but you did it for me!

Maybe that will end up being the store price! (We can always hope!)

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BTW, the RoundUp is, obviously now posted up in Post #1. Thanks to everyone for their patience. As I explained originally, I was not near a computer at my usual posting time...and then I had one of those 'life gets in the way of things" moments early Sunday morning. But, everything is good and here's the RoundUp!

Thanks as always, Mike & Pat, for the Roundup!!

I guess we should thank the studios for the almost total lack of HD releases this week. Gives us a bit of a respite before the HD storm surge starting next week...

Wow this is going to be an expensive week.

Charmed
The Graduate
Return of the Living Dead
Vincent Price MGM Scream Legends Collection
The Fly Classic Collection

The last one I'm gonna have to wait on though, I don't have enough money for everything.

I don't see anything I can't live without. Thanks guys.

The Burning (which is $11.19 at Amazon for the few that may be interested)
Supernatural: Season Two
Tom And Jerry: Volume Three

As always, thanks for the prices!

I'm a little confused why the TEN Midnite Movie double-features from Fox/MGM aren't listed here. A lot of people have been waiting for these for a LONG time.

Sorry... make that 10 double-features plus 2 singles:

Phantom fom 10,000 Leagues / Beast with 1,000,000 Eyes
Return Of Dracula / The Vampire
Yongary / Konga
Beast Within / The Bat People
Tales From The Crypt / Vault Of Horror
Chosen Survivors / The Earth Dies Screaming
Devils Of Darkness / Witchcraft
Blueprint For Murder / Man In The Attic
Gorilla At Large / Mystery At Monster Island
The House On Skull Mountain / The Mephisto Waltz
Witchfinder General
Food Of The Gods

From The Disclaimer:

I wasn't "complaining", just curious. That's all.

Travis posted the answer...for the confused and curious.

Would love to have you contribute the various prices, Jack...for all those people who are interested.