Death Becomes Her Collector's Edition (Blu-ray) Available for Preorder (1 Viewer)

 

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It's too bad they aren't able to do a custom cover. Likeness rights... ugh. This is one of those films that is so interesting in its final form but one which has obvious jarring changes from its original script. I've always wanted to see what was cut but I doubt that the footage even still exists. We'll see! That price, though. $34.95! Yeah, gonna wait on this one.

The only version of this film I have is on laserdisc, so I'd like to have it on Blu-ray. Not at that price, however.

The price always drops. Always.

Brian Kidd said:

It's too bad they aren't able to do a custom cover. Likeness rights... ugh. This is one of those films that is so interesting in its final form but one which has obvious jarring changes from its original script. I've always wanted to see what was cut but I doubt that the footage even still exists. We'll see! That price, though. $34.95! Yeah, gonna wait on this one.

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Regarding the deleted scenes, I'm hoping the situation changes but this doesn't bode well:

It's also ~ $10 less and you get it two weeks sooner if you pre-order it directly from Shout! Factory.

https://www.shoutfactory.com/film/film-comedy/death-becomes-her-collector-s-edition

You'd think Universal would be releasing this...

Regarding the deleted scenes, I'm hoping the situation changes but this doesn't bode well:

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In other words, Universal probably doesn't want to expend the energy to go look for them. Sigh.

Brian Kidd said:

In other words, Universal probably doesn't want to expend the energy to go look for them. Sigh.

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My thoughts exactly.

Brian Kidd said:

This is one of those films that is so interesting in its final form but one which has obvious jarring changes from its original script. I've always wanted to see what was cut but I doubt that the footage even still exists.

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I saw the pre-release cut and this is what I remember being cut. Tracey Ullman's entire part for one. She played a bartender that Bruce Willis would visit on a regular basis to get away from the two shrews (Streep, Hawn). She gave him her shoulder to cry on. Eventually he leaves Streep and marries Ullmann. The ending was different too. Instead of their bodies falling apart on the church steps, the original ending had Streep and Hawn still eternally young on holiday (in Switzerland I believe). They see an elderly couple in the distance and ridicule and laugh at them for being old. We see the old couple ..... it's Willis and Ullman. Streep's scenes with her younger lover were also longer than in the release cut.

The jacket does say "collector's edition" which would indicate something besides the movie and a trailer. If not the deleted scenes, a running commentary by Zemeckis? A commentary by Streep or Hawn? An on camera interview with Bruce Willis or Isabella Rossellini? What makes it a "collector's" edition? The link provides no clues.

Thomas T said:

The jacket does say "collector's edition" which would indicate something besides the movie and a trailer. If not the deleted scenes, a running commentary by Zemeckis? A commentary by Streep or Hawn? An on camera interview with Bruce Willis or Isabella Rossellini? What makes it a "collector's" edition? The link provides no clues.

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It doesn't necessarily have to be much - this label's "Collector's Edition" of another Universal 90s title, The Shadow, had a trailer and a featurette. It could be as little as that. But I'd like the movie in widescreen and HD so I think I'm in even if it's bare bones.