Weekly Roundup 7/9 (1 Viewer)

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Standard disclaimer: All prices are taken from the websites of each chain, the week of the 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 "$_N/A_" in the grid, it means that this title is not shown as available on that chain's website...but it COULD still be in-stores!
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__________TITLE___________Amazon_BestBuy_CrcCity_CostCo_SamsClub
Bat Thumb________________$ 9.99__$ 9.99__$ 9.99__$_N/A___$_N/A_
Big Wednesday - SE_______$14.99__$14.99__$15.99__$_N/A___$_N/A_
The Champ - SE___________$14.99__$14.99__$15.99__$_N/A___$_N/A_
Charlotte Gray - SE______$20.24__$19.99__$19.99__$_N/A___$_N/A_
Don King:Only In America_$14.99__$14.99__$15.99__$_N/A___$_N/A_
Harryhausen Chronicles___$14.96__$17.99__$17.99__$_N/A___$_N/A_
Hart's War - SE__________$20.24__$15.99__$15.99__$18.49__$_N/A_
Innerspace - SE__________$14.99__$14.99__$15.99__$_N/A___$_N/A_
My Favorite Year - SE____$14.99__$14.99__$15.99__$_N/A___$_N/A_
Nosferatu the Vampyre____$22.49__$17.99__$19.99__$_N/A___$_N/A_
Oh, God! - SE____________$14.99__$14.99__$15.99__$_N/A___$_N/A_
Punchline________________$18.71__$14.99__$19.99__$_N/A___$_N/A_
The Royal Tenenbaums -SE_$22.49__$16.99__$17.99__$17.79__$18.28
A Walk To Remember - SE__$20.24__$19.99__$15.99__$_N/A___$_N/A_
Zig Zag - SE_____________$18.71__$19.99__$19.99__$_N/A___$_N/A_
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* Best Buy: Save $5 instantly with the combined purchase of The Royal Tenenbaums and one of the following DVD movies: Rushmore, O Brother Where Art Thou?, Jay & Silent Bob Strike Back.
* Best Buy: Save $5 instantly with the combined purchase of Hart's War and one of the following DVD movies: A Bridge Too Far, The Great Escape, Paths of Glory.
* Best Buy: A return of the deal "Buy any DVD Player and get 50% off on up to three Disney DVDs on the same transaction". Limited to in-store selection only.
* Target: A Walk To Remember for $17.99; The Royal Tenenbaums and Hart's War for "Low Price". Also worth noting: $14.99 each for Disney's Hunchback of Notre Dame II and American Legends.
* K-Mart: $19.95 each for A Walk To Remember and The Royal Tenenbaums.
* Selected older titles from Warner Bros., HBO, and New Line can be found for $5.99 at Best Buy and $5.88 at Wal-Mart. See this thread for details. I was pleased to get titles like American Flyers, White Sands, Pump Up The Volume, & National Lampoon's Loaded Weapon 1.
The latest markdowns according to VideoTropics web site (DVD Title/Old SRP/New SRP):
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Thanks, David! I didn't see Oh God! in either the CC or BB circulars, so you've saved me two trips!

Thanks for the reminder for Big Wednesday. I really have been waiting for this movie. It has some of the greatest surfing scenes in a movie.

Enough space this week for me to go back to Costco and pick up the TNG set I didn't buy last week. Thanks as always.

The Royal Tenenbaums has my name written all over it at $16.99. Thanks Dave.

as far as I know there is only one version of royal tennnenbaums and it is the criterion, and for 16.99 it is a steal!

There is only version of Tenenbaums: it is a joint release between Criterion & Buena Vista.

At $16.99 I can't go wrong with Criterion's The Royal Tenenbaums! My first DVD purchase in three weeks! Damn, what self control! I guess spending a grand on an acoustic guitar will do that to a person...
Thanks again, David!

All are welcome as usual.
I just updated the thread with the

How come no inclusion of imposter the directors cut?

I'm likin' the BestBuy offer of Tenenbaums and Rushmore together at $5 off! Haven't seen either movie, but I'm thinking sight unseen might just be the way to go! I know my local BB has a couple copies of Rushmore (CC) on hand. Hope they're still there on Tuesday!
Sometimes ya just gotta live life on the edge!
Thanks again, Dave!

Might as well mention that there is a "$2 off any regularly-priced DVD" coupon in a Warcraft III promotional coupon book at Best Buy right now (if your store has any of those left is another matter).

Anyway, you could use that coupon and take The Royal Tenenbaums all the way down to $14.99, which is quite a deal.

And I know that technically, TRT isn't "regularly-priced" at $16.99, but they've run these types of coupons before, and usually there's not a problem using them on a sale/new-release DVD.

-mwb-

Had my first experience with BJ's Wholesale Club today. Overall, I wasn't greatly impressed with their DVD prices (as compared to other warehouse clubs), but they did have a good selection and there were some good buys to be had:
Star Trek TNG - Season Boxes $89.99
Pearl Harbor Vista Series $25.99
Harry Potter $16.99
Buffy The Vampire Slayer - Season One $27.99
Gosford Park $17.99
Guilty Pleasure: I'd been searching for months at virtually every retailer for "Outrageous Fortune." I knew it was in print, but no one seems to stock it. BJ's had a whole box.

Sweet deal on Royal Tenenbaums, then. Thanks again, Dave.
Let me know when PCU comes out.
FYI: If you order 2+ DVDs from circuitcity.com it's free shipping.

Doh! I figured there wouldn't be a good B&M price on Tenenbaums, so I ordered it online, and it's already shipped. I wish I had waited, I would've taken advantage of the Tenenbaums & Rushmore deal at Best Buy.

Does the Rushmore deal include the Criterion release?

At my store, the Criterion Rushmore is all we've had for months and months. It's probably been at least a year, year-and-a-half since I've seen a copy of the original (crappy) Rushmore at my store.

The Criterion version should certainly qualify for the $5 off offer. . .

-mwb-

Although I too would have liked pricing on Impostor (for David's info it's a sci-fi flick with Gary Sinise Madeline Stowe and Vincent D'Onofrio that's supposedly based on a Philip K. Dick - aka the writer upon whose work Blade Runner and Minority Report are based - short story) it's no biggie that he missed it (it was barely in theaters in January). Retail is a hefty $29.95 and Buena Vista has a minimum advertised price of $19.95 on it (that is if the seller wants Disney to help pay for the ad). I'd try Wal-Mart and the warehouse clubs first for the best brick & mortar deals.