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  1. David Mahlan

    A Few Words About A few words about...™ The Glass Bottom Boat - in Blu-ray

    To hear Doris tell it, this may have been part of the reason. Jonathan Schwartz recently played an interview he did with Doris in 2010 in which he asked about South Pacific. She said she was offered the part, met with Rodgers & Hammerstein about it, that the meeting went well, and then her...
  2. David Mahlan

    A Few Words About A few words about...™ The Pink Panther Collection -- in Blu-ray

    Ack ... that's disappointing. But thanks for the reply!
  3. David Mahlan

    A Few Words About A few words about...™ The Pink Panther Collection -- in Blu-ray

    I haven't seen it mentioned in any specs, but is there any chance the bonus features include an the musical score scores as isolated tracks?
  4. David Mahlan

    Harry Potter Hogwarts Collection Bluray/DVD/UV -- Amazon UK $60 Shipped

    Actually, it still appears to be on. I clicked the link in your original post and as of now it's listing at £46.34, which ended up being $61 US at checkout. I didn't pull the trigger because the DVDs are R2, but a great price for that if that's not an issue for you.
  5. David Mahlan

    A Few Words About While we wait for A few words about...™ Fox's live broadcast of Grease -- in Blu-ray(?)

    Overall I agree with RAH, and thought the production was the most well-done of the recent live musical broadcasts I’ve seen. There were some irksome things that bothered me. I found the use of a live audience in some scenes to be distracting – too loud and enthusiastic in their responses at...
  6. David Mahlan

    Official AMAZON PRIME DAY (July 15th) Bargains and Purchases Thread

    Amazon's Black Friday event was a bonanza for movies and TV season sets 3-4 years ago, but (in my opinion) has gone steadily downhill since then. I found only 1-2 worthwhile deals in the past couple years. When they billed Prime Day as offering "more deals than Black Friday" my initial thought...
  7. David Mahlan

    A Few Words About A few words about...™ Musicals 4-Movie Collection -- in Blu-ray

    "Kiss Me Kate" in one of the few films in which I can tolerate Kathryn Grayson - I usually find her too grating and shrill, as others have mentioned. Perhaps I appreciate her more here because the shrillness fits the character. For me, the high point (among many highlights) is "From This...
  8. David Mahlan

    The Frank Sinatra Collection (Blu-ray) Available for Preorder

    I've already got "Guys & Dolls" and am not terribly interested in "Ocean's 11", so I'm taking the same approach I took with the MGM Musicals set - I'm pre-ordering both the box set and the three individual titles I want (Anchors, On the Town, Robin - currently $13.99 each) and will watch the...
  9. David Mahlan

    On Golden Pond (1981) (Blu-ray) Available for Preoreder

    My local Costco (and I assume Costco locations) has the "On Golden Pond" blu on the shelf now for $14.99 if you're impatient and want to save a buck over Amazon's low price to date.
  10. David Mahlan

    Barnes & Noble 50% British TV Sale starts Dec 2

    I was hoping to pick up the Blu of the Granada TV "Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes", since that was the only one in the series I couldn't find at Costco. It doesn't look like it's part of this sale, though, as it still shows up at near full price.
  11. David Mahlan

    Black Friday week 2014

    Wow - that calendar is really disappointing.
  12. David Mahlan

    Twilight Time indicates they will re-license some sold-out titles. BREAKING!

    It's been confirmed on Twilight Time's Facebook page.
  13. David Mahlan

    Weekly RoundUp 9-16-2014

    Yes, I price-matched Amazon at Best Buy about a month ago. In fact, I didn't even know what the Amazon price was ... I just asked about price matching at the register and the cashier checked for me to see if the Amazon price was lower. As I recall, it saved me about $8 on a $20 item.
  14. David Mahlan

    A Few Words About A few words about...™ Oklahoma! -- in Blu-ray

    I agree that "Kansas City" is one of the easiest places to spot differences between the versions. The wooden box moment is much cleaner in the CinemaScope version, but the thing that really irks me is the editing at the end of the number. In CinemaScope, the timing of Nelson's leap off the end...
  15. David Mahlan

    Sherlock Holmes: The Complete Series (1984-1994) (Blu-ray) Available for Preorder

    Cosco has some of the individual series sets (Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, Return of Sherlock Holmes, Casebook of Sherlock Holmes, and Feature Films) available now - over two months ahead of the Amazon Sept 30 release date, and - at $22.99 each - considerably less than the current Amazon...
  16. David Mahlan

    WEST SIDE STORY - OFFENSIVE LANGUAGE

    I agree on all three of your points, Mike. I was quite clear that I thought it was an unfortunate combination of overlapping phrases that sounded strikingly like the offending word - quite different from stating that the word was actually said. While it tickles me that Joe suspects I'd use one...
  17. David Mahlan

    WEST SIDE STORY - OFFENSIVE LANGUAGE

    I had the same exact experience with my wife early this morning. I was repeatedly playing the WAV file over the PC speakers and she came in from the other room and asked "What do you keep listening to?" Without any explanation, I played the sound bite for her and asked what she heard -- she...
  18. David Mahlan

    A Few Words About While we wait for A few words about...™ The Rodgers & Hammerstein Collection -- in Blu-ray

    "Kansas City" is definitely not identical in the two versions - at least not the dance. This is most clearly evident at the point where Will leaps up on (and crashes through) the crate. In the Cinemascope version (as I recall) he nails the center of the crate and both legs crash through the...
  19. David Mahlan

    Alfred Hitchcock films available on blu-ray

    Single releases for Vertigo and Rear Window blu-rays are now available for pre-order on Amazon. $16.98 each, with a release date of June 3.
  20. David Mahlan

    Blu-Ray Movie Price Drops Today!

    It's even more of a no-brainer now. I added it to my Amazon cart at $6.99 but never pulled the trigger to place the order. I hopped on Amazon today and got a notification that the price had dropped to $4.99. Wow ... trigger pulled!
  21. David Mahlan

    Mad Men Season 6 Bluray $9.99 Target B&M. B1G1 at DeepDiscount on some BD TV

    David, thanks for the heads up on the Mad Men Season 6 on bluray. I stopped in my local store tonight and picked up their last copy for $9.99. As your post noted, separate shelf tags for the bluray and DVD both read the same price it rang up correctly at the register (which caused a...
  22. David Mahlan

    Somewhere In Time (1980) (Blu-ray) Available for Preorder

    Thanks Mark, I was wondering about the pre-order prices. I've noticed that the prices for "Funny Face" and "Sabrina" (scheduled for release in April) have already crept up to $16.98 ... I could have sworn they were more in the $13-$14 range when I added them to my wish list just a week and a...
  23. David Mahlan

    A Few Words About A few words about...™ Easter Parade -- in Blu-ray

    Now the "Easter Parade" blu-ray, like "Laura" is unavailable from Amazon because it's "under review" I wonder if it's because of the promised-but-missing documentary. A few of the comments mention the missing extra, but overall reviews are good.
  24. David Mahlan

    A Few Words About A few words about...™ Downton Abbey - Season Two -- in Blu-ray

    Mark and others who may have already seen it - please be careful when discussing the end of Season 3, as the broadcast of the season has just begun in the US. I accidentally read about "the shock" at the end in an unmarked spoiler on another forum, and it's already coloring the way I'm...
  25. David Mahlan

    Amazon starts Black Friday Web Site. WIll you be sitting at the computer every four hours waiting f

    The CyberMonday Movie & TV Calendar lists it for $34.99 again -- set to start at 4:20 PM PST today.
  26. David Mahlan

    Weekly RoundUp 8-14-2012

    I bought a copy online first thing Tuesday morning for in-store pick-up. At the time I placed the order, it looked like all the stores in the Chicago area had it in stock (this was about 10 minutes after stores opened). When I picked it up that evening, they told me it sold out almost...
  27. David Mahlan

    A Few Words About A few words about...™ The Last Temptation of Christ -- in Blu-ray

    Thanks for the heads up. I haven't ordered from Deep Discount for a while, but just returned to get this.
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