Akira and Seven Samurai questions (1 Viewer)

[Dome Vongvises]

I have means to which I can get the regular edition, special edition, and the much coveted limited tin box (a store I know has three or four of them) of Akira. Should I get it?
If anybody is in the Lexington, KY area, Best Buy just recently got in a shipment of some rare DVD Criterion titles. Anybody interested, go fetch some for yourself. Anyway, I wanted to ask if Seven Samurai was a good buy for everybody else. I thought it was.
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[SteveGon]

Get the Akira tin - it really is pretty cool!
Seven Samurai was one of my first dvd purchases and certainly one I don't regret.

If anybody is in the Lexington, KY area, Best Buy just recently got in a shipment of some rare DVD Criterion titles. Anybody interested, go fetch some for yourself.

Which ones?
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[Brandon_S]

Dome,
I was out and about at Fayette Mall today and saw a ton of Akira Tins in various stores. It really suprised me to see that many left out there. But I did finally track down a copy of the Goonies!
Brandon Smith
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[Jeremy Little]

Expect a lot more hard to find Criterion titles in Best Buy stores. This seems to be the future. Our selection is ever closer to matching Suncoast, only we have more of a given title in stock. I encourage everyone to go in and look. I found Sanjuro the other day. Also, lots of imported kung-fu flicks as well. HOORAY!

 

[JonZ]

I went into Best Buy today to get Forrest Gump and saw 3 copies of Criterions Brazil which shocked me.
Also saw 4 copies of Criterions Seven Samurai(One of my 10 All time Faves). I thought it was discontinued.
Also saw Criterions Sanjuro for a mere $22.
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[Dome Vongvises]

Criterion Collection DVD's at Best Buy
- All That Heaven Allows
- Last Temptation of Christ
- Armageddon
- The Rock
- Seven Samurai
- Sanjuro
- The Third Man
- Spartacus
- Chasing Amy
- Rushmore (I'm not sure about this one though)
- Brazil
Those were the ones that popped out at me, but I'm sure there's more that I didn't look for.
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[Jun-Dai Bates]

Seven Samurai was only discontinued for a while. It was reissued. I heard that there were some issues with Toho (Toho hadn't realized that the subtitles were going to be removable), but they seem to be resolved (the rerelease is R1, and I think the original was regionless)

 

[James D S]

Dome, add The Hidden Fortress and Lord of the Flies to that list. Also, Rushmore can in fact be purchased at Best Buy.
Also, if you are a collector of DVDs or just like cool cases, get the tin. Here in Houston, I can't find the tin in any of the major BMs ('course, there are many I haven't checked. Give me a break, it's a large city! ). I got mine on the first day and haven't regretted it. Looks mighty sweeeet!
[Edited last by James D S on August 29, 2001 at 06:31 PM]

 

[Dome Vongvises]

All I can say is, I finally got the tin!!! Man that thing is humongous (relatively speaking of course). I'm a little disturbed by the plastic part that holds the DVD's. Anybody within a two hundred mile radius of Lexington, KY should head to the Fayette Mall and pick up a tin. At last count, I've found five tins in two different stores.
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