Weekly RoundUp 10-7-2008 (1 Viewer)

[Mike Frezon]

The Weekly RoundUp

The Features


– Sleeping Beauty – 1959


– Charlton Heston & Janet Leigh (Touch of Evil – 1958)



– The Picture of Dorian Gray – 1945


– Michael Keaton – (Beetlejuice – 1988)


– The 7th Voyage of Sinbad – 1958

The Prices


SD-DVD TITLEAmazonBestBuyCrcCityTargetCostco30 Rock: Season 2$27.99$26.99$34.99$27.99 - The 7th Voyage of Sinbad (50th Anniv. Ed.)$17.99$14.99$14.99 - - A Charlie Brown Christmas DE$14.99$14.99$17.99 - - A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving DE$14.99$14.99$17.99 - - Alice Faye Collection: Volume 2$36.99$44.99$49.98 - - Battle Beneath Earth/The Ultimate Warrior$14.99$14.99$17.99 - - Beverly Hillbillies: Season 2$36.99$34.99$49.98 - - Brotherhood: Season 2$27.99$27.99$34.99 - - Classic Christmas Favorites$27.99$29.99$34.99 - - The Devil’s Chair$21.99$19.99$19.99 - - Doctor Who: Brain of Mobius$20.99$19.99$19.99 - - Doctor Who: Trial of a Time Lord$50.99$49.99$59.98 - - Dog Gone$21.99$14.99$19.99 - - Four Jills in a Jeep$12.99$12.99$14.98 - - Four Minutes$21.99$19.99$19.99 - - Great American Broadcast$12.99$12.99$14.98 - - Halloween NR CE (2007) (3-disc)$18.99$19.99$19.99 - - Halloween Box Set (30th Anniv. Edition)$62.99$49.99$79.99 - - The Happening$19.99$16.99$14.99$16.99$18.79Hello Frisco Hello$12.99$12.99$14.98 - - Hollywood Cavalcade$12.99$12.99$14.98 - - How I Met Your Mother: Season 3$25.99$25.99$27.99 - - Jack Brooks: Monster Slayer$15.99$24.99$19.99 - - Jack Frost DE$17.99$14.99$14.99 - - Joy Ride 2: Dead Ahead$23.99$16.99$21.99 - - Keeping Up with Kardashians: Season 1$14.99$14.99$14.99 - - Last of the Mohicans SE (1936)$21.99 - - - - Le deuxieme soufflé (CC)$27.99$34.99$34.99 - - Le doulos (CC)$27.99$34.99$34.99 - - The Man in the Iron Mask SE (1939)$24.99 - - - - Martin: Season 5$21.99$21.99$21.99 - - Mission Impossible: Season 5$36.99$34.99$49.99 - - Mister Roberts (1984)$18.99$19.99$19.99 - - Memory Keeper’s Daughter$21.99$19.99$19.99 - - Moon Zero Two/When Dinosaurs Ruled…$14.99$17.99 - - - The Munsters: Complete Series$51.99$59.99$69.98 - - The Munsters: Family Portrait$14.99$14.99 - - - The Note$21.99$19.99$19.99 - - On the Avenue$12.99$12.99$14.98 - - Oversexed Rugsuckers from Mars (1989)$12.99$12.99 - - - The Original Faces of Death (30th Anniv. Ed.)$21.99$19.99$19.99 - - The Picture of Dorian Gray$12.99$14.99$14.99 - - Psycho SE (2-disc)$19.99$24.99$21.99 - - Ray Harryhausen Collectible Gift Set$72.99$99.99$79.99 - - Rear Window SE$19.99$24.99$21.99 - - Robot Chicken: Season 3$21.99$21.99$21.99$19.99 - Rose of Washington Square$12.99$12.99$14.98 - - The Santa Clause 3 Movie Collection$29.99$34.99$34.99 - $29.99The Sarah Jane Adventures: Season 1$34.99$29.99$49.98 - - The Simpsons: Season 11$31.99$29.99$29.99$29.99 - Sleeping Beauty: Platinum Edition (2-disc)$19.99$14.99$14.99$15.99$18.99The Smurfs: Season 1 Volume 2$19.99$19.99$21.99$16.99 - South Park: The Cult of Cartman$19.99$19.99$17.99 - - Speed Racer: Complete Series Collection$42.49$32.99$49.98 - - Three Stooges Coll.: Volume 4 (’42-’45)$21.99$19.99$19.99 - - Touch of Evil$19.99$24.99$21.99 - - TV Sets Holiday Treats$9.99$9.99$9.99 - - Vertigo SE$19.99$24.99$21.99 - - The Visitor$14.99$17.99$19.99 - - Watership Down DE$17.99$14.99$14.99 - - World w/o End/Satellite in the Sky$14.99$14.99$17.99 - - **You Don’t Mess with the Zohan (R&NR)$19.99$16.99$16.99$16.99 - You Don’t Mess with the Zohan SE (2-disc)$23.99$22.99$22.99$22.99 - You’re Not Elected, Charlie Brown$13.99$14.99$17.99 - -


BLU-RAY TITLEAmazonBestBuyCrcCityTargetCostcoThe 7th Voyage of Sinbad (50th Anniv. Ed.)$19.95 - $19.99 - - The Amityville Horror (1979)$29.95$34.99$34.99 - - Beetlejuice (20th Anniversary Edition)$23.95$29.99$34.99 - - Body Heat$19.95$24.99$19.99 - - Carrie$27.95 - $34.99 - - The Happening$27.95$27.99$29.99$29.99 - Interview with the Vampire$19.95$24.99$19.99 - - The Omen$25.95$29.99$29.99 - - The Omen Collection$89.95$114.99$109.99 - - Otis$19.95$24.99$19.99 - - Ray Harryhausen Collection$74.95 - $79.99 - - Sleeping Beauty: Platinum Edition (3-disc)$23.95$25.99$25.99$27.99$26.99The Visitor$26.95$29.99$34.99 - - You Don’t Mess with the Zohan$26.95$29.99$29.99$29.99 - Young Frankenstein$26.95 - - - -

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

Individual titles included in box sets listed above:

Alice Faye Collection: Volume 2: Four Jills in a Jeep, Hollywood Cavalcade, Hello Frisco Hello, Rose of Washington Square, The Great American Broadcast.

Classic Christmas Favorites: 10 telecasts which include How the Grinch Stole Christmas, Leprechaun’s Christmas Gold, The Little Drummer Boy Book II, The Stingiest Man in Town, The Year Without a Santa Clause, Rudolph’s Shiny New Year, Nestor the Long-Eared Donkey, Frosty’s Winter Wonderland, Twas the Night Before Christmas, Rudolph & Frosty’s Christmas in July.

Halloween 30th Anniversary Box Set: Halloween (Extended Edition, Halloween 4-The Return of Michael Myers, Halloween 5, and the documentary Halloween-25 Years of Terror.

Ray Harryhausen Collectible Gift Set (SD-DVD): 20 Million Miles to Earth, Earth vs. the Flying Saucers, It Came from Beneath the Sea.

Ray Harryhausen Collection (Blu-ray): 20 Million Miles to Earth, Earth vs. the Flying Saucers, It Came from Beneath the Sea, The 7th Voyage of Sinbad.

TV Sets Holiday Treats: Eight holiday episodes from The Honeymooners, Frasier, The Andy Griffith Show, I Love Lucy, Family Ties, Taxi, The Brady Bunch, Wings.

The Santa Clause 3 Movie Collection: The Santa Clause, The Santa Clause 2, The Santa Clause 3.

The Omen Collection (Blu-ray): The Omen, The Omen 2: Damien’s Return, The Omen 3: The Final Conflict, The Omen: 666.

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

--Phew! LOTS going on this week! LOTS of releases, LOTS of deals!

**Be Careful! You Don’t Mess with the Zohan (1-disc) is being released, this week, in both Rated and Unrated versions! Get the one that’s right for you!

--Some things I can’t explain this week: all my new-release lists and BB & CC show the 30th Anniversary release of Halloween to be out this week. Amazon says next week. Also, BB’s flyer and bb.com differ by a buck on their price for the BD of Sleeping Beauty. For some reason I think “Four Jills in a Jeep” is a really cool title for a film. And I never knew there was a live TV recording of the mid-80s revival of Mr. Roberts starring Robert Hayes, Charles Durning, Marilu Henner, Kevin Bacon & Howard Hesseman. And, there are these two releases—SEs of the 1936 Last of the Mohicans and 1939 The Man in the Iron Mask—which keep showing up, with very little info, by an outfit called “Firecake Entertainment.” Buyer beware. And, I also never knew there was ever a 1989 film titled “Oversexed Rugsuckers from Mars.” Really. Never.

--One thing I think is REALLY COOL this week: the fact that Disney has included a 1-disc SD-DVD of Sleeping Beauty in with the Blu-ray release. That’s terrific for a whole lot of reasons!

--A 3/$40 deal at Best Buy this week on Disney animated classics and animated non-classics. Buy ANY THREE of the following DVDs and get them BOTH for $40: The Aristocats, Cars, Enchanted, Finding NemoLittle Mermaid III: Ariel’s Beginning, Mary Poppins, Meet the Robinsons, Ratatouille, Snow Buddies, Sword in the Stone. (Reg. $19.99). Must be purchased on same receipt.

--The first Disney animated classic hits Blu-ray this week and Best Buy has put together an interesting DVD buyback program as part of this event (from bestbuy.com/sleepingbeauty):


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Best Buy DVD Buy Back Program

Receive a $10 Best Buy gift card by mail when you purchase the 50th Anniversary Edition of Sleeping Beauty on Blu-ray Disc and send in any used Disney DVD.

Offer valid in store only. See store for details and mail-in form.

Best Buy Standard Terms and Conditions:

Limit of one $10 Best Buy gift card per household. The Blu-ray Disc version of Sleeping Beauty must be purchased during the promotion period beginning 10/07/2008 and ending 10/11/2008, and must be identified on one receipt. All rebate submissions are subject to purchase validation; returned products are not eligible for the gift card payment. Product may not be returned for full purchase price once the gift card has been fulfilled. Customers who receive a price match, of any type, will not be eligible for the gift card. Those who receive a gift card and later receive a price match, will have the value of the gift card deducted from the price match. Gift Receipts are not accepted as proof of purchase.

Best Buy and its fulfillment companies are not responsible for incomplete, illegible, late, lost, mutilated, misdirected or postage-due requests. All rebate materials and requests for each gift card must be sent in separate envelopes, postmarked by the offer deadline, and sent to the address listed on the Rebate Form. Fraudulent submission of multiple requests and/or providing false information disqualifies this gift card request and could result in federal prosecution for U.S. Mail Fraud. Best Buy reserves the right to deny and/or disregard any gift card request if deemed to be false or fraudulent. Best Buy gift card is paid in U.S. funds. Information submitted with any gift card request will be handled according to the Best Buy Privacy Policy, which can be found on Best Buy or by calling 1-888-BEST BUY. Offer void where prohibited or restricted by law. Requests from Best Buy employees will not be honored or acknowledged. Keep a photocopy of all materials submitted for your records.

Mail to: Dealtree
2040 N. Rosebud Blvd.
Bidg. D, Suite 110
McKinney, TX 75069-8213





--Best Buy also will have a FREE EXCLUSIVE SLEEPING BEAUTY ALARM CLOCK (Hey! That’s not how she woke up!) with its copies of Sleeping Beauty on both SD & Blu-ray. Clock value = $6.99

--If Princess Aurora isn’t your thing, maybe you’d prefer to pick up a FREE Cartman figure with this week’s release of South Park: The Cult of Cartman. Figure value = $4.99.

--Save $5, instantly, when you buy BOTH The Happening AND Joy Ride 2: Dead Ahead ($16.99 apiece). Must be purchased on same receipt.

--THIS IS A REALLY NICE DEAL! Save $10 when you buy ANY TWO of the following Blu-ray discs at Best Buy:

$29.99: Iron Man, Kill Bill: Vol. 1, Kill Bill: Vol. 2.

$34.99: The Nightmare Before Christmas.

Must be purchased on same receipt.

--Best Buy has an EXCLUSIVE “BUFFY” BONUS DISC, this week, with the purchase of ANY Fox Sci-fi show on DVD. Among the eligible releases: Angel, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Dark Angel, Stargate: Atlantis, Stargate: SG-1. Both in-store and on-line.

--Best Buy Odds and Ends: Best Buy has a list of DVDs for sale @ $4.99.

--Circuit City is advertising a FREE SLEEPING BEAUTY IRON-ON DECAL with their copies of Sleeping Beauty on SD-DVD.

--Just like BB above, Circuit City also has a $5 INSTANT SAVINGS when you purchase BOTH The Happening AND Joy Ride 2: Dead Ahead on SD-DVD. Must be purchased on same receipt.

--The following Blu-rays discs are $17.99 @ CC this week: 16 Blocks, 300, The Departed, Firewall, I Am Legend, Ocean’s Thirteen, Pan’s Labyrinth, Rush Hour 3, Troy, We Are Marshall.

--Circuit City Odds and Ends: Lists of titles for $3.99 and $7.49.

--Target, this week, is advertising a sampler DVD with their SD-DVD copies of Sleeping Beauty. Features highlights from the all-new Tinker Bell movie coming to DVD soon. Quantity limited. No rainchecks.

--The following Blu-rays discs are $19.99 @ Target this week: 21, Fifth Element, Men in Black, Vantage Point.

--Target is advertising an EXCLUSIVE RELEASE this week: Sesame Street: Tales of Adventure. $9.99

--Target Odds and Ends: A list of DVDs for $10.

 

[Patrick Sun]

Circuit City on sale DVD items:

The Love Guru $16.99
Surf’s Up $14.99

$3.99 each: More titles available in store
For The Love Of The Game
The Bone Collector
Training Day
Any Given Sunday
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut
Team America – World Police: Unrated
Clash Of The Titans
The Incredible Mr. Limpet
War Of The Worlds (2005)
Blade: Platinum Series
John Q
U-571: Collector’s Edition
The War Wagon
Cellular
Empire
Natural Born Killers (Oliver Stone Collection)
City Of Angels: Special Edition
Ace Ventura: Pet Detective
Ferris Bueller’s Day Off: Bueller...Bueller...Edition
Pretty In Pink: Everything’s Duckie Edition
Airplane: Don’t Call ME Shirley Edition
Brewster’s Millions
Short Circuit
School Of Rock
Baseketball

$7.49 each:
Click: Special Edition
Spanglish
50 First Dates
Punch Drunk Love
Anger Management
Big Daddy
The Benchwarmers
RV
Little Man: Loaded With Extra Crap Edition
Mr. Deeds
Fun With Dick & Jane (2005)
Jerry Maguire
A League Of Their Own
As Good As It Gets
Stripes: Extended Cut
Silence Of The Lambs: 2-Disc CE
Mr. Brooks
Live Free Or Die Hard
Hitman: Unrated
Death Sentence
The Hills Have Eyes 2; Unrated
The Hills Have Eyes: Unrated (2006)
28 Weeks Later
28 Days Later
Invasion Of The Body Snatchers (2007 CE)
ID4: Independence Day
Donnie Darko
Turistas: Unrated
Pathfinder: Unrated
The Day After Tomorrow

Blu-Ray Discs:
300 $17.99
I Am Legend $17.99
We Are Marshall $17.99
Ocean’s Thirteen $17.99
16 Blocks $17.99
Troy $17.99
The Departed $17.99
Firewall $17.99
Rush Hour 3 $17.99
Pan’s Labyrinth $17.99

DVD Sets:
30 Rock: Season 1 $19.99


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Best Buy on sale DVD items:

Iron Man $19.99
Devil May Cry: Volume III $19.99
Mickey Mouse Clubhouse: Mickey’s Treat $14.99
A Charlie Brown Christmas: Remastered $14.99
A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving: Deluxe Edition $14.99
Wicked Lake $9.99
Feast II: Sloppy Seconds - Unrated $14.99

$4.99 each:
The Waterboy
Click: Special Edition
Anger Management
Big Daddy
Punch Drunk Love
Mr. Deeds
The Longest Yard (2006)
SNL: The Best Of Adam Sandler

3 For $40 DVDs: Items must be purchased on the same receipt. Regular price = $19.99 each. More titles available in store.
Meet The Robinsons
Ratatouille
Little Mermaid III: Ariel’s Beginning
CARS
The Aristocats
Finding Nemo
Snow Buddies
Enchanted
Mary Poppins: 40th Anniversary Edition
The Sword In The Stone: 45th Anniversary Edition

Blu-Ray Discs:
Save $10 when you buy 2 of the marked Blu-Ray movies. Blu-ray titles must be purchased on the same receipt to get the $10 discount.
Iron Man: Ultimate 2 Disc Edition $29.99
Kill Bill: Volume I $29.99
Kill Bill: Volume II $29.99
The Nightmare Before Christmas $34.99

Blu-Ray Discs:
88 Minutes $29.99
Starship Troopers 3: Marauder $29.99


DVD Sets: Best Buy Exclusive: Free Buffy Exclusive Bonus Disc featuring Bonus Content with the purchase of ANY FOX SCI-FI show on DVD in store and online.
Angel: Season 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 $19.99 each
Buffy The Vampire Slayer: Season 1 / 2 / 3 /4 / 5 / 6 / 7 $19.99 each
Dark Angel: Season 1 / 2 $19.99 each
Stargate SG-1: Season 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6 / 7 / 8 / 9 / 10 $24.99 each
Stargate: Atlantis Season 1 / 2 / 3 $24.99 each

30 Rock: Season 1 $29.99
Martin: Season 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 $19.99 each
The Simpsons: Season 7 / 8 / 9 / 10 $29.99 each
Magnum P.I.: Season 8 $19.99
Good Times: Season 6 $19.99
Columbo: Season 6 + 7 $19.99
Mary Tyler Moore Show: Season 4 $19.99
The Addams Family: Season 3 $19.99
NYPD Blue: Season 4 $19.99


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Target on sale DVD items:

Sesame Street: Tales Of Adventure $9.99 Target Exclusive
The Little Mermaid III: Ariel’s Beginning $15.99

$10.00 each: Titles listed below and selected others
The Kingdom
Balls Of Fury
Office Space: Special Edition With Flair!
Monty Python & The Holy Grail: Extraordinarily Deluxe 3 DVD Edition

Blu-Ray Discs:
Men In Black $19.99
The Fifth Element $19.99
Vantage Point $19.99
21 $19.99

 

[TravisR]

I'll be picking up 30 Rock: Season Two, The Picture Of Dorian Gray and The Simpsons: Season Eleven on DVD and Sleeping Beauty on Blu-ray. I'll probably nab Mission: Impossible: Season Five for my dad at some point too.

Thanks for the prices, guys!

 

[JackKay]

OH, MAN! I need a Blu-ray player!

Thanks Mike.

 

[Johnny Angell]

This reminds me of my favorite army order: "You three men, half of you come with me."

 

[Jason_V]

Having literally just watched The Visitor, I can whole heartedly recommend it. Otherwise, Sleeping Beauty BD this week plus a couple Peanuts discs for the BF, already ordered and on their way.

 

[Will_C]

Does the blu-ray of Sleeping Beauty have all the extras that the sd-dvd does? And is the Plat. Ed. sd-dvd really any better than the special ed. dvd that came out in '03?

 

[Mark-P]

Does anyone know if ALL the Sleeping Beauty Blurays come with a standard DVD of the movie. I don't have bluray yet but if I could get the movie WITH the standard DVD I would buy it so I'd have the BD for future use. Amazon lists having it, but a lot of the other online site don't mention the extra disc. I can get it cheaper on other sites but don't want to take the chance that the standard DVD might not be included.

 

[RomanSohor]

I am pretty sure that all BluRay versions come with an SD-DVD version as well. Obvioulsy before you buy a BluRay,read the box carefully to make sure

As far as I know the BD has all the bonus features the SD has, plus a more indepth "Cine-explore" commentary type thing.

I don't know if the new Platinum version has any substantive extras that the '03 "Masterpiece Edition" (which I thought at the time was great). As far as I know the transfer on the DVD will be different (an SD Version of what we're getting on Bluray) it has been reframed with less tight cropping, revealing more of the full image, supposedly according to Disney its the first time anyone has been able to see the entire image as it was animated.

 

[Mark-P]

I wish I could. To get it at the cheapest price I'd have to order online. Amazon is the only online site that mentions the inclusion of the SD-DVD. I might have to pay the extra couple of bucks ordering it through Amazon just to be sure.

 

[Bill Thomann]

I'm getting Sleeping Beauty PE dvd probably from CC & Mission: Impossible Season 5 from Amazon.

 

[John Swarce]

Dave:

How can anyone resist a title called "Oversexed Rugsuckers from Mars (1989)"?

I may never buy another movie again, as that would complete my collection!!! (and you really should have dug up a picture from that for the top of the post. Cripes, you found a video for "Machine Girl" a few weeks back!)

Sleeping Beauty BD, and, of course, the newest Stooges collection this week for me. Maybe we will have all of the Stooges shorts out on DVD by the end of next year! I might pick up the 2 disc Silence of the Lambs at CC if I can find a copy after today.

--John

 

[AnthonyC]

Anyone know what Target's charging for HIMYM season 3? I'll be picking up that and Simpsons S11 this week. I absolutely would get 30 Rock S2 but the fact that the cheapest price is $27 for 14 half-hour episodes (good as they are) is absolutely ridiculous.

 

[Chris S]

Thanks for the Roundup!

Just Sleeping Beauty BD for me this week. I'll pick up Ray Harryhausen Collection BD sometime later on.

 

[Malcolm R]

Costco had a Blu-Ray player for $229. I think that's the cheapest I've seen yet.

 

[DavidJ]

Definitely "Sleeping Beauty" on Blu-ray-- maybe "The 7th Voyage of Sinbad" or one or two others if I'm not strong, but I'm trying to resist.

 

[Mike Frezon]

And who is this "Dave" of whom you speak?!?



It is impressive how fast those Stooges Collections are rolling off the assembly line!

 

[TonyTone]

Regarding the BB Sleeping Beauty DVD buy-back program--anyone know if you're supposed to take the DVD to BB, or are you supposed to mail it in to the address listed in the program details? The T&Cs don't exactly make it clear as to which manner the DVD is supposed to be submitted, although given that the terms do mention "...and send in any used Disney DVD" (underline is my doing), I suspect that the DVD is to be mailed in.

Anyways--the lowest sales price I've seen for the BD version of Sleeping Beauty is $22.99 at Fry's--and yes I know not everyone has a Fry's nearby, but for those who do...it's another low-price option. And yes I know that one would come out ahead if one chooses to go for the BB $10 GC offer (even better if you can find a Disney DVD in the bargain bin for real cheap that you can use as your "sacrificial offering", rather than give up one from your personal collection).

 

[Mike Frezon]

I think it's ALL, Mark. Best Buy's site also mentions the third SD disc.

 

[Mike Frezon]

Damn! I saw a bunch of Disney DVDs at a garage sale this weekend for $3. Should have picked one up just for this reason! Never thought of it!