Wow! Silence of the Lambs Criterion (1 Viewer)

[James Spraggs]

Just found a brand new sealed copy of this at my local Sam Goody's. I can't believe it was on the shelf and only $34.95!

 

[Jack Briggs]

Do tell, a bargain!

 

[Matt Pelham]

Earlier this year my roomate and I walked into our local Hollywood video and were shocked to see 3 brand new Silence Criterions sitting on the shelf, at only $21.99 each! Needless to say we bought all of them, and they also had a whole bunch of OOP Disneys and James Bonds we snatched up at very reasonable prices. The most pleasant DVD surprise I've ever seen!

 

[Clinton C]

awesome deal, it seems that the stores in the mall are good for finding OOP bargains. my friend found a midnight run for $14.99 at FYE about a month ago.

 

[Bruce Hedtke]

A bargain indeed. Just finding it would be bargain enough. I always keep my eyes open, you know...just in case.

Bruce

 

[Mark Cappelletty]

I just found one at the Suncoast store in West LA when trying to find something I could use with a gift card. Mine!

 

[Jussi Tarvainen]

"It quickly puts the disc in the shopping cart and walks away..."

 

[JonZ]

At local Video Store, they had a surplus of DVDs dirt cheap. I got the Royal Tenenbaums Criterion for $9.

A few years back, my friend 2 Criterion The Killer DVDs at Tower Records while they were going for $80 and more on ebay.

 

[David Von Pein]

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[Kevin M]

Does the Criterion version contain ANY extras at all?

Hmmm, this sounds far too Innocent a question for me to believe...I'll let someone else answer.

 

[Christopher_H]

Actually the Criterion Silence of the Lambs has the Commentary with Anthony Hopkins and Jodie Foster which is not available on the Special Edition. That is why I went on a hunt for one.

 

[Dan Brecher]

Single-disc Criterions = Film only. (Maybe 1 trailer.)

Clearly you don't own many Criterion discs. Nope, that thought can be cast aside by many a single disc feature laden Criterion releases, of which The Silence of The Lambs was one.
Reprising supplements from the original Criterion laserdisc, the most favoured extra was the remarkable commentary track from Jonathan Demme, Jodie Foster, Ted Tally, Anthony Hopkins and John Douglas of the FBI. It is thought by many (including myself) to be one of the best audio commentaries ever recorded for laserdisc [and subsequently carried over for the DVD port].
The Criterion disc also features a number of deleted scenes, story boards & Film-to-storyboard comparisons and the written statements of (convicted) serial killers which makes for rather disturbing reading it must be said.
Dan

 

[Yee-Ming]

It is thought by many (including myself) to be one of the best audio commentaries ever recorded

I must confess, I've owned this disc for about 2 years already, and still haven't listened to this commentary...

*hangs head in shame and walks slowly away...*

 

[Mark Cappelletty]

Here's a bummer for you-- I put the disc in last night and had a weird defect. I couldn't get it to play the film on either my Sony DVD player or my iMac. So I had to take it back to Suncoast and get a refund (I picked up the MGM version). Fortunately, I still have the Criterion laser (which I was going to replace with the Crit. DVD).

Easy come, easy go I guess.

 

[JonZ]

I bought SOTL Criterion when I first got a player in 98 and havent listened to the commentary either.

 

[StevenA]

I believe The Criterion disc also has the correct burned-in subtitles, as opposed to the player-generated ones on the MGM disc.

 

[GuruAskew]

MGM's "Silence of the Lambs" DVD has burned-in subtitles in Region 1. I think they've sworn off of player-generated subtitles since "The Terminator" SE came out.

 

[Paul.S]

Dan:

Still in the midst of reading thread hits returned after searching for Criterion Lambs DVD info. after watching the film for the first time in a long while the other night, including the deleted scenes on the MGM SE.
Several of these scenes I think should have been in the final film (i.e., Crawford and Starling reprimanded in Krendler's office for their disingenuous use of Sen. Martin's name in the deal offered to Lecter; Starling talking to Frederika Bimmel's (sp.?) former co-worker and thereby getting the tip regarding the Lippman (sp.?) house where she eventually finds Buffalo Bill).
Does Demme talk in the commentary about why he deleted some of these scenes?
Paul

 

[Joel C]

I didn't like the SOTL commentary much. I happily upgraded to the MGM for the picture quality (anamorphic) and sold the Criterion on eBay.

 

[Seth--L]

Really? I think it still holds up as one of the best out there - far better than the self-congratulatory/this film was so much fun to make/the person on the bike is so-and-so the producer/not so funny behind-the-scenes story ones that dominate the market.