Stanley Kubrick Collection

[EddieLarkin]

Is the 1999 ACO a US-only disc? I remember the UK cinema re-release in 2000, less than a year after Kubrick had died, and the film subsequently came out for the first time on home video in the UK after that.

As far as I can tell, the "1999 mono disc" was released in the UK in November 2000, and then the new disc with the 5.1 was released in September 2001. The 5.1 disc first appeared in the US in June 2001.

[peerpee]

As far as I can tell, the "1999 mono disc" was released in the UK in November 2000, and then the new disc with the 5.1 was released in September 2001. The 5.1 disc first appeared in the US in June 2001.

Thanks so much for your help with this, EddieLarkin! Much appreciated.

Zoverstocks DID deliver the 1999 USA monaural DVD today. Very pleased.

Now to follow your UK link (I can't seem to find each of these myself at Amazon) Thanks again!

[peerpee]

Zoverstocks have a separate listing for the 5.1 disc, at a much cheaper price (implying they have a bigger amount?), and their listing for the 1999 ACO was correct when I bought it, so I'd be hopeful. Fingers crossed!

EddieLarkin, do you think this is the monaural UK THE SHINING DVD that was only available for a year? (It's not got a release date at Amazon.)

[EddieLarkin]

Great news on them getting the US disc right!

Unfortunately, unlike ACO, it's possible the The Shining first appeared on UK DVD with the 5.1. I'd be wary of the one you've linked to, as the image shows the "Digitally Restored and Remastered" banner, which is a dead give away that it's the 5.1 version. It could be them using the wrong image though. It's odd there is no date for it; maybe it's a rogue listing or an EU edition?

Unfortunately there's only one way to find out. I wonder though why you'd need both US and UK versions?

[peerpee]

I'm doing an indepth A-B comparison of the monaural and 5.1 soundtracks (for my own curiosity) because of a number of comments in a PhD thesis I read which details disparities between the two. The UK monaural version is interesting because of all the missing scenes. I want to examine the sound at the point of all these many edits.

[EddieLarkin]

Oh of course, I forgot about the additional scenes in the US cut. Would be very interested to hear about your findings once you complete your comparison.

[jedgeco]

Hey, look! Another WB Kubrick collection, this time in a giant, unwieldy box!

[djproject]

Hey, look! Another WB Kubrick collection, this time in a giant, unwieldy box!

Oh yeah, that was what was lacking the last several iterations!

Seriously: just use the (presumably) better 4k master for A Clockwork Orange, Barry Lyndon presented in the correct aspect ratio, and maybe better mastering for all the rest of the films except for Dr. Strangelove and have it be done for once.

[oh yeah]

It would be nice to see a better transfer for Eyes Wide Shut, too, one that doesn't wipe out the heavy grain that made its look upon theatrical release so unique.

[manicsounds]

Bonus materials for Lolita and Barry Lyndon would be nice...

[tenia]

So many things waiting to be done, so few will actually get done... Especially at $150, which seems vastly ludicrous for a Xth "new" boxset.
They could try and include the 2 cuts of Shining, they have new 4K masters still unused (and I believe they would advertise them here if they were to include them), I think the full cut of Boxes is still waiting to be included, Barry Lyndon in the correct AR, the NC-17 cut of Eyes Wide Shut in a better master, original mono tracks everywhere, and of course original posters for artworks.

Basically, what Nick was asking for... 4 years ago (slightly updated by myself) :

What's really needed is a scholarly hardcore treatment and presentation; killer original artwork (we know Kubrick obsessed over it); Jon Ronson's extended international version of STANLEY KUBRICK'S BOXES; some inspired commentary tracks; HD remastering of Vivian's THE SHINING documentary; HD remastering of all of Kubrick's trailers; HD remastering of Vivian's FMJ making of footage.... etc etc

...but we won't get that, we'll get an annoying foldout digipak in an ill-thought out lenticular box which gets easily damaged in transit and arrives with all discs loose; a 78-page hardbacked book which has 76 pages of photos and a specially written paragraph by Tom Cruise; and 2 new redundant and usueless documentaries about how directors admire Kubrick and how he was such a genius.