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MoonlitKnight wrote:Haven't seen/heard any new announcements for this line in a while? Has it ceased to be? :-k

Good question. Have they even announced what will be in the "Universal rarities" release set for August?

SpiderBaby wrote:

MoonlitKnight wrote:Haven't seen/heard any new announcements for this line in a while? Has it ceased to be? :-k

Good question. Have they even announced what will be in the "Universal rarities" release set for August?

I think two different Universal project are being confused in here.

There is Universal's Turner Classic Movies exclusives multi-disc sets of which Universal rarities is part and which has a separate discussion. Lately, some of the films included in these sets end up by themselves as part of Universal Vault Series.

Amazon released a bunch of titles as part of Universal Vault Series on June 12 -
The Amazing Mrs. Holliday (1943)
The Conqueror (1956)
Jet Pilot (1957)
Killdozer (1974)
One Desire (1955)
Out on a Limb (1992)
Positive I.D. (1987)
The Shepherd of the Hills (1941)
Thick as Thieves (1998)
Tobruk (1967)

Huh. If any brave soul can report back on whether Jet Pilot is presented open matte, it would be most appreciated.

Jet Pilot is probably a duplicate of the previous disc.

I think based on the fact that they are releasing The Conqueror and The Shepherd of the Hills are being released same week, it's safe to say that they are ports of John Wayne: An American Icon set. (Seven Sinners and Pittsburgh were released in April).

All of Universal Vault Series apparently don't carry English subtitles. I think Universal does not want to pay for captioning on that series. We the deaf always have to fight for it. I personally know many hearing people do watch with captioning on and I wish they have thought of that and voice along with us. We are very small number and your voice is greater appreciated.