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Warner Home Video have announced the Region 1 DVD release of The Complete Thin Man Collection for 2nd August 2005. The complete series of screwball romantic comedy mysteries, starring William Powell and Myrna Loy as the world's most debonair detective team debuts on star Myrna Loy's 100th birthday.

Featured in the collection, in addition to the original The Thin Man, are the DVD debuts of the other five classic films: After the Thin Man, Another Thin Man, Shadow of the Thin Man, The Thin Man Goes Home and Song of the Thin Man. Available exclusively with the box will be a seventh bonus disc entitled Alias Nick & Nora, including two insightful documentaries, "William Powell: A True Gentleman" and "Myrna Loy: So Nice to Come Home to." Digitally remastered, the DVDs are further enhanced with classic comedy, mystery and musical shorts, two radio dramas and a 1957 episode from the hit TV series based on the original characters with Peter Lawford and Phyllis Kirk taking on the roles of Nick and Nora Charles.

The Complete Thin Man Collection collection will be available in a seven-disc set for $59.92 SRP. The Thin Man will also be available individually for $19.97 SRP.

The box set graphic is up:

http://www.dvdtimes.co.uk/content.php?contentid=56798

Apparently "The Thin Man" is simply a reissue of the original release (which I haven't seen, but have heard is mediocre) with a keep case in place of the snapper. The set sounds stellar other than that, but it's a pity that Warner wouldn't take the time to spruce up the picture and add some supplements to one of the finest films Hollywood has ever produced.

Is this set being packaged in thinpacks now or are there still some in keepcases? And how can I tell the difference if buying online?

Lino wrote:Is this set being packaged in thinpacks now or are there still some in keepcases? And how can I tell the difference if buying online?

I haven't heard anything about thinpaks. I received it a week or two ago from DVD Empire with keepcases.

Hmm, maybe I daydreamed this but I think I remembered reading something about it online. Or maybe it was the fact that apart from Thin Man you can't buy the other titles in this collection separately, which would fit in Warner's policy of slim case packaging.

Oh, well -- I think I will email some etailers and find out more about it.

You know you're a dvd addict when you start dreaming of repackaged as thinpak titles....
Thin Man in Thinpaks? think that would be a good marketing plan

manicsounds wrote:Thin Man in Thinpaks? think that would be a good marketing plan

Exactly! Anyway, I've emailed Amazon. Let's see what they have to say about this.

Oh, and I did not actually dream -- I daydreamed about it! I think the only instance I did dream about DVDs was one involving Criterion releasing more Fassbinder, apart from Berlin Alexanderplatz, that is. Now, that is a dream, isn't it?

Already got a reply email from them:

Greetings from Amazon.com.

As per your inquiry, I've researched the item "Thin Man Collection
DVD " on our website and found that it is a packaged of seven DVD's
and I confirm that this package comes in a regular keep cases.

Oh, well. Still, it would be nice, wouldn't it? A 7 disc set takes far too much space on our shelves these days, doesn't it?

Been watching this set for the last couple of months and enjoyed all the titles immensely but I agree they did the right thing when they stopped making them at #6 as it sort of felt too old too quick.

Although the movies fell on a sort of safe formulaic structure, the wit and the gags kept them alive and Powell and Loy did have an on-screen chemistry that was hard to deny. And those endings were always exciting to watch!

This Warner set is handsomely produced and I was astonished to find not one but two Tex Avery's on them but the greatest treasure hidden amongst the extras is the Jules Dassin short Tell-tale Heart, adapted from the Edgar Allan Poe story. Superb little masterpiece!

R2 down to £17.99 at Amazon.co.uk.