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[Sunset Boulevard 2 Disc SE] on amazon

Let's hope its not just a digital copy added....

manicsounds wrote:on amazon

Let's hope its not just a digital copy added....

Good find.

I hope it's not a digital copy. I thought they only did that with Blu-rays anyway.

It seems to be part of Paramount's new Centennial Collection. Roman Holiday and Sabrina apparently are being re-released the same day.

The old edition hovers around $5-6, so I can't imagine what they'll add that would justify anyone double-dipping. I can imagine what they should add perhaps, but not what they actualy will

They're all two-disc sets, and they're up for pre-order at DVD Empire. I wonder if this will be Paramount's stab at duplicating Universal's Legacy series. If they actually include some serious, academic supplements (especially on the Wilders) I'll gladly upgrade all of them. Unfortunately though, I'm betting on a couple of fluffy new featurettes and a useless extra disc to justify the higher price point.

I agree. I mean, the supplements for some of these that have been announced are underwhelming to say the least:

* Gregory Peck: Here's Things His Nephew Likes About Him (26 mins)

They've got enormous spine numbers and what appears to be either digipak or Legacy book packaging. Sunset Boulevard is spine 1 and Roman Holiday is spine 2.

Aren't the two Wilder titles 2/3 of Paramount's Wilder box? You think they'll just throw Stalag 17 into the mix for the heck of it?

domino harvey wrote:Aren't the two Wilder titles 2/3 of Paramount's Wilder box? You think they'll just throw Stalag 17 into the mix for the heck of it?

Stalag 17 got an overhaul a couple of years ago, and they redid the Wilder box at that time to include the new version.

The original release of the Wilder set included Sunset Boulevard, Sabrina, and a barebones Stalag 17. The original Audrey Hepburn set included Breakfast at Tiffany's, Funny Face, Sabrina, and Roman Holiday. These three new "Centennial Collection" sets are the last three titles from those two original boxes to be upgraded from their original versions.

I suppose that if this is Paramount's Centennial Collection there are going to be 100 films released with this type of covers and spine numbers, right? This will attract both spine number fetishist and collectors alike.

Ugly packaging

Cinephrenic wrote:Ugly packaging

you could say that again!

Sunset Boulevard had some of the greatest marketing posters and trade ads, etc. You'd think these bozos could come up with something better than Gloria Swanson hamming it up in front of a photoshopped staircase. Why couldn't they package these like the R2 'Paramount Originals' line:



I was hoping they'd do something similar in R1 but guess not... #-o

dx23 wrote:I suppose that if this is Paramount's Centennial Collection there are going to be 100 films released with this type of covers and spine numbers, right?

That would have to be it, since Paramount Pictures is still years away from celebrating its actual centennial.

Matt wrote:

dx23 wrote:I suppose that if this is Paramount's Centennial Collection there are going to be 100 films released with this type of covers and spine numbers, right?

That would have to be it, since Paramount Pictures is still years away from celebrating its actual centennial.

Of course if they're actually planning on releasing 100 of these things, it will probably be 2012 (Paramount's actual centennial) before they get to all of them.

ClassicFlix has the specs. The new supplements aren't exactly what I was hoping for, but there are several new featurettes that will hopefully have some substance to them.

Jeff wrote:ClassicFlix has the specs. The new supplements aren't exactly what I was hoping for, but there are several new featurettes that will hopefully have some substance to them.

No mention of Billy Wilder really aside from the Sunset Blvd. commentary that's already on the current release. I'm hoping the William Holden featurettes are interesting. The real-life Holden and Hepburn affair has fascinated me, but I'm skeptical it will even be mentioned much less discussed.

souvenir wrote:No mention of Billy Wilder really aside from the Sunset Blvd. commentary that's already on the current release.

I'm always bummed about the lack of Wilder-centric supplements on DVDs of his films too. I'm starting to wonder though, about what's left to say. Between Conversations with Wilder, Charlotte Chandler's Nobody's Perfect, the Taschen Wilder book, the Billy Wilder Speaks disc, and Portrait of a 60% Perfect Man, I think I've heard every story there is to hear.

Supplements are rarely skewed towards those who know everything already though.

Any idea if these would be new transfers?

Double posting to bump the topic with new info -

Looks like Breakfast at Tiffany's and Funny Face are being added to the Centennial line...

Wish Paramount would've used this opportunity to do catalog blu releases with all these films...

Mods and Admins, could you create a new, special, thread where members would react on every news on a SD DVD issue/ re-issue with comments like "<DVD Label>, give me Blue-Ray!"?

videozor wrote:Mods and Admins, could you create a new, special, thread where members would react on every news on a SD DVD issue/ re-issue with comments like "<DVD Label>, give me Blue-Ray!"?

Although I know the why to your sarcastic comment, the fact is that the industry is at a poing where if they want to make Blu Ray the definitive next-gen format in the minds of consumers, then they should start releasing SD DVDs and BD at the same time. Blu Ray won, so there is no format war, just lazyness in the studios part.

Back on topic, here are the next covers for Centennial releases:

they keep getting worse.

Does Blu-ray make a difference in the quality between a standard dvd reissue of an old movie and a blu ray reissue? Like if Warners issues Mildred Pierce in Blu Ray and the current standard, would it really make that much of a difference? I mean, with most of the movies made in the thirties and forties, with how many different owners they've had and for whatever other reasons, you can't even find the negatives to the films. I wonder if Blu-ray will be the standard for contemporary movies made in the last say, 20 or 40 years (arbitrarily speaking) and the previous standard will stay for old movies. Just wondering.

hipsterdoofus1026 wrote:Does Blu-ray make a difference in the quality between a standard dvd reissue of an old movie and a blu ray reissue? Like if Warners issues Mildred Pierce in Blu Ray and the current standard, would it really make that much of a difference? I mean, with most of the movies made in the thirties and forties, with how many different owners they've had and for whatever other reasons, you can't even find the negatives to the films. I wonder if Blu-ray will be the standard for contemporary movies made in the last say, 20 or 40 years (arbitrarily speaking) and the previous standard will stay for old movies. Just wondering.

Yes it does. Check Casablanca on Blu Ray or The Adventures of Robin Hood and you will see an improved quality of video from the SD DVDs. Of course, it all depends if you have the proper set up to watch these BDs.